First PC build, need help please

[MoonzHK]

Budget (including currency): Around £800 - £1000

 

Country: UK

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly Gaming(usually Apex, CSGO, Valorant, LoL, and 3A games in 1080p) and potentially gaming in 1440p in the future

 

Monitors: I am currently using a 144hz 1080p monitor, planning to have one more in the future (Ideally 240hz 1440p, or 60hz 1080p depends on budget at that moment). 

 

Other details: Currently I have a Asus DUAL-GTX1070-O8G graphic card, a 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA SSD (forgot the exact model name, could update it later) I am recently relocated to the UK so I have to buy a new PC  and I decide to build it by myself. However, I am a newbie to PC building so that I would like to have some suggestions and recommendation from you guys. I have do some research and browse some tier list on LTT forum and below are the draft build list.

Planning to buy on mid-September.

 

Most of the parts I picked are based from the tier list I found from this forum, and some are from YouTube and other sources. However, I do not have a great knowledge of which is good/bad, some pick might be weird to you. For the motherboard, I picked it because of the aesthetic (I want the black and white  and it is a decent motherboard from my research. But I don't know if will be overkill for my build. And I would like to have some room for upgrading my video card in the future, so I am deciding whether or not to have 750W PSU for my build. But seems like it is not possible to get a GTX 3070 as the price too unbelievable, and 750W are probably not enough for 40 series.

And still deciding the Noctua fans/ cooler color lol.

 

The most frustrating part for me would be the motherboard and the PSU, is the motherboard I chose suitable? Should I choose a 500W PSU and stick to this PC until it is outdated and build a new PC, or make it upgradable for the future?

 

Any recommendation, question and comment to my build are appreciate. Thank you for helping! 

 

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2DwC7X

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£243.79 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler  (£62.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£139.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  (£84.63 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£127.77 @ Currys PC World Business)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case  (£71.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: Noctua A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£24.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Case Fan: Noctua A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£24.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £861.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Existing parts:
Display card: Asus DUAL-GTX1070-O8G graphic card

Storage: 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA SSD

[More Spencer]

15 minutes ago, MoonzHK said:

Budget (including currency): Around £800 - £1000

 

Country: UK

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly Gaming(usually Apex, CSGO, Valorant, LoL, and 3A games in 1080p) and potentially gaming in 1440p in the future

 

Monitors: I am currently using a 144hz 1080p monitor, planning to have one more in the future (Ideally 240hz 1440p, or 60hz 1080p depends on budget at that moment). 

 

Other details: Currently I have a Asus DUAL-GTX1070-O8G graphic card, a 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA SSD (forgot the exact model name, could update it later) I am recently relocated to the UK so I have to buy a new PC  and I decide to build it by myself. However, I am a newbie to PC building so that I would like to have some suggestions and recommendation from you guys. I have do some research and browse some tier list on LTT forum and below are the draft build list.

Planning to buy on mid-September.

 

Most of the parts I picked are based from the tier list I found from this forum, and some are from YouTube and other sources. However, I do not have a great knowledge of which is good/bad, some pick might be weird to you. For the motherboard, I picked it because of the aesthetic (I want the black and white  and it is a decent motherboard from my research. But I don't know if will be overkill for my build. And I would like to have some room for upgrading my video card in the future, so I am deciding whether or not to have 750W PSU for my build. But seems like it is not possible to get a GTX 3070 as the price too unbelievable, and 750W are probably not enough for 40 series.

And still deciding the Noctua fans/ cooler color lol.

 

The most frustrating part for me would be the motherboard and the PSU, is the motherboard I chose suitable? Should I choose a 500W PSU and stick to this PC until it is outdated and build a new PC, or make it upgradable for the future?

 

Any recommendation, question and comment to my build are appreciate. Thank you for helping! 

