First Time Build - Looking for tips

[JD1993]

Budget (including currency): TBD(GBP)

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (Mass Effect, Halo, Forza, Assassins Creed)

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): 

Planning on going for :

Intel Core i7-12700K

ASUS PRIME Z690-P WIFI D4 Motherboard

Asus ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

NZXT Kraken X63 280mm CPU Cooler

G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory (2 x 8GB Sticks)

500GB Seagate Firecuda 520 M.2 PCIe Gen 4 Solid State Drive

Corsair RM850 80 PLUS Gold 850W PSU

Corsair Crystal 570X RGB Tempered Glass Case - Black

 

I'm aware some of the parts listed might be overkill for what I plan to do, but I want this build to last. Looking for what people think and if I should consider any different parts. I'd love to build it myself but will probably need to order a custom config as the chip shortage doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

[Pixelfie]

I'd get more storage, and maybe a 6600 XT if that's a lot cheaper (performance between 3060 and 3060 Ti, lacks support for Nvenc and RT isn't great). Otherwise looks good

[Somerandomtechyboi]

52 minutes ago, JD1993 said:

NZXT Kraken X63 280mm CPU Cooler

G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory (2 x 8GB Sticks)

500GB Seagate Firecuda 520 M.2 PCIe Gen 4 Solid State Drive

Uneccesary and overpriced

 

If you only want the aio for looks then assuming you are ok with potentially worse performance than a high end aircooler and ok with swapping the aio every 5 years then get a cheap 240mm aio, liquid freezer are prefferable as they actually perform very well and do actually match and even beat high end aircoolers so atleast youll also have good performance and also good value unlike with the nzxt crap

 

Tridentz is overpriced unless you wanna get the cl14 b die kits, get some cheaper rgb rams like tforce delta rgb or whatever is the cheapest rgb ram you can find, if you are looking to overclock the rams then buy some ballistix rgb as those have micron dies guaranteed and they usually do 4000+ with ease

 

You do not need a gen4 ssd since direct storage isnt even out yet so no point going for gen4 unless you deal with massive files like 8k vid regularly, get a bigger gen3 ssd, maybe kingston a2000

 

 

58 minutes ago, JD1993 said:

Corsair Crystal 570X RGB Tempered Glass Case - Black

Airflow sucks ass because of the glass front panel so unless you wanna remove it then go for a mesh case like the 220t airflow or p400a digital

[Jonathan Lee]

What resolution do you plan to play in? That would determine which graphics card would work better for you.

[VEXICUS]

Assuming that your budget is around £1500-2000 from the parts that you have listed above, I will recommend something like this instead....

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor (£285.00 @ Computer Orbit) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£69.00 @ Computer Orbit) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£190.98 @ Novatech) 

Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3733 CL17 Memory (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Sabrent Rocket 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£99.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB PULSE Video Card (£710.75 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£69.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1560.65

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-25 02:56 GMT+0000

[JD1993]

19 hours ago, Jonathan Lee said:

What resolution do you plan to play in? That would determine which graphics card would work better for you.

I'm aiming for 1440p but will be happy with 1080p. I'm looking to get something somewhat futureproof.

[Jonathan Lee]

This would be good for 1440p today and the future as well:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£393.59 @ Newegg UK) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler  (£41.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£199.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£124.78 @ Newegg UK) 
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£293.75 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB NITRO+ SE Video Card  (£1346.17 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (£92.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Straight Power 11 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£157.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £2650.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-24 16:21 GMT+0000

 

I would say this build is more than enough for today's games with room for future AAA games. If this is too much, @VEXICUS option is also a good one. I would probably swap the SSD with a more premium one though. Here are some gen 3 options that are really good:

 

Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£131.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£116.83 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Team MP34 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£113.99 @ Newegg UK) 
Storage: Mushkin Pilot-E 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£158.65 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: PNY CS2130 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£139.22 @ Amazon UK)