help picking parts for first pc

[elf dude]

Budget (including currency):  around 2300 usd

Country:  united Staes 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  gaming and school

part list

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fGDNHz

 

[Pikatchu]

Good parts! I would get an Crucial P1 or P2 Nvme SSD instead of the samsung, get rid of the cables!

8GB of ram is... okay I guess, if possible go with 16GB of Ram.

[FireAbyss111802]

10 minutes ago, elf dude said:

Budget (including currency):  around 2300 usd

Country:  united Staes 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  gaming and school

part list

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xmV7Jf

Get 2x8GB ram, use a NVME SSD, the speeds can be up to 10 times faster. Higher end air cooler would be better because the 3700x can heat up under load, such as the be quiet! dark rock 4 pro, dark rock 4, or dark rock slim. Much higher quality air coolers that can keep temps low. For the 3080, it has power spikes that can add up to a total system draw of 1000 watts. I'd recommend a bare minimum of 850 watts, though 1000 watts would be ideal.

Also, kinguin.com has windows 10 keys for under $40, and they arent scams; i got mine from there.

[Chris Pratt]

Don't get a 3080 for 1080p. You can't even get full utilization out of it, because there's not a CPU that exists that won't bottleneck a 3080 at 1080p.

 

Get a B550 board. You're going to at least want the option of PCIe 4.0 before you're likely to upgrade. 

 

Get 16GB of RAM.

 

The 860 SSD is a QLC drive. It's not worth it.

 

If you do stick with the 3080, you should get a higher wattage PSU. 850W at least. It doesn't generally need all that power but it spikes and you need the higher capacity for stability when it does.

 

[Kanna]

Some things I'm going to point out

 

Don't pay that price for the windows key there is much better places like kinguin that will save you some money

 

Get at least a B550 board that's just more worth it

 

Try to get 2x8GB sticks 3200mhz at minimum or at best 3600mhz 

 

You could go for a M.2 NVME SSD that's more future proof and faster

 

That GPU you picked is most likely overkill since looking here your monitor is just 1080p and most modern GPU's can push 240fps easily (you never listed games)

 

If you do end up going with the 3080 get a  850W PSU at minimum

 

Why 2 different brand fans? looks like 2 of the cooler master would save you money