New Build for Gaming/General Use

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RyanJew

Member
Monitors
1 - BenQG2222HDL 1920x1080 60Hz
2 - HP Z22i 1920x1080 60Hz
(May get a better monitor if suggested)

Mostly would use the PC for gaming and photoshop and the possibility to be used as a streaming PC - I do have a Valve Index.
Budget is around £1000 but can push to £2500 if required.
Put a build together but any advice on what to replace with a cheaper version/whatever is unnecessary would be appreciated.

Case
PCS P209 ARGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 12-Core Processor i7-12700K (3.6GHz) 25MB Cache
Motherboard
GIGABYTE Z690 UD (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB DDR5 5200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
LED Lighting
50cm Red LED Strip
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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 [KUK-00003]
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
Browser
Google Chrome™
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 - Approximately 4 to 7 working days
Price: £2,192.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z690-ddr5-pc/pDYcqh8U08/
 
S

Steveyg

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Mate for £2500 you can get an all singing all dancing as long as you don't go DDR5 which just isn't worth the cost for the performance benefit

This is what I would want for your uses and this would be the high end of the high end for your requirements. Would also be excellent for the Index. You absolutely should invest in better monitors too though

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (3.7GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB ASUS ROG STRIX 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
1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6000MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB 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
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 [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
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 4 to 7 working days
Price: £2,557.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z690-pc/fCaaQ738AN/
 
Scott

Scott

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The 3080 is sweet for the Index, I'd have one in a heartbeat, but the 3070Ti covers you very nicely too. If you need to free up some budget I would opt for the 3070Ti in favour of a good 1440p 144hz monitor (ITRO £300) :)

It's the sensible balance as otherwise the 3080 would warrant a 4k monitor at £600
 
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RyanJew

Member
Steveyg said:
Mate for £2500 you can get an all singing all dancing as long as you don't go DDR5 which just isn't worth the cost for the performance benefit

This is what I would want for your uses and this would be the high end of the high end for your requirements. Would also be excellent for the Index. You absolutely should invest in better monitors too though

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (3.7GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB ASUS ROG STRIX 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
1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6000MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB 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
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 [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
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 4 to 7 working days
Price: £2,557.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z690-pc/fCaaQ738AN/
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Thanks for the suggestion, I will definitely look at trying to get that although it is towards the high end of my budget. Is there possibility for replacements to bring the price down a bit? If not that's fine - I've got a few months before I would want to get it.
 
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RyanJew

Member
Scott said:
The 3080 is sweet for the Index, I'd have one in a heartbeat, but the 3070Ti covers you very nicely too. If you need to free up some budget I would opt for the 3070Ti in favour of a good 1440p 144hz monitor (ITRO £300) :)

It's the sensible balance as otherwise the 3080 would warrant a 4k monitor at £600
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I'll take that into consideration, cheers.
 
S

Steveyg

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
To save some cash you could look at a build like this, still very capable for your uses and leaves budget for a proper monitor to suit

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (3.7GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - 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
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB 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
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 [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
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 4 to 7 working days
Price: £2,082.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z690-pc/JA4WeEwVvk/
 
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RyanJew

Member
Steveyg said:
To save some cash you could look at a build like this, still very capable for your uses and leaves budget for a proper monitor to suit

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (3.7GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - 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
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB 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
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 [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
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 4 to 7 working days
Price: £2,082.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z690-pc/JA4WeEwVvk/
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Getting a better monitor will probably be good, might get this build instead then, cheers.
 
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RyanJew

Member
Monitors
1 - BenQG2222HDL 1920x1080 60Hz
2 - HP Z22i 1920x1080 60Hz

Had a post a while ago asking for advice on a build but have had to reduce the budget.
PC would be used for gaming, VR and photoshop/Graphic design. Wanting good performance and high quality graphics for both gaming and general use.
Budget is around £1000 - £1500 but can push to £2000 if there is any upgrades that are important/necessary.
Might increase storage a bit but unsure whether to get a second SSD/HDD or increase the storage of ones already selected.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 465X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (3.7GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
GIGABYTE B660M DS3H DDR4 (rev. 1.0) : LGA1700, DDR4, USB 3.2
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3300 MB/R, 2200 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid 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
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 [KUK-00003]
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
Norton 360 inc. Game Optimizer - Free 90 Day License
Browser
Google Chrome™
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 - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
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Price: £1,484.00 including VAT and Delivery

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SpyderTracks

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There's a whole host of new hardware being released on pre order on Thursday and you'll get significantly more power for the money then, I'd hold off a few days.
 
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RyanJew

Member
SpyderTracks said:
There's a whole host of new hardware being released on pre order on Thursday and you'll get significantly more power for the money then, I'd hold off a few days.
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Has the new hardware been posted? Been trying to find stuff about it but can't see anything.
 
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RyanJew

Member
Price just rocketed on the quote I last posted, £1515 incl. Tax to £1913.... Have they even added new stuff or just boosted the price of it all?
 
