Help needed with building a new setup

[Rice Farmer]

I have a fairly old setup up that my friend helped me build however a new motherboard and a cpu is arriving soon and I would like to try rebuilding my pc my self. Any tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated!
Old specs: 
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VIII EXTREME
CPU: i-7 6700k

Ram: 2x16 gb 2133 MHz

Current GPU: 3080 ti
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New specs (If I build the pc correctly)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H
CPU : ryzen 7 5800x
Ram: 2x16 gb DDR4 3600MHz
GPU: Same (3080ti)

[Bombastinator]

These don’t get answered as often so much anyMore.  The problem is the standard tool was PcPartPicker, and it could be counted on to have competitive prices.  This is no longer the case, so these days it’s what kind of thing rather than a specific product.

 There is this thing where there are intel builds that can’t use more than 3200mhz (frequently they actually can, but there are confusions) as a result a lot of Ddr4 cas 16 3200 gets sold and therefore is often enough cheaper than one up (ddr4 cas 16 3600) that it’s actually more cost effective to buy it instead.  It’s so extreme microcenter only carries 3200cas 16.  Whether to go ddr4 or ddr5 is kind of a die roll atm.  A few months ago it was “that ddr5 is a bad idea”.  I suspect in a couple of months it will be “that ddr4 is a bad idea”

  I assume you’ve got a monitor that is appropriate to that video card so it doesn’t matter much, and you’re primarily interested in making a games machine.  I don’t know if the 5800x comes with a stock cooler or not.  There are people who would direct you to a 5699x instead, which I know does.  Im not one of them.  If it doesn’t have one a 3 or 4 pipe tower cooler may be wanted.  Prices are all over the place for those lately, and the ones that were good up to lga1200 aren’t necessarily all that good for lga1700. So a whiff of overkill (it’s already worked in) and a known company is all the specificity available atm.  I picked up an assassin 120 for $35.  It was a double tower 6 pipe cooler.  It might not have been a terrific big air cooler, but at that price it was awesome. Going am4 isn’t the worst move.  Lga1700 ddr4 is perhaps just as good or very slightly better. The 13400 has been reviewed but I’m not seeing them out yet.  They’re supposed to be of about 12600k speed. Possibly more than you need. Stuff faster than a 5700 just isn’t needed unless you run that thing 1080p@240 or something.  I’m not sure a 3700 is a bad move at this juncture.  It’s single thread isn’t as good though.

you may want some wifi.  There may be an e-card slot on that mobo you can populate, or it would need to be pcie3x1.   You may have an issue with that card covering a slot you need in which case a pcie3 x1 riser cable may be useful to you.  You likely don’t want to impinge the airflow on that video card with a wifi card.

looking at microATX for cases I rather like the core v21.  It’s got insane airflow stunning amounts of room for a SFF, and is pretty cheap.    It’s a weird form factor though that might not fit your setup.  An Elongated cube.   It’s short and fat.  Looks a lot like a subwoofer. I prefer acrylic to tempered glass and grills to acrylic. Mine came with an a Rolex panel.  Luckily because it’s a cube all the side panels are the Sam (and they all come off including the bottom) so I put it on top where I don’t have to see it.  Rgb is for other people.  As far as PSUs go I direct you to any PSU tierlist.

Edited December 21, 2022 by Bombastinator

[Rice Farmer]

10 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

These don’t get answered as often so much anyMore.  The problem is the standard tool was PcPartPicker, and it could be counted on to have competitive prices.  This is no longer the case, so these days it’s what kind of thing rather than a specific product.  There is this thing where there are intel builds that can’t use more than 3200mhz (frequently they actually can, but there are confusions) as a result a lot of Ddr4 cas 16 3200 gets sold and therefore is often enough cheaper than one up (ddr4 cas 16 3600) that it’s actually more cost effective to buy it instead. Whether to go ddr4 or ddr5 is kind of a die roll atm.  A few months ago it was “that ddr5 is a bad idea”.  I suspect in a couple of months it will be “that ddr4 is a bad idea”   I assume you’ve got a monitor that is appropriate to that video card so it doesn’t matter much, and you’re primarily interested in making a games machine.  I don’t know if the 5800x comes with a stock cooler or not.  If it doesn’t a 3 or 4 pipe tower cooler may be wanted.  Prices are all over the place for those lately, and the ones that were good up to lga1200 aren’t necessarily all that good for lga1700. So a whiff of overkill (it’s already worked in) and a known company is all the specificity available atm.  I picked up an assassin 120 for $35.  It was a double tower 6 pipe cooler.  It might not have been a terrific big air cooler, but at that price it was awesome. Going am4 isn’t the worst move.  Lga1700 is perhaps just as good or very slightly better. The 13400 has been reviewed but I’m not seeing them out yet.  They’re supposed to be of about 12600k speed. Possibly more than you need. Stuff faster than a 5700 just isn’t needed unless you run that thing 1080p@240 or something.  I’m not sure a 3700 is a bad move at this juncture.  It’s single thread isn’t as good though.

