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    New Build ~£2k Budget

    Greetings all.

    Looking for advice on my new build.

    Budget is ~£2000 (willing to go a little over) with the goal of having a PC that'll last ~5 years with no upgrading needed and that can play WoW and Cyberpunk 2077 on Ultra at a steady 75+ FPS.

    So far I'm pretty happy with everything but as I don't have much experience in the area I'd appreciate any input.

    PCPartPicker Part List:

    CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor (£292.98 Amazon UK)

    CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.98 Amazon UK)

    Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£208.99 AWD-IT)

    Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£59.99 Amazon UK)

    Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£118.90 Amazon UK)

    Storage: Seagate IronWolf NAS 4 TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (£99.98 CCL Computers)

    Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card (£449.99 Box Limited)

    Case: Phanteks PH-ES614PC_BK ATX Full Tower Case (£84.97 CCL Computers)

    Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.95 Box Limited)

    OS: I'll snoop around and try find it as cheap as I can

    Total: £1468.73

    Also looking for a 27" 144hz+ monitor to finish things off with.

    I think the main area I'm unsure of is the GFX. Should I get a 2080 as the prices are likely to drop a bit with the release of the 3000 series around the corner or should I wait and get a 3000 series?

    Thanks you for any help.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fogsworth III View Post
    Greetings all.

    Looking for advice on my new build.

    Budget is ~£2000 (willing to go a little over) with the goal of having a PC that'll last ~5 years with no upgrading needed and that can play WoW and Cyberpunk 2077 on Ultra at a steady 75+ FPS.

    So far I'm pretty happy with everything but as I don't have much experience in the area I'd appreciate any input.

    PCPartPicker Part List:

    CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor (£292.98 Amazon UK)

    CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.98 Amazon UK)

    Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£208.99 AWD-IT)

    Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£59.99 Amazon UK)

    Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£118.90 Amazon UK)

    Storage: Seagate IronWolf NAS 4 TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (£99.98 CCL Computers)

    Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card (£449.99 Box Limited)

    Case: Phanteks PH-ES614PC_BK ATX Full Tower Case (£84.97 CCL Computers)

    Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.95 Box Limited)

    OS: I'll snoop around and try find it as cheap as I can

    Total: £1468.73

    Also looking for a 27" 144hz+ monitor to finish things off with.

    I think the main area I'm unsure of is the GFX. Should I get a 2080 as the prices are likely to drop a bit with the release of the 3000 series around the corner or should I wait and get a 3000 series?

    Thanks you for any help.
    1) Do you overclock this? If not there's no reason going for an Intel build.
    2) If you end up going Intel dont buy 9th gen parts, get 10th gen.
    3) U12S is a really bad value for the performance.
    4) Dont buy that RAM, for just £10-15 you're gonna get a much better deal. Again, since it's Intel memory tuning is mandatory aswell.
    5) Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£118.90 Amazon UK) - Please explain? Pretty much the same price gets you a very good NVMe SSD of the same capacity.
    6) Storage: Seagate IronWolf NAS 4 TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (£99.98 CCL Computers) - Lost here aswell, please explain?
    7) Wait for 3000 series or 2000 series price drop. Considering the 3000 series performance you shouldnt consider 2070S above 350 EUR.
    8) Case: Phanteks PH-ES614PC_BK ATX Full Tower Case (£84.97 CCL Computers) - interesting choice, care to explain?
    9) 550W is not enough for that system. You're gonna be pulling 400-450W with the OC (which is a must, again) and your PSUs is going to run very hot all the time, which is not good for durability.
    10) What kind of monitor resolution you're looking for? If it's 1440p and you can afford it you cant really beat ASUS VG27AQ.
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