1st Time PC Build

[Big-Fat-Panda]

HI everyone! As the title says, I am a 1st time PC builder and am currently working on buying parts for my Gaming PC. Here is my list of parts that I want to buy. The only things I am still looking into is Keyboard/Mouse along with Power Supply. I did some research for Power Supplies and (correct me if I am wrong) apparently too much wattage can cause my electric bill to increase on top of generating excess heat in a PC for any excess wattage. My build currently sits at around 380-420 watts depending on the GPU. If anyone can, could someone help me choose an appropriate PSU? Thank you for any help!

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master MASTERAIR MA620M 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler	$99.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$199.00 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$104.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$99.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Seagate IronWolf NAS 4 TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive	$104.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$98.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXF 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$109.99 @ Best Buy
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$108.78 @ Other World Computing
Monitor	Sceptre E248W-FPT 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	$119.97 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1376.67
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-09 14:43 EST-0500

 

[SupaKomputa]

That PSU will be fine, but you can get a RM750 or TX750 if you want higher quality.

[thepoorgamer]

A 650 watt psi would be best. You are correct that excessively big psu s (like 1000 watts in your case) will waste power. However, psu s are also not very efficient at 90 or 100 percent load (this would be how a 450watt operates in your system. Also, that wouldn’t give you any room to upgrade. My recommendation would be a 650 watt unit with at least a 80+ bronze certification. 

[Big-Fat-Panda]

Thank you guys! I found a different PSU for slightly cheaper and is 80+ Gold Eff. Rating.

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Big-Fat-Panda said:

HI everyone! As the title says, I am a 1st time PC builder and am currently working on buying parts for my Gaming PC. Here is my list of parts that I want to buy. The only things I am still looking into is Keyboard/Mouse along with Power Supply. I did some research for Power Supplies and (correct me if I am wrong) apparently too much wattage can cause my electric bill to increase on top of generating excess heat in a PC for any excess wattage. My build currently sits at around 380-420 watts depending on the GPU. If anyone can, could someone help me choose an appropriate PSU? Thank you for any help!

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$329.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master MASTERAIR MA620M 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler	$99.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$199.00 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$104.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$99.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Seagate IronWolf NAS 4 TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive	$104.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$98.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXF 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$109.99 @ Best Buy
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$108.78 @ Other World Computing
Monitor	Sceptre E248W-FPT 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	$119.97 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1376.67
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-09 14:43 EST-0500

 

Quite a bit I would change.

 

If you are mainly gaming then I would go with the 5600X over the 3700X.

 

I haven't included Windows as you can buy a cheap key from places that sell pc game keys. Also no monitor as you can probably get something better than that 75Hz 1080p one.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.00 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler  ($41.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($178.33 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($88.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($98.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($115.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1017.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-09 20:16 EST-0500