Advice for a first time builder

[Krisilwotb]

Budget (including currency): £3000

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, fiancé's University work, some light work things such as some basic excel sheets

Other details: no peripherals required.  I appreciate that I might be going slightly overkill for what I'll be using this for, but I'm treating myself since I got a bonus from work and I would like it to remain usable for a few years without having to upgrade. I do not need the 40 series or 13th gen. I've always bought prebuilts in the past and would like to build my own this time, so my main question is about if all these parts will work together, if there is anything missing I should consider or if I've made any ridiculous choices. Being new to building I'm very open to criticism. Thanks in advance 

 

[Ryuikko]

I have to ask the question on do you really need a 3090/ 12900k? I couldn't even see a use for a gpu here depending on what university work entails, and a 12700 would be more than enough here 

[Pixelfie]

These components will work, but there are better choices. If you want you could even go Ryzen 7000. It's overkill, but will last you a looooongg time before needing an ugprade. Also why on earth would you spend 200 on a fan

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  (£759.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£99.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX (rev. 1.0) ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£329.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory  (£165.72 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£188.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT 16 GB Video Card  (£799.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case  (£128.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£139.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Total: £2610.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-09-30 14:22 BST+0100

[Krisilwotb]

2 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

These components will work, but there are better choices. If you want you could even go Ryzen 7000. It's overkill, but will last you a looooongg time before needing an ugprade. Also why on earth would you spend 200 on a fan

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  (£759.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£99.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX (rev. 1.0) ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£329.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory  (£165.72 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£188.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 319 Radeon RX 6950 XT 16 GB Video Card  (£799.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case  (£128.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£139.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Total: £2610.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-09-30 14:22 BST+0100

6 fans. That's one point I am very under-educated one however. 

I've never used AMD stuff before so I didn't even consider it, looking at those prices that seems worth looking into. Would you say that the 6950 is a good alternative to a 3090? 

[Krisilwotb]

10 minutes ago, Ryuikko said:

I have to ask the question on do you really need a 3090/ 12900k? I couldn't even see a use for a gpu here depending on what university work entails, and a 12700 would be more than enough here 

For me, need no, want yes. Is it not enough to want to treat myself and not upgrade for a while? Fiance is a structural engineer and does use some software for design. 

[Ryuikko]

7 minutes ago, Krisilwotb said:

 Is it not enough to want to treat myself and not upgrade for a while? 

Well no i didn't say that, but I was just wondering on why such heavy machinery, when a igpu would most likely suffice, excluding software design

@Pixelfie's list should be more than enough and should last you significantly longer since it's on the new Am5 platform.

[PDifolco]

With a £3000 budget, unless you're in a hurry,  you really should target Zen4/ Intel 13rd gen and RTX4000/RX7000, you will have quite a performance jump for not much more money