High-End Gaming PC Build

[Mandarin21]

Budget (including currency): 5000 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Gaming - Diablo 4, Baldurs Gate III, Total War Warhammer III

Other details Building from scratch, RTX 4090 for sure, would like to finally be able to play in 4k for the first time.

 

Building a new PC from scratch to be able to enjoy gaming once again (currently running GTX 1660, so only prev-Gen games are plyable)

 

Managed to secure wife's approval for 5k build and found the following spec, which seemed like a good place to start - https://techbuyersguru.com/guide/the-best-dream-machine-5000-gaming-pc-build/

Would appreciate any opinions/comments - not a very experienced builder - any of these pieces overpriced and should be replaced for similar / better ones?

 

 

[JLssg4]

Unless I've missed an improvement with Windows (scheduler), you're likely better off with a 7800X3D for a pure gaming rig.  [7950X3D has two CCDs, one of which has the V-cache on top...so it's heavily reliant on Windows to schedule things properly to avoid any cross-CCD latency.  The 7800X3D has just one CCD so there's no option for Windows to screw up.]  Something to consider at least.

-Corsair AIO....as I understand it, you want to either avoid or go all-in with Corsair stuff that has RGB.  Proprietary stuff makes them a bit of a hassle.

 

-Silverstone PSU.  This is really tenuous, but there was a PC website that shut-down recently, before which they had a massive clearance sale.  By the time I poked in there to see what was to be had there were literally ONLY Silverstone left for PSUs.  I took that as a sign that people were avoiding them, but I suppose there could be other explanations.  I'd definitely want to ask/read around a bit on that brand.

[QuantumBlink]

16 minutes ago, Mandarin21 said:

Budget (including currency): 5000 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Gaming - Diablo 4, Baldurs Gate III, Total War Warhammer III

Other details Building from scratch, RTX 4090 for sure, would like to finally be able to play in 4k for the first time.

 

Building a new PC from scratch to be able to enjoy gaming once again (currently running GTX 1660, so only prev-Gen games are plyable)

 

Managed to secure wife's approval for 5k build and found the following spec, which seemed like a good place to start - https://techbuyersguru.com/guide/the-best-dream-machine-5000-gaming-pc-build/

Would appreciate any opinions/comments - not a very experienced builder - any of these pieces overpriced and should be replaced for similar / better ones?

 

 

I am skeptical of using a Crosshair mobo, and the CPU seems overkill.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wYrb4s

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($439.00 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool LT720 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X670 GAMING X AX (rev. 1.0) ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($343.16 @ MemoryC)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($224.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($283.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($283.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  ($1689.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $3703.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-07-05 13:17 EDT-0400

 

 

Here's something I whipped up quickly that should be a lot cheaper. The list you gave uses a PCIe 5 SSD, something you're very unlikely to see much gains on in terms of performance, so I switched it to just a X670 chipset and got two 4TB PCIe 4 SSDs.

[brob]

There is no need or performance advantage to the components in the techbuyersguru guide.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($439.00 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($42.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG B650 CARBON WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($311.47 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  ($1708.07 @ Amazon) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL III RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($142.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $3079.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-07-05 13:17 EDT-0400

[Aaron_T]

@QuantumBlink's suggestion is a great path forward, then take the last $1000+ buy a super high end 4k gaming monitor, and a killer set of speakers or headphone.

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($439.00 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($439.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($116.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($283.49 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *MSI GAMING X TRIO GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  ($1599.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL III RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($142.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: *SeaSonic VERTEX GX-1200 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($289.99 @ B&H) 
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($117.98 @ Other World Computing) 
Total: $3650.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-07-05 13:33 EDT-0400

 

A better look at those components. 

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MPG-X670E-CARBON-WIFI 

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/arctic-liquid-freezer-ii-360-argb-review   

 

https://seasonic.com/vertex-gx  

 

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

 

 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZcxBQ6

7800x3d + 4090 + 32gb 6000c30

 

Past 2500$ you see some real diminishing returns for just gaming, this build can be cut down by 200$ if you are not interested in overclocking the 7800x3d, so you can swap the x670e-f for a cheaper board like the b650 pg lightning/aorus elite ax

 

if you would like to chase maximum performance go and buy yourself an outdoor ac unit, make a phase change cpu block, insulate, and now you can crank the clocks on the 7800x3d with no temp limit issues although not advisable to run >1.4v ~1.5v = deathzone on x3d not the usual >2.1v deathzone for most other cpus (set this volt and cpu will instantaneously die)

[Mandarin21]

Thanks to everyone for quick and thorough replies!!

Ended up doing a mix and match of some of the the above builds, final build here:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RvkQjZ

 

Will update with once PC is up and running

[brob]

55 minutes ago, Mandarin21 said:

Thanks to everyone for quick and thorough replies!!

Ended up doing a mix and match of some of the the above builds, final build here:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RvkQjZ

 

Will update with once PC is up and running

 

990 Pro NVMe drives offer better gaming performance according to Tom's Hardware review.

[Mandarin21]

15 hours ago, brob said:

 

990 Pro NVMe drives offer better gaming performance according to Tom's Hardware review.

Thanks, noted, and confirmed: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-ssds,3891.html