PC Build/Workstation Checking

[Ethan Willetts]

Budget (including currency): 1700 ish

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Davinchi Resolve, Gaming (Inc Minecraft, Marvel Rivals, Satifactory)

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): 1440p monitors

 

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3WTR74

 

Ive been reading, specing out, and would like advice and have it double before I start building! I also use some specific homebrew software for my job that only works on Nvidia so thats why i have gone with the 5070ti! 

[venomtail]

If I was you, I'd change the build to this. 

 

• I don't see a reason why you're spending so much on an X670E board when you're not fully using it. We can get a match for needs vs what's on offer.
• I've bought the case similar to what I picked and quality is superb. 
• 240mm AIO is a mistake, either get a dual tower fan for the same performance, half the price or just get a 360mm AIO for pennies more.
• PSU is way overpriced. Picked still a pricy model but I have the more expensive sibling and the cables on it are superb, makes Corsair look like a knockoff.
• I have BeQuiet! and I live by it. Their AIO and fans, good warranty. Also added in extra fan splitters so that cable management is logical and doable for you.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£323.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Loop 3 Liquid CPU Cooler  (£84.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Acer Predator GM7 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£107.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit GamingPro-S GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (£689.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Fractal Design Epoch ATX Mid Tower Case  (£95.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: Antec GSK ATX3.1 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£106.99 @ MoreCoCo) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Custom: Kolink 1-2 PWM Braided Splitter Cable (£2.39)
Custom: Kolink 1-3 PWM Braided Splitter Cable (£3.95)
Total: £1743.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-08 12:25 BST+0100

[Dedayog]

59 minutes ago, venomtail said:

If I was you, I'd change the build to this. 

 

• I don't see a reason why you're spending so much on an X670E board when you're not fully using it. We can get a match for needs vs what's on offer.
• I've bought the case similar to what I picked and quality is superb. 
• 240mm AIO is a mistake, either get a dual tower fan for the same performance, half the price or just get a 360mm AIO for pennies more.
• PSU is way overpriced. Picked still a pricy model but I have the more expensive sibling and the cables on it are superb, makes Corsair look like a knockoff.
• I have BeQuiet! and I live by it. Their AIO and fans, good warranty. Also added in extra fan splitters so that cable management is logical and doable for you.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£323.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Loop 3 Liquid CPU Cooler  (£84.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Acer Predator GM7 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£107.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit GamingPro-S GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (£689.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Fractal Design Epoch ATX Mid Tower Case  (£95.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: Antec GSK ATX3.1 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£106.99 @ MoreCoCo) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Custom: Kolink 1-2 PWM Braided Splitter Cable (£2.39)
Custom: Kolink 1-3 PWM Braided Splitter Cable (£3.95)
Total: £1743.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-08 12:25 BST+0100

I disagree on the PSU, it's the OG in a way.  The RMx is the benchmark other PSU's are held to in a way.  $15 difference is not way overpriced, and $120 for a 850w Corsair RMx is a decent price IMO.

 

Not saying the Antec isn't good, just offering an opinion on the Corsair.  

 

Solid build, and surprisingly a decent motherboard for the price.  Tho it doesn't have PCIe 5 for the GPU.  Not impactful but should be noted.

[venomtail]

57 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I disagree on the PSU, it's the OG in a way.  The RMx is the benchmark other PSU's are held to in a way.  $15 difference is not way overpriced, and $120 for a 850w Corsair RMx is a decent price IMO.

 

Not saying the Antec isn't good, just offering an opinion on the Corsair.  

 

Solid build, and surprisingly a decent motherboard for the price.  Tho it doesn't have PCIe 5 for the GPU.  Not impactful but should be noted.

I might have been a bit harsh with my words on Corsair feeling like a knock off as they're perfectly good for 99% of people out there but it's hard to explain as there is this apathy I feel towards them. I've been loyal to Corsair for more than decade, Keyboards, RAM and PSU's, never looking at alternatives and now that I did and see how they do things different, better even making me feel awkwardly free.

