First independent build

[LordOfTheLake]

Hello there!

 

After a long time I can afford myself to try and build my own PC for the first time. Before this usually retailers did the job for me, but I just wanted to try doing it myself after watching a lot of the Tech tips over the years. That mentioned, I made a list of components I intend to use, and it is displayed below. It would really be helpful if you, with more experience, would review the list and point out if something is a bad choice, or if something is, God forbid, incompatible with the rest of the setup.

 

So the parts are:

CPU: Intel core i7-12700KF (484.09 USD)

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z690-A (324.21 USD)

RAM: DDR5 32GB 5200MHz (2x16) Kingston Fury Beast KF552C40BBK2-32 (313.90 USD)

SSD: SAMSUNG 500GB M.2 NVMe MZ-V8P500BW 980 Pro Series SSD (110.05 USD)

GPU: ASUS NVidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB 256bit DUAL-RTX3060TI-O8G-V2 LHR (646.95 USD)

Power supply: SEASONIC FOCUS+ Platinum 850W (183.76 USD)

CPU cooler: BE QUIET DARK ROCK PRO TR4 (95.85 USD)

PC case: CORSAIR Carbide 200R (73.16 USD)

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In total: 2231.99 USD, but consider that in my country prices are higher than in USA.

 

Budget (including currency): The budget is around the mentioned total amount. I am willing to give slightly more if it's necessary.

Country: Republic of Serbia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: AutoDesk Inventor, AnSYS, Matlab, Fortran, simulations, optimizations, Tekla Structural, AutoCAD, office, also a bit of video editing and converting...

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 do not have any of the parts at the moment, I am building from 0, but I do have peripherals I intend to use it with.

 

One more thing. On my old PC I have winfast tv2000 xp TV card which runs on PCI slot, not PCIe (yes, my current PC is THAT old). I really like that I can record from the TV and radio, schedule recordings, and watch them whenever I want to, and do with the recording whatever I want to. Is there any modern card that I could buy in order to get the same effect?

 

The idea behind the build is not to touch anything for next 5 to 8 years at least. I do not want to be forced to upgrade anything in that period. The PC will be attached to 1080p TV and will not be used for gaming, unless my 5 year old comes by, and I do not intend to play DOOM with a 5 year old. This is why I went with DDR5 motherboard, so if something dies in the future, I'd be able to get fresh new memory sticks, rather than hunt for second hand one.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Ryuikko]

Looks ~okay though there are some changes I'd make.

 If you're doing something cpu intensive I'd get a 12700f to cover your bases and have basically identical perfromance to the 12700k. Oc on 12th gen dosent net a lot of perfromane so the only reason why I'd get a k cpu Is for the 12600 so you can get 4 extra e cores.

Subsequently from the cpu change, I'd get a solid b660 instead of a z690. It'll save a decent amount of money and would allow to pump the funds into the gpu.

Ram choices on intel are interesting since it's basically a coin flip whether even 3600 ram would work with a locked cpu. Getting intels memory controller to Handle those speeds would be a nightmare + you don't see a lot of perfromance gain from ddr5 currently anyways. I'd get a solid kit of ddr4 3200 cl16 instead. Cheapest kit is preferable since there's not a difference in perfromance for a more expensive kit. As per ram failure, it's one of the least likely things to fail in your system with the cpu most likely being first. I wouldn't worry about that anytime soon.

I'd want to see a 1tb m.2 since it's pretty surprising how fast 500gb fills up.

I'd dump all of the saving into the gpu here. See if you can find a cheap 3070 or maybe 3080 depending on local pricing.

That's probably a pretty expensive psu since it's a focus platinum which are basically both just excuses to pump the price. I'd consider an a tier 850 watt psu like the superflower leadex III, corsair rm, or Enermax revolution d.f. 

I'd want a case with at least a mesh front panel to get good airflow into your system. Can go wrong with the p300 mesh, p360a, or the 4000d airflow to name a few.

