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The 7900 GRE is more powerful than the 4070. You mentioned that ray tracing wasn't a concern, so AMD offers far more power for your £ at this level. The only time it evens out a bit is with the 4080 Super, but that's way over-powered for your uses and a waste of cash. You can't do any better...

Would you not be more likely to game from the 3090? Or are you thinking to run Octane & game a the same time? If you're thinking of running dual GPUs with Octane I would probably look to the 4070Ti Super or the 4060 Ti as both give 16GB of vRAM, unlike the 4070 Super with only 12GB. I would...

If you need more I would definitely look to a hub rather than a PCIe card. The only time to consider an addin card is when the throughput speed of the USB is paramount. Otherwise you're not going to need much throughput. The likes of the mouse, keyboard & printer could all be attached to...

Yip, it's an airflow case.

2x USB C, 2x USB3.2, 4x USB2.0 giving a total of 6 Type-A and 2 Type-C on the board itself. From what I can see the case only supports an additional 2 so you would have 8 USB type A ports and 2 USB Type-C ports. I wouldn't bother with an addin card though. You can get a USB3 hub which will...

No, wouldn't recommend this case. It's too small and closed off. The one recommended is an airflow case.

This will offer more gaming performance for a bit less cash. Case Send In Your Own Case Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5) Motherboard ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6) Memory (RAM) 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5...

There's a little how-to in the below for posting up your configuration: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/please-read-before-posting-collaboration-of-helpful-hints.77691/

Made a few changes below. Both going to be monster systems. I genuinely wouldn't opt for 64GB of RAM in the system. You're more likely to cause headaches than you are solve anything with it. 32GB is a very generous amount of RAM for any sort of PC usage outwith of rendering/professional...

Hi there, Can you share the links for the builds you have proposed? I'm thinking AMD is definitely the way to go but I'm not convinced that the 7950X3D is the right fit for you. The 7800X3D is very powerful even with half the cores and I think it fits your needs more. With regards to the...

Should just point everyone looking at a 14900k build to watch the last 5 minutes of that vid. It sums it up for me. Amps & Temp pushed way further than the silicone can handle in order to beat AMD at metrics. No consideration whatsoever to the consumer for the £600 paperweight they could end up...

From the above I think the 4080 stands out. I was quite surprised to see that the 4070 Ti didn't in those particular metrics, but I guess that's due to me considering it in line with the 7900 GRE where it's price actually puts it smack bang in with the XT. The 4080 Super is the only real...

I think this also gives a good perspective. Even upping a tier against the Nvidia GPUs still gives AMD a bit of a swing overall. Note for the performance differences I found 12 game average charts to compare direct GPUs. They aren't all in one particular resolution but they are all tested...

I threw this together. Note this is as of today pricing (23rd of April 2024) and will be subject to change by the hour in some cases. There will always be a disparity in the performance but it's crazy to see just how over-priced Nvidia are by comparison. I'll try to update this periodically as...

In a PC that's typically the case, but with a laptop the CPU/GPU overheating can soak into the close knit components and cause issues outside of them.