you may want some wifi.  There may be an e-card slot on that mobo you can populate, or it would need to be pcie3x1.   You may have an issue with that card covering a slot you need in which case a pcie3 x1 riser cable may be useful to you.  You likely don’t want to impinge the airflow on that video card with a wifi card.

 

looking at microATX for cases I rather like the core v21.  It’s got insane airflow stunning amounts of room for a SFF, and is pretty cheap.    It’s a weird form factor though that might not fit your setup.  An Elongated cube.   It’s short and fat.  Looks a lot like a subwoofer. I prefer acrylic to tempered glass and grills to acrylic. Mine came with an a Rolex panel.  Luckily because it’s a cube all the side panels are the Sam (and they all come off including the bottom) so I put it on top where I don’t have to see it.  Rgb is for other people.

Hmm, thank you for this information, The cpu does not come with a stock cooler there for I have purchased a "be quiet! Dark Rock Pro TR4" cooler. I already have a pretty decent case which I am using for my old set up and will be using when the new motherboard comes as it will fit perfectly as I have measured the dimensions. The case is already outfitted with hand installed fans which greatly help cooling. For internet, I will be using a lan cable so I do not think that I need to worry much. I have used PcPartPicker to see if my components will be compatible, then I also asked my friends who have more experience in pc building than me if it all will be compatible and they said yes. I personally do not like RGB as it just looks too "flashy" in my opinion. So in conclusion, I will be using a lan cable so no need for an wireless internet card. Using a pretty good case already with good fans and cooling. And for the cpu cooler I will be using a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro TR4 cooler as I was recommended it by friends and it only costed me around £32. Thank you for you reply and time!

[Bombastinator]

2 minutes ago, Rice Farmer said:

Hmm, thank you for this information, The cpu does not come with a stock cooler there for I have purchased a "be quiet! Dark Rock Pro TR4" cooler. I already have a pretty decent case which I am using for my old set up and will be using when the new motherboard comes as it will fit perfectly as I have measured the dimensions. The case is already outfitted with hand installed fans which greatly help cooling. For internet, I will be using a lan cable so I do not think that I need to worry much. I have used PcPartPicker to see if my components will be compatible, then I also asked my friends who have more experience in pc building than me if it all will be compatible and they said yes. I personally do not like RGB as it just looks too "flashy" in my opinion. So in conclusion, I will be using a lan cable so no need for an wireless internet card. Using a pretty good case already with good fans and cooling. And for the cpu cooler I will be using a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro TR4 cooler as I was recommended it by friends and it only costed me around £32. Thank you for you reply and time!

Overkill cooler.  You’ll be fine.  There may be something cheaper though that is perhaps too late.  PSU age and quality matters though. If yours is 5 years old consider a new one.  If you’re not Re sleeving cables full modular buys you nothing over semi modular and 80+white (no metal name) has become a sign of low quality.

Edited December 21, 2022 by Bombastinator

[Rice Farmer]

10 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Overkill cooler.  You’ll be fine.  There may be something cheaper though that is perhaps too late.  PSU age and quality matters though. If yours is 5 years old consider a new one.  If you’re not Re sleeving cables full modular buys you nothing over semi modular and 80+white (no metal name) has become a sign of low quality.

Bought a new psu around a 1 year ago so I think I should be fine on that aspect, the only aspect I will have to consider is the cables then, as you have your self said then.

[Bombastinator]

1 hour ago, Rice Farmer said:

Bought a new psu around a 1 year ago so I think I should be fine on that aspect, the only aspect I will have to consider is the cables then, as you have your self said then.

Sleeving cables makes them bend more easily and they’re prettier.  Other than that it doesn’t do much though.one of the things it does is seperate the strands.  I was never interested enough to actually look into it much.  There is a company that does it called cablemod.  There are also cable “extensions” which are cheaper that can do it to but they’re also often of questionable quality so one has to be careful, which is why I mention cablemods. They’re known reputable.