#around 1k build any suggestions

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past sierra
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i am i the process of buying a new pc but im kinda clueless wana keep it around the 1k mark give or take this i what ive come up with would you suggest i should make any changes? before i go ahead with the purchase, build cost is currently at Ā£1,331.00 (minus the build +delivery fees)

**Case ** PCS SPECTRUM G ARGB MID TOWER CASE (PWM)
Processor (CPU) IntelĀ® Coreā„¢ i7 12-Core Processor i7-12700F (2.1GHz) 25MB Cache
Motherboard ASUSĀ® TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, PCIe5.0, USB 3.2)
Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4060 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive 1TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 3500 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W CV SERIESā„¢ CV-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable 1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling PCS FrostFlow 120 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card ONBOARD LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card NOT REQUIRED

drowsy lark
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I'm clueless aswell but a suggestion I can make is that you won't need the mx-4 thermal paste, the standard paste pcs provide really is sufficient

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I would also suggest removing the HDD as the SSD you have selected is fine. Should help save a little

past sierra
valid venture
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Gotta be said I'd always suggest at least 2 drives, one for the OS (Windows) and it can be smaller and then another drive for everything else, though HDD's are considered really quite slow nowadays - good for documents music etc though)
But on lower budgets you can just start with one main drive (the M.2) and add more drives later when funds become available

past sierra
valid venture
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Well if you budget can manage it without compromising on anything else I'd got for a 500GB M.2 for your OS and something like a 1TB drive SSD or M.2 for your next drives for everything else - but as I say you don't not want to compromise anything else, drives are easy to add later on when funds become available, whereas upgrades to big stuff like GPU/CPU etc cost a lot more to upgrade

past sierra
valid venture
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I would wait and see if any other replies though I'm not the best at doing full specs, the 12th series Intels are now a little out of date, AMD may be a better way to go but I'm not sure

past sierra
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ah okay tbh im not to fussy just want to get the best i can for my money i have leg room on the price within reason if certain things are going to make a substantial difference