1st pc build

[Aadarsh]

Budget (including currency): Under £2000

Country: uk

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Valorant, Minecraft, tomb raider, MATLAB, aspen plus, clip studio and in the future video editing and streaming 

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):  

Hi this will be my first pc build and the current parts list is as follows : 

motherboard- ASUS rog strix b660-f gaming Wi-Fi ddr5 

cpu - i7 12700k 

cooler - noctua nh d15
gpu - rtx 3070

ram - Kingston fury beast 32gb ddr5 cl40 

storage - crucial p2 1tb nvme ssd 

psu - Corsair RM850  

case - Corsair 4000d airflow  

I am planning to build this by the end of July this year and would like it to be able to handle 2k gaming with a 144hz refresh rate any advice of the parts and on the overall build would be greatly appreciated thank you. 

 

 

[Pixelfie]

I'd go for DDR4, and probably avoid Asus motherboards unless you find a good deal, because their price/performance aren't great. You also have a B660 with a 12700K, so you could save money by getting the non K chip. Other than that it's a very good parts list. Something like this should be a good option. If you want you could change the GPU to a 6700 XT, that's cheaper but not far behind, and it has more VRAM which could be useful for video editing. Or you could upgrade to a 3080.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£359.98 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  (£88.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£168.81 @ Technextday) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£97.82 @ Technextday) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£72.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GAMING Twin Edge Video Card  (£540.49 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£88.48 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1506.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-27 19:09 BST+0100

Edited June 27, 2022 by Pixelfie

[DenGod]

I love ASUS, however the price point doesn't match like you said

[Aadarsh]

8 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

I'd go for DDR4, and probably avoid Asus motherboards unless you find a good deal, because their price/performance aren't great. You also have a B660 with a 12700K, so you could save money by getting the non K chip. Other than that it's a very good parts list. Something like this should be a good option.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£359.98 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  (£88.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£168.81 @ Technextday) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£97.82 @ Technextday) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£72.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GAMING Twin Edge Video Card  (£540.49 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£88.48 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1506.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-27 19:09 BST+0100

Thank you so much however would sticking to ddr5 be better for future proofing the build ?

[Jeppes]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700F 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£315.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  (£55.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-A WIFI DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£139.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£102.99 @ Corsair UK)
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£177.99 @ AWD-IT)
Video Card: Palit GeForce RTX 3080 10GB 10 GB GamingPro Video Card  (£782.47 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Silverstone FARA H1M PRO MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£64.99 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£88.48 @ Box Limited)
Total: £1726.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-27 19:24 BST+0100

[Pixelfie]

20 minutes ago, Aadarsh said:

Thank you so much however would sticking to ddr5 be better for future proofing the build ?

Not really. It's only slightly faster (in some cases slower), and by the time DDR5 will be good you'll need a new kit anyway, and I don't expect the Alder Lake memory controller to handle the high speeds well.

[Aadarsh]

2 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

Not really. It's only slightly faster (in some cases slower), and by the time DDR5 will be good you'll need a new kit anyway, and I don't expect the Alder Lake memory controller to handle the high speeds well.

Thank you so much 

[venomtail]

13 hours ago, Aadarsh said:

Thank you so much however would sticking to ddr5 be better for future proofing the build ?

Not really. If you do want to "future proof" anything you should look at NVME M.2 storage. Fast storage is the way forwards for the indurstry. HDD is already outdated and SATA SSD's will soon too bee too slow

[venomtail]

Here's a looker. Anything after a 3070ti/6800XT is no longer good value for money, diminishing returns except if you have a specific requirement that has to be met that only anything more powerful. Pretty white system as well, shame that just about all white GPU's are out of stock:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  (£258.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 WH 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B660 GAMING X DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£145.22 @ Technextday) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£72.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial P2 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£70.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Speedster MERC 319 CORE Video Card  (£767.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£88.48 @ Box Limited) 
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE SP RGB ELITE 47.73 CFM 120 mm Fan  (£14.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE SP RGB ELITE 47.73 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  (£52.98 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1612.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-28 09:09 BST+0100