Budget of about £1600. Looking to purchase this build...

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ArkVulcan

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Hi everyone,

I've been looking to upgrade my PC for a while. I have set a budget of about £1600. I'm not too experienced in the art of custom PC building, so I'd like your advice on this build before I commit to a purchase. Thanks.

I'm not looking for anything too flashy. Just want a PC build that gives me a good headroom for upgrading in the future and want to be able to run games at a good rate like Jedi Survivor (which my current PC can't run) and Oblivion Remastered (which seems to have issues even with high end PCs these days) alongside the games I normally play such as Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Tomb Raider and so on.

Case
CORSAIR 3500X ARGB TEMPERED GLASS MID-TOWER (PCS)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200MHz CL40 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB GIGABYTE RADEON™ RX 7600 XT GAMING OC - 2 x HDMI, 2 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR, 1625MB/sW)
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 650W CX SERIES™ CX-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR NAUTILUS 240 RS ARGB 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
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
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (6 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Price: £1,571.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/d3jgVbmsef/
 
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ArkVulcan said:
My current PC is one I built back in 2019/20. Quite low budget. Currently using an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with an NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti.
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what motherboard?

It may make a lot more sense just to upgrade that one rather than replace it, you’d almost certainly get significantly more performance from it than a system costing £1600 (basic 1080p system would cost £1700
 
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ArkVulcan

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Thanks. I'll keep this in mind. Out of curiosity, I'd still like to know if the configured build I posted earlier is decent, good or great? Just to have a general idea for the future. Thanks again.
 
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TonyCarter

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ArkVulcan said:
Thanks. I'll keep this in mind. Out of curiosity, I'd still like to know if the configured build I posted earlier is decent, good or great? Just to have a general idea for the future. Thanks again.
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It's not terrible, but the primary SSD is too slow (should be the fastest in the build), and the PSU is too low a power capacity/tier/spec to allow for even minor GPU upgrades.
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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ArkVulcan said:
Thanks. I'll keep this in mind. Out of curiosity, I'd still like to know if the configured build I posted earlier is decent, good or great? Just to have a general idea for the future. Thanks again.
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This always means “thanks but I don’t believe you, I want shiny”

Its true though, rather than an inferior 1080p lacking room to grow you could beef your current system to a really capable 1440p or even ultra wide and absolutely transform your experience

 
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ArkVulcan

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TonyCarter said:
It's not terrible, but the primary SSD is too slow (should be the fastest in the build), and the PSU is too low a power capacity/tier/spec to allow for even minor GPU upgrades.
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So would you say a 1TB SSD or maybe 2TB as a primary would be far better than 512GB. And the PSU being 850W? Personally I think 1000W is overkill, but as I mentioned before, I'm new to this and definitely no expert, which is why I'm looking for opinions and recommendations.
 
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TonyCarter

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ArkVulcan said:
So would you say a 1TB SSD or maybe 2TB as a primary would be far better than 512GB. And the PSU being 850W? Personally I think 1000W is overkill, but as I mentioned before, I'm new to this and definitely no expert, which is why I'm looking for opinions and recommendations.
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512GB would be fine, if PCS hadn’t stopped offering any fast ones…but the 1TB ones are only about 20% more expensive, so that’s probably why.

So a primary 1TB SSD of c.7000MB/s speed, and a secondary 2TB one of c.4000MB/s speed.

For the PSU, there are 3 things to consider/differentiate between:
  • TIER (its intended usage):
    • CX = budget/basic/office builds, cheaper/fewer components, basic always on fan
    • RM = enthusiast/gaming builds, higher quality components & more power control components for smoother power delivery, better fan & profiles
    • HX = top-tier enthusiast/gaming builds, higher quality components & more power control components for smoother power delivery, better fan & profiles, better efficiency
    • AX = professional/overclocking/money-no-object builds; digital control, highest quality components, built-in monitoring components
  • SPEC:
    • ATX2: older generation, lower power per rail, /cable, less protections for transient GPU power spikes
    • ATX3: latest generation, higher power per rail/cable, higher/better protections for transient GPU power spikes
  • POWER:
    • 250w to 2000w as required to provide for current & future power requirements - but a PC will only use the power it needs, so a 2000w PSU will still use the same 250w as a 750w PSU when the PC requires 250w
 
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