Just wanting to know if ive managed to do a decent build that will play games at high settings as know nothing about pcs

[Dazza 89]

Case
PCS PRISM-X RGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 Ten-Core Processor i9-10850K (3.6GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING (LGA1200, USB 3.2, CrossFireX/SLI) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (500MB/R, 400MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB INTEL® 660p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 1800MB/sR | 1800MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
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Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
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United Kingdom - English Language
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Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
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[AgentCooper]

Hi there! In order to get a grip on things, a few questions must be asked of you.

Budget... What funds have you got locked away for your purchase?

Uses... Is it a pure gaming system you’ve got in mind or will you be doing any editing and streaming?

Monitor... what screen have you got? Make and model or resolution and refresh rate would be handy info to know. If you haven’t got one, add how much you’re willing to spend and add to the budget.

 

[Dazza 89]

Hi there! In order to get a grip on things, a few questions must be asked of you.

Budget... What funds have you got locked away for your purchase?

Uses... Is it a pure gaming system you’ve got in mind or will you be doing any editing and streaming?

Monitor... what screen have you got? Make and model or resolution and refresh rate would be handy info to know. If you haven’t got one, add how much you’re willing to spend and add to the budget.

I'm getting a 2k monitor with 1ms looking at the hp omen 27i, and my budget so far the build I've ordered is £2,500 but willing to spend a little extra maybe couple hundred thanks

 

[Dazza 89]

I'm getting a 2k monitor with 1ms looking at the hp omen 27i, and my budget so far the build I've ordered is £2,500 but willing to spend a little extra maybe couple hundred thanks

Oh and it's for gaming and I will be starting streaming also

 

[Stephen M]

Main thing is change to an AMD build, they are way ahead of Intel now, check out thread below.

AMD Vs Intel

So some of you aren't aware of the reasons why so many people are heading away from Intel to AMD, so thought it would be important to lay that out for people to refer back to. A lot of you will go to cpubenchmark or userbenchmark to find performance metrics for CPU's. These sites are complete...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[Dazza 89]

Main thing is change to an AMD build, they are way ahead of Intel now, check out thread below.

AMD Vs Intel

So some of you aren't aware of the reasons why so many people are heading away from Intel to AMD, so thought it would be important to lay that out for people to refer back to. A lot of you will go to cpubenchmark or userbenchmark to find performance metrics for CPU's. These sites are complete...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

Don't know if that's possible without now contacting pcs just did a quick amd build its £2900 for the build I'd want rather than £2550 on my intel build I really don't know what to do

 

[Stephen M]

As long as it has not gone into building you can cancel, think that possible via your account. It is worth doing and there are some good people here who can put a spec together for your budget.

 

[Martinr36]

If you want to change from intel to AMD, I think the best way is to get a spec sorted and phone them, If you pst the AMD spec you've done maybe someone can tweek it so it comes dow in price but you still get a great rig

 

[sck451]

If you have a 2k (1440p) monitor, a 3080 isn't a good bet: it will be limited by the monitor. The 3060Ti would probably be sufficient, but you could go for the 3070 to really max the thing out. When the time comes to upgrade to 4K, that will be the time to upgrade your graphics card as well. It's poor value for money to buy a graphics card in the prospect of a distant future monitor upgrade.

You can then spend that saving (and, to be fair, a touch more) on seriously upgrading your CPU to the 12-core 5900X (you could go for the 5800X to save a bit, but I don't think it's great value for money compared to the 5900X). I'd also upgrade your storage solution to a much faster M.2 SSD config, along with upgrading the WiFi card, getting a much better case and losing the Arctic thermal paste, which isn't necessary.

If there was a place to cut money in this build, it's the memory: 64GB is absurd overkill unless you are doing 8K video editing or something like that. I'm suggesting 32GB as a reasonable compromise, but you'll almost certainly find 16GB is sufficient for gaming and streaming.

Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM 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 (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
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
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Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
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FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
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[Dazza 89]

Sorry guys I'm sticking with intel

COOLERMASTER MASTERCASE H500 ARGB
Processor Intel i9 Ten-Core 10850k
Motherboard asus rog stix Z490-F gaming
Ram 32gb corsair vengeance rgb pro ddr4
Graphics card 10gb nvidea geforce rtx 3080
First storage 256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb
Second storage 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM
M.2 ssd 2TB INTEL® 660p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD
Power supply CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor cooling Corsair H100x Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
2x argb 50cm strips

That's my build just realised the one I first posted wasn't correct I just want to know where I can make it better or if I can without spending much more and for the 3080 it's a little future proofing as for when 4k becomes standard thanks

 

[Dazza 89]

All I want is to game at a decent fps and do some streaming and play games in high settings and last me a decent while before I have to upgrade its my first decent pc and really don't wanna re do the whole things thanks everyone

 

[AgentCooper]

Sorry guys I'm sticking with intel

COOLERMASTER MASTERCASE H500 ARGB
Processor Intel i9 Ten-Core 10850k
Motherboard asus rog stix Z490-F gaming
Ram 32gb corsair vengeance rgb pro ddr4
Graphics card 10gb nvidea geforce rtx 3080
First storage 256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb
Second storage 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM
M.2 ssd 2TB INTEL® 660p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD
Power supply CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor cooling Corsair H100x Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
2x argb 50cm strips

That's my build just realised the one I first posted wasn't correct I just want to know where I can make it better or if I can without spending much more and for the 3080 it's a little future proofing as for when 4k becomes standard thanks

It’s your money, but this is not a great investment. What’s the point in asking for advice if you’re not going to take it?

 

[Martinr36]

Sorry guys I'm sticking with intel

COOLERMASTER MASTERCASE H500 ARGB
Processor Intel i9 Ten-Core 10850k
Motherboard asus rog stix Z490-F gaming
Ram 32gb corsair vengeance rgb pro ddr4
Graphics card 10gb nvidea geforce rtx 3080
First storage 256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb
Second storage 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM
M.2 ssd 2TB INTEL® 660p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD
Power supply CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor cooling Corsair H100x Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
2x argb 50cm strips

That's my build just realised the one I first posted wasn't correct I just want to know where I can make it better or if I can without spending much more and for the 3080 it's a little future proofing as for when 4k becomes standard thanks

Oh well that's your choice

 

[Dazza 89]

It’s your money, but this is not a great investment. What’s the point in asking for advice if you’re not going to take it?

I'm asking if there's anyway to make my build a bit better without breaking the bank slight adjustments will my pc not play games in high settings or will I not be able to stream will it not give me a high fps while gaming ?

 

[Martinr36]

It’s your money, but this is not a great investment. What’s the point in asking for advice if you’re not going to take it?

@AgentCooper , I often wonder why folk do that, makes no sense at all

 

[Dazza 89]

@AgentCooper , I often wonder why folk do that, makes no sense at all

I asked about my build didn't ask for you guys to make this a amd vs intel I asked if it was a decent build that will play games in high settings did I not ?

 

[Resistance100]

I asked about my build didn't ask for you guys to make this a amd vs intel I asked if it was a decent build that will play games in high settings did I not ?

It's not an AMD v Intel. Its about getting the best performing build for your budget

Based on your original spec. Change the M.2 to PCS from intel and remove the artic paste as not needed with that cooler. Probably worth changing to the newer i series as well.

 

[Martinr36]

You asked if it was a decent build and the answer is no, not with it being Intel and reasons were explained for that if you read the post that was linked to.
If only you'd listen to the advise you could get a lot better bang for your buck by going AMD

 

[Bigfoot]

From the OP’s spec I would keep Windows, the PSU, onboard sound, delivery and the power cable - not much else for the use case.

 

[Dazza 89]

It's not an AMD v Intel. Its about getting the best performing build for your budget

But some say intel some say amd so I'm not interested in that I wanted to know about the build I put together if it will run games at high fps and play games at high settings mate and further down what I could do to make it a little better without a lot more cash