Feedback on this spec for 1440p gaming

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CampFreddy

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Hey all,
I'd like your feedback on this PC. I'm upgrading from an i5-8400K and GTX 1660 Ti.

Budget is £1800. It's primarily going to be a gaming PC on an ASUS 1440p 165Mhz monitor. I tend to play FPS battle royales, RPGs, racing games. GTA V etc.

I have existing solid-state storage (1 x 500GB SATA SSD, 1 x 2TB NVMe) that I'll be migrating from my current PC and I'm not interested in RGB lighting.

Thanks!

Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 14-Core Processor i5-13600K (3.5GHz) 24MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 150 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
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 [KK3-00027]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days

£1,821.00 inc VAT and Delivery
 
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CampFreddy

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I dunno about plenty of life left or upgrading early. The core of the system (mobo/CPU) is 5 years old. On some games, I'm getting about 90 fps (GTA V, PUBG) which is fine. On others, it's 40 - 60 fps (Warzone 2, Icarus, Cyberpunk 2077, RDR2) but the CPU and GPU are maxing out when playing. These would have a mix of low/medium and a few high settings to try and get the best out of the visuals versus fps.

It is a bit of a Triggers Broom of a PC, having evolved rather than been built from, scratch in its current guise: CoolerMaster case (model tbc), i5-8400, GIGABYTE Z390 UD motherboard, Palit GTX 1660 Ti, 16GB of 1333Mhz Corsair DDR4 RAM, 500GB Crucial SSD as the boot drive.

It does feel like it needs a refresh. I could upgrade to a 9th gen Intel, a 30XX series graphics card and more/better memory on the same motherboard but that's still a grand Sterling according to PC Part Picker. If I could spend a grand on an incremental upgrade, why not get a new PC built from the ground up that'll do for the next four years or more? I've been eyeing up this spec for about 5 months and there's been little change in price. I don't see the anticipated 4070 Ti release changing that either.
 
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CampFreddy said:
I dunno about plenty of life left or upgrading early. The core of the system (mobo/CPU) is 5 years old. On some games, I'm getting about 90 fps (GTA V, PUBG) which is fine. On others, it's 40 - 60 fps (Warzone 2, Icarus, Cyberpunk 2077, RDR2) but the CPU and GPU are maxing out when playing. These would have a mix of low/medium and a few high settings to try and get the best out of the visuals versus fps.

It is a bit of a Triggers Broom of a PC, having evolved rather than been built from, scratch in its current guise: CoolerMaster case (model tbc), i5-8400, GIGABYTE Z390 UD motherboard, Palit GTX 1660 Ti, 16GB of 1333Mhz Corsair DDR4 RAM, 500GB Crucial SSD as the boot drive.

It does feel like it needs a refresh. I could upgrade to a 9th gen Intel, a 30XX series graphics card and more/better memory on the same motherboard but that's still a grand Sterling according to PC Part Picker. If I could spend a grand on an incremental upgrade, why not get a new PC built from the ground up that'll do for the next four years or more? I've been eyeing up this spec for about 5 months and there's been little change in price. I don't see the anticipated 4070 Ti release changing that either.
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No, it's not a good platform to support upgrades by the sound of it.

Just so you know, any PC we design is done so with 7 to 10 year lifespan with a couple of GPU upgrades during that time, you won't need to touch the platform
 
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