Entropy.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FDrbhk The build is light on RGB- only for the Case and video card. That's just my preference, but I can adjust it to yours if you'd like (If there's anything else you'd like changed, please just ask). Windows can be transferred from PCs!

If you're fine with waiting, you can wait for the bitfenix formula gold 650w to go down to like $50-$60 USD. The excellent enermax revolution D.F is on sale on newegg for $90 for the 850w variant, and $80 for the 650w variant.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7rzj2m Made some relatively minor edits to the list, basically just optimizations. For the keyboard, check out options from varmilo or leopold, they're the best manufacturers of prebuilt keyboards by a good margin.

It'd be completely fine. The CPU has only a 65w TDP (what it's rated to pull, it'll pull a bit more but not tons), the singular 8 pin that'll be connected to the board will support up to 235w of power draw.

2. Water cooling is going to be more expensive, somewhatless reliable, and not required for the components you'd belooking at. 3. Well... It's not exactly cut and dry, but there are a few methods. The PSU tier list (link in signature) is a pretty nice resource for finding high-quality power supplies. An easy method to find the PSU requirement is to look up the specs of your chosen GPU, and look at the recommended power supply for the card. The spec listed there will include ample overhead for all different types of systems. My method/ Alternative: As long as you're not overclocking, to find the "power requirement" of your components, I like taking the TDP of components, let's say 65w for an i5-12400f+160w for a 6600xt, multiply that by 1.5 (225*1.5=337.5), then add 50w of overhead for the rest of the system. That equates to a smidge under 400w. You can add some additional overhead as you see fit. 4. Prices are starting to lower on GPUs, and will continue to lower. The 6600xt that I include in the list is $60 off of MSRP, and you can get it for the MSRP of $380 off of AMD's limited-stock card drops. New GPUs are slated to launch in september/october, and be available for the holiday season, however, they may go out of stock for a while like we saw in 2020 and 2021. It's predicted that there will be very large performance gains, but we'll have to wait and see. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bJ4wzf A bit over budget, if you want to purchase ASAP there are some corners you can cut, if you're fine with waiting in a month or so you'll probably be able to cut the prices by $60 by doing nothing. The PSU can go on sales down to $50-$60 USD, and it's an excellent unit.

Iirc you'd be fine, you'd just need to add/delete some drivers

For example, let's go with build redux (supposedly one of the lowest-markup, "best" SI's), and custom lists. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2XvNPX vs Around $260 extra for similar components (+ The build fee which wasn't SS'd here, which is $100 on top of that), just with a worse power supply (most likely) and a worse cooler... annnnd windows, which you can download and use for free, and it's something that most people already have (and can just transfer from their previous pc). So to get it built and shipped to your doorstep, you're talking about paying $350 over DIY. It gets worse at the higher end: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TGZrrD vs Worse PSU most likely, worse cooler, possibly worse GPU. $550 extra to get it built and shipped to your door. Again, redux is supposedly "high-value, Consumer-oriented." Worse rates are likely for other SI's... especially "premium" brands such as maingear or origin.

I really don't know what you're saying in half of this, but from what I do understand: SI aren't the nice guys here. It's all business. You're not getting better value than DIY (by a LONG shot), you're getting crappy components unless you spent an unjustifiable amount, you're getting questionable-at-best build. Now that prices are lowering and components are available, SI's don't make any sense.

You can purchase an 6700xt and 3060ti- both aren't far off from the 3070 are both $570 and falling quickly. And, All in stock and ready to ship.

quick comment, change up the memory to 3200mhz cas latency 16 (cl16), it's essentially the same speed as your current memory (3600mhz cl18), but $20-$30 cheaper.

I'm not exactly sure what you're thinking of when you say $150 per part, but for every major component in most builds that comes out to around $1050 total it looks like. My list will be a bit more than that, but you can always get a 6700xt/6600xt from amd.com's drops for MSRP, or just wait for prices to decline further. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2XvNPX

True, Asrock is definitely iffy but their weak vrms should still be okay with a 5700g afaik. p300a is gonna be around.. $90? $100? with 5 arctic f12 pst fans, If the motherboard is matx, the deepcool matrexx 40 rgb is a pretty nice option Considering that the GPU supply situation is rapidly improving I don't see why you'd really want to go for one?

