New machine - Tell me what you think/would do differently

Nimsay

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Going for a big upgrade to what I currently have, will primarily be used for gaming (new releases/existing games on higher quality).

Current specs that I am upgrading from: [Intel Core i7-6700K (4.00GHz)/16GB RAM/Nvidia GeForce 4060/Acer Predator 144hz Monitor (not overly bothered about running anything in 4k].

Max budget would probably be £1500, but this comes in nicely at £1266.

Case
CORSAIR 3000D AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16 Core CPU (4.3GHz-5.7GHz/80MB CACHE/AM5)

Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B650-PLUS (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0)

Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200MHz CL40 (2 x 32GB)

Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4060)

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 550W CX SERIES™ CX-550 POWER SUPPLY

Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 150 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (180W)

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
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6E AX210 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0

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
 
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Nimsay

New member
Build will mostly used for gaming (new releases/existing games on higher quality) and potential 3D rendering in Blender.

Current specs that I am upgrading from:
  • Intel Core i7-6700K (4.00GHz)
  • 16GB RAM
  • Nvidia GeForce 4060
  • Acer Predator 144hz Monitor 1ms
Max budget would probably be £1500, but this comes in nicely at £1266.
 
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