Is this PC balanced?

saydontiknowyou · November 28, 2020

I did a custom build on ibuypower as I'm inexperienced in building computers and I don't really know what I'm doing but I spent a while researching these parts to make sure they're good.

I just wonder if this is a good balanced computer, I heard that ibuypower sometimes cheaps out on the memory rendering the computer slow, so I just wanted to know from someone more adept in computers, is this thing balanced?


Processor	Intel® Core™ i7-10700KF Processor (8x 3.80 GHz /16MB L3 Cache)
Processor Cooling	iBUYPOWER 240mm Addressable RGB Liquid Cooling System - Black - Free Upgrade to iBUYPOWER DEEPCOOL GAMERSTORM RGB 240mm CASTLE 240EX Liquid Cooler
Memory	32 GB [8 GB x4] DDR4-3000 Memory Module - Certified Major Brand Gaming Memory [Free Upgrade to 32GB DDR4-3200 XPG D41 RGB]
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 - ASUS DUAL OC (VR-Ready)

Motherboard	ASUS PRIME Z490-P - WiFi, ARGB Header (1), USB 3.2 Ports (4 Type-A), M.2 Slot (3)
Power Supply	700 Watt - High Power - 80 PLUS Gold

Primary Hard Drive	1 TB WD Blue SN550 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD -- Read: 2400MB/s; Write: 1750MB/s
Sound Card	3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Network Card	Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
USB Expansion Card	PCI-Express USB 3.0 Expansion Card (2x External Port + 1x Header)
Operating System	Windows 10 Home - (64-bit)

Total Price:1631

Budget (including currency): N/A

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: FL studio, audio production & DAW's n' stuff + Any games I might want (in case I want to become a streamer *ironic wink*) like cs:go, fortnite, FPS games

Other details Thinking about buying this right now (All my previous computers have had no ssd and barely can run any games

Bombastinator · November 28, 2020

I’m not a fan of AIOs but if one is stuck with a prebuilt manufacturer it’s less of an issue. I’ve looked at the ibuypower site once or twice. One thing I notice they don’t do is have any sort of midrange or higher range air cooler. It’s either a 3 pipe 120w air cooler or go-for-the-gold AIOs. Nothing in between.

I don’t know why they do this. Possibly something to do with assembly.

As such one of their liquid coolers makes arguably more sense than their single air cooler. It would hav (barely) worked but you wouldn’t have been able to overclock. Functionally a 240 AIO is more or less a 240 AIO cooling wise. Everything else is longevity, noise levels, and blinky lights.

the memory seems slow and over priced.

The PSU leaves me a bit cold. 700w may not be enough power to avoid a trip, and brand is unknown. Efficiency certification means absolutely zero for reliability.

saydontiknowyou · November 28, 2020

7 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

the memory seems slow and over priced.

The PSU leaves me a bit cold. 700w may not be enough power to avoid a trip, and brand is unknown. Efficiency certification means absolutely zero for reliability.

What power supply would you suggest? I could instead get corsair: 750 Watt - CORSAIR RM750 Fully Modular - 80 PLUS Gold or 850 Watt - NZXT 850W C850 Fully Modular if it would prevent any failures

I also wonder if I would be able to buy this machine with a cheaper memory buy my personal choice of memory and swap them- that would probably be a better idea if it's possible.

If I can, What memory is good?

Thanks for your reply