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Hello :)

I am a bit of a PC gaming Noob and am embarking on buying my first gaming PC. The driver to buy on is because I have started Sim Racing on the PS4 but want to upgrade the Sim racing experience onto the PC. I want to play Iracing with the specifications below:

I was looking to purchase a pre-built from 'CyberPower PC' and made the below configuration which comes in at £808. Would love to hear your thoughts on the set up. I do not want the PC to become obsolete quickly and would be looking to play other games on it too on steam.

Many thanks,
Ayden

SPECIFICATION

BLUETOOTH: None Selected

CAS: CyberPowerPC Kira ARGB Gaming Case - Black (features 4x ARGB 120mm fans) [+16]

CD: None Selected

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4500 - 6-Core 3.60GHz, 4.1GHz Turbo - 8MB L3 Cache Processor, Pro OC Compatible (No On-board Graphics)

CS_FAN: None Selected

EXPAN: Built-in USB Ports

FAN: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Air Cooler [+14]

HDD: None Selected

M2SSD: 1TB Kingston NV2 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD - 3500MB/s Read & 2100MB/s Write (Single Drive)

MEMORY: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4/3200MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX Memory [+25]

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME A520M-K: M-ATX w/ USB 3.2, SATA3, 1x M.2

NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT -- As standard on all PCs

OS: Windows 11 Home - with FREE trial of Microsoft 365 and 1 month Xbox Game Pass (64-bit Edition) (No Recovery Media)

OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking

POWERSUPPLY: MSI MAG A650BN 650W 80+ Bronze Gaming Power Supply [+13]

RUSH: Standard Processing Time

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD AUDIO

SSD: None Selected

USB1: Built-in USB Ports [+0]

VIDEO: MSI GeForce® RTX 3060 12GB - Ray Tracing Technology, DX12®, VR Ready, HDMI, DP - 4 Monitor Support [+111] (Single Card)

WARRANTY: DESKTOP GOLD WARRANTY: 5 Years' Labour, 2 Years' Parts, 2 Years' Collect and Return plus Life-Time Technical Support

XWNA: USB Wireless AC 600Mbps USB Adapter
 
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POWERSUPPLY: MSI MAG A650BN 650W 80+ Bronze Gaming Power Supply [+13]
Click to expand...

As above, any gaming rig 100% needs a minimum of a Golf efficiency rated PSU from one of the following, Corsair RM range, EVGA, Seasonic or Super Flower, go cheap and your PC goes broke.
 
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I second and third the comments on the PSU. We see it all the time so take heed.

Also, I have purchased 15+ PC's from cyberpower over the last 10 years. (home and work) They've all been top notch builds with one dead on arrival in which they promptly sent me a new PC at their expense.
 
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g'day and welcome to the forums :)

personally, I would consider upgrading the motherboard.
being a new PC, you're going to have it for a while hopefully, so I'd get one with a USB type C port.
they are becoming more standard now, they have much faster transfer rates if you want to plug an external drives (like for backups), you can connect docking stations to expand the motherboard ports, charging of compatible devices - more things are converting to USB type C.
of course the current USB will be around for ages as well.

the other slight improvement is your sound, and depends on budget and how much doof-doof you want.
the current mobo supports 2.0 speakers via the green jack. if you were chasing 5.1 or 7.1, you'd have to use all the back panel ports (green, pink, blue) and the front panel audio port, so cabling may get messy.
but there is always soundbars, and USB speaker systems, so no biggie - just wanted it on the consideration list before you commit to something.

also +1 on the recommendations regarding the power supply.
I'd be going slightly more than 650W as well. while maybe fine for now, down the track you'll probably be adding more drives, maybe Blu-ray, definitely be upgrading the GPU within the PC's lifetime. so maybe start at 750W.
any power supply unit certified 80+ Gold (or better) and offering at least a 7 year warranty (preferably 10), and you can’t go wrong.
for example, ThermalTake ToughPower GF1 or GF3 ranges, Cooler Master, Antec, Corsair RM series.
PSU Lemon list at www.johnnylucky.org
list of PSU’s grouped into Tiers; https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/
 
I'm with the others, looks like a decent build at a decent price- but that GPU should have a 700W 80+ GOLD PSU,

I know people who have bought Cyberpower PCs, they are happy with them, but expect the usual in terms of bloatware.
 
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