Wondering if its a good build

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Hailtothedoge

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Do we know if pc specialist will actually offer the 7800x3d? no preorder option for it. Guess no harm in waiting 9 days to see
 
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Hailtothedoge

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Hi Again,

The 7800x3d is now available to preorder so ive worked through my specs again and im happy with what ive got.

I just want a final check before i order to see if i am missing anything obvious. For the storage i will be adding my own stuff too soo not so fussed on anything more.

Case
CORSAIR 5000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
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Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI (WIFI 6E, DDR5, PCIe 5.0)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB) AMD
Graphics Card
24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4090 - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive
2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
Memory Card Reader
USB 3.0 EXTERNAL SD/MICRO SD CARD READER
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
2.5G ETHERNET PCI-EXPRESS CARD (10/100/1000M/2.5G) (1 x RJ45)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 PORT (1 x TYPE A, 1 x TYPE C) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
 
Scott

Scott

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Some of the choices aren't anything like I would recommend, but there's nothing wrong with the build. The base is covered nicely, but you're spending about £1k you don't need to, and that's only if you have a need for insane GPU performance (Not for 1440p at least), otherwise there's probably £1500+ overspent.

It's only money though :)
 
sck451

sck451

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A couple of things you should definitely remove: the network card and the USB card. You already have tonnes of USB ports on the motherboard, and you already have 2.5Gb ethernet as well. No sense in spending extra and using up PCIe slots for those things.
 
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Hailtothedoge

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Scott said:
Some of the choices aren't anything like I would recommend, but there's nothing wrong with the build. The base is covered nicely, but you're spending about £1k you don't need to, and that's only if you have a need for insane GPU performance (Not for 1440p at least), otherwise there's probably £1500+ overspent.

It's only money though :)
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What parts would you charge to save some money?

The reason why im over extending with the gpu is because i went with the 1080 and not the 1080ti, which i later ended up regretting, so looking to avoid by getting the best i can
 
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Hailtothedoge

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sck451 said:
A couple of things you should definitely remove: the network card and the USB card. You already have tonnes of USB ports on the motherboard, and you already have 2.5Gb ethernet as well. No sense in spending extra and using up PCIe slots for those things.
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Oh im suprised the builder doesnt raise this, but thank you, will take both the ethernet and usb options out. While i have a budget i am always happy to save some money lol
 
sck451

sck451

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Hailtothedoge said:
Oh im suprised the builder doesnt raise this, but thank you, will take both the ethernet and usb options out. While i have a budget i am always happy to save some money lol
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Technically it's not wrong to have extra network ports and extra USB ports, but the use cases are pretty niche.
 
Scott

Scott

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Hailtothedoge said:
What parts would you charge to save some money?

The reason why im over extending with the gpu is because i went with the 1080 and not the 1080ti, which i later ended up regretting, so looking to avoid by getting the best i can
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If you can share the configurable link I'll happily go in and suggest tweaks.

With regards to the GPU, the difference between the 1080 and the 1080Ti was around £100. For 1440p, you would be looking at a 3070 for a sensible option (£500). Pushing the boat out would be the 3070Ti (£600), ditching the boat entirely for a yacht would be the 4070Ti (£900). Opting for the 4090 (£1550) is like paying for hospitality and then watching the game on your phone in the toilet...... it's a ludicrous overspend. You're £1k over where you need to be for your resolution and almost £700 over where you would irresponsibly spend on that resolution (The 4070Ti is an all day 4k GPU).
 
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Hailtothedoge

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Scott said:
If you can share the configurable link I'll happily go in and suggest tweaks.

With regards to the GPU, the difference between the 1080 and the 1080Ti was around £100. For 1440p, you would be looking at a 3070 for a sensible option (£500). Pushing the boat out would be the 3070Ti (£600), ditching the boat entirely for a yacht would be the 4070Ti (£900). Opting for the 4090 (£1550) is like paying for hospitality and then watching the game on your phone in the toilet...... it's a ludicrous overspend. You're £1k over where you need to be for your resolution and almost £700 over where you would irresponsibly spend on that resolution (The 4070Ti is an all day 4k GPU).
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https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/zNQ5mazq64/

I think i will want to stick with the current gen, even if it means spending more. I guess im also counting in the extra gpu usage that ray tracing will use, as from some videos ive watched it can really tank things under4080/90, i know ray tracing is not exactly needed but would be a nice to have lol
 
Scott

Scott

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This is where I would land with your build. Note that I've removed the SSD, the motherboard can take more M2 drives so I would consider adding this yourself, it'll be much better value than the likes of a conventional SSD drive. The Western Digital drives are excellent and have really good life in them.

The 4070Ti is still huge overkill but it will let you switch on the eye candy and does get you into current generation with DLSS3.0 (Which I can understand with wanting the eye candy switched on).

You're free to purchase whatever you choose of course but you can see the price difference below when I've actually increased the M2 drive price significantly.

Case
CORSAIR 5000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI (DDR5, PCIe 5.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB) AMD
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6900MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £2,796.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/Pv!H8TgsaV/
 
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Hailtothedoge

Gold Level Poster
Scott said:
This is where I would land with your build. Note that I've removed the SSD, the motherboard can take more M2 drives so I would consider adding this yourself, it'll be much better value than the likes of a conventional SSD drive. The Western Digital drives are excellent and have really good life in them.

The 4070Ti is still huge overkill but it will let you switch on the eye candy and does get you into current generation with DLSS3.0 (Which I can understand with wanting the eye candy switched on).

You're free to purchase whatever you choose of course but you can see the price difference below when I've actually increased the M2 drive price significantly.

Case
CORSAIR 5000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI (DDR5, PCIe 5.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB) AMD
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6900MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £2,796.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/Pv!H8TgsaV/
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Deff given me something to think about! i think the only modification i would make is the higher cooling purely because even in winter my room is extremely warm lol


Thank you :)
 
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Hailtothedoge

Gold Level Poster
sck451 said:
"Send in your own case" is an option... It's honestly what I'd choose!
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yeah i prob will have to seeing as everything that fits the 40xx series seems to be out of stock till next month 😭😭 How does that work, say if i bought off amazon? do i just send it to them? do i need to put a note?
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

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Hailtothedoge said:
yeah i prob will have to seeing as everything that fits the 40xx series seems to be out of stock till next month 😭😭 How does that work, say if i bought off amazon? do i just send it to them? do i need to put a note?
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If you select send in your own case on the configurator, a page will open explaining everything, but basically yes you get amazon to send it direct to PCS and include your order number in the address
 
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Hailtothedoge

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For my pc order i have noticed that my ram says amd at the end of the ram name, does this actually mean anything? I have thought about changing it to a normal version since it seems to be out of stock/on order but i wanted to understand the difference. Google is not being helpful
 
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