Help with new gaming pc specs

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Andykg10

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Hi there.

Its soon time to build my new PC, but I'm a little apprehensive as I always get at this time as I'm quite a novice when it comes to choosing parts. I know what I want to use it for and it'll be the first time I'm going to be going for liquid cooling, which is also making me apprehensive.

Im ultimately using it for 4K gaming and to last for 4-5 years before building another. I never upgrade as I have no idea what I'm doing lol.

Can anyone suggest a build with liquid cooling for this purpose please. Any help would be greatly appreciated

No real budget, but I'm thinking of £3500 or thereabouts.

Thx
 
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Andykg10 said:
Hi there.

Its soon time to build my new PC, but I'm a little apprehensive as I always get at this time as I'm quite a novice when it comes to choosing parts. I know what I want to use it for and it'll be the first time I'm going to be going for liquid cooling, which is also making me apprehensive.

Im ultimately using it for 4K gaming and to last for 4-5 years before building another. I never upgrade as I have no idea what I'm doing lol.

Can anyone suggest a build with liquid cooling for this purpose please. Any help would be greatly appreciated

No real budget, but I'm thinking of £3500 or thereabouts.

Thx
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An open loop liquid cooled PC takes annual maintenance which you either need to learn to do yourself or pay PCS and send the PC back to them each year.

They do have their place, but not really for gaming anymore these days as Closed Loop Coolers are so effective and have largely made them redundant.

Is it purely for gaming? Any streaming to twich or anything? Video editing?

Do you have a monitor already? If you do, can you provide the make and model? If not, what's you max budget for a monitor (roughly £1200 upwards).
 
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Andykg10

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Yeah I asked PCspecialist about loops and they said it'll be closed which would be perfect for me.

Sold my old monitor, so would a new 4K screen as well. Not sure on price coz I haven't looked for a monitor yet.

Pure gaming use. Looking for 4K 60fps. As the Ampere's 3080s are supposedly out in September I might wait for them as I'm in no immediate rush. Just needs a template build to work from really.
 
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Andykg10 said:
Yeah I asked PCspecialist about loops and they said it'll be closed which would be perfect for me.

Sold my old monitor, so would a new 4K screen as well. Not sure on price coz I haven't looked for a monitor yet.

Pure gaming use. Looking for 4K 60fps. As the Ampere's 3080s are supposedly out in September I might wait for them as I'm in no immediate rush. Just needs a template build to work from really.
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4k 60 is actually really poor nowadays. 4k 144Hz or Superwide is where it's at, quite frankly, Superwide is a far more premium experience.

For a monitor I'd highly suggest this one when it's released which shouldn't be too long:

www.samsung.com

PC Monitors | Computer Monitors & Screens | Samsung UK

Browse the full range of PC monitors, desktop computer monitors & screens at Samsung UK. Compare models by price & specs. Free Delivery & Returns.
www.samsung.com www.samsung.com

As an example of the build, this includes a closed loop cooler:

Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 680X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12 Core CPU (4.7GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/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 PLATINUM 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)
Wireless/Wired Networking
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 16 to 18 working days

Price: £2,870.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/HtMqsvt0GS/
 
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It's worth adding that nvidia and AMD are both releasing next gen cards in september, to be announced arround the 1st and released later on in the month. Early reports are that the top end card, the 3090 is going to cost around £2k, but be rediculously powerful.

For a build of this caliber it would be worth holding on a few weeks.
 
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Andykg10

Bronze Level Poster
Hi again.

Decided on this monitor, cant go much bigger because of space and budget, plus most are out of stock anyway.

www.asus.com

ROG - Republic of Gamers｜Monitors｜ASUS United Kingdom

Republic of Gamers (ROG) has more than a decade of experience in developing cutting-edge gaming monitors that delight and excite gamers around the world. The ROG Swift series is the tip of the spear, bristling with numerous game-changing innovations.
www.asus.com www.asus.com

Im still undecided on the CPU as i want the best for Cyberpunk in 4K at max if possible and not bottleneck.

Obviously im waiting for 3080 RTX to release before ordering, but in the meantime im trying to finalise the rest of the build.

Any advice on the CPU?

Cheers
 
SpyderTracks

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Andykg10 said:
Hi again.

Decided on this monitor, cant go much bigger because of space and budget, plus most are out of stock anyway.

www.asus.com

ROG - Republic of Gamers｜Monitors｜ASUS United Kingdom

Republic of Gamers (ROG) has more than a decade of experience in developing cutting-edge gaming monitors that delight and excite gamers around the world. The ROG Swift series is the tip of the spear, bristling with numerous game-changing innovations.
www.asus.com www.asus.com

Im still undecided on the CPU as i want the best for Cyberpunk in 4K at max if possible and not bottleneck.

Obviously im waiting for 3080 RTX to release before ordering, but in the meantime im trying to finalise the rest of the build.

Any advice on the CPU?

Cheers
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3800xt would be optimum because of good clocks.
 
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Andykg10

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Thanks, thats what i'll probably go for.

Did have a question about the liquid cooling process when building though?

When you build through Configure Liquid Series, you can choose the coolant colour amongst other things, but when you choose a normal build then add from the Power and Cooling section, like in the pic, you cant choose the colour or any other choices of processor cooling or GPU cooling blocks? Is this normal?


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Andykg10 said:
Thanks, thats what i'll probably go for.

Did have a question about the liquid cooling process when building though?

When you build through Configure Liquid Series, you can choose the coolant colour amongst other things, but when you choose a normal build then add from the Power and Cooling section, like in the pic, you cant choose the colour or any other choices of processor cooling or GPU cooling blocks? Is this normal?


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Normal builds aren’t custom loops, they’re closed loop contained water coolers. You can’t see any liquid or anything it’s just a sealed unit.

We wouldn’t advice an open looped system these days just for gaming. They have a significant premium cost, plus take a lot of maintenance. And closed loops are so good these days they’ve largely make open loops redundant in gaming.
 
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Andykg10

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Aah i see. Bit weird because i spoke to PCS and they said to go through the Liquid Cooling Series and i was talking to them about wanting closed loops. Oh well, glad i checked with you.

Cheers.
 
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Andykg10 said:
Aah i see. Bit weird because i spoke to PCS and they said to go through the Liquid Cooling Series and i was talking to them about wanting closed loops. Oh well, glad i checked with you.

Cheers.
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My guess is the person on the phone has gotten mixed up. Closed loop is a sealed unit, open loop has a reservoir that requires maintenance.

For this level you are going to gain the same performance from the closed loop H100/115 as you are a custom loop kit. These kits are very pretty to look at but very outdated now IMO.

They are extreme builds in such that chrome paint on a car is extreme....... it just fit better in the 90s ;)
 
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