pine dove
Hello guys, I just purchases a new PC. Specs are here: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/qAuKBJ34PR/
When I receive the PC, is there anything I should do to maximise my performance?
In the future, how easy is upgrading the PC through PCspecialist? I’m thinking this build should have good performance for the next 5-7 years
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slow orchid
in all likelyhood, the 7950X3D is ghoulish overkill for your needs
placid vine
If you could answer the above questions then people may be able to make some tweaks to make sure you're not wasting youre money - eg if for gaming there's definitely a few things that could be changed
We do have a nice info thing showing what you need to do when you get your new PC but you probably dont need to see that quite yet
royal birch
Add a smaller SSD for boot drive
pine dove
It’s £16 compared to the usual price lol
slow orchid
all you need comes with windows from the get go, it's 16 quid for WORSE performance because Norton is a leech
placid vine
It’s £16 compared to the usual price lol
And a complete resource hog that you dont want
slow orchid
the extra thermal paste is a waste as well because the cooler already comes with a premium paste pre-applied
pine dove
Just for context, I have already purchased the above
placid vine
You can amend it before it arrives
royal birch
Buying the most expensive option doesn’t always mean you have the best pc
placid vine
So yes please answer the BOT's questions 🙂
pine dove
You can amend it before it arrives
When do I get this option? Is it also charged more
slow orchid
and even though you did buy it, you can still amend, as Rakk said, please answer the bots questions
royal birch
You can log in to the pcs website using the email you used to place order and can then choose to amend order
And differences in price will result in a refund or request to pay the difference
slow orchid
it's free of charge to amend before it gets built, so you can still changed things at no extra cost
placid vine
When do I get this option? Is it also charged more
Might have to wait til its in the pre-production stage and no you wont get charged extra unless its already in the building stage - you would get charged/refunded the difference in components prices
pine dove
Purpose of the pc - gaming, general work
Monitor for resolution - 4k for single player games, 1440p for FPS games
Budget - £5000
Country - UK
Brand - Ryzen CPUs,
royal birch
7800x3d would be the better cpu in that scenario
pine dove
Seems like I have the choice to amend order now. So we were thinking to change CPU, remove norton and extra thermal paste?
royal birch
Add 1TB drive for a boot drive
Keep your 4TB for games, but check board has more than one PCIe 5 slot
Otherwise drop the 4TB drive down to a pcie4 version
You want the fastest slot for your boot drive
pine dove
It has two
placid vine
Probably dont need that pricey a motherboard either
pine dove
It’s the only one with the pcie 5.0 slots I believe
placid vine
The Strix and Tuf have PCI 5 as well by the looks of things
royal birch
Probably dont need that pricey a motherboard either
Don’t think this lad has a budget restriction 😛
pine dove
I think I tried a couple and it wasn’t compatible with the setup
pine dove
Don’t think this lad has a budget restriction 😛
I’ve been saving money since 18 lol, I think it’s time to spend a bit on myself
slow orchid
I'd sink money into other things like monitors, mouse+keyboard, desk, chair, speakers/headphones etc
the TUF 4090 can be changed to a "plain" 4090 for no real performance loss, but saving a fair chunk of change
pine dove
That is true, I just prefer the colour scheme
I have a 4k 240hz monitor, headphones, controller, chair and desk already
It doesn’t seem to allow me to choose another gen 5 SSD, even though it has 2 on the motherboard. Maybe the Crucial one I have is impacting that
lilac tundra
ssd speed does not matter that much for gaming right now so even a gen 4 would be completley fine
placid vine
Yes a gen4 would be perfectly fine for your gaming drive
lilac tundra
games run on sata ssds drivers which are slower than any gen m2 drives
pine dove
Is gen 4 not fine for a boot drive?
lilac tundra
gen 5 is just faster
gen 4 is completely fine for a boot drive its still very fast just they are not as fast as gen 5
pine dove
7800x3d is out of stock so will stick with 950x3d
slow orchid
Gen 4 is perfectly fine for the boot drive, and for the general games and whatnot storage even gen 3 is fine
pine dove
Is there a reason you can’t just have the OS on the same drive
Thought this was more of a thing when HDDs were the primary storage for games
lilac tundra
if everythings on one drive and then you need to reformat you lose everything
slow orchid
if the drive up and dies on you, or windows buggers up and becomes so corrupt you can't fix it, then when you reinstall, you loose everything on that drive
pine dove
So it’s more of a thing to be safe then
slow orchid
Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000T RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16 Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.7GHz/144MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
24GB ASUS TUF GEFORCE RTX 4090 OC EDITION OG - 2x HDMI, 3x DP
Graphics Card Support Bracket
NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti / RX 7700 XT AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB CRUCIAL T705 GEN 5 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 14,500MB/sR, 12,700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
4TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR ICUE LINK H150i RGB HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
4 x Corsair ICUE LINK QX120 RGB PWM Fan + Controller Kit
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
I'd recommend something more like this
lilac tundra
the other question is if hes just gaming does he need 64gb ram
slow orchid
some games are more of a RAM hog than anything else, and while it's overkill, its not much of an overkill
I really don't recommend all the corsair stuff personally though, as nice as link is, iCue to control all of it, is very much not
pine dove
I did see that but then a lot of people said it’s better than the alternatives
In the end, I’m not too bothered if the software aspect is mediocre
slow orchid
the problem is iPoo isn't only mediocre, it's actually bad
iPoo version 4 is the most stable, least funky one currently, and it's still got issues
pine dove
Hardware companies never really seem to be that good with software
Do pcspecialist check the RGB before shipping?
slow orchid
I don't think so, but it's very rare for that to fail
lilac tundra
if it does fail you can always contact them
