I'm putting together my first gaming PC with a budget of roughly £1,500–£1,850 in the UK. I want it to handle 1440p gaming at around 60 FPS in demanding modern games such as STALKER 2, God of War, and Resident Evil 9, while also being suitable for 3D modelling. I already have my peripherals and would prefer to use an air cooler rather than liquid cooling. The build looks fairly white-themed, and I'd also like suggestions for reducing the price without giving up too much performance. What CPU and GPU alternatives would be worth considering?
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You could save around £60 by shopping around for the same cooler and using less expensive DDR5-6000 CL30 memory. A newer B850 Wi-Fi motherboard may also cost less while adding PCIe 5.0 support for the graphics card. There are cheaper, higher-endurance NVMe drives available too, and a less expensive white RX 9070 XT could preserve the same general gaming performance while keeping the colour scheme intact. If you need to cut the price further, compare lower-priced CPU and GPU models in the same performance tiers rather than reducing the memory or power supply quality.
The build looks solid overall for 1440p gaming and modelling. An air cooler is completely reasonable for a first build, although a case designed around a glass ‘fish tank’ look often looks more complete with an AIO. That’s mainly an aesthetic consideration, not a performance requirement.
Thanks, I really appreciate the suggestions. Are there any cheaper CPU or GPU options that would stay reasonably close to the original build’s performance?