Help / Advice for gaming PC

BeastyTW

Member
Hey all,

I've seen some previous super friendly and very informative posts on here. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to go over this spec for me, and advise/suggest alterations.
I'm a young professional, transitioning from work-only Macs into the gaming world, looking for my first gaming PC. (I play mostly older games, but would like to be able to try and get into modern/new games )
My current monitor is Dell P2721Q, will add a gaming monitor in the future.

I like the esthetics of the Lian Li 215 case (Though willing to consider other options), and I've fallen victim to the RGB layouts as they scream gamer setup compared to my regular office mac layout.
I was looking into adding the three extra case fans with RGB - more for aesthetic purposes?
Was wondering if they can harm the air-flow in any way, making them redundant and harmful?

I was aiming for 1500-1700 budget - The current build is around 1750.

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.4GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3000MB/sR | 1600MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
LED Lighting
50cm ARGB LED Strip
Extra Case Fans
3x CoolerMaster SickleFlow 120 ARGB + Controller Kit
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NOT REQUIRED
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
 

JUNI0R

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Hey all,

I've seen some previous super friendly and very informative posts on here. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to go over this spec for me, and advise/suggest alterations.
I'm a young professional, transitioning from work-only Macs into the gaming world, looking for my first gaming PC. (I play mostly older games, but would like to be able to try and get into modern/new games )
My current monitor is Dell P2721Q, will add a gaming monitor in the future.

I like the esthetics of the Lian Li 215 case (Though willing to consider other options), and I've fallen victim to the RGB layouts as they scream gamer setup compared to my regular office mac layout.
I was looking into adding the three extra case fans with RGB - more for aesthetic purposes?
Was wondering if they can harm the air-flow in any way, making them redundant and harmful?

I was aiming for 1500-1700 budget - The current build is around 1750.

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.4GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3000MB/sR | 1600MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
LED Lighting
50cm ARGB LED Strip
Extra Case Fans
3x CoolerMaster SickleFlow 120 ARGB + Controller Kit
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NOT REQUIRED
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Hi there! We could definitely give this a balance for you.

A few questions first 1) would you be able to provide the configurable link for this? It should be at the bottom of where you posted this spec from. 2) When you do plan to change the monitor and what do you plan to change to? I’d say that 1440p 144hz would be the sweetspot today
 
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