Question I'm terrified about building my own rig

[Dhaladog]

I was just wondering if anyone knew of somewhere here in the UK, where you could pick the parts and they'd do the building.

 

[Why_Me]

I was just wondering if anyone knew of somewhere here in the UK, where you could pick the parts and they'd do the building.

Pretty much any local PC / laptop repair shop will build your PC for you after you order the components for a small fee. Some even make house calls. Otherwise look at PC Specialist. What's your budget, what will be the primary use(s) of your PC and what is your resolution or do you require a monitor?

 

[Dhaladog]

I could go no higher than about £4000 (monitor and Windows incl) monitor resolution would be 2560x1440 Primary uses would be gaming, browsing, and streaming media.

 

[Why_Me]

I could go no higher than about £4000 (monitor and Windows incl) monitor resolution would be 2560x1440 Primary uses would be gaming, browsing, and streaming media.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/monitor/#r=256001440&P=9

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (£399.95 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£239.99 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£149.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£129.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Zotac SOLID SFF OC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card (£699.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: *MSI MPG A850GS PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£129.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £1838.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-17 13:28 BST+0100

How to get windows 11 for free (or less than $15)

You don't need to pay Microsoft's $139 retail price for Windows.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[Dhaladog]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/monitor/#r=256001440&P=9

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (£399.95 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£239.99 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£149.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£129.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Zotac SOLID SFF OC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card (£699.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: *MSI MPG A850GS PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£129.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £1838.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-17 13:28 BST+0100

How to get windows 11 for free (or less than $15)

You don't need to pay Microsoft's $139 retail price for Windows.

www.tomshardware.com

Thanks, I was thinking more like a 5090 and then there's the monitor too.

 

[Why_Me]

Thanks, I was thinking more like a 5090 and then there's the monitor too.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/monitor/#r=256001440&P=9

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (£399.95 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£239.99 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£149.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£129.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Zotac GAMING SOLID OC GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Video Card (£2099.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: *MSI MPG A1250GS PCIE5 1250 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£159.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £3268.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-17 14:38 BST+0100

PCPartPicker Part List

Monitor: *MSI MAG 271QPX QD-OLED E2 26.5" 2560 x 1440 240 Hz Monitor (£448.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £448.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-17 14:40 BST+0100

Thanks, I was thinking more like a 5090 and then there's the monitor too.

How much storage do you think you will require?

 

[Lutfij]

I was just wondering if anyone knew of somewhere here in the UK, where you could pick the parts and they'd do the building.

https://www.scan.co.uk/shop/gaming-and-sims/desktop-gaming-pcs/amd-ryzen-7-zen-3-octa-core-gaming-pcs

but I'd prefer that you build something yourself, that way you know what goes into your build and you're going to make your upgrade path easier ion yourself as opposed to being limited to the shop building it for you.

 

[Dhaladog]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/monitor/#r=256001440&P=9

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (£399.95 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£239.99 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£149.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£129.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Zotac GAMING SOLID OC GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Video Card (£2099.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: *MSI MPG A1250GS PCIE5 1250 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£159.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £3268.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-17 14:38 BST+0100

PCPartPicker Part List

Monitor: *MSI MAG 271QPX QD-OLED E2 26.5" 2560 x 1440 240 Hz Monitor (£448.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £448.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-17 14:40 BST+0100


How much storage do you think you will require?

I think I could get away with 2TB

 

[Dhaladog]

https://www.scan.co.uk/shop/gaming-and-sims/desktop-gaming-pcs/amd-ryzen-7-zen-3-octa-core-gaming-pcs

but I'd prefer that you build something yourself, that way you know what goes into your build and you're going to make your upgrade path easier ion yourself as opposed to being limited to the shop building it for you.

I know it's probably better in the long run, but I am disabled and suffer from a general lack of coordination and hand shaking, doing anything that requires this level of precision scares the life out of me.

 

[mjs warlord]

I can highly recommend pc specialists , at the end of your choice of build their system tells you if you got something wrong.

The only downside is their couriers they use Drop Parcels Daily.

One of mine once arrived with a big hole in the box , parcel tape missing off the BOTTOM of the box so thats why they carried it upside down , their had been some tape on the box because you could see where it had been pulled off , the coolermasters front case fan cover was loose in the box and i dont know how that happened because i had to press it into place so hard that i thought i was going to break it.

I sent pc specialist photos and i also rang them before turning it on.

 

[Dhaladog]

I can highly recommend pc specialists , at the end of your choice of build their system tells you if you got something wrong.

The only downside is their couriers they use Drop Parcels Daily.

One of mine once arrived with a big hole in the box , parcel tape missing off the BOTTOM of the box so thats why they carried it upside down , their had been some tape on the box because you could see where it had been pulled off , the coolermasters front case fan cover was loose in the box and i dont know how that happened because i had to press it into place so hard that i thought i was going to break it.

I sent pc specialist photos and i also rang them before turning it on.

That sounds like one hell of a palaver, enough to put me off buying from them, if I was spending nearly £4000 on a new rig the very least I would expect is that it was delivered safely and securely.