Looking for next PC upgrade on a £2k budget - linked planned specs

[chrome horizon]

Hi all,

This will be my second time ordering from Cyberpower after getting my first PC 3 years ago, however I didn't really plan for the future back then and am looking at doing a wholesale upgrade that will hopefully last me another 5-7 years.

This is a first draft build that I went with, got a couple of questions below: https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/5473629

1. Does it need extra fans to match the PC in the image? (I always struggle with fans!). I am not too fussed with RGB so that's not a requirement for me at all.

2. As mentioned I have a 2000 budget - are there any significant part downgrades/corresponding upgrades you would recommend? I am quite set on a 1TB SSD and a 2TB HDD as I've regularly hit my current 1.5tb total limit. Aside from gaming I also use the PC for recording music, for context. For gaming I have a 144hz 1440p monitor so that's what I'd be looking for gaming-wise.

3. Will the above GPU/CPU combo comfortably last many years into the future? The amount of different brands providing 40xx series cards is quite overwhelming!

Finally, and this is more of a stab in the dark out of desperation - for the past 3 years I have had coil whine in my current GPU (2070 super) which I know is not indicative of a technical problem, but I would really like not to deal with it for another 3 years! So I suppose I'm asking if anyone has any knowledge of certain cards that are more susceptible to it, or if it can be induced by a PSU issue, do let me know and help me save my ears 🙂

Many thanks in advance

[polar carbon]

INFX135D5

Case: Lian Li Lancool-216 ARGB Gaming Case - Black (features x2 160mm ARGB fans) [+4]
Case Fans: None Selected
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-14700K - 20-Core [8P @ 3.40GHz-5.50GHz / 12E @ 2.50GHz-4.30GHz] - 33MB Cache + UHD Graphics, Ultimate OC Compatible [+96]
CPU Cooler: Lian Li Galahad 240mm AIO Black SL Edition Liquid Cooler, Ultimate OC Compatible [+51]
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 DS3H DDR5: ATX w/USB3.2, 2x M.2
M.2 SSD: 1TB Kingston NV2 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD - 3500MB/s Read & 2100MB/s Write [-11] (Single Drive)
HDD: 2TB Seagate BarraCuda SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM Hard Drive [+52] (1 Drive)
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5/5200mhz Kingston Fury Beast Memory
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce RTX™ 4070 - 12GB GDDR6X - HDMI, DP - Real-Time Ray Tracing, NVIDIA DLSS 3 (Single Card)
Power Supply: Corsair RM750e 750W 80+ Gold Low-Noise ATX 3.0 Fully Modular Gaming Power Supply
PCIe WiFi Card: Intel AX200 PCIe Wireless Card - Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Dual Band (2.4 GHz & 5GHz (160Mhz)), Up to 2.4Gbps, Bluetooth 5.2
Special Offer: Norton 360 VPN & Security for Gamers (Full 1 Year License) [+0]

£1959.60 inc. VAT (£1633.00 ex. VAT)

CyberPowerPC UK 🔸 0333 323 7776 🔸 https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk

[chrome horizon]

Looking for next PC upgrade on a £2k budget - linked planned specs

[latent cedar]

I'd personally recommend the following build, it does get rid of your 2TB HDD, however it does give you 4TB of NVMe storage split into two drives

https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/5473976

[polar carbon]

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Case: Lian Li Lancool-216 ARGB Gaming Case - Black (features x2 160mm ARGB fans) [+3]
Case Fans: None Selected
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-13700KF - 16-Core [8P @ 3.40GHz-5.40GHz / 8E @ 2.50GHz-4.20GHz] - 30MB Cache, Ultimate OC Compatible [-213]
CPU Cooler: CyberPowerPC Master Liquid LITE 360 ARGB AIO Liquid Cooler, Ultimate OC Compatible [+6]
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-S WIFI: ATX w/ PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 6E, USB 3.2, 2 x M.2
M.2 SSD: 2TB Kingston Fury Renegade M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD - 7300MB/s Read & 7000MB/s Write (Single Drive)
2nd M.2 SSD: 2TB WD Green SN350 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD - 3200MB/s Read & 3200MB/s Write [+66] (Single Drive)
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5/6000mhz Kingston Fury Beast RGB Memory [+35]
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce RTX™ 4070 - 12GB GDDR6X - HDMI, DP - Real-Time Ray Tracing, NVIDIA DLSS 3 [-16] (Single Card)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850W 80+ Gold ATX 3.0 Fully Modular Gaming Power Supply
PCIe WiFi Card: None Selected
Special Offer: CyberPowerPC Sticker Set [+0]
Special Offer: Norton 360 VPN & Security for Gamers (Full 1 Year License) [+0]

