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BreadieBill
By BreadieBill
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Budget (including currency): approx. £2000

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly moderate to high end gaming (Red Dead 2, Far Cry 6, F1 2021) at 1440p, along with low load photo and video editing.

Other details: Upgrading from a useless Dell laptop to this part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/BreadieBill/saved/cJDGP6

Already have a mouse, keyboard, headset, and Samsung G7 monitor, just need advice/recommendations for the system

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How much do you value RGB LEDs? Also famous brands.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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This is what I would recommend for your budget:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700F 2.9 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£245.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  (£143.87 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£136.35 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: PNY CS2130 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£184.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GAMING OC Video Card  (£791.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (£69.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A-GF 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£92.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1754.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-14 21:35 BST+0100

 

I think 8 cores would be the safe bet for current and future triple A games. Mainly to match console hardware. If you want go higher end, you can looks at 10850K/10900K on intel or 5900X for AMD. 32GB so you don't have to mess with ram for a while. 2TB storage causes games take stupid amount of storage now.

 

~250 euros left. You can add more storage if you want, more ram or better gpu (maybe?).

 

Alternative parts list (AMD/Nvidia) :

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£418.79 @ Newegg UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£129.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£136.35 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: PNY CS2130 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£184.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB AORUS MASTER Video Card  (£927.59 @ Newegg UK) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£86.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A-GF 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£92.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £2066.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-14 21:42 BST+0100

 

This build is slightly faster than previous, but probably not by much.

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I know you'll probably want a 3070 or 3070Ti, but I went for a 3060Ti. I think it will give you more than enough performance, even at 1440p.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FMkQt8

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£369.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£159.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£132.99 @ Corsair UK)
Storage: Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£108.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 870 QVO 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£179.63 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£124.99 @ AWD-IT)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE SP120 RGB ELITE 47.7 CFM 120 mm Fan  (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Custom: Zotac GeForce RTX 3060Ti Twin Edge LHR 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (£649.99)
£1926.52

Am I still to create the perfect system?! ~ Clu

Keep your expectations low, boy, and you will never be disappointed. ~ Kratos

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