First timer help

[fudgecakes999]

Budget (including currency): £1800-£2300

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Cyber punk, vmware virtual machines, graphic software

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): 

 

Hi first time pc builder in need of help and guidance for my first nervous pc build, these are my current thoughts on my first build :

9600x,9700x or one of the x3d cpus all the way up to 9950x3d
b850 or 870 motherboard
850w psu
gpu - 9070/9070 xt or 5070 ti
32gb ram
1tb/2tb m.2 drive
cpu cooler - thermalright air cooler, not sure which one.
air cooling only.
24"-28" 1440p monitor (not oled)

Pc uses : Mainly be used for multitasking and browsing in windows but want to be able to play latest and older games at a high quality standard at 1440p, games like cyberpunk,doom and alan wake 2 and games yet to come out.

My main problem is deciding which cpu to get and at what point at 1440p the gpu takes over from the cpu, if for example i get a 9070 xt or a 5070 ti how much difference in fps or obvious real life playing quality between the 9600x or the 9700x and the x3d cpu's like at the top end 9950x3d, i dont really have a budget but will need the pc to last at least 5-8 years at a good gaming/productivity level but would like value for money but if the 9950x3d will give me top performance longer and will not need to be replaced for a number of years then i will be be prepared to pay for  it, also need a good 1440p monitor not oled budget £150-£350 24"-28", would like 2 m.2 drives one for boot(1tb dram) and one for games/storage(2tb dram or dramless), also might want a cheap 1tb m.2 for other storage(can be cheap but needs to be reliable).got a Corsair 7000D case already but has no fans so will need fans, 3x 140mm for front,1 or 2 140mm top,1 back 140mm would prefer the 140mm ones but dont want to spend a lot so advice needed.i do a lot of research for my job so run various programs in windows at the same time like a number of browsers and photo editing software and have just started using vmware virtual machines so need the resources for that too while possibly running a game as well, i know it was a bit long winded but i hope someone is kind enough to help me through this.thanks.
 

 

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£399.95 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: *MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£229.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£229.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Storage: *TEAMGROUP MP44L 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£99.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£119.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: *Zotac SOLID SFF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (£719.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£121.49 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case Fan: *ARCTIC P14 PST 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fans 5-Pack  (£46.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: *LG 27GS75Q-B 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor  (£191.49 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £2197.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-13 06:35 BST+0100

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  (£269.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING Z890-PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  (£226.49 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£229.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Storage: *TEAMGROUP MP44L 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£99.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£119.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: *MSI SHADOW 3X OC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (£700.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£121.49 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case Fan: *ARCTIC P14 PST 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fans 5-Pack  (£46.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: *LG 27GS75Q-B 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor  (£191.49 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £2043.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-12 18:52 BST+0100

[fudgecakes999]

thanks for the replies, will look through them in detail, want to go with amd.

[fudgecakes999]

tried to find benchmarks for the different cpu's using a 9070 xt at 1440p but pretty hard to find that specific any thoughts where to look?

[Why_Me]

1 hour ago, fudgecakes999 said:

tried to find benchmarks for the different cpu's using a 9070 xt at 1440p but pretty hard to find that specific any thoughts where to look?

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-9070-xt-pulse/

[fudgecakes999]

24 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-9070-xt-pulse/

thanks for the link, but more looking for how all the cpu's benchmark on the 9070 xt, so need benchmarks that focus on the differences between the cpu's.

[fudgecakes999]

Just now, fudgecakes999 said:

thanks for the link, but more looking for how all the cpu's benchmark on the 9070 xt, so need benchmarks that focus on the differences between the cpu's.

but helpful to compare the gpu's thanks