Replacing my old, build suggestions/comments

Dr. Cake · April 18, 2022

Budget (including currency): £1800

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Competitive games, military simulators and VR

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):

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zCphk9

Hi guys, this is my update to current gen but also future proof build. I am currently running a ryzen 1600, gtx 1070ti with 16gb of 2400MHz RAM so I am beginning to feel the lack of power and speed in games. Recently updated my monitor to a 1440p @ 144Hz, and I'm basically never seeing that 144Hz being put to use. As I've said, I'm into competitive games so I care about FPS, but I also like my mil sims and VR, so finding a balance between these and future proofing has been at the forefront of my thoughts.

I've specced out this build with the new 12th gen intel with the intention of going for a windows 11 build OS wise. I'll be dual booting a linux distro, but I have a spare SSD for that anyway. I've picked a middle of the pack mobo and an AIO cooler, but know my knowledge of these components is very minimal. I've gone for a 3070ti with 32gb of 3600MHz RAM and what I thought looked like an efficent power supply. Case is actually one of the things I'm unsure about currently, I would like something both asthetically pleasing but also good cooling wise so any reccomendations for favourites would be great. Do you think I will need extra case fans for this?

I might end up using my old build as a home server also, but that might be a thread for a later date.

Cheers :)