KhalJimbo
Distinguished Member
Hey, so I'm about to embark on a rebuild of my PC from what is currently in my signature.
I built this rig 8 years ago and have only updated my graphics card since then 3 years ago. On some of the later games I am starting to see a lot of bottle necking now, for instance on Assassins Creed Origins on Ultra settings at 1080p I'm only getting a smidge over 30fps and my CPU\Memory utilisation is sitting at about 95% while my GPU is only clocking in at about 35% utilisation. I should be getting a lot more than that.
Anyway, so it's high time I embark on a rebuild. I'm going to keep my GPU as that is still fine to get me to 1440p gaming (will run an ultrawide 34" 1440p monitor, covers both working from home and gaming).
Will be looking to purchase bits hopefully during black friday sales.
This is what I have in my basket in the meantime:
Any other advice? On the main parts including cooling I don't want to spend more than about £650 - £700.
I was originally looking at one of these EK Waterblock cooling kits, specifically this one:
I thought a setup like that cooling kit might be a bit overkill since I only do light gaming nowadays a few nights a week now so I thought the Corsair cooler above is a good compromise.
On the coolers though, I'm guessing I still need a heat compound to apply between the water block and the CPU? Is a water cooling kit like the EK kit a better choice as I could eventually look at cooling my cards? Anything else I should maybe swap out and consider instead?
Any advice is appreciated.
I built this rig 8 years ago and have only updated my graphics card since then 3 years ago. On some of the later games I am starting to see a lot of bottle necking now, for instance on Assassins Creed Origins on Ultra settings at 1080p I'm only getting a smidge over 30fps and my CPU\Memory utilisation is sitting at about 95% while my GPU is only clocking in at about 35% utilisation. I should be getting a lot more than that.
Anyway, so it's high time I embark on a rebuild. I'm going to keep my GPU as that is still fine to get me to 1440p gaming (will run an ultrawide 34" 1440p monitor, covers both working from home and gaming).
Will be looking to purchase bits hopefully during black friday sales.
This is what I have in my basket in the meantime:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
100-100000031BOX, 6 Core with 12 Threads, 4.20GHz clock speed, 7nm FinFet Process, 32MB L3 Cache, Dual Channel DDR4 Controller, 3200-3600MHz RAM Recommended, 3 Year Warranty
www.overclockers.co.uk
Gigabyte X570 GAMING X (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard
Socket AM4, X570 Chipset,3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™, 4xDDR4,Dual Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 4.0, 1x PCI Express 4.0 x16, 6 x SATA 6Gb/s,4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
www.overclockers.co.uk
Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit
16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Black, PC4-28800 (3600), Non-ECC Unbuff, CAS 18, 1.35V, AMD Ryzen Optimised
www.overclockers.co.uk
Corsair Hydro Series H150i PRO RGB Performance Liquid Cooler - 360mm (CW-9060031-WW)
CW-9060031-WW, AIO Cooler, 360mm, RGB Pump, Compatible with Intel: 1200 / 1151 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / 2011-3 / 2066 AMD: AM2 / AM3 / AM4 / FM1 / FM2, 5 year warranty
www.overclockers.co.uk
Any other advice? On the main parts including cooling I don't want to spend more than about £650 - £700.
I was originally looking at one of these EK Waterblock cooling kits, specifically this one:
EK Water Blocks EK-KIT HT360 Hard Tubing Performance Watercooling Kit (3830046996237)
The EK-KIT HT360 is a complete hard tubing liquid cooling kit dedicated to users who seek top performing market proven components with versatile case compatibility in focus.
www.overclockers.co.uk
I thought a setup like that cooling kit might be a bit overkill since I only do light gaming nowadays a few nights a week now so I thought the Corsair cooler above is a good compromise.
On the coolers though, I'm guessing I still need a heat compound to apply between the water block and the CPU? Is a water cooling kit like the EK kit a better choice as I could eventually look at cooling my cards? Anything else I should maybe swap out and consider instead?
Any advice is appreciated.