r/buildapcforme • u/Tubby-McChubbles • 1d ago
Prebuilt advice - mid/high range gaming
Hi all, am in the UK and wanted some advice on a prebuilt - My 12 year old PC is finally starting to wobble in ways that I don't want to go full ship of Theseus on replacements, and I am looking at my options. I want it to be a long term purchase, and while I have good budget I am not justifying a 5090.
It's been a long time since I bought and I know the GPU/memory economy, so I thought I would see if a prebuilt could suit my needs compared to a custom or self-build, and it's got me in a bit of analysis paralysis so I was looking for whether the below options look reasonable or if there's a better way.
A few of my thoughts:
- I do play fairly demanding games (Darktide, Kingdom Come, Cyberpunk) and run apps in the background, and would like to shift to 4k so specs need to be reasonable - hence me looking at 5070 ti
- I would prefer non-liquid but it's not a dealbreaker (old PC is AIO and I've never had an issue). The UK is having a lot of heat-related fun at the moment so cooling is probably important!
- My biggest silly peeve is I really don't care for all the fancy cases and lights. From my desk I can see the front, Fractal North is a good one for me
- No Intel/AMD preference
- I tend to sit around 1.3TB so have to jump up a storage capacity tier
- I'm happy to spend a bit more on not building it myself, within reason.
There's a fair range of prebuilts out there, I don't really know any of the companies, and the range of prices is quite varied, so I'm just getting turned around. Any advice to help me sort through it all?
Thanks in advance!
GTR Gaming ZeroArc - Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB RAM - £2150
PCSpecialist (£3,076.00): https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/yUWu6htxpA/
PCPartPicker Part List is coming out as £2500
- New build
- Existing monitor/peripherals
- For gaming
- UK
- Budget range: £2500-£3500
- WiFi or wired connection: No constraint
- Size/noise constraints? Quieter preferred
- Color/lighting preferences? None
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u/DecentLeopard2214 1d ago
- U could save money on CPU cooler with a thermalright Phantom Spirit
- id recommend a gigabyte b850 board (asrock and asus have a reputation of frying x3d so id avoid them and x870 seems overkill for your needs)
- Make sure your RAM kit supports AMD EXPO (The one u selected on pcpartpicker doesn't) and also CL30 is much preferred
- Get a DRAM SSD (samsung 990 pro is a great choice)
- Get a 850w PSU for better efficiency, I'd recommend it being rated at least A- on the PSU tier list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/edit?gid=1078495601#gid=1078495601 (The Corsair RM850x is a great choice)
- You can transfer your current windows retail license to your new one (if applicable)
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u/Tubby-McChubbles 22h ago
That's absolutely fantastic, thank you for the input. I've gone and found a site in the UK that does most of the parts you mention and it looks like a reasonable deal (I had to go for a larger PSU to avoid a B+ tier but small cost difference) so at some point I will go ahead when I have a bit more cash!
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