Just want critiques, have the budget down to a good point. RTX 3070 and i5-11400f. 14% bottleneck

[I like tech]

Budget (including currency): $1250 Rtx 3070 and i5-11400f build

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft with rtx/shaders (yes I know they're different things), and Fortnite.

Other details Part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KR3b3Z, no keyboard/mouse needed.

 

I'm upgrading from a laptop with the MX150 gpu (mobile version of gt 1030), i5-8450u, and 8gb ram (not sure what speed, but ddr4). Laptop sucks, can't run fortnite at 720p, medium settings, 50% 3d res at 30fps.

 

Monitor: 1080p 144hz refresh rate (a bit low refresh rate, I'm planning to do minecraft with heavy shaders mostly, and some Fortnite. Minecraft doesn't need high refresh rate.

 

[I like tech]

BTW i'm new

[optional888]

Id go with a better CPU and PSU.

I think a 750w  PSU would be better for your GPU on that level, same goes for the CPU.

[Brooksie359]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qchyht

This is what I would do personally. 

[SkilledRebuilds]

If you were loading up the GPU with a target of 60fps and best settings no matter what, it would hold up better than a HighFPS Multiplayer Competative (trying to hold minfps as high as possible) 144Hz will be more of a CPU load and core count sucking scenario as drawcalls will need updating much faster per second.

 

You could also grab a better binned faster kit of RAM in a CPU bounded scenario vs any GPU bound gaming scenario, or.. just ovetclock or tune whatever you get for a small bump to min/avg fps values when games push the subsystem at lower details highfps sections.

Some people buy 144hz and want 140fps minimum, some buy 144hz and setup according to 100-144fps, it really depends on the kind of tweaker you are.

 

There are so many people here who will throw you a balanced build based off your specific needs.

Best of luck nailing down your custom beast.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pxXPCz

Not sure if this edited version of your list is any good or not

 

Swapped the case cause that cm case looks like airflow hell cause of the solid front panel

 

Swapped psu for a 700w one

 

Swapped board for ds3h ac

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42 minutes ago, optional888 said:

Id go with a better CPU and PSU.

I think a 750w  PSU would be better for your GPU on that level, same goes for the CPU.

750 Watts? This isn't a 3080... its a 3070..? NVIDIA recommends a 650 watt.

1 hour ago, I like tech said:

Budget (including currency): $1250 Rtx 3070 and i5-11400f build

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft with rtx/shaders (yes I know they're different things), and Fortnite.

Other details Part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KR3b3Z, no keyboard/mouse needed.

 

I'm upgrading from a laptop with the MX150 gpu (mobile version of gt 1030), i5-8450u, and 8gb ram (not sure what speed, but ddr4). Laptop sucks, can't run fortnite at 720p, medium settings, 50% 3d res at 30fps.

 

Monitor: 1080p 144hz refresh rate (a bit low refresh rate, I'm planning to do minecraft with heavy shaders mostly, and some Fortnite. Minecraft doesn't need high refresh rate.

 

Get a better PSU, a 2060 barely runs on a 500 Watt power supply...

 

[Mark Kaine]

11 hours ago, Cool_Evlo said:

750 Watts? This isn't a 3080...

 

11 hours ago, Cool_Evlo said:

Get a better PSU, a 2060 barely runs on a 500 Watt power supply...

 

wattage ≠ quality

 

Fwiw my 270w power limit 3070 runs fine on 500w bequiet pure power 10, doesnt mean it will run well on another 500w psu, or a 700w psu (in fact it doesnt run well on a bequiet "straight power" 11, 700w)

 

 

Granted when i used the 500w psu i didnt OC at all, but my pc still never uses more than 500w even with OC'd CPU, RAM and GPU (I know because  i now have a rm650i and that tells you the power draw exactly )

 

 

Just saying, its more tricky than that and even some expensive psus dont handle the transient power spikes of a 3070 well.

 

PS: i would go with a 650w RMX, some EVGA and Seasonic PSUs have issues with 3000 cards for example .