Building First Gaming PC

[fakeperson4]

Budget (including currency): £1100-1200 (No peripherals needed) 

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Valorant 

Other details:  I plan to play valorant on a 540hz monitor at 1080p. My aim is to get as much fps as possible in it. Also I really like the fractal design pop mini air case in white.

 

[venomtail]

Something like this. If you manage to find yourself a 7500F you can save a lot:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£216.98 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROZN A410 SE 55.2 CFM CPU Cooler  (£22.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£105.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£87.19 @ NeoComputers) 
Storage: ADATA Legend 800 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£49.49 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming OC Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£459.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Case: Montech AIR 100 LITE MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£45.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: Thermalright TG 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack  (£24.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1100.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-02-13 14:46 GMT+0000

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£184.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£87.19 @ NeoComputers) 
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£90.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£384.99 @ Currys PC World) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (£60.46 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *Asus TUF Gaming 750G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1058.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-02-13 14:49 GMT+0000

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, fakeperson4 said:

Budget (including currency): £1100-1200 (No peripherals needed) 

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Valorant 

Other details:  I plan to play valorant on a 540hz monitor at 1080p. My aim is to get as much fps as possible in it. Also I really like the fractal design pop mini air case in white.

 

You'll need a bit more budget for 540hz.  Did you buy the monitor already?  Which one?

 

 

[fakeperson4]

12 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

You'll need a bit more budget for 540hz.  Did you buy the monitor already?  Which one?

 

 

I have an asus ROG swift pro pg248QP. I already bought it. Atm I play with it plugged into my laptop, but my laptop only gets around 100fps in valorant which isnt ideal. 

[Dedayog]

20 minutes ago, fakeperson4 said:

I have an asus ROG swift pro pg248QP. I already bought it. Atm I play with it plugged into my laptop, but my laptop only gets around 100fps in valorant which isnt ideal. 

Yeah buying a $500-$800 monitor is going to require a bit more than a $1000 PC.

 

How much can you fully spend?

[fakeperson4]

3 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Yeah buying a $500-$800 monitor is going to require a bit more than a $1000 PC.

 

How much can you fully spend?

The budget I put is just for the PC itself. I already own the monitor, mouse and keyboard. So those dont need to be factored into the £1200 i saved up for the pc itself.

[Dedayog]

12 minutes ago, fakeperson4 said:

The budget I put is just for the PC itself. I already own the monitor, mouse and keyboard. So those dont need to be factored into the £1200 i saved up for the pc itself.

From what i see, valorant is very CPU dependent. They're recommending 7800x3d or 14900k for 500+ fps.

 

I may be incorrect , I'd definitely lock down what you need to focus on.

[fakeperson4]

44 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

From what i see, valorant is very CPU dependent. They're recommending 7800x3d or 14900k for 500+ fps.

 

I may be incorrect , I'd definitely lock down what you need to focus on.

so you think a lesser gpu would be better so i could get a 7800x3d? , i only really care about playing valorant so i dont need to worry about performance in other games. 

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, fakeperson4 said:

so you think a lesser gpu would be better so i could get a 7800x3d? , i only really care about playing valorant so i dont need to worry about performance in other games. 

Yes, look at some YouTube's of 500+fps valorant specs.

 

 

[fakeperson4]

5 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Yes, look at some YouTube's of 500+fps valorant specs.

 

 

After watching a lot of benchmarks, the 9600x seems to get over 600-650fps even on high settings for valorant (I will be running it at all low because for competitive shooters its better), so I am thinking that I should build the PC that venomtail suggested. Last thing I'm wondering is if its possible to use the case I asked about in the original post or if there is a specific reason it was omitted for something else. I still have £100 leeway with the parts list he suggested. 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/DbRD74

9700x + 7800xt + 32gb 6000c30

 

 

Cpu wise the 9700x is 202£ and should have similar perf to the above video though if valorant doesnt benifit from the extra cores here is the cheaper 9600x at 142£

 

Gpu wise 7800xt is pretty meh value and used 6950xt are faster for 400-450£ though best value is the 6800xt if you can find em around 350£ or lower as it performs the same as the 7800xt

 

As for the rest of the parts i cut costs on the case with a similar aesthetic since the pop mini is 90£

 

went for rgb 6000c30 rams cause id assume youd probably want some extra bling if you prefer the pop air and besides they look best on the hdv anyways since ita a 2dimmer and no empty slots with the extra benifit of being able to push well over 9000 ddr5 though youlll probably be expecting 8400 at most with a good 9700x while faster than 6400 is gonna be a pain to get running

 

Psu has a 10 year warranty so cant really go wrong with that unless you want a white psu but then itd look like crap cause of the bad colour mixing white cables going to a black board

[fakeperson4]

1 hour ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/DbRD74

9700x + 7800xt + 32gb 6000c30

 

 

Cpu wise the 9700x is 202£ and should have similar perf to the above video though if valorant doesnt benifit from the extra cores here is the cheaper 9600x at 142£

 

Gpu wise 7800xt is pretty meh value and used 6950xt are faster for 400-450£ though best value is the 6800xt if you can find em around 350£ or lower as it performs the same as the 7800xt

 

As for the rest of the parts i cut costs on the case with a similar aesthetic since the pop mini is 90£

 

went for rgb 6000c30 rams cause id assume youd probably want some extra bling if you prefer the pop air and besides they look best on the hdv anyways since ita a 2dimmer and no empty slots with the extra benifit of being able to push well over 9000 ddr5 though youlll probably be expecting 8400 at most with a good 9700x while faster than 6400 is gonna be a pain to get running

 

Psu has a 10 year warranty so cant really go wrong with that unless you want a white psu but then itd look like crap cause of the bad colour mixing white cables going to a black board

the 9700x on aliexpress is actually £240 when u include tax since that gets added at checkout. It still fits in the budget tho so its not an issue and much cheaper than it would be on amazon. If all else is good then i can start buying the parts right away.