First PC Build

[xRondizi]

Budget (including currency): $2000 USD (May change to 2500)

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, Video & Photo Editing

Other details

 

CPU - Intel i7 13700k: $364.99

Cooler - Lian li Galahad II Trinity: $178.99
Mobo - Asus Prime Z790-A Wifi : $290.99

Ram - Teamgroup T-Force 2x16GB 6000 Mhz: $92.99

Storage - Samsung 970 Evo plus 1 TB M.2: $69.98

GPU - Yeston Sakura Radeon RX 6750XT: $420

Case - Lian Li Dynamic 011 Evo ATX Mid Tower: $149.99

PSU - Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Fully modular PSU: $95.99

 

Extras:

White Cable Extensions: $20

Cooler Master Vertical GPU Mount White: $54.99

6 Lian Li SL 120 Case Fans & 1 SL 120 Reverse Fans: $193.78

 

Total: $1966.65

 

Key Information:

1. Peripherals have already been acquired

2. Monitor is a 1920x1080 27 inch monitor on 165 Hz

3. I plan to buy these parts during black friday or cyber monday

4. There is a Microcenter 1 hour away from where I live so I plan to also buy parts from there if there is a good discount

5. Gaming is not my biggest priority & I have little care for things like ray tracing. So long as the game works on medium-high settings I can live with it.

6. Willing to trade some money that could be put on performance for looks as I'm trying to go for an all-white pc build

7. Depending on what happens I could add an additional 500 dollars to my budget, and if so, where could I make an upgrade?

8. In terms of storage, it could change to a 2 tb instead of a 1 tb or later down the line I will add a SATA SSD

 

 

 

(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): 

 

[Tetras]

17 minutes ago, xRondizi said:

4. There is a Microcenter 1 hour away from where I live so I plan to also buy parts from there if there is a good discount

From what I've seen, they have some great time limited deals, so I'm guessing whatever you spec might change when you walk in.

 

17 minutes ago, xRondizi said:

7. Depending on what happens I could add an additional 500 dollars to my budget, and if so, where could I make an upgrade?

How intensive is your video and photo editing? In other words: is it likely to need 64GB? Does it prefer/benefit from nvidia? Is it CPU or GPU heavy?

 

I've tried to keep everything white as requested, but the RAM is awkward to buy because I find it hard to filter (there's no XMP/EXPO or color selection?) and the motherboard has a black PCB. The SSD is also black, but I don't think it matters.

 

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

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($409.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE WHITE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($36.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MPG B650 EDGE WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($239.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 Memory  ($204.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte AERO OC GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Video Card  ($1199.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP v2 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2435.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-17 12:11 EDT-0400

[xRondizi]

3 minutes ago, Tetras said:

From what I've seen, they have some great time limited deals, so I'm guessing whatever you spec might change when you walk in.

 

Yea that is one thing that I'm weary of. If they provide a solid deal, then I may make a compromise/changes.
 

 

6 minutes ago, Tetras said:

How intensive is your video and photo editing? In other words: is it likely to need 64GB? Does it prefer/benefit from nvidia? Is it CPU or GPU heavy?

 

It is mostly CPU bound. I video edit on a 16 gb of ddr5 ram and it has been fine, but i figured 32gb of headroom would work out, and if not, I can upgrade to 64gb later down the line.

[filpo]

1 minute ago, xRondizi said:

t is mostly CPU bound. I video edit on a 16 gb of ddr5 ram and it has been fine, but i figured 32gb of headroom would work out, and if not, I can upgrade to 64gb later down the line.

Do you not use the gpu at all then?

if not try this build then

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($657.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Phanteks Glacier One 240 T30 Gen2 101 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($199.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($174.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($899.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Pop Air RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 1350 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($194.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2541.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-17 12:27 EDT-0400

[Failure 101]

1 hour ago, xRondizi said:

Budget (including currency): $2000 USD (May change to 2500)

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, Video & Photo Editing

Other details

 

CPU - Intel i7 13700k: $364.99

Cooler - Lian li Galahad II Trinity: $178.99
Mobo - Asus Prime Z790-A Wifi : $290.99

Ram - Teamgroup T-Force 2x16GB 6000 Mhz: $92.99

Storage - Samsung 970 Evo plus 1 TB M.2: $69.98

GPU - Yeston Sakura Radeon RX 6750XT: $420

Case - Lian Li Dynamic 011 Evo ATX Mid Tower: $149.99

PSU - Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Fully modular PSU: $95.99

 

Extras:

White Cable Extensions: $20

Cooler Master Vertical GPU Mount White: $54.99

6 Lian Li SL 120 Case Fans & 1 SL 120 Reverse Fans: $193.78

 

Total: $1966.65

 

Key Information:

1. Peripherals have already been acquired

2. Monitor is a 1920x1080 27 inch monitor on 165 Hz

3. I plan to buy these parts during black friday or cyber monday

4. There is a Microcenter 1 hour away from where I live so I plan to also buy parts from there if there is a good discount

5. Gaming is not my biggest priority & I have little care for things like ray tracing. So long as the game works on medium-high settings I can live with it.

6. Willing to trade some money that could be put on performance for looks as I'm trying to go for an all-white pc build

7. Depending on what happens I could add an additional 500 dollars to my budget, and if so, where could I make an upgrade?

8. In terms of storage, it could change to a 2 tb instead of a 1 tb or later down the line I will add a SATA SSD

 

 

 

(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): 

 

Little over budget
But you could get a less white gpu for 100 less

Using this MC Combo:
https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006546/amd-ryzen-9-7900x,-asus-b650e-f-rog-strix-gaming-wifi,-gskill-flare-x5-series-kit-64gb-ddr5-6000,-computer-build-bundle

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($599.00) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool LT720 WH 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($125.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($0.00) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($0.00) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP44L 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($82.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Taichi OC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($1119.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G360A ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 Snow - TT Premium 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($107.68 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2115.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-17 13:04 EDT-0400

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-17 13:02 EDT-0400

[Tetras]

1 hour ago, xRondizi said:

It is mostly CPU bound. I video edit on a 16 gb of ddr5 ram and it has been fine, but i figured 32gb of headroom would work out, and if not, I can upgrade to 64gb later down the line.

Oh, I think my build is excessive, then. I'd swap the 4080 to a 4070 and 64GB to 32GB.

 

By the way, if you already have 16GB of DDR5, wouldn't it be better to upgrade that PC (since it must be recent)?

[xRondizi]

On 10/17/2023 at 2:08 PM, Tetras said:

Oh, I think my build is excessive, then. I'd swap the 4080 to a 4070 and 64GB to 32GB.

 

By the way, if you already have 16GB of DDR5, wouldn't it be better to upgrade that PC (since it must be recent)?

It is on a laptop and as much as I would like to use it for both my gaming and editing needs, it just takes up too much desk space in my dorm with the cooling pad it sits under