SimonPeters116

SimonPeters116

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I've just been reading posts about the new hardware release.
Apparently PCS was being a bit optimistic when they said "preorders from the 18th".
I believe we're now looking at the 27th. That's when the new motherboards come on stream, as well as the new AMD CPUs. 27th has always been the release date. I think they were hoping to get pricing information today, in order to get preorders in, so that they would then put in orders for the new hardware. Have everything else to hand, so that when the new release stuff is also in their hands .....
Rather disappointing tbh. I've been waiting for a couple of months, hoping to preorder today. But I'll just have to wait patiently till the 27th
🤬
And keep watching the boards, incase there's an early update.
 
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RyanJew

Member
SimonPeters116 said:
I've just been reading posts about the new hardware release.
Apparently PCS was being a bit optimistic when they said "preorders from the 18th".
I believe we're now looking at the 27th. That's when the new motherboards come on stream as well as the new AMD CPUs.
Rather disappointing tbh. I've been waiting for a couple of months, hoping to preorder today. But I'll just have to wait patiently till the 27th 🤬
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Hmm, hopefully it is the 27th and not delayed any further although I'm not expecting the prices to be any good, especially if there's a sudden near-30%-rise in the price of the quote I had saved from a couple days ago.
 
Scott

Scott

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Moderator
Are you sure you're comparing the same quotes? The spec you listed above has only gone up £2?
 
R

RyanJew

Member
Scott said:
Are you sure you're comparing the same quotes? The spec you listed above has only gone up £2?
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It's gone back down to £1486 now, not sure what happened then. Definitely was the same quote, I duplicated and refreshed the page since I've had it open all morning and then went through seeing all the components were the same.
 
SimonPeters116

SimonPeters116

Enthusiast
RyanJew said:
Hmm, hopefully it is the 27th and not delayed any further although I'm not expecting the prices to be any good, especially if there's a sudden near-30%-rise in the price of the quote I had saved from a couple days ago.
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Absolutely, another 9 days is torture as it is 😁
I think that PCS wasn't alone in having a pre-order date today. Many of the other computer builders were offering the same date.

Pricing is a strange thing, supply and demand play a large part, not just the cost of manufacture plus profit margin, etc.
Now the new stuff pre-order is on hold, but the supply of the 'old' stuff will have slowed down, because they'll have changed some of their production lines to make the new stuff. Possibly there are people not able to wait another week. Although how that would impact on delivery date I don't know.

That must be a different spec to the one you have posted above. That's priced at £1,484.00 inc' VAT, which has gone up by a whole 2 quid.
 
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RyanJew

Member
Just a quick question for the build, I've got 2x16GB of DDR4 2666 (not PCS provided RAM sticks) in my current PC but would I be able to add that to this build if I change the selection to the '32GB PCS PRO DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 16GB)' or would it be better just selling these and going for a 16/32GB kit of DDR4 3200(or 3600)?
 
SimonPeters116

SimonPeters116

Enthusiast
Well the new motherboards with AMD Ryzen 7000 cpu's are DDR5.
And like DDR3 to 4, they aren't interchangeable.

If you're keeping with that spec ^^, it depends on what you want.
If you're already stretching your budget, 2 x 16 2666. If you can afford it, 3200 is the sweet spot for DDR4, bang for buck.
DDR5 knocks DDR4 out of the park.

I'd better mention, I'm only regurgitating what I've been reading in these forums recently. I'm an old computer geek, catching up slowly on new computer gear. Not anything like as expert as a lot of other members in here. They know what I'm just starting to learn.
 
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RyanJew

Member
SimonPeters116 said:
Well the new motherboards with AMD Ryzen 7000 cpu's are DDR5.
And like DDR3 to 4, they aren't interchangeable.

If you're keeping with that spec ^^, it depends on what you want.
If you're already stretching your budget, 2 x 16 2666. If you can afford it, 3200 is the sweet spot for DDR4, bang for buck.
DDR5 knocks DDR4 out of the park.

I'd better mention, I'm only regurgitating what I've been reading in these forums recently. I'm an old computer geek, catching up slowly on new computer gear. Not anything like as expert as a lot of other members in here. They know what I'm just starting to learn.
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Ok, I honestly don't really have a clue what I'm doing with this stuff so I'm just hoping a combination of asking and googling will result in a decent build for me. I'm trying to keep my budget low, but when I see something better is only like £20-£50 more, I add that, but as that sums up I see my £1500 build has turned into a £2000 build which I'm not sure I want to be spending that much.
At the end of the day as long as the PC runs very smooth, has no problems and I can dip into a bit of 4k gaming then it's fine for me. Only problem is, as well as building a PC there's other things that I'd want to get such as a 4k monitor, new headset, probably new speakers because I listen to music nearly 24/7 and better sound quality would be nice. I've got a spare unopened Valve Index that I really need to get sold which I could probably increase my budget with that money.
This stuff is just all money money money at the end of the day 😭
 
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