£2001.60 inc. VAT (£1668.00 ex. VAT)

CyberPowerPC UK 🔸 0333 323 7776 🔸 https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk

[latent cedar]

If at all possible, always go for NVMe, as it is incredibly fast when compared to traditional SATA or HDDs

WIth regards to the coil whine question.. it is the unfortunate reality of PC components, especially high end ones

Included in the build I provided is a 360mm radiator to fill the case out too, this will make it look like the photos.

[chrome horizon]

Thanks so much for taking a look, I’ll look at it properly a bit later

[latent cedar]

No worries, any thoughts or questions don't be afraid to ask 🙂

[vast mural]

https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/5473996

[polar carbon]

CFGAM7RZ7

Case: Lian Li Lancool-216 ARGB Gaming Case - Black (features x2 160mm ARGB fans) [+4]
Case Fans: None Selected
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D - 8-Core 4.20GHz, 5.00GHz Turbo - 96MB L3 Cache Processor w/ Radeon Graphics
CPU Cooler: CyberPowerPC Master Liquid LITE 360 ARGB AIO Liquid Cooler, Ultimate OC Compatible [+6]
Motherboard: MSI Pro X670-P WIFI: ATX w/ PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2, SATA3, 4x M.2
M.2 SSD: 4TB Kingston NV2 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD - 3500MB/s Read & 2800MB/s Write [+58] (Single Drive)
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5/6000mhz Kingston Fury Beast RGB Memory [+35]
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE - 16GB GDDR6 - HDMI, DP - RDNA™ 3 Architecture, Infinity Cache™ (Single Card)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850W 80+ Gold ATX 3.0 Fully Modular Gaming Power Supply
PCIe WiFi Card: None Selected
Special Offer: Norton 360 VPN & Security for Gamers (Full 1 Year License) [+0]

£2072.40 inc. VAT (£1727.00 ex. VAT)

CyberPowerPC UK 🔸 0333 323 7776 🔸 https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk

[vast mural]

I think that's really amazing value.

That GPU is better and the CPU is astronomically

Best CPU in the market for gaming right now! And great at other things.

https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/ultra-77-rtx-next-day-pc

[polar carbon]

Ultra 77 RTX Next Day PC SY1708

Case: Lian Li Lancool-216 ARGB Gaming Case - Black (features x2 160mm ARGB fans)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D - 8-Core 4.20GHz, 5.00GHz Turbo - 96MB L3 Cache Processor w/ Radeon Graphics
CPU Cooler: CyberPowerPC Master Liquid LITE 240 ARGB AIO Liquid Cooler, Ultimate OC Compatible
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-S WIFI: ATX w/ Wi-Fi 6E, USB 3.2, 2x M.2
M.2 SSD: 1TB Samsung 980 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD - 3500MB/s Read & 3000MB/s Write
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5/5200mhz Kingston Fury Beast Memory
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE - 16GB GDDR6 - HDMI, DP - RDNA™ 3 Architecture, Infinity Cache™
Power Supply: InWin P85FII 850W 80+ Gold ATX 3.0 Gaming Power Supply
Special Offer: Norton 360 VPN & Security for Gamers (Full 1 Year License)

£1648.80 inc. VAT (£1374.00 ex. VAT)

CyberPowerPC UK 🔸 0333 323 7776 🔸 https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk

[vast mural]

Or there is this brilliant config, this is better value but alot is cut down, same components though.

