First Gaming PC

[kyle31]

Budget (including currency): ~1000 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Modern AAA games at high settings, 1080p

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600X

GPU: Radeon RX7700XT

RAM: 2x8GB DDR5 4800 MHz

Case: Zalman i3 Neo BK

Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin

Motherboard: ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2

PC Partpicker list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sjkHwg

No peripherals included in budget- eventually I want 2 monitors but currently only have 1.  I'm willing to go with a single 1TB SSD if the money for the second could be better allocated elsewhere. My main concern at the moment is whether the CPU cooler and GPU will fit in this case- there's about 5MM of clearance above the cooler which doesn't seem like a lot. I plan to buy within the next 2-3 weeks.

[MadAnt250]

45 minutes ago, kyle31 said:

RAM: 2x8GB DDR5 4800 MHz

Many people are going with DDR5 6000 CL30 or a little better for Ryzen. The lower the Timings the better.

Also it's not 2015 anymore, so get 32GB of RAM.

[kyle31]

26 minutes ago, MadAnt250 said:

Many people are going with DDR5 6000 CL30 or a little better for Ryzen. The lower the Timings the better.

Also it's not 2015 anymore, so get 32GB of RAM.

Thanks. How about the clearance on the cooler?

[Why_Me]

You want 2x16GB DDR5-6000 CL30 and a single 2TB SSD.

 

Try this:

 

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805937115185.html

AMD Ryzen 5 7500F $129.69 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.90 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ MSI) 
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($90.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($103.97 @ B&H) 
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming OC Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($399.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Zalman i3 NEO ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: Segotep GM 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply 
Total: $769.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-08-27 22:39 EDT-0400

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, Why_Me said:

Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming OC Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($399.99 @ Amazon) 

6800 is 40$ cheaper and has 4gb of extra vram so even if the gpu perf is similar that extra vram and the cost savings makes me prefer the 6800 any day over the 7700xt