my possible new pc

[zebdog]

Budget (including currency): £1,500

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Case: Be Quiet! Dark Base 900 E-ATX Silver Case   CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6Ghz 8 Core CPU, 16 Thread, 5.0GHz Turbo   Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 M mATX Motherboard with USB Type-C   Graphics Card - Choose 750w+ PSU to unlock all options: NVidia GeForce GT 1030 2GB GPU - Dual Digital Display   Memory: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory (2x16GB)   Primary Storage Drive: 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVME M.2 SSD (2400MB/R, 1750MB/W)   Secondary Storage Drive: 2TB Seagate BarraCuda 3.5" Hard Drive   CPU Cooling: Raijintek Pallas RGB Cooler   PSU: Corsair CV650 650W 80 Plus Bronze PSU ATX Black PSU   WiFi: 2400mbps 802.11ax AX200 Dual Band PCIe Wi-Fi 6 / Bluetooth 5.1 Adapter   Optical Bay: 24x SATA Internal DVDRW with M-Disk Support (ASUS DRW-24D5MT) Black   Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Fx 5.1 PCIe   Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional | Get a free upgrade to Windows 11¹ (when available, see below)   Recovery Drive: USB Windows Recovery Drive   Additional Chassis Cooling Fans: 2 x Be Quiet! Silent Wings 3 PWM - 140mm Case Fans this is the pc i have come up with. what do you think and any suggestions of alternative parts . thanks

£1,

[Chris Pratt]

Prebuilt or DIY?

[arp49sky]

What are you planning on primarily using it for??

[Guest]

That is a pretty awful parts list 

 

The 9900K is old at this point, so no point in going with it unless the price is a steal.

 

Why such an expensive case ?

 

That board will more than likely throttle with a 9900K and the cooler isn't good enough either for that cpu.

 

I would want a better psu for a £1500 build. The Corsair CV isn't terrible but if you are upgrading the gpu later on to an RTX 3xxx then you would want a better unit.

 

No point buying a GT 1030. Might as well just use the igpu until gpu prices return to normal (Assuming you plan on buying a better gpu)

 

Also as mentioned above, what is the pc for ?

[Quickstrike]

18 minutes ago, zebdog said:

Budget (including currency): £1,500

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Case: Be Quiet! Dark Base 900 E-ATX Silver Case   CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6Ghz 8 Core CPU, 16 Thread, 5.0GHz Turbo   Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 M mATX Motherboard with USB Type-C   Graphics Card - Choose 750w+ PSU to unlock all options: NVidia GeForce GT 1030 2GB GPU - Dual Digital Display   Memory: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory (2x16GB)   Primary Storage Drive: 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVME M.2 SSD (2400MB/R, 1750MB/W)   Secondary Storage Drive: 2TB Seagate BarraCuda 3.5" Hard Drive   CPU Cooling: Raijintek Pallas RGB Cooler   PSU: Corsair CV650 650W 80 Plus Bronze PSU ATX Black PSU   WiFi: 2400mbps 802.11ax AX200 Dual Band PCIe Wi-Fi 6 / Bluetooth 5.1 Adapter   Optical Bay: 24x SATA Internal DVDRW with M-Disk Support (ASUS DRW-24D5MT) Black   Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Fx 5.1 PCIe   Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional | Get a free upgrade to Windows 11¹ (when available, see below)   Recovery Drive: USB Windows Recovery Drive   Additional Chassis Cooling Fans: 2 x Be Quiet! Silent Wings 3 PWM - 140mm Case Fans this is the pc i have come up with. what do you think and any suggestions of alternative parts . thanks

£1,

Whatever you intend to do, get something else than a BQ Dark 900. It's almost a sealed box and you 9900K (or whatever else you put in there) will have terrible thermals.
case and point: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3335-be-quiet-dark-base-pro-900-rev2-benchmarks-review

If you want to spend that much on a silent case, I have a cooler master mastercase 500H mesh that have 35C on normal load and is nearly silent and is easier to build in. You can also go with something of little less pricey like a Phanteks p450 mesh that is also almost silent.

[Beat_my_Laptop]

25 minutes ago, zebdog said:

Budget (including currency): £1,500

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Case: Be Quiet! Dark Base 900 E-ATX Silver Case   CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6Ghz 8 Core CPU, 16 Thread, 5.0GHz Turbo   Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 M mATX Motherboard with USB Type-C   Graphics Card - Choose 750w+ PSU to unlock all options: NVidia GeForce GT 1030 2GB GPU - Dual Digital Display   Memory: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory (2x16GB)   Primary Storage Drive: 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVME M.2 SSD (2400MB/R, 1750MB/W)   Secondary Storage Drive: 2TB Seagate BarraCuda 3.5" Hard Drive   CPU Cooling: Raijintek Pallas RGB Cooler   PSU: Corsair CV650 650W 80 Plus Bronze PSU ATX Black PSU   WiFi: 2400mbps 802.11ax AX200 Dual Band PCIe Wi-Fi 6 / Bluetooth 5.1 Adapter   Optical Bay: 24x SATA Internal DVDRW with M-Disk Support (ASUS DRW-24D5MT) Black   Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Fx 5.1 PCIe   Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional | Get a free upgrade to Windows 11¹ (when available, see below)   Recovery Drive: USB Windows Recovery Drive   Additional Chassis Cooling Fans: 2 x Be Quiet! Silent Wings 3 PWM - 140mm Case Fans this is the pc i have come up with. what do you think and any suggestions of alternative parts . thanks

£1,

Up the PSU, why do you want to put an m-atx (very small) motherboard in an EATX  (very large) case?

[Chris Pratt]

Some of the specs are not exact enough to do a true 1:1, but a similar build would cost you about £1250-1300 for the parts. I'm not sure if £1500 is the actual cost to you or just your overall budget, but either way, it doesn't seem like you're getting ripped off or anything, if this is a prebuilt (labor/shipping costs, etc.).

 

That said, you can do better. Here's a build I threw together with better parts for even cheaper, actually.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-11700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£319.99 @ Technextday) 
CPU Cooler: MSI MAG CORE LIQUID 240R 78.73 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z590 PRO WIFI ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  (£174.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£72.48 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£57.99 @ Box Limited) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 2 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£58.83 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GT 1030 2 GB Video Card  (£99.35 @ More Computers) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (£69.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ Box Limited) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  (£162.23 @ Newegg UK) 
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Fx 192 kHz Sound Card  (£24.10 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £1209.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-19 20:38 BST+0100

 

I swapped the 9900K or an 11700K. Same cores/threads and better performance overall. Plus, it's actually modern hardware, along with a modern mobo to go with it. The cooler you have in your build seems to be a 120mm. That's not good enough. There's a 240mm in this build. I went with the best value that had RGB so it would be as close to an apples to apples swap. There's even better ones (including air coolers, instead) that can be had for more money or without RGB, but this will do. I also swapped the PSU for something quality versus the not so great one in your build.

 

Also that case. A large part of the reason this build is cheaper is that I swapped that almost £300 case for something with actual decent airflow and that made sense for the build. The case you chose is *huge*, and you literally weren't making use of any of the space with just a single HDD and an mATX board in something designed for EATX.

 

One final note. The 1030 is a good stand-in for a real GPU later (it's at least better than integrated graphics), but you need to make sure you get the GDDR5 version of it. It comes in a GDDR4 version as well, but that's craptastic. I'm not sure which was in your build, but I made sure that the one in my build above is at least GDDR5.