Desktop build

[Old newby]

Budget (including currency): 

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: PRG and action

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): 

Hello, I am going to attempt to build a desktop computer. I know very little about computers, but I spent decades building things in the industrial world so now that I am semi-retired it’s time to learn something new and building a computer seems very interesting. I have spent hours researching the components for the build (my head is spinning from all the new information). Below is a list of the components I will use for the build. I will be using this computer for occasional gaming (I’m an OG) and my son is going to start teaching me coding. I also DO NOT want Windows I would like to install Linux Cinnamon.  I would greatly appreciate your time and expertise helping me verify that these components work well together, and will they work well with Linux?

 

Zalman i3 NEO ATX Mid Tower Gaming PC Case - 4 x 120mm Fixed RGB Fans Preinstalled - Mesh Front Panel for High Airflow - Tempered Glass Side Panel, Black

GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Master AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Motherboard, ATX, DDR5, 4X M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB4, WIFI7, 5GbE LAN, EZ-Latch, 5-Year Warranty

AMD Ryzen™ 9 9900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Crucial New 2024 T705 2TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD with White Heatsink - Up to 14,500 MB/s - Limited Edition - Internal Solid State Drive (PC) - +1mo Adobe CC - CT2000T705SSD5A

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 15 Gbps GDRR6 192-Bit HDMI/DP PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fan Ampere OC Graphics Card

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black (CMH32GX5M2B6000C40)

GALAX Omega GLX850 PSU (2024) - 850 Watt- 80+ Gold Certified/Cybenetics Gold/Fully Modular/Sleeved Cables/ATX 3.0 Gaming Power Supply (1st & ONLY Double Certification Brand)

ASUS ROG RYUO III 240 ARGB White Edition All-in-one AIO Liquid CPU Cooler 240mm Radiator, Asetek 8th gen Pump Solution, Anime Matrix™ LED Display and ROG AF 12S ARGB Fan.

 

 

My goal was to have a high-end CPU and motherboard (within my budget) so that the computer isn't completely obsolete in three years.

 

Thank you for taking the time to help me out... Old newby..

[Zenny232323]

21 minutes ago, Old newby said:

Budget (including currency): 

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: PRG and action

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): 

Hello, I am going to attempt to build a desktop computer. I know very little about computers, but I spent decades building things in the industrial world so now that I am semi-retired it’s time to learn something new and building a computer seems very interesting. I have spent hours researching the components for the build (my head is spinning from all the new information). Below is a list of the components I will use for the build. I will be using this computer for occasional gaming (I’m an OG) and my son is going to start teaching me coding. I also DO NOT want Windows I would like to install Linux Cinnamon.  I would greatly appreciate your time and expertise helping me verify that these components work well together, and will they work well with Linux?

 

Zalman i3 NEO ATX Mid Tower Gaming PC Case - 4 x 120mm Fixed RGB Fans Preinstalled - Mesh Front Panel for High Airflow - Tempered Glass Side Panel, Black

GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Master AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Motherboard, ATX, DDR5, 4X M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB4, WIFI7, 5GbE LAN, EZ-Latch, 5-Year Warranty

AMD Ryzen™ 9 9900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Crucial New 2024 T705 2TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD with White Heatsink - Up to 14,500 MB/s - Limited Edition - Internal Solid State Drive (PC) - +1mo Adobe CC - CT2000T705SSD5A

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 15 Gbps GDRR6 192-Bit HDMI/DP PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fan Ampere OC Graphics Card

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black (CMH32GX5M2B6000C40)

GALAX Omega GLX850 PSU (2024) - 850 Watt- 80+ Gold Certified/Cybenetics Gold/Fully Modular/Sleeved Cables/ATX 3.0 Gaming Power Supply (1st & ONLY Double Certification Brand)

ASUS ROG RYUO III 240 ARGB White Edition All-in-one AIO Liquid CPU Cooler 240mm Radiator, Asetek 8th gen Pump Solution, Anime Matrix™ LED Display and ROG AF 12S ARGB Fan.

 

 

My goal was to have a high-end CPU and motherboard (within my budget) so that the computer isn't completely obsolete in three years.

 

Thank you for taking the time to help me out... Old newby..

I'd suggest giving us a budget.
It's not the motherboard that matters but the platform its on. AM5 is a good platform, because like am4, It'll be supported for years to come. Unless you need features on high end boards like overclocking, thunderbolt ports etc. i'd suggest just sticking with a b650 board.
The 9900x is rather efficient, so i'd suggest a dual tower cooler like a peerless assassin, less points of failure and cheaper. Unless you plan on long, continuous loads, then I'd get a 360mm AIO.
The psu you have is rather recent, and hasn't been tested as a result, when you give us a budget we'd be glad to provide you with a reliable model.
Really slow ram, you want cl30, not 40. 6000 mhz is good though.
Weird GPU choice, again, would be nice to know the budget, but not a bad choice. I would suggest an AMD gpu, they're usually cheaper, have more vram, and I don't see any reason why it would be a bad choice for your case.

[brob]

16 minutes ago, Old newby said:

My goal was to have a high-end CPU and motherboard (within my budget) so that the computer isn't completely obsolete in three years.

