Looking for advise on new computer

[Rowls_Royce]

Budget (including currency): £1200

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft/modded and looking to play other games 

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): Old Lenovo laptop with a AMD A9-9410 Radeon R5. Upgrading because it just about runs with optifine and all particles and animations turn off, don't know what to have pc or laptop. 

[PDifolco]

Something like this :

 

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/xHj6rD)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/g94BD3/amd-ryzen-5-5600x-37-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100000065box) | £205.00 @ Computer Orbit 
**CPU Cooler** | [ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/PnPKHx/arctic-freezer-34-esports-duo-cpu-cooler-acfre00061a) | £39.31 @ Amazon UK 
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/7yhmP6/gigabyte-b550-aorus-elite-v2-atx-am4-motherboard-b550-aorus-elite-v2) | £109.98 @ Scan.co.uk 
**Memory** | [\*Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/fDn8TW/crucial-ballistix-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3600-memory-bl2k8g36c16u4r) | £80.39 @ Amazon UK 
**Storage** | [\*Crucial P2 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/KMkgXL/crucial-p2-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct1000p2ssd8) | £69.98 @ Amazon UK 
**Video Card** | [Asus GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR 8 GB DUAL MINI OC V2 Video Card](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/gB92FT/asus-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-lhr-8-gb-dual-mini-oc-v2-video-card-dual-rtx3060ti-o8g-mini-v2) | £519.99 @ AWD-IT 
**Case** | [Antec DF700 Flux ATX Mid Tower Case](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/KWYQzy/antec-df700-flux-atx-mid-tower-case-0-761345-80070-9) | £79.90 @ CCL Computers 
**Power Supply** | [\*Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/dDH48d/corsair-txm-gold-550w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020133-na) | £59.98 @ Currys PC World Business 
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | **Total** | **£1164.53**
 | \*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria |
 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2022-04-26 21:05 BST+0100 |

[Behroon]

PCPP Recommendations: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/bM7Ycf/great-amd-gaming-build

My recommendation: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jgx8rD

 

Edit* @PDifolco's recommendation is also good!

[PDifolco]

22 minutes ago, Behroon said:

PCPP Recommendations: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/bM7Ycf/great-amd-gaming-build

My recommendation: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jgx8rD

 

Edit* @PDifolco's recommendation is also good!

Well tbh I took the pccp £1000 recommendation and upgraded mobo and GPU to use the extra £200

 

[Pixelfie]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£162.99 @ AWD-IT) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler  (£39.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£133.99 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£57.62 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Crucial P2 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£69.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB XC3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card  (£644.40 @ Gaming Co) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205 Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case  (£68.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.99 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1267.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-04-26 21:40 BST+0100

 

Little bit over budget I know but this should be a great build. If you can't spend the 60 extra then get this

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600 3.3 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£212.32 @ Technextday) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler  (£39.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£133.99 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£57.62 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Crucial P2 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£69.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB MECH 2X Video Card  (£529.19 @ Newegg UK) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205 Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case  (£68.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.99 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1201.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-04-26 21:43 BST+0100

 

 

Also if your Minecraft mods are installed with Fabric you can download Phosphor, Lithium and Sodium which should help improve performance greatly, maybe it will even make your old laptop run this game good.