First time PC build - need advice

[djkrueger]

Budget (including currency): £800

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: General use/sim racing

Other details:

Hello.

 

I recently posted here asking for help regarding building a PC for the first time and have since received recommendations and altered the build to be closer to what was suggested and something I am happy with. I will appreciate any advice/suggestions as to how I can further improve the build. Thank you very much!

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  (£223.48 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£40.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£125.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI MECH 2X OC Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card  (£284.39 @ Newegg UK) 
Case: Montech AIR 1000 PREMIUM ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CV650 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£63.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £831.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-17 21:31 BST+0100

 

[PDifolco]

26 minutes ago, djkrueger said:

Budget (including currency): £800

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: General use/sim racing

Other details:

Hello.

 

I recently posted here asking for help regarding building a PC for the first time and have since received recommendations and altered the build to be closer to what was suggested and something I am happy with. I will appreciate any advice/suggestions as to how I can further improve the build. Thank you very much!

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  (£223.48 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£40.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£125.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI MECH 2X OC Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card  (£284.39 @ Newegg UK) 
Case: Montech AIR 1000 PREMIUM ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CV650 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£63.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £831.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-17 21:31 BST+0100

 

I'd get a cheaper 12400 to be able to upgrade to a 6700XT GPU if you plan on gaming only

And there's no drive, you already have one ?

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£152.72 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£40.90) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£125.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI MECH 2X OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£325.19 @ Newegg UK) 
Case: Montech AIR 1000 PREMIUM ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CV650 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£63.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £801.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-17 22:03 BST+0100

[Why_Me]

24 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

I'd get a cheaper 12400 to be able to upgrade to a 6700XT GPU if you plan on gaming only

And there's no drive, you already have one ?

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£152.72 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£40.90) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£125.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI MECH 2X OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£325.19 @ Newegg UK) 
Case: Montech AIR 1000 PREMIUM ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CV650 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£63.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £801.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-17 22:03 BST+0100

Save a few quid on the cpu cooler.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£152.72 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler  (£23.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£125.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI MECH 2X OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£325.19 @ Newegg UK) 
Case: Montech AIR 1000 PREMIUM ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CV650 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£63.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £783.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-17 22:28 BST+0100

[SorryBella]

On 5/18/2023 at 4:29 AM, Why_Me said:

Save a few quid on the cpu cooler

and id use that to get a less garbo PSU honestly, AP750GM by Gigabyte can be had with the full budget. But yeah either of this build would work really nicely.