Martinr36
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I'm on the phone sat in a chippy, they nearly got chrome as a browser....
Is this a good gaming PC build?
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JUNI0R
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There's areas where you're overspending and underspending here. The Meshify C, while a lovely case is quite expensive for the budget and a H150i is really overspecced for the CPU. I'd personally spend a little bit more to get a considerably faster drive and although the PSU will run perfectly fine for this spec, it's always good to have some upgrade space so I'd increase spending there a bit too.
The 3700X is also a previous gen CPU and when the 5600X outperforms it in almost every area for less, it's not the optimal choice.
The build will depend on if you go 1080p 240hz or 1440p 144hz as the GPU you need will change- 1080p would be fine with the 3060 where as you really want the 60TI for 1440p. Going for a 1440p build (what I'd recommend) it does leave you a little thin on the ground, if you could spend an extra £100 or so, that would really be ideal. If you wanted to put a 3060 in here you totally could. it's about an £80 saving so would take you down to your initial £1,400 budget, or you could spend up to what you've priced up on the spec above to add the Better storage, PSU and CPU cooler
Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE Solid airflow case that gives the same minimalist look as the Meshfy C
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4) Solid all round CPU
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready! Good midrange motherboard, the STRIX wouldn't be necessary for the 5600X
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB) Due to the CAS Latencies of the RAM PCS provides, 3200mhz is the optimal choice
Graphics Card
8GB PALIT GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR The card you ideally want for 1440p
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW) A single super fast drive. If you could spend the extra, it'd be a good idea to go for a faster boot SSD and a slower 1TB everything else SSD
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Added 100W for better upgradability. Although a 850W would be a better choice
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER Perfectly fine for a 5600X although something like the 212 would improve temps and noise levels
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 A must if you use WiFI
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 [KK3-00002] I'd stick to Windows 10 for now
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 WIndows Defender is perfectly fine
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) Well worth it for the £5
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 14 to 16 working days
Price: £1,472.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/Qs3Up4HVgJ/
Only thing is that the only 3060ti available is the palit one which I don’t think is that great compared to the other 3060ti’s
sck451
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Nah, it's fine. The GPU is the exact same silicon. There may be some difference to packaging, power delivery and cooling, but, unless you're planning on overclocking, that makes no difference to performance. It might not look quite as good in your case, but surely that's secondary to the gameplay experience!
I was planning on overclocking it😅
You’d be invalidating your warranty if you did so. The performance of the card is good, given that it appears you’re coming from console I’d also hold off any kind of overclocking until you’re more familiar with the ins and outs of PC. I don’t want to appear patronising but it’s important to walk before you run.
SpyderTracks
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Further to this, overclocking an entry level card like the 3060ti would offer almost no gains anyway over the auto overclock, there's very little headroom remaining.
Seriously, you don't need to consider overclocking just yet, you've got a long way ahead of you to simply learn all the graphics settings and what they do. Lowering one single setting can not change graphical performance at all, but drastically improve framerates. It all takes learning to understand the impact of each setting.
Ok. Just to be sure is it the palit dual 3060ti? Because it only just says palit so I’m not sure
I hate to answer a question with a question… but could you tell us your opinions on the six different variations of the 3060Ti that Palit offer? It’s all very academic.
At the end of the day, you’re getting a GPU from a known Nvidia partner with a very solid reputation. That’s the important thing.
SpyderTracks
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It's a pot luck, anything they have in stock but usually palit or zotac.
Martinr36
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and occasionally Gigabyte from what I've seen on the 3060 thread
SpyderTracks
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Prices fluctuate all the time, but especially at the moment for various reasons on various components.
But mainly, TSMC who manufacture AMD silicon have raised their prices by 20% to the manufacturers, so AMD in turn has had to raise their prices recently by 10%.
TSMC plots up to 20% price hike amid global chip crisis
The price increases could have repercussions on the global electronics market
www.itpro.co.uk
AMD GPUs could rise in price by as much as 10%
Graphics card prices from both AMD and Nvidia could rise by as much as 10%
www.nme.com
NVidia have lowered production of current GPU's which is raising prices on their GPU's as a result as lower volumes with high demand = raising costs. They are essentially artificially raising prices which is verging on criminal, and there will likely be heavy penalties:
NVIDIA Reportedly Halts Production of NVIDIA RTX 30 Series GPU to Avoid Price Plummet | Hardware Times
According to a report from MLID, NVIDIA is reducing shipments of its GeForce RTX 30 series (Ampere) graphics cards to keep prices in check. In fact, the chipmaker is reportedly planning to completely halt production of the Ampere SKUs till (if not during as well) the holiday season. The reason...
www.hardwaretimes.com
That's aside from worldwide logistics issues related to covid, and a general silicon shortage worldwide.