I'm planning to build for the first time a computer for my GF

[MephistophelesD]

Budget (including currency): 1500 us

Country: México

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Adobe Suite, Pro tools, Games bellow

Other details She really cares about nice image quality.

 

She plays a wide variety of games from Fallout, COD, Sims 4, Cyberpunk, She specially wants to try shaders for Minecraft, Banished, and so on, she's also a photographer and videographer so it would be nice that she can use it for some of her work even if she mostly works on Mac.

[filpo]

7 minutes ago, MephistophelesD said:

Budget (including currency): 1500 us

Country: México

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Adobe Suite, Pro tools, Games bellow

Other details She really cares about nice image quality.

 

She plays a wide variety of games from Fallout, COD, Sims 4, Cyberpunk, She specially wants to try shaders for Minecraft, Banished, and so on, she's also a photographer and videographer so it would be nice that she can use it for some of her work even if she mostly works on Mac.

Don't know how much shipping will be though

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($384.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($169.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Leven JPS800 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($539.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.00 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.00 @ MSI) 
Total: $1504.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-16 14:01 EDT-0400

 

10 minutes ago, MephistophelesD said:

Fallout

which one?

[ulookuglynoob]

1 hour ago, filpo said:

Don't know how much shipping will be though

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($384.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($169.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Leven JPS800 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($539.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.00 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.00 @ MSI) 
Total: $1504.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-16 14:01 EDT-0400

 

which one?

I'd recommend a cheaper CPU, like a 7600x, and a better GPU, like a 7900xt.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/34cYKX

$1480.35

[filpo]

3 minutes ago, ulookuglynoob said:

I'd recommend a cheaper CPU, like a 7600x, and a better GPU, like a 7900xt.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/34cYKX

$1480.35

if we're going down to the 7600x the 7500f would be better value for only $127, it doesn't have the iGPU but it performs very similar in games aliexpress.us/item/3256806469334742.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.5800ZfB3ZfB3v2&algo_pvid=df2721d3-ef37-4219-8de0-bba328d83996&algo_exp_id=df2721d3-ef37-4219-8de0-bba328d83996-0&pdp_npi=4%40dis!USD!186.76!126.82!!!1351.40!917.66!%40211b618e17132953860858137e4b1c!12000037982355565!sea!US!0!AB&curPageLogUid=mLOQvDmCx27g&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A

Apart from that nice 

[ulookuglynoob]

Just now, filpo said:

if we're going down to the 7600x the 7500f would be better value for only $127, it doesn't have the iGPU but it performs very similar in games aliexpress.us/item/3256806469334742.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.5800ZfB3ZfB3v2&algo_pvid=df2721d3-ef37-4219-8de0-bba328d83996&algo_exp_id=df2721d3-ef37-4219-8de0-bba328d83996-0&pdp_npi=4%40dis!USD!186.76!126.82!!!1351.40!917.66!%40211b618e17132953860858137e4b1c!12000037982355565!sea!US!0!AB&curPageLogUid=mLOQvDmCx27g&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A

Apart from that nice 

I agree with the 7500f. However, the 7600x is barely keeping up with the 7900xt. Im just worried that the 7500f might bottleneck the 7900xt.

[Linuswasright]

Just now, ulookuglynoob said:

I agree with the 7500f. However, the 7600x is barely keeping up with the 7900xt. Im just worried that the 7500f might bottleneck the 7900xt.

7500f isn’t too far off from 7600x, and worst that happens just up the resolution. Tbh I’d be surprised if there was a cpu bottleneck at 1440p with that sysgem

[filpo]

1 minute ago, ulookuglynoob said:

However, the 7600x is barely keeping up with the 7900xt. Im just worried that the 7500f might bottleneck the 7900xt.

they're very similar, if PBO is turned on with the 7500f they're identical (ES is energy saving I assume)

 

[ulookuglynoob]

6 minutes ago, filpo said:

they're very similar, if PBO is turned on with the 7500f they're identical (ES is energy saving I assume)

 

ok then. downgrade to 7500f. Upgrade to 4070 ti super.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6gkd28

$1522.84

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($291.29 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($33.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($139.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *ADATA Legend 800 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($108.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *Zotac Twin Edge GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card  ($589.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($65.00 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.90 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1416.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-16 15:42 EDT-0400

[MephistophelesD]

On 4/16/2024 at 12:03 PM, filpo said:

Don't know how much shipping will be though

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($384.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($169.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Leven JPS800 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card  ($539.00 @ Amazon) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.00 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.00 @ MSI) 
Total: $1504.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-16 14:01 EDT-0400

 

which one?

Fallout 3

[MephistophelesD]

@Linuswasright @ulookuglynoob @filpo @Why_Me Thanks to all, im just curious if it's worth it to add RGB or any of those gimmicks I want her to have something fun that she can display we're both into minimalistic / ambiance design styles

 

[Why_Me]

54 minutes ago, MephistophelesD said:

@Linuswasright @ulookuglynoob @filpo @Why_Me Thanks to all, im just curious if it's worth it to add RGB or any of those gimmicks I want her to have something fun that she can display we're both into minimalistic / ambiance design styles

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($291.29 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($149.00 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($97.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *ADATA Legend 800 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($108.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *Zotac Twin Edge GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card  ($589.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.00 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.90 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1438.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-17 22:11 EDT-0400

[ulookuglynoob]

1 hour ago, MephistophelesD said:

@Linuswasright @ulookuglynoob @filpo @Why_Me Thanks to all, im just curious if it's worth it to add RGB or any of those gimmicks I want her to have something fun that she can display we're both into minimalistic / ambiance design styles

 

Well, RGB is something important to include in the build. However, it's the components that will get the fps, not the lighting. I'd rather prioritize the performance. the 4070 ti super is noticeably better than the 4070 super, and the 7700x and the 7500f are comparable in performance, even if the 7700f has more cores or clock speeds. However, the build @Why_Me suggested will probably give your gf enough performance and looks a bit better. Its really your choice.

[filpo]

5 hours ago, MephistophelesD said:

@Linuswasright @ulookuglynoob @filpo @Why_Me Thanks to all, im just curious if it's worth it to add RGB or any of those gimmicks I want her to have something fun that she can display we're both into minimalistic / ambiance design styles

 

The case and cooler I picked both have rgb