Building my first PC

[SimenOlai]

Budget (including currency): $3k-$4k nonnative US dollars

Country:  Norway 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Cities Skylines 1 (and 2!!!), Fall Guys, Minecraft, GTA V (VI?), interested in exploring new games (like cyberpunk or other graphics games)

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): 

 

Hello everyone! I've been wanting to upgrade from a laptop to a proper desktop, and I've been researching a build the past months (gets harder the more I research). I put together something in february which I have now revised. My current revision is this: 

 

 

February price/exchange rate, subtract ~10% for comparing with   ----->   March prices/exchange rate

Intel Core i7-13700K                                                        $591        ----->           Intel Core i9-13900K                                                      $687
MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPRIM X                            $1152      ----->           XFX MERC 310 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Black          $1216
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 5600MHz 32GB                $197        ----->           G.Skill DDR5 6000MHz 32GB RGB  CL36                      $206    -18% sale
Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe M.2 NVME SSD 2TB   $227        ----->     Keeping my MSI SPATIUM M480 1TB from the laptop              "$0"
Seasonic Focus GX 1000, 1000W                                  $246        ----->            ASUS TUF Gaming 1000W Gold PSU                            $187    -20% sale 
ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI                                             $313        ----->            ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI                                             $297
MSI MAG CoreLiquid 360R V2                                        $166       ----->            MSI MAG CoreLiquid 360R V2                                        $148.69 (nice)
Phanteks Eclipse G360A Midi Tower                               $117       ----->             Cooler Master HAF 500 Midi Tower                                 $187    (considering Phanteks Eclipse G500A)

                                                                                      ~$2938                                                                                                                 ~$3029

 

For main monitor I wanted 27" 1440p 200hz+, but the rarity will probably have to make me choose 1440p 144hz+
For extra monitors I'm considering 27-32" 4k 60hz+ with good colors and HDR for content viewing and movies/series

                combined with my current 12+ year old 1080p 60hz BenQ tv/monitor and freeware recent 720p 60hz tv, both with only HDMI

 

The hardest for me is to decide on the graphics card, AIO and tower, and possibly ram and maybe even DDR5

               I love multitasking, game + several chrome windows with several tabs, several twitch streams and discord with maybe streaming the game in a call

 

Would love some input about graphics card, AIO and tower,I've also been looking at Arctic liquid freezer II which seems nice, and I almost decided going 420mm AIO before finding out the lack of support for that being top mounted in most towers

The more I learn, the harder it gets to decide

Going from a i7-8750H  GTX1060 144hz 1080p laptop using mentioned current tv's, so I'm sure I will feel the upgrade regardless! 

 

Thank you for your time! 

 

 

[Kailes T]

You seem to have it pretty figured out, so I'd trust your gut with this stuff. The AIO you're considering gets the job done fine, just note the slight reliability/maintenance factor of a water cooled over something like a Noctua Cooler (the 13th gen Intel CPUs are space heaters no matter what). Take your pick with the graphics card, the higher you're willing to go, the better. As for Case/Tower, I would go overkill on space unless for some reason you have a physical constraint on where this PC is gonna be operating, you'll appreciate the ability to take everything apart easily (especially if you have big hands like me). I'm sure you could stuff all of that in the mid tower you picked, just personal opinion.

Have fun with the HUGE upgrade, and feel free to message me if you have any questions!