Okay, right now GO for the 7800x3d, WOW that is such a good deal

Free upgrade from a 7700X

https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/5474016

[polar carbon]

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Case: Lian Li Lancool-216 ARGB Gaming Case - Black (features x2 160mm ARGB fans) [+4]
Case Fans: None Selected
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D - 8-Core 4.20GHz, 5.00GHz Turbo - 96MB L3 Cache Processor w/ Radeon Graphics
CPU Cooler: CyberPowerPC Master Liquid LITE 360 ARGB AIO Liquid Cooler, Ultimate OC Compatible [-26]
Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI: ATX w/ Wi-Fi 6E, USB 3.2, 3x M.2 [-17]
M.2 SSD: 2TB Solidigm P41 Plus M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD - 4125MB/s Read & 3325MB/s Write [+20] (Single Drive)
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5/5200mhz Kingston Fury Beast Memory
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce RTX™ 4070 Ti - 12GB GDDR6X - HDMI, DP - Real-Time Ray Tracing, NVIDIA DLSS 3 [+216] (Single Card)
Power Supply: InWin P85FII 850W 80+ Gold ATX 3.0 Gaming Power Supply [-22]
PCIe WiFi Card: None Selected
Special Offer: Norton 360 VPN & Security for Gamers (Full 1 Year License) [+0]

£2089.20 inc. VAT (£1741.00 ex. VAT)

CyberPowerPC UK 🔸 0333 323 7776 🔸 https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk

[vast mural]

Might be going over budget but that's good value aswell!

[chrome horizon]

Wow, those all look great - thanks so much. I think this one is currently my preference https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/saved/5473996 because of the upgraded CPU + GPU and the 4GB nvme. I don't know why but I wasn't really looking at RX cards - how does the RX7900 GRE stack up to the RTX 40xx series cards?

[polar carbon]

CFGAM7RZ7

Case: Lian Li Lancool-216 ARGB Gaming Case - Black (features x2 160mm ARGB fans) [+4]
Case Fans: None Selected
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D - 8-Core 4.20GHz, 5.00GHz Turbo - 96MB L3 Cache Processor w/ Radeon Graphics
CPU Cooler: CyberPowerPC Master Liquid LITE 360 ARGB AIO Liquid Cooler, Ultimate OC Compatible [+6]
Motherboard: MSI Pro X670-P WIFI: ATX w/ PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2, SATA3, 4x M.2
M.2 SSD: 4TB Kingston NV2 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD - 3500MB/s Read & 2800MB/s Write [+58] (Single Drive)
RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5/6000mhz Kingston Fury Beast RGB Memory [+35]
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE - 16GB GDDR6 - HDMI, DP - RDNA™ 3 Architecture, Infinity Cache™ (Single Card)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850W 80+ Gold ATX 3.0 Fully Modular Gaming Power Supply
PCIe WiFi Card: None Selected
Special Offer: Norton 360 VPN & Security for Gamers (Full 1 Year License) [+0]

£2072.40 inc. VAT (£1727.00 ex. VAT)

CyberPowerPC UK 🔸 0333 323 7776 🔸 https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk

[vast mural]

I think the 4070ti beats the 7900GRE, all of the builds I have listed feature the same CPU.

[vast mural]

On that note - this would be my preference, but the 7900GRE is a great performer, and I think the one you prefer would do very well.

Any of the builds are great for what they are!

[chrome horizon]

Yeah I am now reconsidering, I can probably do away with that extra 2tb nvme and go for the 4070ti, that build looks really nice. Just needs a wireless card adding for me I suppose

[vast mural]

All of the motherboards feature WiFi!

[chrome horizon]

🤦‍♂️ It's been a long time since I looked at builds

[vast mural]

The ones listed here anyways*

[vast mural]

😂It's all good haha

[chrome horizon]

I'm not too familiar with PSU brands, is there in theory any major difference between that 850w inWin one and the Corsair one besides brand name?

[vast mural]

I have to be honest, I don't know! I know Corsair is solid, but I also know Inwin is good aswell! I think Corsair are the more premium out of the two, but both of them are efficient and quality.

[chrome horizon]

Alright, thanks! One last question, and it doesn't really matter too much, but with those lian li built-in fans and the added 360mm AIO fans I assume they will permanently be spewing rainbows on my walls? 😄 Or do they come with a control? I currently have cooler master ones in my PC that came with a control but I always either turn it to a single colour or turn them off completely. Just for my understanding really, far from make or break

[latent cedar]

spewing rainbows

[vast mural]

Let them show their true personality and spew rainbows all over your walls - you can control them via motherboard software - for the AIO you can disable it with the included remote.

Any help with that we got you sorted!

[chrome horizon]

Hahah well if that will be my only "issue" then I'll be very happy

[vast mural]

You got a 2 year amazing warranty

[chrome horizon]

Thank you both for working your wizardry, I've come away with something much better than I was even hoping for