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[JordanCrock]

First time PC builder, it has been great experience using this website.

I wanted to get your thoughts on my spec, I am aware the GPU won’t last for the future and will most likely need to be upgraded in a few years.

I will mainly be using this for gaming day to day, mainly triple A’s on a 1080p MSI monitor.

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 205 MESH C GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700 Eight Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/20MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II (AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB MSI GEFORCE RTX 4060 Ti VENTUS 2X BLACK OC - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB CORSAIR ELITE MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 7000 MB/R, 6200 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
480GB KINGSTON A400 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (500MB/R, 450MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ASUS Xonar AE 7.1-Channel Gaming Audio Card
Network Card
ASUS XG-C100C V2 10 Gigabit PCI-E CARD (1 x RJ45)
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Has there been any obvious mistakes I have made or any advice on future upgrades.

Thank you in advance.

Jordan

 

[TonyCarter]

From the components alone (i.e. 4 year old, end-of-life platform), I'm guessing the budget is quite low?

Do you really need a 10Gb network card, or will the built-in 2.5Gb Ethernet suffice? Do you have 10Gb broadband or network?

You shouldn't need a sound card as there's one on the motherboard (ROG SupremeFX 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220A)?

If you could let us know what the actual MAX budget is, it would help...as would reading the link below and responding to some of the questions raised...

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For information, with the latest increases in gaming CPU prices (due to brand new releases of latest X3D CPUs) and GPU prices (due to new GPUs coming in Q1'24 imminently and stocks dwindling) prices we're looking at around the following prices for entry-level systems with room for 8-10 years (i.e. systems that simply need a GPU upgrade, so not a budget, throwaway build).

• 1080p = £1700+
• 1440p = £2100+
• 2160p = £2500+

The difference in cost is mainly driven by the cost of the GPU.

 

[JordanCrock]

Hi there,

Thank you for the above,

Apologies I missed some information:

Max budget for this is £1,200

The refresh rate for the monitor is 165Hz

Let me know if you need anything further.

Jordan

 

[Martinr36]

Hi there,

Thank you for the above,

Apologies I missed some information:

Max budget for this is £1,200

The refresh rate for the monitor is 165Hz

Let me know if you need anything further.

Jordan

As above the minimum for 1080p is about £1700,so best thing is save some more money