 

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2DwC7X

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£243.79 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler  (£62.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£139.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  (£84.63 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£127.77 @ Currys PC World Business)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case  (£71.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: Noctua A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£24.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Case Fan: Noctua A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£24.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £861.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Existing parts:
Display card: Asus DUAL-GTX1070-O8G graphic card

Storage: 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA SSD

If I'm being honest, the base spec of this list on PCPP by the Admin's is pretty good for your price range, I'd just play around with switching stuff out for cheaper stuff or to fit your color theme

[richodude]

first of congratulations for having a graphics card. Those things are rare these days lol

 

your mid-line price range I always recommend the worst of the newest which is the 5600x and 3060ti. You already have the 1070 so good enough. get yourself a motherboard doesnt really matter, just make sure it has what you need (integrated wifi, pci slots, rgb header, yada yada) 16gb memory cant go wrong. PSU maybe get something 550w or lower. I actually had a 700w 80+ psu and got about a 10% performance boost when i switche dto a 500w 80+ gold PSU.

 

the 5600x comes with a stick cooler which is good enough for cooling if you're not crazy about overclocking or aesthetics

[MoonzHK]

10 hours ago, More Spencer said:

If I'm being honest, the base spec of this list on PCPP by the Admin's is pretty good for your price range, I'd just play around with switching stuff out for cheaper stuff or to fit your color theme

Thank you! I'd take it for reference and make changes to my list !

[MoonzHK]

10 hours ago, richodude said:

first of congratulations for having a graphics card. Those things are rare these days lol

 

your mid-line price range I always recommend the worst of the newest which is the 5600x and 3060ti. You already have the 1070 so good enough. get yourself a motherboard doesnt really matter, just make sure it has what you need (integrated wifi, pci slots, rgb header, yada yada) 16gb memory cant go wrong. PSU maybe get something 550w or lower. I actually had a 700w 80+ psu and got about a 10% performance boost when i switche dto a 500w 80+ gold PSU.

 

the 5600x comes with a stick cooler which is good enough for cooling if you're not crazy about overclocking or aesthetics

Haha absolutely, graphics card are so expensive and rare these days. I'm glad that I got one in my hand even though it is not the latest model. Thank you for your advice, now I might just stick to 500/550W PSU until I build another one. And might use the stock CPU cooler.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/WTsj68

Maybe something like this?

 

Basically just got rid of the overpriced/pricey and uneccesary stuff and swapped them for cheaper alternatives + upgraded cpu

 

970 evo is obselete asf, cheaper and better ssds have already superceeded it so i swapped it for a kingston a2000

 

Noctua has some unbeatable customer service but the only thing that would be worth getting in my opinion is the d15, u12s is overpriced and will pretty much be decimated by a cheaper dual tower cpu cooler

 

Upgraded the case to a p400a cause extra fan

 

Upgraded to a 5800x for futureproofing

 

Upgraded to a b550 tomahawk though its ocing capabilites are prob not needed since you are prob just gonna enable pbo and be done with it

[Marcos1121231234]

1 hour ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/WTsj68

Maybe something like this?

 

Basically just got rid of the overpriced/pricey and uneccesary stuff and swapped them for cheaper alternatives + upgraded cpu

 

970 evo is obselete asf, cheaper and better ssds have already superceeded it so i swapped it for a kingston a2000

 

Noctua has some unbeatable customer service but the only thing that would be worth getting in my opinion is the d15, u12s is overpriced and will pretty much be decimated by a cheaper dual tower cpu cooler

 

Upgraded the case to a p400a cause extra fan

 

Upgraded to a 5800x for futureproofing

 

Upgraded to a b550 tomahawk though its ocing capabilites are prob not needed since you are prob just gonna enable pbo and be done with it

Agreed but I would get a couple more fans

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, Marcos1121231234 said:

Agreed but I would get a couple more fans

Eh 1 fan for exhaust is enough, 2 might be ideal, 3 is prob too much

[Downkey]

15 hours ago, More Spencer said:

If I'm being honest, the base spec of this list on PCPP by the Admin's is pretty good for your price range, I'd just play around with switching stuff out for cheaper stuff or to fit your color theme

This doesn't help OP at all as he doesn't need a new GPU.

