I need help building a pc

SOROBIN · December 26, 2023

Budget (including currency): 1500 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming and general use

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've made pcpartpicker lists for this, and asked some friends but i'm still worried about it, I have(in the list as i'm sending this) a AMD Ryzen 7 5800x, a Gigabyte gaming OC Rev 2.0 RTX 3070, 32 gigs of ddr4 ram at 4000 mhz(g.skill trident), and 1 tb of storage. I mainly just need help with bottlenecking and pricing, as I'm still worried about both.

Thank you to all who help.

I forgot to add and I added this after editing; i have a 240hz 1080p monitor

Edited December 26, 2023 by SOROBIN

RONOTHAN## · December 26, 2023

7 minutes ago, SOROBIN said:

Budget (including currency): 1500 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming and general use

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've made pcpartpicker lists for this, and asked some friends but i'm still worried about it, I have(in the list as i'm sending this) a AMD Ryzen 7 5800x, a Gigabyte gaming OC Rev 2.0 RTX 3070, 32 gigs of ddr4 ram at 4000 mhz(g.skill trident), and 1 tb of storage. I mainly just need help with bottlenecking and pricing, as I'm still worried about both.

Thank you to all who help.

I forgot to add and I added this after editing; i have a 240hz 1080p monitor

For future reference, when giving a parts list, add the PCPartPicker permalink at the top of the website rather than just screenshots.

Either way you can do much better for a system of this price: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6Rq9n6

The 7800X3D is an order of magnitude faster of a GPU.
The AIO is very expensive and you can get by just fine with an air cooler.
The B650M DS3H is a more budget motherboard, but it's also very well reviewed and can power a 7950X, so I wouldn't really worry about it.
The RAM is the optimal speed for Ryzen 7000.
You don't really need a 980 Pro for a gaming system, and for the same price you can get a 2TB drive instead.
The H7 Flow is very similar looking to the Corsair 4000D, and the 4000D is very well reviewed and $30 cheaper, you might as well go for that instead.
The PSU is the same price but a higher wattage while still being pretty well reviewed. Might as well get that instead.
$400 for a 3070 is insane, especially considering how a 4070 is ~$100 more and significantly faster. Given you can fit a 4070 in the budget, get that instead.
The P12 RGB are better fans than the NZXT ones while being significantly cheaper.

ARandomPerson · December 26, 2023

Go with an X3dD CPU for gaming instead ie 5600X3D or 5800X3D
That cooler is overpriced and overkill for the build you are going for. Deepcool LS520 SE 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (LS520 SE) - PCPartPicker
4000Mtz is not ideal for Ryzen 3600 is Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory (CMK32GX4M2D3600C16) - PCPartPicker
Your case comes with 2 fans and the AIO I suggested comes with 2 as well so pair it down to just 2 additional fans
Spend the extra cash on a better GPU

kitnoman · December 26, 2023

24 minutes ago, SOROBIN said:

For a new build I would go with this. But if you are really adamant change your ram to a cheaper 3200/3600mhz as those are actually what's best for 5000 series ryzen. Also with your budget, if you really want to maximized performance, change to air cooler as well. That goes with your ssd of choice too. Gone were the days that samsung is the best ssd, for 1tb there are a lot more options that's better and cheaper. Also if you can change your fans and case as well to something that's $50-80 and fans that's around $6-12 fans. Why? So you can put all those budget back to the gpu.

for mainly gaming:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor ($229.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Frost Commander 140 BLACK 95.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($43.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B650 LiveMixer ATX AM5 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($95.97 @ Amazon)
Storage: Nextorage NEM-PA 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg Sellers)
Video Card: MSI VENTUS 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card ($758.00 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1497.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-25 22:15 EST-0500

or something more balance.