Help with parts list

[sushisushi107]

Budget (including currency): $1000 (USD)

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Kerbal Space Program 2, Portal Revolution, Derail Valley

 

I am going to build my first PC, and I made this parts list. If someone could tell me if there are any changes I should make, that would be great!

 

PCPartPicker List

 

Thanks!

 

[filpo]

5 minutes ago, sushisushi107 said:

Budget (including currency): $1000 (USD)

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Kerbal Space Program 2, Portal Revolution, Derail Valley

 

I am going to build my first PC, and I made this parts list. If someone could tell me if there are any changes I should make, that would be great!

 

PCPartPicker List

 

Thanks!

 

Get a 7800 XT for only 100 bucks more (and if you really need to save that money get a 12600kf)

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($229.00 @ GameStop) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B650M Pro RS Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($94.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Leven JPS600 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($56.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($479.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: *MagniumGear NEO AIR (2023) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A650BN 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1080.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-31 14:35 EST-0500

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($33.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *ASRock Z690 Extreme ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($54.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Leven JPS600 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($56.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($479.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: *MagniumGear NEO AIR (2023) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A650BN 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1020.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-31 14:35 EST-0500

[sushisushi107]

1 minute ago, filpo said:

Get a 7800 XT for only 100 bucks more

Do I need one to play those games?

[filpo]

1 minute ago, sushisushi107 said:

Do I need one to play those games?

No but you’ll get much better value for money. Btw the 4060 isn’t a great card anyway so I’d at least change that for a 6700 xt

[sushisushi107]

Thanks! 

[sushisushi107]

7 minutes ago, filpo said:

Get a 7800 XT

Would a RX 7600XT be good?

[SillySlug24]

One gentle reminder and one suggestion:

 

Reminder Thermal paste: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07L9BDY3T/

 

Suggestion One more 120mm fan(top mount): https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-TUF-TF120-ARGB-Anti-vibration/dp/B0B6D3X7NX/

If you have 2 intake fans (front)and one exhaust fan (back), you have an airflow imbalance. Ideally, in my opinion, you want as much hot air blowing out the top/back as you have cool air coming in the front

[filpo]

8 minutes ago, SillySlug24 said:

Reminder Thermal paste: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07L9BDY3T/

Thermal paste comes with the cpu cooler

 

21 minutes ago, sushisushi107 said:

Would a RX 7600XT be good?

it’d be about the same maybe slightly worse. Check the reviews that have come out on YouTube

[SillySlug24]

10 minutes ago, filpo said:

Thermal paste comes with the cpu cooler

 

it’d be about the same maybe slightly worse. Check the reviews that have come out on YouTube

You are correct! I didn't see the pic with the thermal paste on Amazon but it's there on Thermalright's website. I still like MX4 better, but that's a religious argument unworthy of this discussion. As to GPU comparisons see https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html for a relatively "apples to apples" comparison. I also like the"value" chart https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_value.html I just put a 3060 into a budget rendering workstation and it is *quite* adequate to that task but games always want "MOAR POWR" on the GPU so...I hope this helps.

[filpo]

6 minutes ago, SillySlug24 said:

https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html for a relatively "apples to apples" comparison. I also like the"value" chart

Techpowerup’s got a better relative performance graph with the 6700 XT performing about 9 percent better than the 7600 XT on average but since the 7600 xt has more vram I’d actually go with that one

@sushisushi107

as for the value just get it from somewhere like hardware unboxed’s review vid

[sushisushi107]

 

3 hours ago, filpo said:

6700 XT performing about 9 percent better than the 7600 XT

 

So would you recommend the 7600 XT over the 4060

[sushisushi107]

@filpo

Is that referring to the 7600 XT being worse than the 4060? But you said to probably replace the 4060 with the 6700 XT. You said I should get the 7600 XT instead of the 6700 XT though. Could you clarify?

Thanks

[filpo]

8 hours ago, sushisushi107 said:

 

 

So would you recommend the 7600 XT over the 4060

yes

 

5 hours ago, sushisushi107 said:

@filpo

Is that referring to the 7600 XT being worse than the 4060? But you said to probably replace the 4060 with the 6700 XT. You said I should get the 7600 XT instead of the 6700 XT though. Could you clarify?

Thanks

sorry i was sleeping, I'd go with the 7600 xt

[sushisushi107]

Thanks so much! That all really helped