[Downkey]

I'd consider the 5800x, as it is very cheap atm and fits in your budget nicely.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£339.99 @ AWD-IT)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S redux 70.75 CFM CPU Cooler  (£43.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£94.95 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£70.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case  (£68.09 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£100.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £787.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-25 17:28 BST+0100

[MoonzHK]

8 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/WTsj68

Maybe something like this?

 

Basically just got rid of the overpriced/pricey and uneccesary stuff and swapped them for cheaper alternatives + upgraded cpu

 

970 evo is obselete asf, cheaper and better ssds have already superceeded it so i swapped it for a kingston a2000

 

Noctua has some unbeatable customer service but the only thing that would be worth getting in my opinion is the d15, u12s is overpriced and will pretty much be decimated by a cheaper dual tower cpu cooler

 

Upgraded the case to a p400a cause extra fan

 

Upgraded to a 5800x for futureproofing

 

Upgraded to a b550 tomahawk though its ocing capabilites are prob not needed since you are prob just gonna enable pbo and be done with it

This is a really valuable and clear suggestion! Thank you very much! I am going to use this list for my build. For the motherboard part, in case if I need integrated wifi (still not sure), should I switch to B550 Edge ATX? any better option for wifi motherboard?

[Somerandomtechyboi]

7 hours ago, MoonzHK said:

This is a really valuable and clear suggestion! Thank you very much! I am going to use this list for my build. For the motherboard part, in case if I need integrated wifi (still not sure), should I switch to B550 Edge ATX? any better option for wifi motherboard?

Ive left 125£ headroom since i couldnt find anything that would be worth paying for or are just gonna push it out of the budget

 

B550 gaming edge is ~20£ more than the tomahawk so sure you can fit it in and still have ~100£ headroom

 

And no rgb is not worth downgrading your ram or overpaying for, thats why i didnt go for rgb rams or cooler

[MoonzHK]

6 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Ive left 125£ headroom since i couldnt find anything that would be worth paying for or are just gonna push it out of the budget

 

B550 gaming edge is ~20£ more than the tomahawk so sure you can fit it in and still have ~100£ headroom

 

And no rgb is not worth downgrading your ram or overpaying for, thats why i didnt go for rgb rams or cooler

Nice! Thank you for your advice. Tbh I just hate RGB so much, I'm glad that your list didn't include too many RGB parts lmao

[Guest]

25 minutes ago, MoonzHK said:

Nice! Thank you for your advice. Tbh I just hate RGB so much, I'm glad that your list didn't include too many RGB parts lmao

If you hate RGB then maybe go with a case with non RGB fans.

 

The Lancool II Mesh is a good case and comes with 3 non RGB fans.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/ybH8TW/lian-li-lancool-ii-mesh-atx-mid-tower-case-lancool-ii-mesh-performance

[Somerandomtechyboi]

55 minutes ago, MoonzHK said:

Nice! Thank you for your advice. Tbh I just hate RGB so much, I'm glad that your list didn't include too many RGB parts lmao

In that case go for the p400a non digital aka the non rgb version of the p400a

 

I usually just include rgb if it isnt overpriced or literally when its the cheapest option available

[Caden66]

hi how can I make my pc better for the same or lower price I would like RGB

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[MoonzHK]

2 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

In that case go for the p400a non digital aka the non rgb version of the p400a

 

I usually just include rgb if it isnt overpriced or literally when its the cheapest option available

I would just stick with the digital one since I prefer the white case over the black one if there is no better option

[Jonathan Lee]

Couple of good white case alternatives:

Metallic Gear Neo Air ATX

Corsair 4000D Airflow

Corsair 275R Airflow

Fractal Design Meshify C (not the best performer, but still good for what it is. Also might need an extra fan)

Phanteks Eclipse P360A

be quiet! Pure Base 500DX (more tasteful and subtle RGB, comes with 3 140mm case fans!)