Mid-range gaming PC build suggestions

[Easy-X]

I'm not going to even attempt to play Starfield on my current 6+ year old PC so I'm thinking roughly about what I'll build. So far I'm leaning towards AMD not 'cos I hate Intel more just to see what shade of grass is on the other side of the fence

Ryzen 5 7600X

AFAIK there's not much difference between the Ryzen 5 7600 vs 7600X once you get to overclocking them so I'd probably just go with whatever I can get a good deal on.

B650 motherboard

Does it really make much odds which manufacturer/model I go with?

2x 16GB DDR5

What's better 2x16GB or 4x8GB?

1TB WD Black SN850X M.2 drive

This seems to have good reviews and you can optionally get the one with an OEM heatsink.

Sapphire RX 7600 graphics card

Bargain basement but with reasonable reviews.

All-in-one CPU water cooler

AMD is known to run hot

Lian Li Lancool 205M mesh fronted case

Glass fronted cases just sound like a dumb idea to me I'll take better airflow, thanks very much!

700W PSU (80+ bronze)

600W is probably the minimum for the above components but I'm assuming it's better to have some overhead? I might stretch to 80+ gold if anyone thinks it makes much odds.


How does that lot sound?
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[P.]

I have the 7600x, 32GB ram (because some games want 16 and Windows chunks a bit) and a 4080 and I've got every single game.on absolute max, I wouldn't say it's too mid level gaming. I have an 850W PSU though as it suggests I'm using 500ish.

My pc has an air cooler (got fed up going full water and AIO is just yawn) and I'm running mid 60s at full chat on Starfield. Idle and general roaming is about 40c.

Board wise I just use gigabyte stuff, but went aorus elite this time rather than budget as I want to overclock.

It'll be a decent build regardless. Just make sure the board supports that processor and you'll be fine.

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Easy-X]

Yeah, I've had a good shufty and Scan or Overclockers look like the best deals.
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[CaNsA]

I'll post my upgrade, specs when I'm not on mobile.

Check out be quiet! Cases, aio coolers and psu.
I'm a bit of a fanboi, but the gear always performs well.

[CaNsA]

Yo.

A few months ago I upgraded from:-

Temeluchus' i7 4790k
ASUS Maximus VII Ranger
32GB
5600xt

To:-

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II
64gb ram
6700xt

The new gear runs Starfield @1440p / 112fps (average)

The cpu and gpu seem to be pretty well matched, benchmarking doesn't show either being bottle-necked by the other.

The kit runs a bit warmer when compared to the old gear, but I have the following stuff which tends to work well.

Case - Pure Base 500DX
AIO Cooler - SILENT LOOP 2 240mm
PSU - DARK POWER 13 850W

I refuse to jump into the latest gen stuff, I have the view that you get better performance per £ for previous gen.

[P.]

[CaNsA]

[P.]

[CaNsA]

[Jayy]

I want to upgrade my mobo / cpu / ram. They're about 5 years old now (ish). I recently upgraded almost everything else.

Current spec:-

Hyte Y60 Dual Chamber Case
Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master CF Main Board
Intel i9-9900K CPU
Corsair H100i Elite LCD Screen XT AIO Cooler
MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X 24gb GPU
64gb Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 4200mhz DDR4 Ram
3 x 1TB NVMe Samsung 970 EVO SSDs
Corsair RM1200x Shift Series PSU

Do I wait for new Intel chips in Oct / Nov? Do I upgrade with current latest stuff now?

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Jayy]

Everything @ 4K 60fps

The reason for the upgrade is I'm going to build another rig with a 3080 Ti in it (card been lying about since the 4090 upgrade) and give to the mrs.

I don't need to upgrade anything really, happy with it but the mrs wants a PC so might as well bang the best shit in it now so it's future proofed for another 5 years.

[P.]

[CaNsA]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Easy-X]

I can get by with 1080p. Heck, if I took off my glasses 480p would do
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[Rob W]

[CaNsA]

[Jayy]

[Easy-X]

Payday so got my order in. I've gone with pretty much the spec I outlined. Went with a slightly meatier PSU with some funky "eco mode" that makes the fan hum kumbaya or something.

Nice! Already have a voucher for a free copy of Starfield. Damn! Need to verify I have a qualifying AMD product installed (Not that it'd run particularly well on my current set up.)

And I've found a home for my old PC: my cousin's current computer runs on clockwork so almost anything would be an improvement
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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[DaddyStu]

[Ayrton]

Ditch the water cooler and get a better GPU, I've never had a problem with the standard AMD cooler and if you want to run Starfield you need all the performance you can get. I have a 6700xt that I bought to play starfield and I'm struggling to even get a smooth 50fps.

[blurredman]

DX2
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