New PC building tips

[Beanman]

Budget (including currency): $1400

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: blender, VR, sketch up, games

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

I am building a new PC and have a general idea of how but don’t know the exact details of how. If you have any tips that would be great. 
 

also I need to buy a copy of windows but don’t know how or where to get one. I have herd you can get one for around $30 but where? Also if I do get one for full price will I have to activate it?

 

my parts list and yes I know about 5000 series and have already decided against it.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	Purchased For $0.00
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	Purchased For $0.00
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$93.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$500.00
Case	Lian Li Lancool II Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$95.00
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$818.98
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-25 18:06 EST-0500

 

[eeeee1]

3 minutes ago, Beanman said:

also I need to buy a copy of windows but don’t know how or where to get one. I have herd you can get one for around $30 but where? Also if I do get one for full price will I have to activate it?

you certainly do not. you can get those cheap keys off of sites like Kinguin, Ebay, whatever. DO NOTE that these keys may have been obtained through morally questionable or illegal (or not officially allowed) ways.

 

You may not need 32 most likely but it could be a creature comfort using blender. you may also want to invest in a hdd for storage.

 

are you going to use stock cooler?

[CommanderAlex]

3 minutes ago, Beanman said:

also I need to buy a copy of windows but don’t know how or where to get one. I have herd you can get one for around $30 but where? Also if I do get one for full price will I have to activate it?

The $30 keys are off of sites like eBay that seller them cheap as they come from OEMs/big corporations that buy Windows keys in bulk and the remaining they try and sell off cheap to recoup their losses. This is shady and if Microsoft finds out that you somehow managed to get one of these keys, they will revoke the license. 

 

I buy my copies of Windows 10 Home from Amazon or at your local brick and mortar store. 

 

Also, get an air cooler or AIO to keep temps down. 

[onlybuilt4cubanxlinx]

16 minutes ago, Beanman said:

 

You can get a Windows 10 Pro key at Link for like $13. Just follow Tech Yes City on YouTube. He posts their links in his videos descriptions and offers a discount code. Personally I use eBay keys which run for $5. I'd rather put my money into the components. 

[Beanman]

49 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

The $30 keys are off of sites like eBay that seller them cheap as they come from OEMs/big corporations that buy Windows keys in bulk and the remaining they try and sell off cheap to recoup their losses. This is shady and if Microsoft finds out that you somehow managed to get one of these keys, they will revoke the license. 

 

I buy my copies of Windows 10 Home from Amazon or at your local brick and mortar store. 

 

Also, get an air cooler or AIO to keep temps down. 

What sip do you recommend  that’s not too expensive ? 

[CommanderAlex]

15 minutes ago, Beanman said:

What sip do you recommend  that’s not too expensive ? 

Sip? Did you mean AIO with Autocorrect? I personally only recommend air coolers. 

[Beanman]

31 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

Sip? Did you mean AIO with Autocorrect? I personally only recommend air coolers. 

Yea probably auto corrected to sip

[Beanman]

2 hours ago, eeeee1 said:

you certainly do not. you can get those cheap keys off of sites like Kinguin, Ebay, whatever. DO NOTE that these keys may have been obtained through morally questionable or illegal (or not officially allowed) ways.

 

You may not need 32 most likely but it could be a creature comfort using blender. you may also want to invest in a hdd for storage.

 

are you going to use stock cooler?

I already own the ram I got it on sale. Yes I am going start with the stock cooler and upgrade later. 

[eeeee1]

41 minutes ago, Beanman said:

I already own the ram I got it on sale. Yes I am going start with the stock cooler and upgrade later. 

ok, when you do get a cooler, do look into noctua.