Help?!

[matt_ball4]

Budget (including currency): Ideally £800-£1k

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Business use (accounting some spreadsheets) occasional gaming (DCS, ACC)

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/3zzmTn

 

peripherals not included in budget yet.

 

Not sure if the parts I have are overkill for my use but I do want a good gaming experience. Also like to have good audio quality.

 

Thanks in advance!

[An0maly_76]

@matt_ball4

 

3050 is a dud as far as GPUs. Does it work? Yes, but it's not a whole lot better than the 1650 / 1660. I would go for a 3060ti if you can swing it. If not, a used 2060 / 2070 / 2080 would be about as good as a 3060 / ti, but be sure you have enough PSU wattage for it.

 

Also, I have no intention of upgrading to Win11 for many reasons. There is spyware, bloatware and they're trying to tell you how you can and can't use your PC. I would stick with Win10.

Edited February 9, 2023 by An0maly_76
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[Ryuikko]

Afiak sound cards aren't needed anymore since the integrated audio on the mobo is good enough, so something like this would work just fine 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor (£180.46 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler (£48.44 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£139.59 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£85.15 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£56.58 @ Box Limited) 

Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card (£305.99 @ Newegg UK) 

Case: Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case (£88.99 @ MoreCoCo) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM650 (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £995.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-09 14:45 GMT+0000

 

[Blqckqut]

3050 is absolute aids, i have 2 words for you

Do not.

[brob]

48 minutes ago, matt_ball4 said:

Budget (including currency): Ideally £800-£1k

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Business use (accounting some spreadsheets) occasional gaming (DCS, ACC)

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/3zzmTn

 

peripherals not included in budget yet.

 

Not sure if the parts I have are overkill for my use but I do want a good gaming experience. Also like to have good audio quality.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Latest gen CPU is less expensive for better performance.

 

Stock cooler is fine for intended use.

 

Locked CPU are better prepared with B and H chipset motherboards. Z chipset motherboards are intended for unlocked CPU.

 

Current generations offer WiFi on motherboards at low or no additional cost.

 

Motherboard audio subsystems generally offer good quality audio.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  (£199.11 @ Technextday) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760M-P DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£117.31 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£44.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£55.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card  (£303.48 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design Pop Mini Air MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£103.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair TX650M 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£62.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit  (£108.88 @ Technextday) 
Total: £996.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-09 15:06 GMT+0000

[TPCEA]

The mobo and cpu are a total mismatch. The CPU is weak and the mobo is strong, plus it's for overclocking/tweaking. Unless you need what that Z has, you should get a great B mobo instead. If you want to have extra ports and slots, then get an H mobo, which also may have tweaking/OC.

 

This mobo and many others include wifi and sound, so you don't need those cards. 

 

If you are planning on playing a lot of different games, add another m.2 1TB SSD and install them to it. 

 

I would suggest getting better fans, at least with PWM (4 pins). The Corsair ML120s are very good but about$20/fan in a pack. If you want to throw money at RGB, There are other options, including Corsair.