First Gaming/Work PC Build

[D_L_N]

Budget (including currency): 1000-1500 (can go above if necessary)

Country: England, UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I've been gaming on on PC for about 5 years now and my last two pc's have both been pre-builts. I have since landed myself a Tech job which is also a main reason for why im wanting an upgrade (plus the fact its been about 3 years since ive had my current).

I play mostly single player games however i do also play games other big multiplayer games however i have never been able to experiance smooth high end gameplay which i would love, i do intend to want to play lost of newer games (as long as there good) which i belive is requiring more and more.

Due to my job i WFH most of the time so my PC is a major work requirement and i will need to multi-task as they say so having multiple software open, chrome tabs etc so ive been looking at/considering i7 13/14700(k/kf) or a good AMD alternative.

 

FYI : As this will be my first time building a PC from scratch i ahve been looking on PCPartPicker at such but not been able to find good builds to match or when selecting myself i constantly feel like i may be missing out choossing some parts over other, so any help/build ideas would be much appreciated.

[D_L_N]

Edit: Future plan is to be able to easily upgrade parts as i wish through the months/years

[Tetras]

Does anything in your work need an nvidia card?

 

Do you have/will you retain a spare graphics card?

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Dx69Fs

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700F 2.1 GHz 20-Core Processor  (£359.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: MSI B760M GAMING PLUS WIFI Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£151.18 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL40 Memory  (£158.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£108.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (£509.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£113.70 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1530.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-23 14:26 GMT+0000

[voyager_]

I think we are going to need more detail about the software and games that you are trying to run. 

[ki8aras]

18 minutes ago, D_L_N said:

Budget (including currency): 1000-1500 (can go above if necessary)

Country: England, UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I've been gaming on on PC for about 5 years now and my last two pc's have both been pre-builts. I have since landed myself a Tech job which is also a main reason for why im wanting an upgrade (plus the fact its been about 3 years since ive had my current).

I play mostly single player games however i do also play games other big multiplayer games however i have never been able to experiance smooth high end gameplay which i would love, i do intend to want to play lost of newer games (as long as there good) which i belive is requiring more and more.

Due to my job i WFH most of the time so my PC is a major work requirement and i will need to multi-task as they say so having multiple software open, chrome tabs etc so ive been looking at/considering i7 13/14700(k/kf) or a good AMD alternative.

 

FYI : As this will be my first time building a PC from scratch i ahve been looking on PCPartPicker at such but not been able to find good builds to match or when selecting myself i constantly feel like i may be missing out choossing some parts over other, so any help/build ideas would be much appreciated.

what resolution do you plan to game at

[TylerD321]

Does your job pay for the computer or any portion of it? Are there any requirements for home use of PC used for work also? I am thinking you may want to get two SSD and have two separate windows installations if so.

[D_L_N]

29 minutes ago, voyager_ said:

I think we are going to need more detail about the software and games that you are trying to run. 

Sorry about that

for games such as : Cyberpunk, Warzone, CSGO, RDR2, GTA V (ideally 6 too if it comes to PC) & New World

For work main reason im thinking to have good CPU & RAM : i use a work VPN to access a lot of backoffice applications and in-house software. More namely software would be things like VS Code, mRemoteNG also Adobe products like PS, Illustrator (little bit for personal use).

 

Hope that helps

[D_L_N]

27 minutes ago, TylerD321 said:

Does your job pay for the computer or any portion of it? Are there any requirements for home use of PC used for work also? I am thinking you may want to get two SSD and have two separate windows installations if so.

Unfortunatly my job does not pay for the computer or any part of it, we are given a laptop to use when at home but its not ideal as i cannot have open as much stuff as i would ideally like to at once without it slowing down on preformance. 

 

I've not came across any issues yet that may idicate i would need too? 

I'm also aware of other people whom i work with that do the same as me for some things like chrome for example its easy enough to have a seperate profile etc. 

 

Definetly something i can look into if it would benefit me more?

 

Thanks

[D_L_N]

32 minutes ago, ki8aras said:

what resolution do you plan to game at

At the moment i have 2 monitors both 1080p

 

Planning to upgrade sometime after i have a new PC potentially look into a higher resolution screen but not in dire need at the moment (Can upgrade pc down the line if needed)

[filpo]

1 minute ago, D_L_N said:

Budget (including currency): 1000-1500 (can go above if necessary)

Country: England, UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I've been gaming on on PC for about 5 years now and my last two pc's have both been pre-builts. I have since landed myself a Tech job which is also a main reason for why im wanting an upgrade (plus the fact its been about 3 years since ive had my current).

I play mostly single player games however i do also play games other big multiplayer games however i have never been able to experiance smooth high end gameplay which i would love, i do intend to want to play lost of newer games (as long as there good) which i belive is requiring more and more.

Due to my job i WFH most of the time so my PC is a major work requirement and i will need to multi-task as they say so having multiple software open, chrome tabs etc so ive been looking at/considering i7 13/14700(k/kf) or a good AMD alternative.

 

FYI : As this will be my first time building a PC from scratch i ahve been looking on PCPartPicker at such but not been able to find good builds to match or when selecting myself i constantly feel like i may be missing out choossing some parts over other, so any help would be much appreciated.

I'd go for this for AMD

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£377.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£159.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  (£110.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Intel 670p 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£89.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: Palit Dual GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card  (£579.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1510.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-23 15:25 GMT+0000

 

And this for intel

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  (£383.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£179.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  (£80.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Intel 670p 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£89.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: Palit Dual GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card  (£579.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1506.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-23 15:27 GMT+0000

[4eyeguy]

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[voyager_]

37 minutes ago, D_L_N said:

Unfortunatly my job does not pay for the computer or any part of it, we are given a laptop to use when at home but its not ideal as i cannot have open as much stuff as i would ideally like to at once without it slowing down on preformance. 

Does your company's IT policy allow personal computers. At any company i've worked for that is a huge security concern and no allowed. If it's not allowed and something happens they could try to hold you responsible for any damages. 

[D_L_N]

1 hour ago, voyager_ said:

Does your company's IT policy allow personal computers. At any company i've worked for that is a huge security concern and no allowed. If it's not allowed and something happens they could try to hold you responsible for any damages. 

Personal computers are allowed as long as certain security processes' are followed (the work that requires VPN usage is done via work laptop) - Which have been (Plus it was confirmed with security deptartment at my company)

However, thank you for your concern.