Ready to buy this weekend; replacing 10~ year old PCS system, gaming/streaming/video editing build

Drakodan

Bronze Level Poster
Good evening. I've posted in the past a few times about buying a new system to replace my PCS system from 2014 without ever having actually gone through with it, convincing myself that it was still "good enough" for purpose, but I'm really feeling the age of the system at this point and am now adamant about upgrading. If there are no egregious errors in the below build, I will likely be ordering the system this weekend. Any suggestions or edits are welcome. This will be paired with triple-1080p monitors, and I'm aware that this is not ideal at this price range, but the monitors are what I already have and I'm not looking to play the latest AAA titles or anything.

Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI (DDR5, PCIe 5.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD (Slotting in my existing 12GB GTX 3060 from PCS)
1st M.2 SSD Drive

500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6000MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
3TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W 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
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
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe 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
Firefox™
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 7 to 9 working days
Price: £1,716.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/6V!Zk!!qmG/

I would prefer to not go higher than the listed 1.7~k budget if at all possible, hence my hesitance to replace the monitors until a later time.
 
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sck451

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Looks like a very solid build. You're overspending on the motherboard: B650 will be absolutely fine for you. You could also get away with the H100i cooler, though the price difference is pretty small. These aren't problems so much as moments when you could save some cash (and buy better monitors before long!).

What GPU are you going to fit to this machine?
 

Drakodan

Bronze Level Poster
Oops, thanks for pointing that out! I'll be slotting in my 12GB GTX 3060, also from PCS. I'll edit the original post to specify that.
 

sck451

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
So it's a super powerful build. Frankly, the 3060 won't get the maximum out of it, but when you upgrade to a more powerful GPU and better monitors, it will be very ready for you. I'd definitely make the downgrades I suggested, at least the motherboard. I'd also change the storage and get a slower but 2TB secondary drive for games, rather than the uber-fast 1TB.
 

Drakodan

Bronze Level Poster
Thanks for the suggestions, the savings from the B650 motherboard fully offsets the cost of going up to a 2TB drive, so that works very well. Will likely order tomorrow if any other suggestions aren't forthcoming.
 
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