Well, aside that those calculators can hold poential for inaccuracy, it should be fine. The recommended PSU wattage is 850w from gigabyte, and manufacturers always leave wiggle room in the spec, to ensure practically all users can heed their advice and still be fine. 5900x tdp is 125w+290w for the 3070ti, the rest of the system is pretty negligble. You should be completely fine, even on transient spikes.

umc22/202hd are also very viable options on the cheap, preamps are close to the same quality.

I forgot about f12 haha. I suppose it’s an "either or" situation for the fans and the CPU cooler. I built the list with the p300a in mind until I realized the mobo would look weird in it and transitioned to the deepcool cases, dredged up from the depths of my memories as a decent case. In this case though, yeah, It’d probably be a wise Idea to toss the additional fans perhaps and get a CPU cooler.

Here's my two cents: As mentioned above, it is definitely a good idea to think ahead about peripherals and not skimping on them. For the audio, I can recommend the koss ksc75's, ur40, kph7 wireless, and ksc35 wireless for very cheap headphones that sound incredible for what you pay- with the drawback of their aesthetics. A more expensive option would be the creative aurvana live! SE. For speakers, I'd advise going with the creative pebble v2's, or the sayun sw208's if you care about aesthetic but not so much about sound (they don't sound significantly better than the pebbles). if you do care, the edifier r980t's for a little more are nice. List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2XvNPX You'll be running a little toasty with this CPU on a stock cooler (upper 80 degres Celsius while gaming), You could go for an ID-cooling SE-224, 225, 226, or the Scythe Fuma 2 rev 2 if you wanted to tame temps, but you don't need it per se. I tossed in the 225. For ram, just choose the cheapest 2x8 gigabyte, 3200mhz, ca latency (CL) 16 kit that you can find, like I did there. The storage doesn't matter all too much, I went with a cheap-but-still-fine team mp34 drive, 1tb should be enough but there should be decent upgrade options for it. 6700xt's are continually decreasing in price, I'd just recommend the cheapest one most generally. The case ships with 3 RGB fans, should be alright in this config. Finally, the PSU can get as low as $50-$60 USD, you might just need a little patience to purchase it. Otherwise, a good option.

Apologies. My intention was to ask regarding components outside of the GPU and arguably cpu, but after multiple edits I was rate limited and I decided to leave for a while. Very fair. I kind of missed my intention in the first post, which was to make a comment like this: I was wondering why (if you specifically chose these components) you chose the case- due to it's acrylic side panel and seemingly poor construction, and the cxm, which in previous years was known to poses coil whine (unsure if a fix existed). Iirc, the Bitfenix formula gold is known to go for low prices, since OP is building in a few months I think I would've recommended seeing if prices for it dropped. price chart: https://graph.keepa.com/pricehistory.png?asin=B0776XSRJJ&domain=com

I'm wondering why you chose to undershoot the budget by so much (while arguing adequate performance is reasonable, the above build seems to be on a razor-thin margin), as well as why you chose the q300L and cxm power supply. Could you shed some light on that?

What's your region?

Seeing as you can get a significantly higher-performing card (6700xt xfx triple fan) for $600 USD- In the US at least- with practically no trade off on your part in terms of functionality... Go for that, or wait for prices to drop. 3060 isn't a particularly compelling card though, even at msrp.

Don't need an 1000w+ unless you intend to purchase high-end next generation gpus that are coming out in late 2022/2023. If you aren't, just go with something along the lines of the enermax revolution D.F 850w.

rtings can be useful, their audio ratings can be very meh at times- kind of questionable- though. And yep, headphones aren't inherently better than headsets.

Very apples-to-oranges comparison. Hd6xx may not run very well without an amplifier (it will depend on your specific device). Both options are reatively neutral and good for editing, but they're a bit hard to compare. However, the starfields are essentially the moondrop arias with a shiny coat of paint over them. There's practically no difference in between the two, so if you're fine with the way the aria looks, I'd recmmommend that iem instead.

How come there's a quote describing the nari ultimate (headphone)?