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TeaFrogs
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Hello, I am trying to build my first PC ever. I am super excited and have done a ton of research but was hoping for some help to make sure I am actually getting the right things. I have finally saved enough money where I feel like I can get a pretty killer gaming rig that can also be used for some of my side projects. I also plan on starting to stream with the PC so I'm hoping that it will be able to handle quite a lot. 

 

Budget (including currency):  $2,500 - $3,000 US dollar 

 

Country: USA

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Variety of games, mainly Apex Legends right now,  Jupyter Notebooks, Microsoft Office, vscode, streaming applications, etc. I am a recent graduate who is hoping to become a data analyst so it will hopefully be used for some web scraping, api calls, SQL functions, etc.

 

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 excited because I have never had a desktop before. I have a macbook but its time to upgrade. I plan on taking my time and buying everything at MSRP (Yes I understand that this might take a very long time to get, especially the GPU), I am thinking for playing my research seems to point towards a 144 Hz refresh rate and I'll probably play at 1080 or 1440. Below I will attach a screenshot of my idea right now for a PC. Thank you so much for reading and honestly I will happily take any suggestions you have since I am brand new to all of this!382253402_ScreenShot2021-05-11at10_11_50PM.thumb.png.a57ba9aa01767d7e4a25337e0288d74f.png

 

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th cooler is meh. the capellix cooler would make more sense. or lian li galahad if you want white coolers.

also that m.2ssd is usually overpriced.

pretty meh power supply. 

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5900X is a better value and should still be plenty sufficient for all your productivity work. I'm using it for .NET development with Docker containers. At MSRP, the 5950X is $250 more than the 5900X and the added performance isn't even close to worth it unless you absolutely need 32 threads.

 

750W minimum for the PSU if you're going to run a 3080, especially with something like a 5950X or even a 5900X, both of which can draw 200W stock.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D · Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Chromax.black · Motherboard: Gigabyte Auros X670 Elite AX · RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR5 6000MHz CL30 · Graphics Card: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super Twin Edge OC 12GB · Boot Drive: 1TB XPG Gammix S70 Blade NVMe SSD · Game Drive: 2TB WD SN850X NVMe SSD · PSU: Seasonic Focus GX V3 1000W 80+ Gold · Case: Fractal Design North Mesh · Monitor: MSI Optix MAG342CQR 34” UWQHD 3440x1440 144Hz · Keyboard: EPOMAKER x Aula F99 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard · Mouse: Logitech G309 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse

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31 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

th cooler is meh. the capellix cooler would make more sense. or lian li galahad if you want white coolers.

also that m.2ssd is usually overpriced.

pretty meh power supply. 

Thank you for the help! I looked into the Lian Li Galahad and that seems like a great suggestion. I wasn't sure if you had any recommendations regarding ssd's or power supply. Thanks again!

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24 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

5900X is a better value and should still be plenty sufficient for all your productivity work. I'm using it for .NET development with Docker containers. At MSRP, the 5950X is $250 more than the 5900X and the added performance isn't even close to worth it unless you absolutely need 32 threads.

 

750W minimum for the PSU if you're going to run a 3080, especially with something like a 5950X or even a 5900X, both of which can draw 200W stock.

Awesome, thank you for the advice and your experience! I'll drop the CPU and look for a better power supply. If you have any suggestions that would be awesome. Thanks so much!

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1 hour ago, TeaFrogs said:

Awesome, thank you for the advice and your experience! I'll drop the CPU and look for a better power supply. If you have any suggestions that would be awesome. Thanks so much!

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XRmxFT/thermaltake-toughpower-grand-rgb-750w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-ps-tpg-0750fpcgus-r

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DvCFf7/enermax-revolution-df-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-erf750ewt

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fq4BD3/phanteks-amp-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-ph-p750g_us01

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/v3VG3C/msi-mpg-a-gf-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-mpg-a750gf

 

 

 

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I'd go 5800X or 5900X and also swap the cooling for an IceGiant or Noctua NH-D15, to keep it simple.

 

I don't have any personal experience with thesePSU's, but the spec looks really decent for $120: "Gigabyte P GM 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply" 

 

That said, if you're going to try ANY overclocking at all, you might want slightly more than 750W, but it'll probably be find for that build at stock speeds and really high output PSU's are silly money right now.

Main rig: Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX3080Ti FE, 32Gb Teamgroup Create-T DDR5-6000C30, AC Freezer3 280mm AIO, Asrock Steel Legend X670E, M.2 2Tb Samsung 990 Pro, M.2 1Tb WDSN550, SATA 8Tb WD80EFAX, Corsair HX850, LianLi O11 Air Mini + 3x NF-A14's, MSI MPG 271QRX (27"/1440P/360Hz), Gigabyte M27Q (27"/1440P/170Hz), Asus PA248 (24"/1200P/60Hz), G815 kbd, G Pro X Superlight 2, Audezee Maxwell.

Games room "TV rig": 5800X3D, AC Freezer2 280mm AIO, ASUS Prime B450M, RTX4080S w/iChill AIO, 32Gb TridentZ DDR4-3600C14, M.2 500Gb & 1Tb WDSN550, 8Tb WD80EFAX, BeQuiet Straight 1000W,  LianLi O11 Air Mini, LG G4 (55"/4K/120Hz), G815 kbd, G502 mouse, LG G1 Soundbar / Audezee Maxwell.

Lounge HTPC: Minisforum UM760 Slim, Ryzen 5 7640HS, 16Gb DDR5, 1Tb M.2, LG C2 (42"/4K/120Hz), Logitech Touch K400.
Laptop: LOQ16, RTX4060, 16Gb DDR5, 2x 2Tb SN990 M.2.

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8 hours ago, BahnStormer said:

I'd go 5800X or 5900X and also swap the cooling for an IceGiant or Noctua NH-D15, to keep it simple.

 

I don't have any personal experience with thesePSU's, but the spec looks really decent for $120: "Gigabyte P GM 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply" 

 

That said, if you're going to try ANY overclocking at all, you might want slightly more than 750W, but it'll probably be find for that build at stock speeds and really high output PSU's are silly money right now.

The Gigabyte “P/PB” series is terrible. Multiple reports of the PSUS dying or even catching on fire super quickly. These cards work terribly with Ampere cards.

geometry is hard
b550 > x570

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