Review Rig please

[zato1]

Budget (including currency): around 3200€

Country: Germany

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Videogames, 3d programming, browsing. I dont plan on overclocking

Other details: My old rig is old and broken and I wish to get a new one

 

I want to build a new rig and before ordering I wanted to get some input on the parts I chose. Currently I thought about these:

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Mainboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F
CPU-Cooler: Noctua NH-D15
RAM: GSkill Dimm 64GB DDR5-5200 with 36CL Timings
GPU: Gainward RTX 4080 Phantom
Storage: 3x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 2TB
Case: Fractal Design Torrent Black
PSU: BeQuiet! Straight Power11 CM 1000W

I have a few questions regarding a few parts of this build.
I watched a few reviews for the mainboard and it was mentioned that some? PCI-E 5.0 slots shares its lanes with the GPU causing

the PCI-E slot for the GPU to run at 8x speed instead of 16x. Is that correct? If so, how many or which slots can I use to not throttle the GPU? I checked the manual on the asus website but nothing was mentioned there.

The 7800X3D seems to run really hot, is aircooling with good case airflow good enough? As Mentioned earlier I don't plan on overclocking.

Also the 7800X3D seems to break easily when AMD Expo is used. First I went with DDR5-6000 RAM which was mentioned as supported in the

manual of that mainboard but with an (OC) tag behind it which I assume means it will only run at 6000 mhz if the AMD EXPO settings are enabled. At which clock

speeds do these ram sticks run if EXPO is disabled? Because I just want a stable system without too much fiddling with clockrates and voltages I was wondering if

I can just stick to DDR5 5200 RAM as it doesnt have the OC label in the manual. Will I lose much performance when going this route?

 

Also I have read how the 7800X3D doesnt work without EXPO settings on for some people so as another option I thought of going with the 13700KF and the Z790-F.

Is that config less prone to weird behaviour? In that case the build would look like this:
 

CPU: Intel i7-13700KF
Mainboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F
CPU-Cooler: Noctua NH-D15
RAM: 64GB DDR5-5600
GPU: Gainward RTX 4080 Phantom
Storage: 3x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 2TB
Case: Fractal Design Torrent Black
PSU: BeQuiet! Straight Power11 CM 1000W

 

Thank you,

Zato
 

 

[Why_Me]

https://geizhals.de/   <--- check this site for better prices on PC components.

 

Here's the Intel version of your build. Remember to purchase a rear exhaust fan for that case you have chosen.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€385.96 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  (€69.90 @ Alza) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€242.90 @ Alza) 
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6400 CL36 Memory  (€149.89 @ Alternate) 
Storage: *Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€74.98 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: *Western Digital Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€299.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: *MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€189.90 @ Alza) 
Total: €1412.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-11 04:55 CEST+0200

 

A better look at that psu, board, cpu and cooler.

 

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

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-Z790-A-WIFI 

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/230491/intel-core-i713700f-processor-30m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz/specifications.html  

 

https://www.deepcool.com/products/Cooling/cpuaircoolers/AK620-High-Performance-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2021/13067.shtml