New gaming pc - advice welcome

[t_cats]

I would be very grateful for any comments / advice on the specification below.

The primary purpose is gaming - looking for excellent 1440p now and be ready if I decide to move to 4k later on by getting a monitor that can handle it.

In terms of non-gaming, I would classify the workload as 'an ordinary user' in terms of using MS Office applications, internet research (I do lots of writing - but the software I use is a cloud based system), and I also use some map making software for designing world settings for my writing, etc. My current pc is about 8 years old - an intel i5 9600KF and the GPU is a GTX 1060 6GB - so I thinking the 7800X3D is more than enough in terms of my non gaming workload.

My budget is £2,000 to £2,500. My current monitor is an LG UltraGear 27 GN88A 27 inch Monitor QHD (2560x1440) Nano IPS 1ms 144Hz bought in 2021.

I've gone for a single SSD drive instead of a separate 'boot drive' (like I have on my current pc) as the price of SSDs is pretty good and didn't feel its needed these days but always open to advice on that of course. I've seen alternative views when researching on that.

I've watched a lot of videos and read around to check this spec works well together and for what I'm after, but will admit that not having bought a pc for the last 8 years the level of choice has grown (along with my confusion!). Anyway, any advice is welcomed and many thanks in advance.

Case
be quiet! SHADOW BASE 800 FX GAMING CASE
Promotional Item
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Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX V2 (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
20GB AMD RADEON™ RX 7900 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
Graphics Card Support Bracket
NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti / RX 7700 XT AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 6500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W 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
DeepCool AK620 ZERO DARK High-Performance Dual Tower 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
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
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 11 Home Multi-Language Recovery Image - Supplied on USB Drive
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
Price: £0.00 including VAT and Delivery

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[steaky360]

Hi there!

Regards the SSD, I think there's probably an argument that for 'general use' there are diminishing returns for a boot and second drive. But my take on this is that I know I like to reinstall windows every now and then and frankly, its just a little bit easier with a boot drive and given there's little cost difference I find it worthwhile.

Additionally I do still think its realistic to consider that SSDs (as with all drives really) are slower when full, so there's that, but I can say generally it doesn't seem to impact me (or not that I've noticed), hence conceding diminishing returns.

Few other thoughts from other folk here:

New gaming pc - advice welcome

I would be very grateful for any comments / advice on the specification below. The primary purpose is gaming - looking for excellent 1440p now and be ready if I decide to move to 4k later on by getting a monitor that can handle it. In terms of non-gaming, I would classify the workload as 'an...

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Why more than one storage drive?

I've been meaning to put something like this together for a while. In recent weeks I've found myself writing this more and more so thought I would just post my thoughts in a thread that I could link to. So the reason for this thread is to try and give insight as to the reasoning behind having...

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[t_cats]

Hello and thank you!

The information is extremely useful and clear. As I was reading the long version I was saying in my mind one of my favourite phrases - 'what's the downside'? so the conclusion of the long version really resonated with me! It also indicated to me why I sometimes see a faster smaller drive for the OS in a recommendation and the larger storage can be a slower speed where that is not going to be noticeable in everyday use.

I'm guessing that a first drive for the Windows 11 Home OS of 512GB is enough to accommodate the size of the OS and related files and the 50% rule. I can go to 1TB if needed in any case budget wise. I'll think on whether I'd still go for a 2TB on the general storage drive as I do tend to acquire a lot of files/information over time!

Thanks again for your help/advice - that has clarified that issue perfectly.