My first (proper) PC build!

[Sakurikax]

Budget (including currency): 3000€ (willing to spend more if I need to)

Country: Germany

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Valorant, CSGO 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk are some of the games I regularly play or have played. While I do play mostly casual games I do want a very good PC that will not let me down when deciding to play gorgeous games like RDR2 on max settings. I do also video and photo edit from time to time, but mostly at a beginner's level.

Other details

Old Specs:

Ram Corsair LPX 8GB 2x,

CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600,

PSU CX550M Corsair,

GPU GeForce RTX 2060,

Motherboard Gigabyte A320M-S2H V2

 

New Specs: 

PCPartPicker

Ram Corsair DDR5-6000 16GB 2x,

CPU Intel i/-14700KF,

PSU be quiet! 12M 1000W 80+ Gold,

GPU planning to go with a 4070ti super but unsure of which one exactly,

Motherboard Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX,

SSD Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280

Case Hyte Y70 Touch

 

The case, RAM, CPU Cooler and fans are things I would not budge on. I want to go for a certain aesthetic and these match mine perfectly.

 

Wanting to build it in the next 3 months roundabout, going for an all-white PC.

 

 

Hi first of all! I am very very new to all of this which is why I would love to get some feedback on this build.

Just to clear a few things up: I have built a PC before which is my current one, but that one was built more or less as an emergency, as my old prebuilt broke. I had to consult quite a lot of people to get help with it since I knew NOTHING, therefore not a lot of love went into it and not a lot of personal touch either.

 

Recently my PC has been getting very loud which might come down to a simple fan issue, but I wanted to kind of seize the moment and build a PC I will finally love. My dream PC if you will.

 

Now unlike the other PC I have been doing a lot of reading into all things PC and ofc watching videos (that's how I found Linus Tech Tips hehe).

Despite that I've also asked friends who know more about PCs to help me out a bit with at least looking for components that I will be really happy with, and I ended up with these specs.

 

What I am mainly going for with these components is a future-proof build, that will last me years to come without having to worry about upgrading in the near future. I'm an avid gamer so it will mostly be used for that and for all sorts of games too. As I do not want to replace anything anytime soon I am willing to go over budget to get a well-rounded build.

I was planning on going for the white 4070ti super by Galax (KFA2 in Europe?), but currently I cannot find it sold anywhere so I'm not sure which GPU I'd go with right now since I do want a pretty white one as it will be fully on display in my Hyte case. Furthermore I do still have two hard drives in my current PC (hard drive is my current boot up drive yikes) and one of those I would definitely build into the new PC as well for extra storage.

 

As I am still new to all of this I would like any feedback that could help me improve anything about the build. I have already put everything into pcpartpicker (not sure if I'm allowed to post the link for the build here) and everything is compatible, I simply get a warning that I might have to update the BIOS.

 

But yeah thanks for reading!

Edited March 14, 2024 by Sakurikax

[filpo]

6 minutes ago, Sakurikax said:

Valorant, CSGO 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk are some of the games I regularly play or have played. While I do play mostly casual games I do want a very good PC that will not let me down when deciding to play gorgeous games like RDR2 on max settings. I do also video and photo edit from time to time, but mostly at a beginner's level.

if you're only gaming then the 7800X3D is the CPU to go for

 

6 minutes ago, Sakurikax said:

future-proof

no such thing but you're 'looking forward to the future' no?

 

6 minutes ago, Sakurikax said:

GPU planning to go with a 4070ti super but unsure of which one exactly,

for 3000 euros get a 4080 SUPER

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€365.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€38.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€162.99 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Memory: *G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Galaxus) 
Storage: Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€258.90 @ Galaxus) 
Video Card: *Palit JetStream OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  (€1087.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€133.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Total: €2246.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-14 19:02 CET+0100

 

or a 4090

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€365.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€38.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€162.99 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Memory: *G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Galaxus) 
Storage: Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€258.90 @ Galaxus) 
Video Card: *Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  (€1775.99 @ Cyberport) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€133.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Total: €2934.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-14 19:03 CET+0100

 

EDIT: just saw all white 

try this 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€365.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€72.37 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€231.09 @ Galaxus) 
Memory: *G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Galaxus) 
Storage: Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€258.90 @ Galaxus) 
Video Card: *Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  (€1775.99 @ Cyberport) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€133.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Total: €3035.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-14 19:04 CET+0100

 

or this

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€365.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€136.99 @ Galaxus) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€231.09 @ Galaxus) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€136.96 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€258.90 @ Galaxus) 
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Trinity OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  (€1189.00 @ Galaxus) 
Case: Montech SKY TWO ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.90 @ Alza) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€133.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Total: €2538.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-14 19:06 CET+0100

[Sakurikax]

16 minutes ago, filpo said:

if you're only gaming then the 7800X3D is the CPU to go for

 

no such thing but you're 'looking forward to the future' no?

