Critique New pc build

[Jwipes]

Budget (including currency): ~$2500

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Everything

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): I'm upgrading from a skytech archangel prebuilt, and plan on getting a 1440p monitor. Here's my part list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ssYCsL

 

[Slottr]

Whats this actually for?

You can easily get a 7900 XTX rather than a 4070 Ti at this budget 

 

The motherboard is very expensive, for what reason?

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r4gc3y

2500$ gets you a 4090, not a pathetic vramless 4070ti

[Why_Me]

That 3-pack of fans go inside the top of that case where an AIO would normally go.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AG620 BK ARGB 67.88 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: *MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($164.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  ($105.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: *Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($117.00 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte EAGLE GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Video Card  ($1139.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($106.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: *MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: *Lian Li UNI FAN SL V2 64.5 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($81.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2316.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-23 14:33 EDT-0400

 

A better look at those components.

 

https://www.msi.com/Power-Supply/MPG-A1000G-PCIE5

 

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

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/230490/intel-core-i713700-processor-30m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz/specifications.html  

 

https://www.deepcool.com/products/Cooling/cpuaircoolers/AG620-BK-ARGB-Dual-Tower-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2022/16082.shtml  

 

https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N4080EAGLE-OC-16GD#kf 

 

https://lian-li.com/product/uni-fan-sl-v2/ 

 

https://lian-li.com/product/lancool-216/ 

 

Add this to that build.

https://www.newegg.com/p/1BK-07N9-00001 

Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ARGB Controller and USB Module (Black) $13.99 

 

And you end up with this.

 

[Jwipes]

1 hour ago, Slottr said:

Whats this actually for?

You can easily get a 7900 XTX rather than a 4070 Ti at this budget 

 

The motherboard is very expensive, for what reason?

I personally would rather have an nvidia card and the mother board is just what was recommended for the parts I have. Is the 7900 XTX significantly better than a 4070ti and what motherboard would you recommend.

[Slottr]

15 minutes ago, Jwipes said:

I personally would rather have an nvidia card and the mother board is just what was recommended for the parts I have. Is the 7900 XTX significantly better than a 4070ti and what motherboard would you recommend.

Nvidia card for what reason?

 

They have their own technologies that are different, but to be brand biased will provide you less performance for the price. 

[Jwipes]

23 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Nvidia card for what reason?

 

They have their own technologies that are different, but to be brand biased will provide you less performance for the price. 

That makes sense, I had just heard that nvidia is generally better. I'll do more research about the 7900 xtx but I'm still just not sure about the motherboard.

[Slottr]

8 minutes ago, Jwipes said:

That makes sense, I had just heard that nvidia is generally better. I'll do more research about the 7900 xtx but I'm still just not sure about the motherboard.

Motherboard wise you're likely more than safe with a B760 board. Overclocking is good if you're interesting in it, but usually its fairly minor gains.

 

This, for example, would be fine enough

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CxLFf7/msi-mag-b760-tomahawk-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-mag-b760-tomahawk-wifi
 

[Jwipes]

7 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Motherboard wise you're likely more than safe with a B760 board. Overclocking is good if you're interesting in it, but usually its fairly minor gains.

 

This, for example, would be fine enough

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CxLFf7/msi-mag-b760-tomahawk-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-mag-b760-tomahawk-wifi
 

alright awesome, you've been super helpful, thank you.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

2 hours ago, Jwipes said:

That makes sense, I had just heard that nvidia is generally better. I'll do more research about the 7900 xtx but I'm still just not sure about the motherboard.

You can still do nvidia with 2500$ and still get a 4090 in this budget with the only sacrifice being aesthetics

 

But if looks are more important then a 7900xtx is 600$ cheaper

[QuantumSingularity]

$2500 for a 13700k and 4070 ?!?!?! That's almost $1000 than such system should cost. 

If you don't wanna close money in dead platform: here is an AMD AM5 system with 4090:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($37.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M AORUS ELITE AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($116.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($117.00 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Zotac GAMING AMP Extreme AIRO GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  ($1584.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000e (2023) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2536.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-23 17:39 EDT-0400

 

If you drop the GPU from 4090 to 7900XTX, you can fit in the budget a 7800X3D CPU, which you can also do later down the road when the next gen 3nm Ryzen 8000 CPUs come out. With the 13th gen Intel you save money on the CPU side (i know how ridiculous this sounds) but there is no further path for that rig. It's at the best it will ever be, before another platform change.