Struggling to find a Monitor

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yaaargh

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Annoyingly, a decent recommended monitor on another thread is now out of stock when I tried to purchase it (https://www.currys.co.uk/products/m...uantum-dot-gaming-monitor-black-10246492.html)

Is anyone able to help with a recommendation for the below spec? Ideally at a budget of £350 (this can be pushed a bit, but I'd prefer not to).

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 DDR5 5200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 240 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler (AMD)
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
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I'd get some advice on the build to be honest. The RAM & PSU selections jump out as glaring errors.
 
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yaaargh

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Scott said:
I'd get some advice on the build to be honest. The RAM & PSU selections jump out as glaring errors.
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As for the build, I called PCS yesterday to discuss what I'd put together as a double check and was told it was fine other than a tweak to the storage and to drop down to a 750 PCU - the 850 I had initially chose gave an advice box on the site that it wasn't necessary
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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yaaargh said:
As for the build, I called PCS yesterday to discuss what I'd put together as a double check and was told it was fine other than a tweak to the storage and to drop down to a 750 PCU - the 850 I had initially chose gave an advice box on the site that it wasn't necessary
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If you're building the pc to your current requirements then you're not doing it correctly and will lead to poor performance over the long term and having to replace it earlier than necessary due to not being able to support upgrades.

The RAM, PSU and cooler are all less than ideal from a first glance
 
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yaaargh

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SpyderTracks said:
If you're building the pc to your current requirements then you're not doing it correctly and will lead to poor performance over the long term and having to replace it earlier than necessary due to not being able to support upgrades.

The RAM, PSU and cooler are all less than ideal from a first glance
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Guess I'll post the build to the other thread and ask for advice seeing as the phone support seems to have not been good enough.....
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
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I wouldn't want to build a new system with a 750w PSU in place, especially not the 4070Ti which can spike at near 600w. I know the Corsair units are good, but for the price difference that's just not worthwhile.

On the phone you will have likely spoken with someone experienced in using the configurator for compatibility. When they have gone through the configuration it will have highlighted with the automatic calculator that 750w is enough. The same as every other calculator that I've seen, it doesn't take into account modern power usage, spikes, etc. Speak to any enthusiast and they wouldn't put any faith in such a calculator, always do research or ask.

To compound this opinion, the RAM selection is very poor. AMD is known to perform at it's best with 6000mhz RAM, this is coming from AMD themselves. Every enthusiast knows this, the configurator doesn't.... and the person on the phone has been looking at compatibility rather than performance or optimum selections.

I think it would be quite rare to find an experienced enthusiast handling sales calls for any company. It's not typically a high grade, specialised role so needs to be considered when seeking advice. Any sales person works in sales to sell stuff, a good sales person is the one with a conscience rather than in-depth knowledge in the sector they are working in.
 
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