First pc for content creation

SALTY_Shadows · March 14, 2023

Budget (including currency): £1200 GBP

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Video editing, CS-GO, Rainbow 6 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):

I have a part list made here: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/SALTY_Shadows/saved/GvBLyc

I'm upgrading from Console gaming and decided not to go with a prebuilt as it takes the fun out of building a PC in my opinion.

Already have the peripherals ordered so not in budget

Im looking to buy the parts in 2-3 weeks

I have a 60hz Monitor and a 144hz monitor

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Electronics Wizardy · March 14, 2023

Id get cheap air cooler and a cheaper mobo. Then you can get a 3070 and a bit better of a cpu

Zando_ · March 14, 2023

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id get cheap air cooler and a cheaper mobo. Then you can get a 3070 and a bit better of a cpu

I was thinking on CPU lines, thanks for the suggestion on GPU as well.

Like so:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/cyP69r

CPU: Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£248.96 @ Laptops Direct)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK500 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760M-A WIFI DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£157.12 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory (£89.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£87.84 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus DUAL MINI OC V2 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR 8 GB Video Card (£419.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case (£88.99 @ Currys PC World)
Power Supply: Corsair TX650M 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1212.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Could squeeze in a 3070 for slightly more by dropping back to 3200Mhz RAM, a slower drive, and a B660 motherboard:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/PZbvrD

CPU: Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£248.96 @ Laptops Direct)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK500 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-A WIFI DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£139.01 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£73.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte EAGLE Rev 2.0 GeForce RTX 3070 LHR 8 GB Video Card (£499.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case (£88.99 @ Currys PC World)
Power Supply: Corsair TX650M 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1239.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-14 23:24 GMT+0000

Or ofc can drop down to a 13400, that loses you 4 E-cores which do help in anything multicore (like final renders of your video projects, AFAIK they're not much of an assist during actual editing though, so if you're not pressed for time then it likely doesn't matter). I would not get an -F SKU though, if you use or plan to use Adobe stuff especially, as some of those apps leverage Intel QuickSync heavily (using the iGPU for en/decode tasks).