Hi, looking for thoughts and checks on this build (£2000-£2500 gaming build)

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AHA-Lambda

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Hi, looking for thoughts on this build.

Case
CORSAIR FRAME 4000D RS ARGB MODULAR - WHITE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7 (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz CL40 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB SAPPHIRE PULSE RADEON™ RX 9070 XT GAMING - 2 x HDMI, 2 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 990 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe 4.0 & 5.0 NVMe (up to 7150MB/R, 6300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ ATX 3.1, MODULAR, CYBENETICS GOLD
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR ICUE LINK TITAN 360 RX RGB HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND APPLICATION
Extra Case Fans
5 x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fans
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
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
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Home Installation
Technician Assisted Installation & Set-Up
Delivery
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Price: £2,355.00 including VAT and Delivery

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I’m feeling:
- quite set about the GPU choice
- pretty good on the CPU, RAM, and storage capacity choices
- but a lot of the rest I’m kinda guessing/flexible on from PC Specialist’s options (especially feeling unsure about the mobo or cooling, and I’m open to increasing the ram to 64gb unless that is overkill?).

I don’t know much about PC building so appreciate the help, thanks!

(Not sure what to do with a monitor yet, I’ve got an old Dell 27” 1440p monitor that I expect I’ll replace later in the year)
 
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TonyCarter

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I don't think you're far off for a good 1440p build, but if you could provide the config link it would help us to tweak it for you (without having to start from scratch). Probably gone a bit over-the-top with all those Toughfans as you have 3 on the case and 3 on the cooler already...so they'd have to remove some Corsair fans to put those Toughfans in (which would be a waste of money / downgrade).

BTW, what refresh rate is the old Dell monitor? If it's a business monitor at 60-70Hz then an upgrade really is necessary to take advantage of this build for gaming.
 
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AHA-Lambda

Member
TonyCarter said:
I don't think you're far off for a good 1440p build, but if you could provide the config link it would help us to tweak it for you (without having to start from scratch). Probably gone a bit over-the-top with all those Toughfans as you have 3 on the case and 3 on the cooler already...so they'd have to remove some Corsair fans to put those Toughfans in (which would be a waste of money / downgrade).

BTW, what refresh rate is the old Dell monitor? If it's a business monitor at 60-70Hz then an upgrade really is necessary to take advantage of this build for gaming.
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Thank you, the link is below (i'll edit the OP to include it)

PCSPECIALIST - Configure the AMD Am5 PC to your ideal requirements.

PCSpecialist is an award-winning manufacturer of high quality custom PCs & Laptops. Configure the AMD Am5 PC to your ideal requirements.
www.pcspecialist.co.uk www.pcspecialist.co.uk

I didn't know that about the toughfans so I'm happy to remove them.

The monitor in question refresh rate is 60Hz, so yeah I'll need something.
What's a good 27" 1440p monitor in the £500 range?
 
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TonyCarter

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Are you looking specifically for a white build? If so, we can change to the Luna configurator, which has more white components (although smaller choice of components, and sometimes more expensive).
 
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TonyCarter

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Here's the tweaked white case with non-white components build. It's £70 more, but the CPU upgrade is about £100 in itself, plus you get an additional 2TB SSD for game installs.

Case
CORSAIR FRAME 4000D RS ARGB MODULAR - WHITE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core CPU (Up to 5.2GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5) - faster, newer, best gaming CPU at the moment
Motherboard
GIGABYTE B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI 7 (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7) - not a lot of difference between this and the X870E, but £100 cheaper
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz CL30 (2 x 16GB) - RGB RAM with tighter/faster timings
Graphics Card
16GB SAPPHIRE PULSE RADEON™ RX 9070 XT GAMING - 2 x HDMI, 2 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB CORSAIR ELITE MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 7000 MB/R, 6200 MB/W) - faster, smaller primary drive for Windows, apps & games launchers only (to keep the games safe on a second drive in case of Windows issues/reinstalls)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W) - secondary, larger drive for game installs
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ ATX 3.1, MODULAR, CYBENETICS GOLD
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER - same fans as case, so will match perfectly
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
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
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Home Installation
Technician Assisted Installation & Set-Up
Delivery
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Price: £2,421.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/ztFnFjRmWG/
 
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TonyCarter

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Here's the same tweaked build, but using the white/Luna configurator (£37 more than the black build above).

Case
CORSAIR FRAME 4000D RS ARGB MODULAR - WHITE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core CPU (Up to 5.2GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI 7 ICE (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7) - same motherboard, just in white
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz CL40 (2 x 16GB) KIT - WHITE - same RAM, just in white
Graphics Card
16GB SAPPHIRE PURE RADEON™ RX 9070 XT GAMING OC - 2 x HDMI, 2 x DP - same GPU, just in white
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB CORSAIR ELITE MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 7000 MB/R, 6200 MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ ATX 3.1, MODULAR, CYBENETICS GOLD
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER - WHITE - same cooler, just in white
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
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
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
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Home Installation
Technician Assisted Installation & Set-Up
Delivery
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £2,458.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-white/sTJkPvDrFK/
 
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AHA-Lambda

Member
Thank you everyone for the build and monitor recommendations. I’ll take a look through them in detail later when I can and come back on it.
TonyCarter said:
Are you looking specifically for a white build? If so, we can change to the Luna configurator, which has more white components (although smaller choice of components, and sometimes more expensive).
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I’m not looking for specifically a white build, I’m flexible on that but I think it would be nice
 
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TonyCarter

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AHA-Lambda said:
Sorry for the double post

As I say I know previous little about pc building, is the Arctic MX4 paste not worth it?
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Not if you're paying for a premium Corsair AIO cooler, as the pre-applied, machine-applied paste that comes on the cooler plate is better and more evenly applied (vs the randomness of human technician application).
 
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