Looking for feedback before I order parts.

[Tristen Graves]

Budget (including currency): $3,500

Country: us

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Elden Ring, mortal shell, streaming, minecraft with lots of mods and visual enhancement mods.

Other details This is the current parts list I've come up with so far https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sbXGVw. There is a lot of storage there because I have lots of games and like to keep them installed, along with lots of room for saving video files from recording. Any advice would be appreciated as I've been saving up for a long time and want to get the best bang for my buck!

[Shimejii]

 Honest Opinion? This may be one of the worst price to performance builds i have seen it quite some time. 3100$ and your only getting a 6600xt? This is a Horrible waste of money at this price.

 

Do you actually need 128GB of ram? Most streamers dont even use more then 32, let alone if you want to double that to 64. 128gb is pretty much pointless for a build like this if its just gaming and streaming, even with mods.

 

You dont need 2 Gen 4 NVME drives. Get one for your OS drive if you want, prefer 1 TB as the 2 TB ones are generally more then twice as expensive. Get 2 TB Gen 3 NVME drive as #2 and #3, then get Sata SSDs for the rest. Dont use HDD if you can.

 

You dont need a 850W Titanium PSU if it costs you 200$, another Huge waste of money. you can get a 1300W PSU for around 140$-170$ on EVGAs sites, Gold or Plat will do just fine, and you honestly just need a 850w-1000W if you ever plan to get a much better GPU.

 

With all the savings out of the way, probably in the Hundreds of $, you can get a 6800xt or 6900xt, or 3080/3080ti/3090 from 500-700$ depending on if you buy them used from a good source  

 

[Dukesilver27-]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KHGdtn

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($419.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterAir MA620M 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($109.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($202.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($68.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($79.70 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($170.00 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($170.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire NITRO+ PURE Radeon RX 6950 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($959.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake View 71 TG RGB ATX Full Tower Case  ($207.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A1000G 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Gigabyte M27Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor  ($289.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $3008.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-06 21:42 EDT-0400

 

5800X3D way better than 5800X in gaming.

128GB of RAM is soooo overkill for gaming and streaming, 16GB is plenty, add more to 32GB if you want.

I'm not gonna argue about the HDD, because I frankly have no clue for such huge capacity drives.

SSD, cheaper and better value SSD, you don't need WD blacks or any gen 4 SSD yet, even gen 3 is not fully utilized by game developers.

6950 XT instead of 6600XT, 6600 XT for 1440p would do you no good.

High quality 1000w psu, $200 for 850w psu is just....

Better 1440p monitor.

Get your windows license elsewhere, miles cheaper than the one on pcpartpicker.

[dizmo]

Hmm.

• That's a lot of money for a B series motherboard.
• There's virtually no difference between a 5700x and 5800x.
• No one gaming needs that much RAM.
• Why don't you save a bunch of money and just get a 16TB HDD? Again, though, that's excessive.
• If you're trying to separate your OS and core apps, just get a 512GB drive. Unless you actually use more than that for core apps, which again is unlikely.
• PSU is over priced and unnecessary.
• Video card is very weak for the amount you've spent on the build.

Honestly, overall, 2/10.

 

[Tristen Graves]

27 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

 Honest Opinion? This may be one of the worst price to performance builds i have seen it quite some time. 3100$ and your only getting a 6600xt? This is a Horrible waste of money at this price.

 

Do you actually need 128GB of ram? Most streamers dont even use more then 32, let alone if you want to double that to 64. 128gb is pretty much pointless for a build like this if its just gaming and streaming, even with mods.

 

You dont need 2 Gen 4 NVME drives. Get one for your OS drive if you want, prefer 1 TB as the 2 TB ones are generally more then twice as expensive. Get 2 TB Gen 3 NVME drive as #2 and #3, then get Sata SSDs for the rest. Dont use HDD if you can.

 

You dont need a 850W Titanium PSU if it costs you 200$, another Huge waste of money. you can get a 1300W PSU for around 140$-170$ on EVGAs sites, Gold or Plat will do just fine, and you honestly just need a 850w-1000W if you ever plan to get a much better GPU.

 

With all the savings out of the way, probably in the Hundreds of $, you can get a 6800xt or 6900xt, or 3080/3080ti/3090 from 500-700$ depending on if you buy them used from a good source  

 

something like this? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JyFY8r

[Tristen Graves]

Also thank you everyone so far for the advice!

