New PC (inc 27" monitor) - £1200 budget possible?

Freeman · 30 May 2020 at 14:29

Hi,

I'm looking to upgrade or more accurately replace my 2600k / 970 build. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It would just need to be the base unit, no peripherals (aside from a screen) are needed.

I will be using the PC for a bit of everything including gaming.

I don't need the following:

GPU
Case
Storage drives
Sound card
OS

I am after:

Minimum 1tb NVME
Wifi (either card or built in motherboard)
27" 4k screen
Cool & quiet
Fits into a Fractal R3

I've been told the 3900X along with the Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4 cooler is something to consider so ideally I'd like that in the build as well.

Thanks for the help!

bagel · 30 May 2020 at 14:57

970 is probably going to struggle gaming in 4k

Freeman · 30 May 2020 at 16:17

bagel said:
970 is probably going to struggle gaming in 4k

Maybe a bit of a misunderstanding but I have another card already bought

Freeman · 3 Jun 2020 at 13:42

So this is what I've come up with but it's way over budget. Any help would be great

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor
Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4
Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO, AMD X570, AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0, Dual M.2, 2-Way SLi/CrossFire, Intel GbE, USB 3.2 Gen2 A+C, ATX
Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB 3200MHz 2x8GB
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 (2280) Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-V7S1T0)
LEADEX III 650W 80 PLUS GOLD MODULAR POWER SUPPLY - BLACK
Dell U2720Q 27.0" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor
Gigabyte Combo Intel 11ac and Bluetooth V5 PCIe Wireless Network Card

bagel · 3 Jun 2020 at 13:49

I'd change in this order:

- samsung NVMe to another brand
- x570 to b450 (tomahawk max maybe) unless you really need PCIe 4, then wait for b550
- CPU cooler to stock cooler
- 3900x to 3700x