PC Spec's Help | First Time builder

[GreatWhite]

Budget (including currency): $2300

Country: USA

Games, programs, or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly Gaming

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): 

 

I am looking for some help with building my first PC desktop. I think I have a good start but am stuck on the motherboard I should use. I have looked at quite a few but have seen bad reviews on most name-brand motherboards and would like advice on what motherboard I should choose. Also, any advice on the current specs would be nice. Thanks. 

 

[Hinjima]

10 minutes ago, GreatWhite said:

Budget (including currency): $2300

Country: USA

Games, programs, or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly Gaming

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): 

 

I am looking for some help with building my first PC desktop. I think I have a good start but am stuck on the motherboard I should use. I have looked at quite a few but have seen bad reviews on most name-brand motherboards and would like advice on what motherboard I should choose. Also, any advice on the current specs would be nice. Thanks. 

 

Great list !

The NH-D15 is way over priced and you can get away with a Peerless Assassin SE120.  The NH-D15 Chromax is very pretty but you can save quite a bit here.

The 7800X3D is not very difficult to cool.

 

I would go with the MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 power supply.  10 year warranty and a separate power cable for your GPU, it will look a bit cleaner than with the adapter the GPU comes with.

 

120 bucks for a windows 11 licence is robbery in broad daylight.
If you don't feel comfortable buying from 3rd party sites, then its a price you must pay.

 

7800X3D + 4070 Ti Super.  Great gaming machine.

 

I would recommend the MSI B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI or the Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX / Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX V2.

 

Here is a 35 B650 roundup by Hardware Unboxed. I will post the written article and the video below.

Maybe you find some features you like on certain boards.

https://www.techspot.com/review/2699-amd-b650-motherboards/

 

 

[GreatWhite]

Thanks for the reply. I will take a look!

[brob]

1 hour ago, GreatWhite said:

Budget (including currency): $2300

Country: USA

Games, programs, or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly Gaming

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): 

 

I am looking for some help with building my first PC desktop. I think I have a good start but am stuck on the motherboard I should use. I have looked at quite a few but have seen bad reviews on most name-brand motherboards and would like advice on what motherboard I should choose. Also, any advice on the current specs would be nice. Thanks. 

 

 

Screen grabs are troublesome on smaller devices. Post the perma link at the top of a build list or use the BB button to post a BB formatted list.

[Why_Me]

3 hours ago, GreatWhite said:

Budget (including currency): $2300

Country: USA

Games, programs, or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly Gaming

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): 

 

I am looking for some help with building my first PC desktop. I think I have a good start but am stuck on the motherboard I should use. I have looked at quite a few but have seen bad reviews on most name-brand motherboards and would like advice on what motherboard I should choose. Also, any advice on the current specs would be nice. Thanks. 

 

Here's a few suggested changes. First of all you want a ATX 3.0 / 3.1 psu for these RTX 40XX cards due to the adapter. Look for a case with better airflow (more fans that what the 4000D offers) and if your primary use will be gaming I see no need for that Samsung SSD.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($449.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ MSI) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: MSI SPATIUM M482 Eco-Pack 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ MSI) 
Video Card: *MSI SHADOW 3X OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card  ($749.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.90 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1843.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-11-19 22:19 EST-0500

[GuiltySpark_]

3 hours ago, Hinjima said:

 

https://www.techspot.com/review/2699-amd-b650-motherboards/

 

 

If it helps, I find that particular video to old and has a lot of outdated information (June 2023). They've made two more since then and this one is the most recent and the most concise. Ignores all the junk and narrows it down to the best within each price bracket. 

 

If that first video is a little overwhelming @GreatWhite maybe give this one a shot.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wDTzMC

9800x3d + 7900xtx + 32gb 6000c30

 

cost optimizations and a straight up faster gpu + cpu

7900xtx decimates the 4070tis considering it already beats the 4080s so if you dont need rt or nvidia features the 7900xtx is an outright faster card

[GreatWhite]

I will take a look, thanks!