[dizmo]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($212.38 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool ASSASSIN III 90.37 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($191.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL Orion AMD Edition 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($668.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($729.99 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake View 71 TG RGB ATX Full Tower Case  ($207.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - USB 64-bit  ($139.00 @ B&H)
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2768-2KP-MHD OMNI 27.0" 2560 x 1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($189.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $2697.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-06 22:22 EDT-0400

 

This is probably what I'd do. This, or spend the extra $100ish and go with the 3080Ti.

You can probably find a good monitor on BestBuy's site, search sales by BestBuy itself and open box. Lots of killer discounts to be had.

I went with this storage arrangement since games won't really notice the difference, and you're using it for bulk storage as well. If you want to save some money, you could drop to a 4TB SSD, and grab an 8TB HDD for the media storage.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($212.38 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool ASSASSIN III 90.37 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($191.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL Orion AMD Edition 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket Q 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($499.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($729.99 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake View 71 TG RGB ATX Full Tower Case  ($207.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - USB 64-bit  ($139.00 @ B&H)
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2768-2KP-MHD OMNI 27.0" 2560 x 1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($189.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $2649.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-06 22:25 EDT-0400

 

Which actually works out to save about $50.

 

Really, though, at this point you might as well wait for Black Friday.

[Ryuikko]

A significantly better build in every conceivable way, but also significantly overkill for your uses

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6NWKxs

 

 

So I'd actually reccommend you build something like this instead

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zWyLqm

Am4 is pretty much a dead end now, so Intel is more of a better choice, or am5

Great cooler for cheap

Good board that can handle the 12900

32gb of ram which should be more than enough

A whopping 10tbs of storage that should be more than enough as well

A gpu that should have great headroom for oc

Good case and a top of the like 1Kw psu

[Tristen Graves]

23 minutes ago, dizmo said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($212.38 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool ASSASSIN III 90.37 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($191.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL Orion AMD Edition 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($668.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($729.99 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake View 71 TG RGB ATX Full Tower Case  ($207.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - USB 64-bit  ($139.00 @ B&H)
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2768-2KP-MHD OMNI 27.0" 2560 x 1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($189.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $2697.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-06 22:22 EDT-0400

 

This is probably what I'd do. This, or spend the extra $100ish and go with the 3080Ti.

You can probably find a good monitor on BestBuy's site, search sales by BestBuy itself and open box. Lots of killer discounts to be had.

I went with this storage arrangement since games won't really notice the difference, and you're using it for bulk storage as well. If you want to save some money, you could drop to a 4TB SSD, and grab an 8TB HDD for the media storage.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($212.38 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool ASSASSIN III 90.37 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($191.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL Orion AMD Edition 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket Q 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($499.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($729.99 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake View 71 TG RGB ATX Full Tower Case  ($207.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - USB 64-bit  ($139.00 @ B&H)
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2768-2KP-MHD OMNI 27.0" 2560 x 1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($189.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $2649.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-06 22:25 EDT-0400

 

Which actually works out to save about $50.

 

Really, though, at this point you might as well wait for Black Friday.

I didn't think of that honestly waiting till black Friday isn't a bad idea, thank you.

 

1 hour ago, Dukesilver27- said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KHGdtn

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($419.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterAir MA620M 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($109.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($202.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($68.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($79.70 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($170.00 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK 8 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($170.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire NITRO+ PURE Radeon RX 6950 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($959.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake View 71 TG RGB ATX Full Tower Case  ($207.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A1000G 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Gigabyte M27Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor  ($289.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $3008.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-06 21:42 EDT-0400

 

5800X3D way better than 5800X in gaming.

128GB of RAM is soooo overkill for gaming and streaming, 16GB is plenty, add more to 32GB if you want.

I'm not gonna argue about the HDD, because I frankly have no clue for such huge capacity drives.

SSD, cheaper and better value SSD, you don't need WD blacks or any gen 4 SSD yet, even gen 3 is not fully utilized by game developers.

6950 XT instead of 6600XT, 6600 XT for 1440p would do you no good.

High quality 1000w psu, $200 for 850w psu is just....

Better 1440p monitor.

Get your windows license elsewhere, miles cheaper than the one on pcpartpicker.

That's true, $140 did feel a little steep for a liscense

[Tristen Graves]

12 hours ago, Ryuikko said:

A significantly better build in every conceivable way, but also significantly overkill for your uses

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6NWKxs

 

 

So I'd actually reccommend you build something like this instead

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zWyLqm

Am4 is pretty much a dead end now, so Intel is more of a better choice, or am5

Great cooler for cheap

Good board that can handle the 12900

32gb of ram which should be more than enough

A whopping 10tbs of storage that should be more than enough as well

A gpu that should have great headroom for oc

Good case and a top of the like 1Kw psu

Thank you for your input Ryuikko!