How does this spec look for 1440p gaming and business use?

[mike_d99]

Hi All,

I wonder if you'd be so kind as to cast your expert eyes over this spec? I bought my current PC at least 10 years ago and I'm completely out of touch with modern systems.

I'm looking for a PC that will be good for gaming at 1440p without needing updating for a while. I also use my PC for complex formula-heavy spreadsheets and databases so I want something that can tear through these without breaking sweat. I also want to run emulators, which I believe are demanding.

I've got four internal HDDs which I'd like to transfer to the new system. I'm on a never-ending project (7 years and counting) to rip my entire CD collection to FLAC, so I need to be able to transfer my two Blu-Ray drives to the new system too. I know that limits my choice of cases somewhat, so please could you advise on a suitable case that has capacity for two drives as well as supporting the spec? I've picked a random one in the spec.

This is near the top-end of my budget, but I can stretch a bit further if it's needed. I also need to get a 1440p monitor as my current one is 1080p but I haven't really looked into that yet so I've not included it in the spec.

I want the PC to run as quietly as possible so if there are better components for this then please advise.

Some other questions, apologies if some of these seem really obvious to those of you in the know!

I was looking at the 3900X but it's a fair bit more expensive. Will there be any extra benefit for the above or is the 3800X plenty?
Is 500GB enough for an SSD drive on a gaming machine?
Is the power supply enough to support future upgrades? 4K gaming, for example.
Is the cooling sufficient? I'd rather have too much than not enough!
I have 500Mpbs internet, is the wireless card good enough to support it with consistent speeds?
And apologies if this is a really daft question, but does the system support Bluetooth connections?

Lots of questions I know. Thanks for reading


Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 750D FULL TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core CPU (3.9GHz-4.5GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)

Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!

Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!

1st Storage Drive
8TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE

1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

LED Lighting
2x 50cm RGB LED Strip

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0

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 [KUK-00001]

Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language

Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Supplied on USB Drive

Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)

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NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

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Firefox™

Keyboard & Mouse
Fnatic miniSTREAK RGB Red Silent Mechanical Tenkeyless

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3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

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[mike_d99]

The questions I can answer:

500GB should enough storage for a gaming system...though it does depend how many games you are going to install and how much other stuff will be on your primary drive or will you use one of the other drives as overflow storage?
Your system will have Bluetooth...the Wi-Fi card you have chosen (an excellent Wi-Fi card by the way...it is the card recommended on most builds here) has Bluetooth 5.0 (well, the Intel site says 5.1) so you are good and it has max speeds of 2.4Gbps so 500 should be a breeze for it

As for the rest, I'll let someone else answer those questions

Thanks Nursemorph. I haven't played any modern PC games except for Football Manager so I don't know how many games would fit on a 500GB drive or whether using an overflow drive would have drawbacks. I'll look into it.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thanks Nursemorph. I haven't played any modern PC games except for Football Manager so I don't know how many games would fit on a 500GB drive or whether using an overflow drive would have drawbacks. I'll look into it.

A lot of modern games are over 100gb, and windows will need 50Gb

Installing games on an hdd will affect load times but not game performance.

 

[mike_d99]

Hey all. Is anyone able to offer any further advice? My current PC has been acting up more and more since I posted this. Think it's got wind of my plans to replace it 👀

 

[mike_d99]

Thanks Nursemorph. Sorry for being slow to respond, just waiting for some financial bits and bobs to resolve themselves. My overall budget is around £2,500 although I can stretch a bit on that if required.

The monitor can't be any larger than 27" though due to space issues!

 

[mike_d99]

Thanks a lot for your time, I appreciate it. Thanks also for the monitor recommendation, looks great on first glance. I will probably go for the 3900x, that was the one I was eyeing up initially. Is it ok to add my existing drives to the PC once it arrives without invalidating anything?

My PC is running OK at the moment so I will wait if I can, it's a lot of money so I might as well get the best value I can for it. Aren't the new cards going to be uber-expensive when they come out though?

 

[mike_d99]

It appears the RX3070 will be around £470 and the RX3080 around £649, according to Tech Radar. Not sure how much the RTX2070 is currently (£450-500?). Is it worth jumping to the RX3080 or is that overkill for 1440p? It is kind of tempting if it's only £150 more expensive or so, especially in terms of future-proofing.

EDIT - that said, it seems about £350 more expensive when you add it to the spec, which doesn't really tally with the above......

 

[SpyderTracks]

Pretty sure the 3080 is way overkill for 1440p..unless you are planning Ultraiwde or Super Ultrawide. The 3070 would be excellent for 1440p....£100 more but vastly better but also longer to wait due to it's release window

Really, even the 3070 is overpowered for 1440p, the 3060 would be more appropriate.

The 3070 is a 4k 144Hz card.