Questions regarding my first build (and component list):

[BeemerBoi]

Budget (including currency):  ~1500 USD

Country: America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (7DtD, Ark, Helldivers,etc.), School (not computer sciences if that is important to know), and possibly VR (in the future)

Other details: No Peripherals needed, first build from scratch, buying on sale (probably from Amazon or Newegg).

PC Parts Picker Screen Shot:

Build Total: $1429.56

Notes: 

1. NVME would be primarily for gaming. The 3.5in internal hardrive would be used for school purpose

2. I chose the RX 6750 because according to Tom's Hardware it has a better FPS than its NVIDIA counterparts (3070TI) for a cheaper price. I have also been told that NVIDA is better at ray tracing and AMD has better performance in terms of FPS. 

3. Cooler Master NR200P Max has built in PSU (Gold 80 and 850 watts more than enough) and a built in AIO (mounted to the top of the case as exhaust, negative pressure case.)

(Edit) 4. Going to buy the MAX from cooler master, but I could only find the standard case PC Parts Picker.

Questions:

1. Am I under spending on the CPU? Should I cut costs in memory in order to choose a better CPU?

2. Is there a better GPU I can buy for the price of the RX 6750?

3. Is it worth trying to squeeze a couple of flim fans in the bottom of the case to act as intake? (The coolermaster case I chose is negative preassure)

4. Is the Western digital drive fast enough for gaming purposes?

5. Can this build support heavy VR gaming?

 

If this is in the wrong part of the forums or missing any info, sorry. 

Edited March 27 by BeemerBoi
Additional Info

[Tetras]

7 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

1. Am I under spending on the CPU? Should I cut costs in memory in order to choose a better CPU?

You're probably over spending. A 12600K or 12700K would be sufficient, or a 13600K (13th gen has faster gaming performance, but the 12th gen CPUs have had big discounts lately).

 

8 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

2. Is there a better GPU I can buy for the price of the RX 6750?

Not really, the 7600 XT does have more memory, but it has a smaller bus and is overall slower. It does have some features the 6750 XT doesn't have, but eh.

 

8 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

4. Is the Western digital drive fast enough for gaming purposes?

Yup.

[filpo]

11 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

1. Am I under spending on the CPU?

UNDER spending? if anything your overspending for gaming and VR 

 

11 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

. Can this build support heavy VR gaming?

Should be fine

 

11 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

Is there a better GPU I can buy for the price of the RX 6750?

not really, but in this budget for the whole build you can get a better GPU

 

11 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

3. Cooler Master NR200P Max has built in PSU (Gold 80 and 850 watts more than enough) and a built in AIO (mounted to the top of the case as exhaust, negative pressure case.)

Only MAX I've seen (it's not on pcpp) is $400. Am i missing something?

 

11 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

1. NVME would be primarily for gaming. The 3.5in internal hardrive would be used for school purpose

get one 4tb, it'd be the same price

TEAMGROUP MP44 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (TM8FPW004T0C101) - PCPartPicker (around abouts)

11 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

Is the Western digital drive fast enough for gaming purposes?

yes

 

11 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

Is it worth trying to squeeze a couple of flim fans in the bottom of the case to act as intake? (The coolermaster case I chose is negative preassure)

What about on the side? I've got an nr200p and it has a choice of glass or mesh panel. use the mesh one and get two normal 120mm fans. Unless the 280mm rad up top doesn't allow for that, in which case mount the rad to the side and use two intakes up top, the two intakes at the bottom will be weak and focusing the GPU

11 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

probably from Amazon or Newegg).

if only those two then try this (and you can oc the memory on the 7900 gre to get some (minimal) gains)

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($357.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($144.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($92.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP44 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($223.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: ASRock Challenger OC Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB Video Card  ($539.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: SAMA IM01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($55.90 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ MSI) 
Total: $1538.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-27 15:16 EDT-0400

[BeemerBoi]

9 minutes ago, filpo said:

UNDER spending? if anything your overspending for gaming and VR 

 

Should be fine

 

not really, but in this budget for the whole build you can get a better GPU

 

Only MAX I've seen (it's not on pcpp) is $400. Am i missing something?

 

get one 4tb, it'd be the same price

TEAMGROUP MP44 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (TM8FPW004T0C101) - PCPartPicker (around abouts)

yes

 

What about on the side? I've got an nr200p and it has a choice of glass or mesh panel. use the mesh one and get two normal 120mm fans. Unless the 280mm rad up top doesn't allow for that, in which case mount the rad to the side and use two intakes up top, the two intakes at the bottom will be weak and focusing the GPU

if only those two then try this (and you can oc the memory on the 7900 gre to get some (minimal) gains)

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($357.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($144.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($92.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP44 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($223.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: ASRock Challenger OC Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB Video Card  ($539.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: SAMA IM01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($55.90 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ MSI) 
Total: $1538.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-27 15:16 EDT-0400

Thanks for the help!

PC Parts Picker does not have the cooler master MAX version available, so I just chose the standard case. 

[filpo]

5 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

Thanks for the help!

PC Parts Picker does not have the cooler master MAX version available, so I just chose the standard case. 

doesn't that one cost a lot more than the normal one though? only one I saw was $400

[BeemerBoi]

3 minutes ago, filpo said:

doesn't that one cost a lot more than the normal one though? only one I saw was $400

Yes, but I have it factored it into my budget. It comes heavily recommended by many friends, and saves me the hassle of searching for a PSU and cooling options.

[filpo]

12 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

Yes, but I have it factored it into my budget. It comes heavily recommended by many friends, and saves me the hassle of searching for a PSU and cooling options.

it'll be cheaper if you get them seperately (with a better PSU and CPU cooler, as well as a newer case) but if you get the nr200p you'll have to get an itx mobo (more expensive)

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($76.98 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P V2 Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($124.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair SF850L 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $331.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-27 15:50 EDT-0400

 

or just get the SAMA IM01 with that 240 rad and psu and you can get the matx mobo above

[BeemerBoi]

3 minutes ago, filpo said:

it'll be cheaper if you get them seperately (with a better PSU and CPU cooler, as well as a newer case) but if you get the nr200p you'll have to get an itx mobo (more expensive)

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($76.98 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P V2 Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($124.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair SF850L 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $331.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-27 15:50 EDT-0400

 

or just get the SAMA IM01 with that 240 rad and psu and you can get the matx mobo above

I know about the ITX mobo, I need a sff case as I am going to be moving soon & also don't have a lot of desk space. Ty for the part recommendations I will check those out. 

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

I need a sff case as I am going to be moving soon & also don't have a lot of desk space

the SAMA IM01 is the same size as the nr200p and the nr200p MAX/V2 but it costs much less and fits an matx mobo AND an ATX psu. I'd get that with the b650m-a wifi, the a850gl pcie 5 and then you can add on some fans down the line

 

2 minutes ago, BeemerBoi said:

I know about the ITX mobo

here's a good budget one ASRock B650I Lightning Wifi Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard (B650I Lightning Wifi) - PCPartPicker

[BeemerBoi]

Thanks you for all the help, I am going to do a little more research and (probably) add these parts to my list.