It is coming up to that time when get a brand new PC! I tend to go with Scan, so which one is it to be? I always have Intel, Nvidia and water-cooled, the rest is obvious like SSD. I am using a 2K 144Hz monitor currently, that may go up to a 4K 144Hz(?) if I am happy with the tradeoff between those two factors. Last time I was not and so went for the Hz rather than the K.
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This time it will most likely be a full AMD build, 7950X / 7900 XTX (depending on its performance). But I will probably give it a few more months, until the 3D versions of the CPU comes out and I can compare the gains. Chances are AMD will reveal them very early next year.
BTW, 7950X seems to perform excellently with ECO (105W) mode on, so no water cooling should be necessary for it and with only a negligible hit to performance:
https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/shared/8a39060d-3f57-4b9f-a290-9ef59fe3e2ce?utm_source=3xsconfigshare&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=copypaste
That configuration has I5-13600K, RTX 3080, 32gb of DDR4 RAM, 1TB NVMe disk, and comes with liquid cooler. Price is 2,125 pounds.
The build doesn't have operating system because you can save a lot of money if you buy windows 11 cd key online.
Also you likely want to switch the case to something that you think looks good: I intentionally picked up a bland-looking case since I have no idea what kind of look you'd prefer.
EDIT: That build is done within limitations that you want to have Intel, NVidia, liquid cooling, and buy from Scan. Without those limitations I'd recommend something different.
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
As for 2k vs 4k, I refuse to give up my ultra wide. My old weary eyes can't tell the difference between 1080p and 4k, so I prefer the wider screen. If price isn't a consideration, maybe move up to 5k, but I don't think there are any high refresh rate options. Someone please tell me if there is.
Assuming that Scott's current 2K 144Hz monitor is good, I'd recommend against changing it unless you're also buying RTX 4090.
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
I would go with Windows 11 installed, it's hardly breaking the bank, don't care how it looks just a big case for airflow and addons though I rarely get addons. RGB irreverent, though I do use an LED mouse and keyboard, no peripherals needed except maybe a new monitor, which I can get later. I go for the best fans possible even with water-cooling to keep the noise down. Second drive is usually a really big HDD, I am not going to run programs on it.
I actually prefer to get a higher spec processor and not run it overclocked as I think you get a longer lifespan, but for donkeys now, overclocking has been par the course.
Thanks for all the help guys, I am just getting reacquainted with all the jargon, so some pointers help.
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
I don't see how Vrika made a link to a particular configuration as opposed to a general configurator. When I try to use their configurator, it costs about an extra £1000 over picking parts myself. To pick parts from that site, this is what I came up with:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i9-13900k-s-1700-raptor-lake-24-cores-32-threads-30ghz-58ghz-turbo-36mb-cache-125w-retail
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/palit-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-gamerock-omniblack-24gb-gddr6x-ray-tracing-graphics-card-16384-core-25
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-prime-z790-a-wifi-intel-z790-s-1700-ddr5-pcie-50-4x-m2-25gbe-ax-wifi-bt-usb-32-gen2-atx
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/nda-tbc1300w-seasonic-prime-gx-full-modular-80-plus-gold-sli-crossfire-single-rail-108a-135mm-fan-at
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-wd-black-sn850x-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-ssd-7300mb-s-read-6600mb-s-write
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/silverstone-sst-pf240-argb-v2-permafrost-aio-cooler-2x-120mm-argb-pwm-fan-240mm-aluminium-radiator-i
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/fractal-focus-2-rgb-black-mid-tower-chassis-w-tempered-glass-window-2x-140mm-rgb-fans-usb-30-atx-mat
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/microsoft-windows-11-home-64bit-all-languages-digital-download-1-licence-operating-system-software
That comes to £3560.
The Core i9-13900K is Intel's current top of the line. It's also rated at 253 W, though you can throttle that back severely in the BIOS if you'd rather cap it at 125 W or 150 W or some such. The PL2 power is the setting that you're looking for if you want to go that route. If you let it run wild and burn 253 W, then you pretty much have to give it a big liquid cooler.
If you want an RTX 4090 and a Core i9-13900K, then you're going to burn a ton of power. You'll need at least a 1000 W power supply, and could perhaps consider going higher than that. I picked a 1300 W power supply for you. That's way overkill for most gaming rigs, but most gaming rigs don't have a video card that is going to sometimes pull over 500 W all by itself.
https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/custom/pc/pc#anc
But if Scan agrees to build a completely custom rig from parts picked through their website like you did, it might be a better way since that configurator I used is rather limited.
Btw your part list is missing RAM.
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/32gb-2x16gb-corsair-ddr5-vengeance-black-pc5-41600-5200-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-40-xmp-30-125v