 

for 3000 euros get a 4080 SUPER

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€365.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€38.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€162.99 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Memory: *G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Galaxus) 
Storage: Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€258.90 @ Galaxus) 
Video Card: *Palit JetStream OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  (€1087.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€133.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Total: €2246.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-14 19:02 CET+0100

 

or a 4090

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€365.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€38.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€162.99 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Memory: *G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Galaxus) 
Storage: Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€258.90 @ Galaxus) 
Video Card: *Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  (€1775.99 @ Cyberport) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€133.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Total: €2934.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-14 19:03 CET+0100

 

EDIT: just saw all white 

try this 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€365.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€72.37 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€231.09 @ Galaxus) 
Memory: *G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.90 @ Galaxus) 
Storage: Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€258.90 @ Galaxus) 
Video Card: *Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  (€1775.99 @ Cyberport) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€133.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Total: €3035.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-14 19:04 CET+0100

 

or this

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€365.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€136.99 @ Galaxus) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€231.09 @ Galaxus) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€136.96 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€258.90 @ Galaxus) 
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Trinity OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  (€1189.00 @ Galaxus) 
Case: Montech SKY TWO ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.90 @ Alza) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€133.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Total: €2538.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-14 19:06 CET+0100

Edited the original post, sorry about that!! Also included my pcpartpicker list now

Ram, CPU Cooler, case and fans are things I'd like to keep as they are. I'll look over if they're compatible with what you attached later, but thank you very much for the reply!

[filpo]

6 minutes ago, Sakurikax said:

CPU Cooler

300 euros for a CPU cooler isn't worth it at all, get an Arctic LF3 and it'll perform better for a lot less, it doesn't look too dissimilar either

 

6 minutes ago, Sakurikax said:

case and fans

that's fine, you're going for aesthetics so it makes sense

 

6 minutes ago, Sakurikax said:

Ram

try and get 6000 CL30 for the best performance on AM5

6 minutes ago, Sakurikax said:

I'll look over if they're compatible with what you attached later

they are all compatible

with some of the parts you want to keep

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€365.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€136.99 @ Galaxus) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€239.40 @ Computersalg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€150.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€258.90 @ Galaxus) 
Video Card: MSI GAMING X SLIM GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  (€1199.00 @ Galaxus) 
Case: HYTE Y70 Touch ATX Mid Tower Case  (€399.00 @ Alternate) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€133.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Case Fan: Lian Li Uni Fan SL-Infinity 61.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  (€99.96 @ Galaxus) 
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI FAN SL-INF Reverse Blade 63.6 CFM 120 mm Fan  (€36.58 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI FAN SL-INF Reverse Blade 63.6 CFM 120 mm Fan  (€36.58 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case Fan: Lian Li UNI FAN SL-INF Reverse Blade 63.6 CFM 120 mm Fan  (€36.58 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €3093.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-14 19:29 CET+0100

[podkall]

• 7800x3D has 8 cores and 16 threads, for basic to mid-level creative program stuff it should be plenty, while the 3D really kicks strong at gaming

 

• @filpo is right about 300€ for cooler being quite over the top, for AM5 CPUs you could go white version of Peerless Assassin/Phantom Spirit on Air Cooler, or we could find a cheaper AIO that's white,

 

• either way AIO isn't necessary, some air coolers are very good, and can even be on level with them, even noise wise if you know the right brands and models

 

• RAM you definitely want to get at least 30CL latency, it's not really that expensive, the 6000/30CL is quite standard go-to ram, so they produce more of those and you actually have decent pricing thanks to that

 

• GPU wise, having 4070 Ti is quite underwhelming for a 3000€ build, at least for what kind of parts you could get for 3000€, and yes it even includes some aesthetics not just 3000$ into fast hardware and forgetting appearance, there's enough room for both speed and appearance of the PC in the 3000€ budget

 

• Fans are very expensive sometimes, some of them are just expensive, and some of them cost as much as a 3 pack