First PC

[MightyMoose]

Budget (including currency): around 2500CAD$

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: games, mainly FH5, SOT and MW2

Other details got all peripherals, got a 1440p 144hz display as main and going to get a 1080p 240hz to use as a side monitor (not included in budget). upgrading from an about 3yo vivobook with integrated graphics. any thought on the parts picked?

 

[Why_Me]

@MightyMoose games take advantage of low latency RAM such as this DDR5 6000 CL30 down below. Here's a few changes to consider including that cooler that doesn't show up on PC Partpicker for whatever reason. That cooler will outperform a 240 AIO.  btw I would look at an 850w psu so you have some headroom just incase of power spikes.

 

https://www.deepcool.com/products/Cooling/cpuaircoolers/AG620-WH-ARGB-Dual-Tower-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2022/16083.shtml

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/DjfnTW/deepcool-ag620-wh-argb-6788-cfm-cpu-cooler-r-ag620-whanmn-g-2  

Deepcool AG620 WH ARGB Dual Tower CPU Cooler $79.99

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-13600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: *MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($229.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($169.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: *Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($74.97 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: *Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  ($1089.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($139.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: *Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($130.75 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $2364.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-02 16:16 EDT-0400  

 

A better look at that board and SSD.

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B760-GAMING-PLUS-WIFI  

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-black-sn770-ssd-review

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/YbHC3y

7700 + 7900xtx + 32gb 6000c30

 

if you are going ddr5 may aswell go amd, 6000c30 cause pricing is really close to c32 and the cheapest futureproof a die kit (5600c28) is a red teamgroup kit at 125$ but its red, id reccomend that one instead if you are fine with painting em yourself

 

if you wanna stick with intel then stick with ddr4 cause ddr5 will not bring any major performance benifits compared to a 4000-4200 overclocked dual rank ddr4 in gear 1 or a 5200+ single rank ddr4 in gear 2. This also means you save money with ddr4 and you can wait for ddr5 to mature and have better ics available so when you inevitably upgrade to a newer ddr5 only platform youll have much better ddr5 choices and you wont be stuck with slow <6000 xmp if you arent into tuning, higher xmp does exist but theyre next to useless atm since they are very likely to not work on xmp settings and youll have to tune em anyways, may aswell save money with a 6000c32 kit and oc it to that 7600-8400 xmp

[Forleb]

Here's what I would do with 2500 CAD: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/HF2JjZ

 

This may not be the absolute most performance per dollar build, but it's pretty close while maintaining good quality for all components. The recent generations of Tomahawks are excellent for a relatively small premium over "it should be fine" boards, and the P5 Plus is just flat out better than the 980 non-Pro while being cheaper for some reason. The 4070 Ti has an excellent little GPU but was cursed with 12GB of VRAM, meaning you can't even get the full performance out of it in several existing titles, let alone future ones - Sacrificing power for a balanced product is better than having no other option in my opinion.

[QuantumSingularity]

1 hour ago, Forleb said:

Here's what I would do with 2500 CAD: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/HF2JjZ

 

This may not be the absolute most performance per dollar build, but it's pretty close while maintaining good quality for all components. The recent generations of Tomahawks are excellent for a relatively small premium over "it should be fine" boards, and the P5 Plus is just flat out better than the 980 non-Pro while being cheaper for some reason. The 4070 Ti has an excellent little GPU but was cursed with 12GB of VRAM, meaning you can't even get the full performance out of it in several existing titles, let alone future ones - Sacrificing power for a balanced product is better than having no other option in my opinion.

I would probably switch around a bit to fit in the budget a 7800X3D, but generally the same build. $20-$30 from the mobo, $20-$30 of the case, about $10-20 of the memory by going to CL32 , but with EXPO and the CPU fits right in.

Something like this:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($599.00 @ Canada Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK400 ZERO DARK PLUS 59.46 CFM CPU Cooler  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650 PRO RS ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($209.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory  ($164.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($93.50 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card  ($1156.60 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case  ($114.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $2544.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-02 19:16 EDT-0400