 

If I had to find some friction, it'd be how they do cables vs others and how I want to do cables when I build PC's. I hate daisy chaining and Corsair seems to go all in on it.

[Ethan Willetts]

3 hours ago, venomtail said:

If I was you, I'd change the build to this. 

 

• I don't see a reason why you're spending so much on an X670E board when you're not fully using it. We can get a match for needs vs what's on offer.
• I've bought the case similar to what I picked and quality is superb. 
• 240mm AIO is a mistake, either get a dual tower fan for the same performance, half the price or just get a 360mm AIO for pennies more.
• PSU is way overpriced. Picked still a pricy model but I have the more expensive sibling and the cables on it are superb, makes Corsair look like a knockoff.
• I have BeQuiet! and I live by it. Their AIO and fans, good warranty. Also added in extra fan splitters so that cable management is logical and doable for you.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£323.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Loop 3 Liquid CPU Cooler  (£84.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Acer Predator GM7 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£107.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit GamingPro-S GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (£689.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Fractal Design Epoch ATX Mid Tower Case  (£95.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: Antec GSK ATX3.1 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£106.99 @ MoreCoCo) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Custom: Kolink 1-2 PWM Braided Splitter Cable (£2.39)
Custom: Kolink 1-3 PWM Braided Splitter Cable (£3.95)
Total: £1743.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-08 12:25 BST+0100

Thank you for this: 

 

For a duel air cooler, what would you reccomend? I was origianlly thinking going the classic peerless assasin, or would you say that an aio would be better? does a 360mm radiator fit in the top of the case? from what ive seen in both the pop air and the epoch can only take a 240mm at the top? I could front mount but ive had issues with this in the past. 

 

My ideal case would be the fractal north, which i love the look of, but i have heard negative things about its cable management tray at the back being a pain.

 

I would rather spend the bit of extra on the corsair PSU tbh, 

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, Ethan Willetts said:

Thank you for this: 

 

For a duel air cooler, what would you reccomend? I was origianlly thinking going the classic peerless assasin, or would you say that an aio would be better? does a 360mm radiator fit in the top of the case? from what ive seen in both the pop air and the epoch can only take a 240mm at the top? I could front mount but ive had issues with this in the past. 

 

My ideal case would be the fractal north, which i love the look of, but i have heard negative things about its cable management tray at the back being a pain.

 

I would rather spend the bit of extra on the corsair PSU tbh, 

I have the North XL.  The cable management is no worse than most other cases.  Fractals bad cabling is better than most other cases good cabling.

 

I wouldn't let that hold you back from getting it.

 

I've had the Fractal Define R6 prior, as a comparison.   Both are fine.

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  (£269.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£71.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte Z890 EAGLE WIFI7 ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  (£193.99 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: *Acer Predator GM7 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£107.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: *Zotac SOLID SFF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (£719.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *Montech CENTURY II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£85.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £1679.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-09 07:24 BST+0100

[Ethan Willetts]

On 10/8/2025 at 5:27 PM, Dedayog said:

I have the North XL.  The cable management is no worse than most other cases.  Fractals bad cabling is better than most other cases good cabling.

 

I wouldn't let that hold you back from getting it.

 

I've had the Fractal Define R6 prior, as a comparison.   Both are fine.

What about this list? 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/92L374

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£319.10 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler  (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Acer Predator GM7 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£112.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit GamingPro-S GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (£689.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case  (£124.61 @ Clove Technology) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2024) 850 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£119.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 49.9 CFM 120 mm Fan  (£9.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1745.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-11 12:36 BST+0100

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, Ethan Willetts said:

What about this list? 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/92L374

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£319.10 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler  (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Acer Predator GM7 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£112.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit GamingPro-S GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (£689.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case  (£124.61 @ Clove Technology) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2024) 850 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£119.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 49.9 CFM 120 mm Fan  (£9.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 3 57.4 CFM 140 mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1745.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-11 12:36 BST+0100

That's actually really good.  I'd buy that build without issue. 

 

Go for it!