Building my first PC

[EXO_227]

Budget (including currency): £1,600 

Country: Wales, UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Unreal Engine 4/5, Blender, and games such as Destiny 2, Dead Space Remake, and Resident Evil 4 remake

Other details https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/YWrYGL I currently have a 27" 1440p monitor with a 144hz refresh rate.

 

this is my first ever build as my current rig is a pre-build.  Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[KGGaming]

14 minutes ago, EXO_227 said:

Budget (including currency): £1,600 

Country: Wales, UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Unreal Engine 4/5, Blender, and games such as Destiny 2, Dead Space Remake, and Resident Evil 4 remake

Other details https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/YWrYGL I currently have a 27" 1440p monitor with a 144hz refresh rate.

 

this is my first ever build as my current rig is a pre-build.  Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

Instead of the ryzen 5 7600 you could use a i5 13600K

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

Also possibly changing out your ssd and psu as well

Also the radeon 6800 and variants have come down in price massively

[Pixelfie]

If we're looking at prices including motherboard and memory, I think Intel will give you more for your money, so I recommend getting a 13600K instead.

1TB is the least you should get. 500GB fills up very quickly.

A 4070 Ti is way faster and fits in the budget, so I think that would be the best choice here.

Can't see the price of that case, but this case is pretty good and affordable.

Cheapest high quality 850w PSU. Doesn't really matter that it's black, you won't see it anyway.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  (£289.49 @ Technextday) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 WH 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  (£70.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B660 GAMING X DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£134.99 @ Technextday) 
Memory: Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£73.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£78.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Inno3D X3 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  (£809.89 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G360A ATX Mid Tower Case  (£85.99 @ Box Limited) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£104.99 @ Technextday) 
Total: £1647.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-01-22 18:43 GMT+000

 

7 minutes ago, KGGaming said:

Instead of the ryzen 5 7600 you could use a i5 13600K

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

Also possibly changing out your ssd and psu as well

Also the radeon 6800 and variants have come down in price massively

While I would usually recommend AMD cards too, they suck at Blender

[EXO_227]

10 minutes ago, KGGaming said:

Instead of the ryzen 5 7600 you could use a i5 13600K

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

Also possibly changing out your ssd and psu as well

Also the radeon 6800 and variants have come down in price massively

Thanks man, I'll look through your revised parts list. I haven't really considered Radeon since I would like DLSS but I'll definitely put more thought into it!

[EXO_227]

Is DDR5 memory worth it? I know that DDR4 is obviously a lot cheaper and I can buy higher capacity for less. But If I want to futureproof my PC would DDR5 be worth it? lets say I want DDR5 ram in a few years, that'd mean buying a new motherboard as well and there's no guarantee that LGA 1700 sockets would still be supported right? (if I'm wrong please let me know)

[KGGaming]

23 hours ago, EXO_227 said:

Is DDR5 memory worth it? I know that DDR4 is obviously a lot cheaper and I can buy higher capacity for less. But If I want to futureproof my PC would DDR5 be worth it? lets say I want DDR5 ram in a few years, that'd mean buying a new motherboard as well and there's no guarantee that LGA 1700 sockets would still be supported right? (if I'm wrong please let me know)

At the moment with the progressions in ddr5 it is definitely worth it. Maybe not when it first came out but now definitely.