First PC Build

[Sheepoverlord]

First time posting on a forum looking for advice. Hope to get some help.

 

1. Budget & Location

$2000 Canadian, I live in Canada.

2. Aim

Planning on trying out Risk of Rain 2 and Baldur's Gate 3, maybe others I see that seem interesting, Web Browsing.

3. Monitors

One monitor, if I need a second monitor, I feel that I could probably just use my laptop for it.

4. Peripherals

I have a G305 mouse. I will need a keyboard and monitor, I was planning on getting the AW2725DF separate from the budget, but I would be open to a different one under $600.

5. Why are you upgrading?

My current setup is a 12th gen intel framework 13 right now, so I can't really play more modern games, I got it right before the framework 16 was announced so rip me I guess.

6. OS

Using Windows.

7. Extra Info

Going to want 2x16 GB of Ram. Planning on trying to build it myself. Preferred air cooling, as I don't feel super confident in setting up water-cooling.

 

Sorry if i haven't been too helpful, as I said it's my first time asking for advice on a forum like this, I will try to answer questions in I can.

 

[Hinjima]

6 minutes ago, Sheepoverlord said:

First time posting on a forum looking for advice. Hope to get some help.

 

1. Budget & Location

$2000 Canadian, I live in Canada.

2. Aim

Planning on trying out Risk of Rain 2 and Baldur's Gate 3, maybe others I see that seem interesting, Web Browsing.

3. Monitors

One monitor, if I need a second monitor, I feel that I could probably just use my laptop for it.

4. Peripherals

I have a G305 mouse. I will need a keyboard and monitor, I was planning on getting the AW2725DF separate from the budget, but I would be open to a different one under $600.

5. Why are you upgrading?

My current setup is a 12th gen intel framework 13 right now, so I can't really play more modern games, I got it right before the framework 16 was announced so rip me I guess.

6. OS

Using Windows.

7. Extra Info

Going to want 2x16 GB of Ram. Planning on trying to build it myself. Preferred air cooling, as I don't feel super confident in setting up water-cooling.

 

Sorry if i haven't been too helpful, as I said it's my first time asking for advice on a forum like this, I will try to answer questions in I can.

 

You did great by describing your use case, you can definitely get a decent PC for $2000 Canadian.

There are plenty of people here that are good at making great PC lists
@filpo @Why_Me@podkall

I would myself but I desperately need sleep ( 3AM here ) 

Just wanted to welcome you to the Forum and I will check back tomorrow.

We'll get you up and running with a nice system

[Sheepoverlord]

No problem. Thanks for the reply.

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($280.95 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($41.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($239.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($119.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: *TEAMGROUP MP44L 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($154.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: *ASRock Challenger OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($675.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: *Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($116.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - USB 64-bit  ($140.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $1890.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-15 20:56 EST-0500

[Sheepoverlord]

That was faster than I expected. Thanks for the quick reply

[Why_Me]

25 minutes ago, Sheepoverlord said:

First time posting on a forum looking for advice. Hope to get some help.

 

1. Budget & Location

$2000 Canadian, I live in Canada.

2. Aim

Planning on trying out Risk of Rain 2 and Baldur's Gate 3, maybe others I see that seem interesting, Web Browsing.

3. Monitors

One monitor, if I need a second monitor, I feel that I could probably just use my laptop for it.

4. Peripherals

I have a G305 mouse. I will need a keyboard and monitor, I was planning on getting the AW2725DF separate from the budget, but I would be open to a different one under $600.

5. Why are you upgrading?

My current setup is a 12th gen intel framework 13 right now, so I can't really play more modern games, I got it right before the framework 16 was announced so rip me I guess.

6. OS

Using Windows.

7. Extra Info

Going to want 2x16 GB of Ram. Planning on trying to build it myself. Preferred air cooling, as I don't feel super confident in setting up water-cooling.

 

Sorry if i haven't been too helpful, as I said it's my first time asking for advice on a forum like this, I will try to answer questions in I can.

 

What's your current setup as in case, psu, board, cpu, cooler, gpu, ram, storage, etc ...

[Sheepoverlord]

My current setup is just a framework 13 laptop right now

[Sheepoverlord]

Ordered most things, case is on back order, will have to pick up CPU

[podkall]

13 hours ago, Hinjima said:

You did great by describing your use case, you can definitely get a decent PC for $2000 Canadian.

There are plenty of people here that are good at making great PC lists
@filpo @Why_Me@podkall

I would myself but I desperately need sleep ( 3AM here ) 

Just wanted to welcome you to the Forum and I will check back tomorrow.

We'll get you up and running with a nice system

you honor me and I must come back to say the same about you

[podkall]

12 hours ago, Why_Me said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($280.95 @ shopRBC) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($41.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($239.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($119.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: *TEAMGROUP MP44L 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($154.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: *ASRock Challenger OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($675.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: *Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($116.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - USB 64-bit  ($140.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $1890.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-15 20:56 EST-0500

• powerful build featuring one of the slowest early release AM5 CPUs, despite being the slowest AM5 prior to 8000 series, that CPU is crazy fast enough for gaming, with it's 5Ghz+ boost clocks
• overspecced Motherboard which will most likely support stronger CPUs on AM5 that don't even exist yet
• 6000-30 RAM is the ultimate sweetspot where price is fair and anything faster could be potentially unstable
• Teamgroup MP is 150$ SSD, and for it's price it does give the speed you'd expect
• 7800 XT offers 16GB of plentiful VRAM and is faster in raster performance than 4070 RTX
• Case is 100$ so my wild guess without looking at it is that it has some clean looks, a side window, and most likely great color pallete with 2 or several pre-installed fans
• Corsair RM750e ATX 3.0 compatible PSU which requires being able to handle transient spikes beyond the PSU's Wattage
• Win11 is buyable for 30$ or less as a simple activation code you activate from the PC by installing the free Win11 install tool on an USB stick, keys mentioned lay in the grey-area of legal, basically safe for regular people