1st Desktop Gaming PC

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DanielQ88

Active member
Hi,

I'm looking at ordering my first gaming PC. I currently have a Predator Triton 500 (RTX GeForce 2080, 32GB Ram, i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz) and looking to upgrade to a more powerful desktop rig, laptop has serious cooling issues.

How's the below spec looking? Will be mainly used for gaming (Fortnite, COD, Cyberpunk, Cities Skylines etc in 4k), appreciate RTX3080 is overpriced and zero stock so any other viable options with a view to upgrade to a 3080 or a 6800 once they become readily available? Any areas to upgrade for little cost or save etc.

Budget £3k
4K Monitors to be purchased and peripheral's separately to £3k budget.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
4TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PRO XT Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
LED Lighting
2x 50cm ARGB LED Strip
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
ASUS PCE-AX58BT Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 2400Mbps/5GHz, 600Mbps/2.4GHz + 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 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Google Chrome™
Cable Management
3 x PCS 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £2,806.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/cmc9BPQ5qP/

Thanks

Daniel
 
Citrus_9

Citrus_9

Expert
Welcome ;) Are you sure x570-F is needed for 5600X? I'd pair it with B550 or X570 if you want to spend more. Why not taking a 5800X having this budget? Then X570-F and H115i would make sense.

Just maybe PSU could be 850W or even 1000W having in mind of you hungry GPU and possible future upgrades for your 4K monitors.

I'd drop Bullguard, but take a silver warranty.
 
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Steveyg

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Hi mate, I've just optimised your build you can get sooo much more for your budget

I went with the 5800x which is THE gaming CPU for this generation and changed the Motherboard to match

Changed your storage setup to something much much faster and affective.

Bumped your PSU to 850W (1000W would be prime option) which the 3080 will get close to using and dropped to the Intel AX200 Wifi card, it's just as good as the ASUS one for most peoples uses

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PRO XT Hydro 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
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 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 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 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™
Cable Management
3 x PCS 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £2,741.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/UTXq4wZxua/
 
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DanielQ88

Active member
Hi, cheers for the reply. Went with 5600x as pretty much gaming only and the £130 for 5800x probably not the best value. PSU I thought i put 850W ha. Didn't notice the Bullguard too. With regards to the motherboard I'm not that clued up, what's the difference or the thinking from your suggestions?
 
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Steveyg

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
DanielQ88 said:
Hi, cheers for the reply. Went with 5600x as pretty much gaming only and the £130 for 5800x probably not the best value. PSU I thought i put 850W ha. Didn't notice the Bullguard too. With regards to the motherboard I'm not that clued up, what's the difference or the thinking from your suggestions?
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Yeah for gaming only the 5600x has 6 cores and the 5800x has 8 cores. Why this is important?

The new consoles both have 8 cores and as much as we might dislike it games are made for consoles first in most cases so 8 core count is going to be really important. That's why the 5800x is THE gaming CPU, this generation is going to see the adoption finally of proper multicore gaming. We can see the start of it in Warzone which uses as many cores as there are available
 
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DanielQ88

Active member
Steveyg said:
Hi mate, I've just optimised your build you can get sooo much more for your budget

I went with the 5800x which is THE gaming CPU for this generation and changed the Motherboard to match

Changed your storage setup to something much much faster and affective.

Bumped your PSU to 850W (1000W would be prime option) which the 3080 will get close to using and dropped to the Intel AX200 Wifi card, it's just as good as the ASUS one for most peoples uses

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PRO XT Hydro 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
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 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 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 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™
Cable Management
3 x PCS 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £2,741.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/UTXq4wZxua/
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Hi cheers for the reply. Is it worth waiting on the 3080 given the stock issues or is there value in the 3070TI or something else?
 
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DanielQ88

Active member
Steveyg said:
Yeah for gaming only the 5600x has 6 cores and the 5800x has 8 cores. Why this is important?

The new consoles both have 8 cores and as much as we might dislike it games are made for consoles first in most cases so 8 core count is going to be really important. That's why the 5800x is THE gaming CPU, this generation is going to see the adoption finally of proper multicore gaming. We can see the start of it in Warzone which uses as many cores as there are available
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Ah ok, makes sense. Nice one.
 
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Steveyg

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
DanielQ88 said:
Hi cheers for the reply. Is it worth waiting on the 3080 given the stock issues or is there value in the 3070TI or something else?
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It depends on what monitor you are planning to use really, if you want to go 4K and using something like the Samsung G9 monitor then I would say 3080 is the way to go

If you're looking a 1440 144Hz Ultrawide then the 3070 and 3070Ti would suit that better

Like I said depends on the monitor mate
 
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DanielQ88

Active member
Steveyg said:
It depends on what monitor you are planning to use really, if you want to go 4K and using something like the Samsung G9 monitor then I would say 3080 is the way to go

If you're looking a 1440 144Hz Ultrawide then the 3070 and 3070Ti would suit that better

Like I said depends on the monitor mate
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Cheers, thanks very much for this. Will look more in to the monitor situation.
 
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DanielQ88

Active member
Steveyg said:
It depends on what monitor you are planning to use really, if you want to go 4K and using something like the Samsung G9 monitor then I would say 3080 is the way to go

If you're looking a 1440 144Hz Ultrawide then the 3070 and 3070Ti would suit that better

Like I said depends on the monitor mate
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Hi Steve,

Ordered today, thanks for your help. Will be pairing it with the G9!

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PRO XT Hydro 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
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 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 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 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 Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 14 to 17 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
Price: £0.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/9Bu7Bs8x37/

Came in at £2,591 I think, big drop in prices recently which is boss.
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
DanielQ88 said:
Hi Steve,

Ordered today, thanks for your help. Will be pairing it with the G9!

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PRO XT Hydro 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
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 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 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 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 Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 14 to 17 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
Price: £0.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/9Bu7Bs8x37/

Came in at £2,591 I think, big drop in prices recently which is boss.
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Looks a nice build
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
Build looks excellent. If you want more RGB then the H115i Capellix is the way to go, otherwise it's spot on.

I think there's less of a delay with the 3080Ti by the way. Just in case the reduced wait time and increased performance offset the value enough for you (And depending where you are at with the budget).
 
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DanielQ88

Active member
Scott said:
Build looks excellent. If you want more RGB then the H115i Capellix is the way to go, otherwise it's spot on.

I think there's less of a delay with the 3080Ti by the way. Just in case the reduced wait time and increased performance offset the value enough for you (And depending where you are at with the budget).
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Hi,

Yeah I looked at the Ti and really wanted it but I just couldn't justify the price increase. Footy season started as well and taking my lad as much as I can this year so had to draw a line somewhere haha.

Might change the cooler actually the H115i Capellix looks boss.
 
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Steveyg

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
DanielQ88 said:
Hi,

Yeah I looked at the Ti and really wanted it but I just couldn't justify the price increase. Footy season started as well and taking my lad as much as I can this year so had to draw a line somewhere haha.

Might change the cooler actually the H115i Capellix looks boss.
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Also comes with the Corsair Commander which is a £50 piece of kit that controls all the fans and RGB in the build. It's an excellent tool and worth the cost of the upgrade
 
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