 

[LordOfTheLake]

If I get Asus Tuf gaming B660M-Plus wifi board, or DDR5 or 4 variant, would I gain any performance by swapping Core i7-12700F with Core i9-12900F?

 

GPU is as expensive as I am willing to give for it honestly. Any more money for it triggers the red led in my brain. 3070 here costs as much as my monthly salary so... I'd rather put it in the cpu instead.

 

I forgot to mention, I already have 2x1tb hard drives for storage from the old computer.

[LordOfTheLake]

Actually, I did some cost reduction on this.

Considering I will not be using it for playing games anyways, I plan ion taking RX 6600 XT instead of GTX 3060 TI. There is almost 100 USD difference there. But what it seems to be interesting is that RX 6600 XT seems to be less power hungry which means I can get by with 650 W power supply, which also saves me around 50 USD. The CPU cooler that I mentioned was not compatible with LGA1700 so I found somehow a Noctua cooler which is a bit more expensive when second cooler is added. This money can also be poured into the faster gen 4 SSD.

 

I do have some questions.

Motherboard has the list of supported devices, among which are SSDs. The SSD I am planning to put in is 2280, and motherboard supports 2280, however, the exact model of the SSD I plan to put in is not on the suppored list. Will there be some problems there?

 

Current planned configuration is:

CPU: Core i7-12700 K

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z690-P WIFI

RAM: KINGSTON DIMM DDR5 16GB 5200MHz KF552C40BB-16 Fury Beast x2

GPU: ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 8GB DUAL-RX6600XT-O8G

PSU: LC POWER LC6650M V2.31 80 PLUS Gold 650W

SSD: CRUCIAL SSD P5 Plus 500GB PCIe M.2 2280 - CT500P5PSSD8

Case: ANTEC P101S The Silent Guardian Midi-Tower

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S chromax.black CPU kuler | NH-U9S ch.bk

Optical drive: ASUS DRW-24D5MT DVD RW

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Price: 2038,20 USD

[venomtail]

On 7/20/2022 at 12:48 PM, LordOfTheLake said:

would I gain any performance by swapping Core i7-12700F with Core i9-12900F?

1 hour ago, LordOfTheLake said:

Actually, I did some cost reduction on this.

Considering I will not be using it for playing games anyways, I plan ion taking RX 6600 XT instead of GTX 3060 TI. There is almost 100 USD difference there. But what it seems to be interesting is that RX 6600 XT seems to be less power hungry which means I can get by with 650 W power supply, which also saves me around 50 USD. The CPU cooler that I mentioned was not compatible with LGA1700 so I found somehow a Noctua cooler which is a bit more expensive when second cooler is added. This money can also be poured into the faster gen 4 SSD.

 

I do have some questions.

Motherboard has the list of supported devices, among which are SSDs. The SSD I am planning to put in is 2280, and motherboard supports 2280, however, the exact model of the SSD I plan to put in is not on the suppored list. Will there be some problems there?

 

Current planned configuration is:

CPU: Core i7-12700 K

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z690-P WIFI

RAM: KINGSTON DIMM DDR5 16GB 5200MHz KF552C40BB-16 Fury Beast x2

GPU: ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 8GB DUAL-RX6600XT-O8G

PSU: LC POWER LC6650M V2.31 80 PLUS Gold 650W

SSD: CRUCIAL SSD P5 Plus 500GB PCIe M.2 2280 - CT500P5PSSD8

Case: ANTEC P101S The Silent Guardian Midi-Tower

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S chromax.black CPU kuler | NH-U9S ch.bk

Optical drive: ASUS DRW-24D5MT DVD RW

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Price: 2038,20 USD

Very diminishing returns above an i5 12600KF. DDR5 is pointless money sink right now. Doubt you'll need extreme overclocking so a B660 should do. Get an M-A or Steel Legend B660. 3200MHz DDR4 will do you just fine but won't hurt with anything higher, just remember diminishing return on price.