Help deciding on components for new ultrawide gaming system (first build.)

Shay7557 · June 23, 2023

Budget (including currency): Excluding peripherals, 2000-2500 euros

Country: Spain

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly used for gaming (triple A titles and the odd competitive title - Dead Space remake, RDR2, The Last of Us, STALKER 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, CS:GO.)

Other details: I've used my current PC for a good 6/7 years now, with an i7-6700k and a GTX 980. It's kept up faily okay up to now, however, it's struggling to perform with the newer titles as you would expect for the system. I'm using 34" Acer Predator ultrawide monitor (3440x1440) 120hz. I don't need a Windows licence to be included in the build as I already have one. Side note on cases/fans: I don't care about a flashy case or RGB fans, a plain but quality PC case is fine by me (eg: a Be Quiet! case.)

Hi guys, as the title says I'm looking for some help from more experienced users with regards to my new system. I'm not as knowledgable on parts anymore (ever since I bought my current PC I stopped following news on the latest components/hardware.)

I would put together a PC Part Picker list, however, every list I've made I've started to doubt myself on what will work for me because even with research you'll stumble across forum posts or youtube videos on why X component might not be great. I don't have experience with building computers, however, I've seen enough Linus Tech Tips build videos to know how to put one together I hope .

I do live in a hot country, so I am thinking about PC temperatures (roughly 22 degrees on days outside of summer, 25-30 on summer days with 30 degrees Celsius being the odd day of the month.) If the case/fans could be quiet (or on the quieter side) that would be preferable, I don't want it to sound like I've got a locomotive in my room .

The CPU and GPU I *had* settled on were the intel i7-13700 and an ASUS TUF 4070 12gb (is that overkill? As I said, I am no expert.)

Thanks for reading and any help you might give me .

Slottr · June 23, 2023

Can't really shoot too low at 3440x1440

I would go for something closer to this:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/QyGYyK

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (€299.50 @ Coolmod)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (€96.62 @ Coolmod)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€189.17 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory (€121.50 @ Coolmod)
Storage: Crucial P3 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€107.99 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card (€1059.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G360A ATX Mid Tower Case (€84.90 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: Antec NeoECO Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€107.62 @ Coolmod)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan (€9.41 @ Amazon Espana)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan (€9.41 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €2085.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-23 17:38 CEST+0200

The Hope · June 23, 2023

Case fan: Silent F14 The total price of this build is $1733.36 without case fans.

SorryBella · June 24, 2023

14 hours ago, Slottr said:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/QyGYyK

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (€299.50 @ Coolmod)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (€96.62 @ Coolmod)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€189.17 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory (€121.50 @ Coolmod)
Storage: Crucial P3 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€107.99 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card (€1059.00 @ Amazon Espana)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G360A ATX Mid Tower Case (€84.90 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: Antec NeoECO Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€107.62 @ Coolmod)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan (€9.41 @ Amazon Espana)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan (€9.41 @ Amazon Espana)
Total: €2085.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-23 17:38 CEST+0200