mid-high spec PC

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JimboC7

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Trying to build a decent gaming PC but i'm pretty clueless. Main use for 4k gaming but also as a general family computer - would like it to be quiet too. Budget for the PC is around £3k. I don't have a 4k monitor so would like some advise for that too - budget for the monitor £500 - £1000.

I've pulled the below together- after some advice on whether this is suitable. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE 7 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16 Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.7GHz/144MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
24GB AMD RADEON™ RX 7900 XTX - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
4TB CORSAIR MP600 PRO NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 7000 MB/R, 6850 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB 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
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe 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 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
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
Norton 360 inc. Game Optimizer - Free 90 Day License
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Price: £2,991.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/A66McgpTMt/
 
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Steveyg

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This is where I'd be aiming for this kind of build mate, granted I've gone with the best gaming CPU on the market and the best gaming GPU. So probably overkilled it massively but it'll smash 4K no sweat

@SpyderTracks is always a good shout for monitor recommendations, I'm never really up to date with that side of it

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE - I know you wanted quiet but parts of this magnitude are going to generate ALOT of heat, so dispelling that heat is more important in my opinion. This case is great for airflow and quiet generally means dampening, dampening means more heat. Heat will kill components noise wont
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5) - Best gaming CPU on the market
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6) - Adequate motherboard
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB) - Plenty of RAM for gaming
Graphics Card
24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4090 - HDMI, DP - Best gaming GPU on the planet
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW) - super fast OS/Boot drive. I prefer to keep this small so it encourages you to keep it around 50-60% full so that your operating system is always running optimally. Bigger drives tend to get filled more which then in turn slows down the OS which you don't want. Keep it small keep it maximum half full and you guarantee your OS is always running like it's supposed to
1st M.2 SSD Drive
4TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W) - Larger fast gaming storage, speed is plenty for gaming. Fill this as much as you like, drive slow down affects games less than it affect the OS
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET - I'd honestly want to recommend the 1200W PSU because of the 4090 pulling absurd power. 1000W is enough but little overhead
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler - Adequate cooler for the 7800X3D
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe 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 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
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 - Don't put any third party anti virus on your computer they are all basically malware these days. Windows Defender is free with Windows and just as good if not better than all paid options. Every single one of them I've come across is a detriment to system health
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) - Bargain for a fiver
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Price: £3,056.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/kh09BzDbCB/
 
SpyderTracks

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That's a healthy budget for 4k monitor, there's some good options, but I would strongly suggest Ultrawide / Superwide if you haven't as they're far more immersive in gaming and still very good for real estate for work / web surfing / home use

The Samsung G8 Neo Ultrawide is the current favorite, it's a very very good monitor coming in substantially under what the competition are doing price wise while being the clear winner in a lot of areas as well.

It's a 34" Curved QD OLED (top tech currently) backlit at 3440 x 1440, full HDR with a refresh rate of 175Hz, so plenty of room to grow as GPU's update

It's currently on offer at £1000 direct through samsung: https://www.samsung.com/uk/monitors...-inch-175hz-curved-ultra-wqhd-ls34bg850suxxu/




Bear in mind, the above review is from March, and there have been several firmware updates for the monitor since which have sorted some of the issues

There's a good summary of the best 4k Monitors available now, just be aware of the upcoming Black Friday deals

 
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JimboC7

Member
Steveyg said:
This is where I'd be aiming for this kind of build mate, granted I've gone with the best gaming CPU on the market and the best gaming GPU. So probably overkilled it massively but it'll smash 4K no sweat

@SpyderTracks is always a good shout for monitor recommendations, I'm never really up to date with that side of it

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE - I know you wanted quiet but parts of this magnitude are going to generate ALOT of heat, so dispelling that heat is more important in my opinion. This case is great for airflow and quiet generally means dampening, dampening means more heat. Heat will kill components noise wont
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5) - Best gaming CPU on the market
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6) - Adequate motherboard
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB) - Plenty of RAM for gaming
Graphics Card
24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4090 - HDMI, DP - Best gaming GPU on the planet
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW) - super fast OS/Boot drive. I prefer to keep this small so it encourages you to keep it around 50-60% full so that your operating system is always running optimally. Bigger drives tend to get filled more which then in turn slows down the OS which you don't want. Keep it small keep it maximum half full and you guarantee your OS is always running like it's supposed to
1st M.2 SSD Drive
4TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W) - Larger fast gaming storage, speed is plenty for gaming. Fill this as much as you like, drive slow down affects games less than it affect the OS
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET - I'd honestly want to recommend the 1200W PSU because of the 4090 pulling absurd power. 1000W is enough but little overhead
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler - Adequate cooler for the 7800X3D
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe 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 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
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 - Don't put any third party anti virus on your computer they are all basically malware these days. Windows Defender is free with Windows and just as good if not better than all paid options. Every single one of them I've come across is a detriment to system health
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) - Bargain for a fiver
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Price: £3,056.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/kh09BzDbCB/
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Awesome - thanks for your advice mate - much appreciated !
 
J

JimboC7

Member
SpyderTracks said:
That's a healthy budget for 4k monitor, there's some good options, but I would strongly suggest Ultrawide / Superwide if you haven't as they're far more immersive in gaming and still very good for real estate for work / web surfing / home use

The Samsung G8 Neo Ultrawide is the current favorite, it's a very very good monitor coming in substantially under what the competition are doing price wise while being the clear winner in a lot of areas as well.

It's a 34" Curved QD OLED (top tech currently) backlit at 3440 x 1440, full HDR with a refresh rate of 175Hz, so plenty of room to grow as GPU's update

It's currently on offer at £1000 direct through samsung: https://www.samsung.com/uk/monitors...-inch-175hz-curved-ultra-wqhd-ls34bg850suxxu/




Bear in mind, the above review is from March, and there have been several firmware updates for the monitor since which have sorted some of the issues

There's a good summary of the best 4k Monitors available now, just be aware of the upcoming Black Friday deals

Click to expand...
Thanks Spyder - will have a look at these!
 
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