Building new Gaming PC

[NicolasSiver]

Budget (including currency): 2000$

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Purely gaming PC (no streaming)

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): 

 

Deciding to build a new PC and migrate from my 4+ year old gaming PC. I only use a Windows PC for games (no game streaming involved).

I'm also uninterested in overclocking and appreciate low noise levels.

 

I have put together this spec - https://pcpartpicker.com/user/NicolasSiver/saved/7Kbmxr

 

What do you think? Any feedback and suggestions are welcome.

 

Thanks,

Nicolas

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($161.84 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 Pro RS ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($144.88 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($999.99 @ ASUS) 
Case: Fractal Design North XL ATX Full Tower Case  ($148.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.90 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: *ARCTIC P12 PWM PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($9.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2006.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-09-04 22:48 EDT-0400

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.90 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($154.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: *Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($92.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Samsung 990 EVO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X2 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE V2 GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($999.99 @ B&H) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($65.00 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.90 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2028.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-09-05 02:15 EDT-0400

[Crcoli737]

Hi Nicolas!

 

I'm looking through your parts list and it looks awesome! The only pointers I would have are:

 

1. Your CPU looks great, just something to consider is with the Intel 13th and 14th gen instability issues. You may want to consider either going AMD or a high-end 12th gen chip.

   Megathread for Intel Core 13th & 14th Gen CPU instability issues
   byu/GhostMotley inintel

2. Your SSD looks great! Very reputable brand, just consider the size of your Steam/Xbox library. Will 2TB be enough?
3. What games do you plan on playing? You may be able to roll with 16GB of RAM depending on what games you're playing. You may want to take a step back on the RAM and take a step up on your CPU.

Other than those few things, your setup looks great! Let me know if you have any corrections or need some clarification.

 

Thanks!

[Macfox38]

to be fair there is nothing that would stop this build from running. Id be concerned about a potential bottleneck between the 4080 and the 13400F. If pure gaming is what youre looking for i would suggest looking at the AMD 7800x3D and Trading off the graphics with maybe a standard 4080 or the 7900XT

 

Something more like this:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jpgB89

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($419.00 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100x RGB ELITE 47.73 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.00 @ Walmart) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($259.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($107.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($117.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card  ($689.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Torrent Compact RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($107.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: ADATA XPG Core Reactor II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($142.63 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1943.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-09-04 22:57 EDT-0400

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Y2fyvj

13600k based

 

x3d has best performance but theyre ridicolously pricey now so unless you really like factorio or something id just get any other chip

[venomtail]

Something like this is way more optimal:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BHcH6D

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($419.00 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M GAMING PLUS WF Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($92.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Silicon Power UD90 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($919.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Montech AIR 100 LITE MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.01 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BM3 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.98 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1786.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-09-05 04:02 EDT-0400

[NicolasSiver]

19 hours ago, Crcoli737 said:

1. Your CPU looks great, just something to consider is with the Intel 13th and 14th gen instability issues. You may want to consider either going AMD or a high-end 12th gen chip.

   Megathread for Intel Core 13th & 14th Gen CPU instability issues
   byu/GhostMotley inintel

Thank you for sharing the link. It looks like that 13400F not impacted with this issue? Am I missing something?

Update from August 30, about what models are not impacted:

Quote

Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen i5 (non-K) & i3 desktop processors

 

19 hours ago, Crcoli737 said:

Your SSD looks great! Very reputable brand, just consider the size of your Steam/Xbox library. Will 2TB be enough?

It should be enough. Also, I will pull one or two SSDs from my old PC. In general, I keep installing only a few games.

 

19 hours ago, Crcoli737 said:

What games do you plan on playing? You may be able to roll with 16GB of RAM depending on what games you're playing. You may want to take a step back on the RAM and take a step up on your CPU.

I play most mainstream games and revisit some that I have played over the years (e.g., the Total War series). My current gaming PC has 16 GB. Considering that it is not that expensive, upgrading to 32 GB should be good enough to future-proof the PC for the next few years.

[NicolasSiver]

19 hours ago, Macfox38 said:

Id be concerned about a potential bottleneck between the 4080 and the 13400F.

What would be the best way to find out?

Are there any publicly available bottleneck tests?

[Macfox38]

20 hours ago, NicolasSiver said:

What would be the best way to find out?

Are there any publicly available bottleneck tests?

This is the site I use. Based on your specs it is coming back with a 35-40% bottleneck.

 

https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/

[NicolasSiver]

4 hours ago, Macfox38 said:

This is the site I use. Based on your specs it is coming back with a 35-40% bottleneck.

 

https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/

Interesting. Thank you for sharing. According to this site, I have to go with 14700.

[NicolasSiver]

Considering the bottleneck data (and challenges with Intel CPUs), I decided to rebuild to the AMD platform. It pushed my budget a bit, considering that I want a 4080 Super. What do you think?

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W2JB89

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($339.41 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($107.79 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock X670E Pro RS ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Walmart) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($999.99 @ ASUS) 
Case: Fractal Design North XL ATX Full Tower Case  ($139.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2297.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-09-06 20:32 EDT-0400