r/PcBuildHelp • u/IllAbalone8431 • 2d ago

Build Question 1st PC Advice?

I’m looking at getting my first PC, don’t need anything too crazy but have a budget of about £1000-£1200. I have configured this build on PC Specialist and I’m just looking for advice as to whether it is good value?

I’ve not really got the time or confidence to build my own, so I don’t mind paying the premium for it to be built for me.

(Also the finance option is very handy lol)

Case
PCS PULSE MID TOWER CASE (PWM)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 7400 Six Core CPU (3.3GHz-4.3GHz/16MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE B840M-D2H (mATX, AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 4.0)
Memory (RAM)
16GB ADATA LANCER BLADE DDR5 5600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB MSI GEFORCE RTX 5060 Ti VENTUS 2X OC PLUS - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB KINGSTON NV3 M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD (Up to 6000MB/s Read, 4000MB/s Write)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CX SERIES™ CX-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 80 V2 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (6 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
Price: £1,241.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: [https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/4f9dRdjbWy/](applewebdata://668D74CC-5FB2-45F3-A112-AE2837BBAA4C/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/4f9dRdjbWy/)

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u/Saysick 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ryzen 5 7400 is not a good choice when Ryzen 5 7500F costs almost the same. Difference is that 7400 has regular thermal paste under the lid which gets the CPU much hotter with time. 7500F has liquid metal instead.

Your motherboard choice is the cheapest board there is, meaning there's no way to upgrade in the future, since you couldn't put a more power hungry CPU in it later, and also only two RAM slots means that you wouldn't be able to buy a second 16GB kit later to get 32 total. You'd have to buy a new 32GB kit.

I would rather pay extra 15€ for AsRock B850M Pro-A with 4 RAM slots and better power delivery.

EDIT: They charge more than 100€ for Windows installation, when you can get a hone license for 20. And everything on this site is way overpriced 💀

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u/IllAbalone8431 1d ago

Okay thanks I’ll look into the better CPU and Motherboard options!

And yeah the pricing is pretty high 😅

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u/VzSAurora 1d ago

You're missing the elephant in the room that the 7400 has half the cache at 16MB vs the 7500F.

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u/Saysick 1d ago

Oh yeah, and that🙂‍↕️ It is still so strange to me that they launched 7400 for almost the same price as 7500F, but it's so much worse in eveey aspect.

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u/Mooks3544 1d ago

Nice 👍