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[caseyjones88]

Budget (including currency): £1000

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gaming and some times streming mostly sim racing

 

My name is Casey

 

i have high-functioning autism so building a pc is new to me im still learning what the dos and don'ts are. Currently, I'm running an RTX 2060 with 446gb on my c drive and 1.81tb on my d drive this is the first pc that i built with my brother its my first build, my baby. iv been into sim racing my entire life i have a moza r12 the whole shooting match i wanna get in to iracing when i have the time and the money i would like to upgrade my build https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Quadrilateral/saved/DnRNvK that is what i have so far is there anything i need to upgrade or change for those wondering yes im looking to keep the case and cooler and the power suply the same is the build and also i play a lot of beam ng drive with my own monster trucks that i mod and mostly break lol what i mainly wanna know is is this good enough tool to do the job bc i was thinking about upgreading to bigger storage but im like illiterate ik what some stuff is but other stuff im like "i have no idea what this is but it looks cool" so i need some guidanceimage.jpg

[podkall]

33 minutes ago, caseyjones88 said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Quadrilateral/saved/DnRNvK

That's a pretty decent list already, there are things I'd personally change though.

 

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

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core OEM/Tray Processor  (£224.71 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B850M-P WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£148.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *Klevv BOLT V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL30 Memory  (£110.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: *Crucial P310 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£105.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound OC Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Video Card  (£359.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £950.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-28 22:17 GMT+0000

 

First you can get cheaper 8 core AM5 CPU, 7700 can be basically as fast as 7700x. (also version without cooler, since you already have one can be sometimes cheaper)

 

Motherboard you have is very good, but for future proof I'd go with something that has B850 chipset, so that the motherboard has PCIe 5.0 for GPU, the ones on my list should have decent VRMs.

 

RAM I'd swap to something cheaper and faster, something closer to 6000Mhz CL30 target, CL is latency so lower is faster. And I wouldn't grab RGB RAM, because the heatsink on the CPU can block the view of those.

 

Speaking of cooler, you probably want something like this: ARCTIC MX-4 (2019), ARCTIC MX-6, Noctua NT-H2, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut  some new thermal paste since you will probably want to replace the old one when swapping cooler on the new build. (unless you have some)

 

NVME you chose is actually quite great, MP44L is good SSD, P310 is slightly cheaper and potentially faster because it's more new.

 

GPU can't really go better with different brand if it costs more, it would have to be higher chip model like RX 9070.

[Hinjima]

Well.. I would replace the PSU immediately.

Aerocool makes terrible power supplies and the entire LUX lineup is on the E:Tier ( E-Waste ). Its dangerous and terrible.

Please dont use this PSU with your new components. Dont risk it.

[filpo]

11 hours ago, caseyjones88 said:

Budget (including currency): £1000

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gaming and some times streming mostly sim racing

 

My name is Casey

 

i have high-functioning autism so building a pc is new to me im still learning what the dos and don'ts are. Currently, I'm running an RTX 2060 with 446gb on my c drive and 1.81tb on my d drive this is the first pc that i built with my brother its my first build, my baby. iv been into sim racing my entire life i have a moza r12 the whole shooting match i wanna get in to iracing when i have the time and the money i would like to upgrade my build https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Quadrilateral/saved/DnRNvK that is what i have so far is there anything i need to upgrade or change for those wondering yes im looking to keep the case and cooler and the power suply the same is the build and also i play a lot of beam ng drive with my own monster trucks that i mod and mostly break lol what i mainly wanna know is is this good enough tool to do the job bc i was thinking about upgreading to bigger storage but im like illiterate ik what some stuff is but other stuff im like "i have no idea what this is but it looks cool" so i need some guidanceimage.jpg

As said by @Hinjima definitely change PSU, as to which. These are good options: 

However, I would hold off buying for the next week or (possibly) two as there will be black friday sales (hopefully) reducing ram sales back to earth (they were £85 for a 6000 CL30 2x16gb kit months ago)

Also, I think a 9070 is possible (with black friday sales) 

Do you have the AM5 mounting hardware for your current cooler?

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: MSI B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£128.99 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£90.00) 
Storage: MSI SPATIUM M461 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£95.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 16 GB Video Card  (£499.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Custom: new Ryzen 5 9600 (£145.00)
Total: £1044.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-29 09:23 GMT+0000

What are the full specs of your current system? (Case, ram, motherboard, GPU, fans, etc.) 

What resolution are you playing at?

Edited October 29, 2025 by filpo