Building advice needed

Butcherbob · September 10, 2023

Budget (including currency): I would like to keep it under $1800, but if recommendations are logical to go beyond, I am willing to do that.

Country: USA, Orange County (yes microcenter is close)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming for sure (future PantheonMMO, EQ, D4, and I will be trying plenty of upcoming titles). I plan on doing some content creation and I expect to be spending time with many Adobe programs as well as DAVinci, Chief Architect, Half-Life, Witcher 3, Doom, I am considering Baldur's Gate 3. Video edit will be key for income, games for sanity!

Other details This will be a NEW BUILD. My current pc is running a Gigabyte Z170x-Gaming 6, i5-6500, 32MB. I do not plan on catabolizing my system at all.

My current thoughts after too much research:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (I had considered the Ryzen 5 7600) ($300.00)

CPU Cooler: DeepCool AK620 ($60.00)

MB: ASUS B650-A ROG Strix Gaming WiFi (I don't know enough about all the components to know if this board is optimal) ($280.00)

RAM: TeamGroup T-FORCE DELTA RGB 32GB 2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 (This seemed a good choice) ($99.00)

GPU: PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Hellhound (I am not sure if this is more than I need, or good to carry through for future apps and games) ($900.00)

SSD: M.2 Inland - Gaming Performance Plus 2TB SSD 3D, Gen 4x4 (Maybe 2 of these) ($125.00)

PWRSUP: I had not decided on the Power Supply. I was going to choose that last.

CASE: I had not chosen a case yet, because I am waiting for Motherboard/CPU recommendations. I don't need anything fancy. I do not intend to stare into the case. I will be watching the monitors. ...

Ohhh I have two 42" monitors, I will probably upgrade to two 4K monitors on Black Friday... thank you Santa!

OS: Windows 10 Pro (I am not a fan of W11 but if it is recommended, I will yield)

Thank you in advance to those of you that offer your input.

R

Why_Me · September 10, 2023

https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006269/amd-ryzen-7-7700x,-msi-b650-p-pro-wifi,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, MSI B650-P Pro WiFi, G.Skill Flare X5 Series 32GB DDR5-6000 Kit, Computer Build Bundle $399.99

https://www.microcenter.com/product/664900/corsair-rm850e-850-watt-80-plus-gold-atx-fully-modular-power-supply

Corsair RM850e 850W 80+ Gold ATX Modular Power Supply $129.99

filpo · September 10, 2023

3 hours ago, Butcherbob said:

Budget (including currency): I would like to keep it under $1800, but if recommendations are logical to go beyond, I am willing to do that.

Country: USA, Orange County (yes microcenter is close)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming for sure (future PantheonMMO, EQ, D4, and I will be trying plenty of upcoming titles). I plan on doing some content creation and I expect to be spending time with many Adobe programs as well as DAVinci, Chief Architect, Half-Life, Witcher 3, Doom, I am considering Baldur's Gate 3. Video edit will be key for income, games for sanity!

Other details This will be a NEW BUILD. My current pc is running a Gigabyte Z170x-Gaming 6, i5-6500, 32MB. I do not plan on catabolizing my system at all.

My current thoughts after too much research:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (I had considered the Ryzen 5 7600) ($300.00)

CPU Cooler: DeepCool AK620 ($60.00)

MB: ASUS B650-A ROG Strix Gaming WiFi (I don't know enough about all the components to know if this board is optimal) ($280.00)

RAM: TeamGroup T-FORCE DELTA RGB 32GB 2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 (This seemed a good choice) ($99.00)

GPU: PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Hellhound (I am not sure if this is more than I need, or good to carry through for future apps and games) ($900.00)

SSD: M.2 Inland - Gaming Performance Plus 2TB SSD 3D, Gen 4x4 (Maybe 2 of these) ($125.00)

PWRSUP: I had not decided on the Power Supply. I was going to choose that last.

CASE: I had not chosen a case yet, because I am waiting for Motherboard/CPU recommendations. I don't need anything fancy. I do not intend to stare into the case. I will be watching the monitors. ...

Ohhh I have two 42" monitors, I will probably upgrade to two 4K monitors on Black Friday... thank you Santa!

OS: Windows 10 Pro (I am not a fan of W11 but if it is recommended, I will yield)

Thank you in advance to those of you that offer your input.

R