NEW BUILD plan

[NOTMYNAME12345]

Budget (including currency): 2000 pounds including peripherals

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, red dead redemption 2, Spider-Man, with Rtx, matlab, Ansys and other engineering platforms with some light cad or schematic and pcb design will have a lot of chrome work load as well

Other details: not sure of gpu is the rtx 5070 good? should I go 4070 super but its so much more expensive. Normal 4070 could be an option, I know they have lower vram but cheaper so not sure if I should shell the extra budget also display wise should I go 1440p QHD and like 180 hz if that’s good enough and if I willl see a difference in oled. New builder so will be glad with any advice thanks !! Would also appreciate other recommendations

[dark_globe]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  (£287.38 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler  (£51.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z890 EAGLE WIFI7 ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-7200 CL34 Memory  (£349.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial T500 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£104.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Video Card: Asus PRIME OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  (£499.95 @ Box Limited) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A850GS PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£104.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1628.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/intel-core-ultra-200s-content-creation-review/

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-ultra-7-265k/20.html

+ added (potential) benefit of quick-sync (should you need it)

- if you can find some extra cash it would be better to get a 2tb primary m.2 drive from the get go .

- when it comes to case i would advice to sacrifice "cool looks" in favour of better airflow 
("fish-tank" cases are not very good in terms of airflow and temperatures)

- 16gb rtx 5070Ti would be better for 1440p and you would not feel any VRAM limitations in demanding new titles -
but of course you can get by with rtx 5070 for the moment
(and it will stil be a good experience , you will just need to adjust in game settings more often)

[Hellowpplz]

1 hour ago, NOTMYNAME12345 said:

Budget (including currency): 2000 pounds including peripherals

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, red dead redemption 2, Spider-Man, with Rtx, matlab, Ansys and other engineering platforms with some light cad or schematic and pcb design will have a lot of chrome work load as well

Other details: not sure of gpu is the rtx 5070 good? should I go 4070 super but its so much more expensive. Normal 4070 could be an option, I know they have lower vram but cheaper so not sure if I should shell the extra budget also display wise should I go 1440p QHD and like 180 hz if that’s good enough and if I willl see a difference in oled. New builder so will be glad with any advice thanks !! Would also appreciate other recommendations

As someone with a 4070 super, it is plenty enough in most games that I play (Spiderman 2, Minecraft w/ shaders and 512x512 texture pack, The Finals, R6 siege, Fortnite, GTA V, BeamNG Drive) to run at 1440p 180hz on high/very high settings. Some games can easily run at 240hz with lowered settings. I happen to also have a 1440p 180hz monitor (32") and it's a great experience overall. One thing of note is that for best motion clarity go for a IPS monitor. I got a VA monitor because it was cheap ($140 on sale, it's an Acer monitor) but the motion clarity sucks, and turning on overdrive gives terrible reverse ghosting.

Of course the 5070 as you may have heard only outperforms the 4070 super by ~5-10%, but the 4070 super generally goes for the same price or slightly more than a 5070, plus the 5070 will have longer driver updates, you are getting all the newest DLSS and frame gen stuff, etc. So in this case 5070>4070 super.

[podkall]

2 hours ago, NOTMYNAME12345 said:

not sure of gpu is the rtx 5070 good? should I go 4070 super but its so much more expensive. Normal 4070 could be an option, I know they have lower vram but cheaper so not sure if I should shell the extra budget also display wise should I go 1440p QHD

they all have 12GB, might as well consider 9070 XT, though not sure about non-gaming programs liking AMD card

[podkall]

Also you don't need thermal paste, and you can find cheaper RAM:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/NRgd4p

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£283.97 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£36.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: *MSI B850 GAMING PLUS WIFI6E ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£139.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£319.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: *Kingston KC3000 2.048 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£149.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Video Card: *MSI VENTUS 2X OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  (£488.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: *Montech CENTURY II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.99 @ Scan) 
Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12C-S X3 66.17 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  (£20.42 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1563.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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You could filter slower down to CL40 RAM, but at the moment it's out of stock:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/DCFW2x

Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£319.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £319.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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[Why_Me]

3 hours ago, NOTMYNAME12345 said:

Budget (including currency): 2000 pounds including peripherals

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, red dead redemption 2, Spider-Man, with Rtx, matlab, Ansys and other engineering platforms with some light cad or schematic and pcb design will have a lot of chrome work load as well

Other details: not sure of gpu is the rtx 5070 good? should I go 4070 super but its so much more expensive. Normal 4070 could be an option, I know they have lower vram but cheaper so not sure if I should shell the extra budget also display wise should I go 1440p QHD and like 180 hz if that’s good enough and if I willl see a difference in oled. New builder so will be glad with any advice thanks !! Would also appreciate other recommendations

You want an AIO if using a fish tank case seeing how cpu air coolers don't work so well in those cases (basic physics). If using a dual tower cpu cooler then look for low profile RAM so that the heatsinks don't impede said cpu cooler. Also look for a set of CL30 for the lower latency. ATX 3.1 psu for the newer power adapter. Size up on your SSD and btw most all new cpu coolers including Thermalrights include a small tube of decent thermal compound.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  (£259.99 @ Currys PC World) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£36.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte Z890 EAGLE WIFI7 ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£319.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: *Crucial T500 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£151.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Video Card: *Asus PRIME OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  (£499.95 @ Box Limited) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.98 @ Scan) 
Power Supply: *NZXT C750 Core 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£94.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: *LG UltraGear G6 27G610A-B 27.0" 2560 x 1440 200 Hz Monitor  (£159.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1757.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-12-25 04:13 GMT+0000 

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-free-or-cheap

 

https://www.montechpc.com/air-903-max 

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/montech-air-903-max/ 

 

 

[NOTMYNAME12345]

8 hours ago, Why_Me said:

You want an AIO if using a fish tank case seeing how cpu air coolers don't work so well in those cases (basic physics). If using a dual tower cpu cooler then look for low profile RAM so that the heatsinks don't impede said cpu cooler. Also look for a set of CL30 for the lower latency. ATX 3.1 psu for the newer power adapter. Size up on your SSD and btw most all new cpu coolers including Thermalrights include a small tube of decent thermal compound.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  (£259.99 @ Currys PC World) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£36.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte Z890 EAGLE WIFI7 ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  (£179.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£319.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: *Crucial T500 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£151.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Video Card: *Asus PRIME OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  (£499.95 @ Box Limited) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.98 @ Scan) 
Power Supply: *NZXT C750 Core 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£94.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: *LG UltraGear G6 27G610A-B 27.0" 2560 x 1440 200 Hz Monitor  (£159.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1757.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-12-25 04:13 GMT+0000 

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-free-or-cheap

 

https://www.montechpc.com/air-903-max 

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/montech-air-903-max/ 

 

 

Thanks for the reply! Just curious why the intel instead of the and cpu, also if its worth it to go to a slightly higher psu something like 850W

[Why_Me]

9 hours ago, NOTMYNAME12345 said:

Thanks for the reply! Just curious why the intel instead of the and cpu, also if its worth it to go to a slightly higher psu something like 850W

850W for the 5070 Ti, 750W for the 5070. That Intel cpu gives you decent performance for your intended uses while costing you less.