 

Since we don't know the budget it's not really possible to opine.

 

17 minutes ago, Old newby said:

Zalman i3 NEO ATX Mid Tower Gaming PC Case - 4 x 120mm Fixed RGB Fans Preinstalled - Mesh Front Panel for High Airflow - Tempered Glass Side Panel, Black

GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Master AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Motherboard, ATX, DDR5, 4X M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB4, WIFI7, 5GbE LAN, EZ-Latch, 5-Year Warranty

AMD Ryzen™ 9 9900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Crucial New 2024 T705 2TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD with White Heatsink - Up to 14,500 MB/s - Limited Edition - Internal Solid State Drive (PC) - +1mo Adobe CC - CT2000T705SSD5A

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 15 Gbps GDRR6 192-Bit HDMI/DP PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fan Ampere OC Graphics Card

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black (CMH32GX5M2B6000C40)

GALAX Omega GLX850 PSU (2024) - 850 Watt- 80+ Gold Certified/Cybenetics Gold/Fully Modular/Sleeved Cables/ATX 3.0 Gaming Power Supply (1st & ONLY Double Certification Brand)

ASUS ROG RYUO III 240 ARGB White Edition All-in-one AIO Liquid CPU Cooler 240mm Radiator, Asetek 8th gen Pump Solution, Anime Matrix™ LED Display and ROG AF 12S ARGB Fan.

 

It would have been helpful if this was posted as a PcPartPicker.com build.

 

The case fans are static RGB so it won't be possible to synchronize lighting in the system.

 

I have yet to find a reliable review of the relatively new Galaxy Omega PSU. But I do know that Galaxy is not known for high quality PSU.

 

The build is schizophrenic. Some very expensive parts intermixed with budget parts.

 

The GPU is close to being 2 generations out of date. If you are planning on using a Linux distro, AMD GPU generally are easier to install.

 

The memory kit is a por choice.

 

For much less than the cost of a 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe drive one can get an high performance 4TB PCIe 4.0 model. In gaming the performance difference will not be noticeable or material.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor ($382.55 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.90 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard ($167.78 @ Amazon) 

Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($249.99 @ B&H) 

Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Core Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card ($449.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.98 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.90 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1550.07

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-01 11:44 EST-0500

[Penpilot]

13 minutes ago, Old newby said:

completely obsolete in three years.

there are people using decade old PCs and are happy with, pcs simply don't retire that fast.

 

i dont know what your budget is so ill ty to keep it low ish with good future proofing.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hR8Mcx

 

 

[Old newby]

I'd suggest giving us a budget.
It's not the motherboard that matters but the platform its on. AM5 is a good platform, because like am4, It'll be supported for years to come. Unless you need features on high end boards like overclocking, thunderbolt ports etc. i'd suggest just sticking with a b650 board.
The 9900x is rather efficient, so i'd suggest a dual tower cooler like a peerless assassin, less points of failure and cheaper. Unless you plan on long, continuous loads, then I'd get a 360mm AIO.
The psu you have is rather recent, and hasn't been tested as a result, when you give us a budget we'd be glad to provide you with a reliable model.
Really slow ram, you want cl30, not 40. 6000 mhz is good though.
Weird GPU choice, again, would be nice to know the budget, but not a bad choice. I would suggest an AMD gpu, they're usually cheaper, have more vram, and I don't see any reason why it would be a bad choice for your case.

 

My budget was <2K.

I went with this motherboard because I wanted all the bells and whistles because I'm not sure what the future is bringing. I read That the AM5 will be around for a while.

I went ahead and changed the CPU cooler to a Peerless Assassin.

I'm still new to this but with all the reading I must have misunderstood. I thought the CL40 was faster than the  CL30

The GPU was an afterthought after reading that the 9900X CPU graphics aren't so good. It seemed like it was better than not having one.

 

Thank you for your time..

[Old newby]

1 hour ago, brob said:

 

Since we don't know the budget it's not really possible to opine.

 

 

It would have been helpful if this was posted as a PcPartPicker.com build.

 

The case fans are static RGB so it won't be possible to synchronize lighting in the system.

 

I have yet to find a reliable review of the relatively new Galaxy Omega PSU. But I do know that Galaxy is not known for high quality PSU.

 

The build is schizophrenic. Some very expensive parts intermixed with budget parts.

 

The GPU is close to being 2 generations out of date. If you are planning on using a Linux distro, AMD GPU generally are easier to install.

 

The memory kit is a por choice.

 

For much less than the cost of a 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe drive one can get an high performance 4TB PCIe 4.0 model. In gaming the performance difference will not be noticeable or material.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor ($382.55 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.90 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard ($167.78 @ Amazon) 

Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($249.99 @ B&H) 

Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Core Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card ($449.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.98 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.90 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1550.07

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-01 11:44 EST-0500

Thank you for your help and time.

My budget is less than 2K. In addition to the build parts I still need a keyboard, mouse and monitor.

I switched the CPU cooler to the Peerless Assassin

I switched the memory to Team group

I switched the Power supply to Pure power

On the AMD Ryzen site it said to use the X mother boards so I'm going to stick with the X870E Master

As far as the SSD goes it probably makes no sense to people that know what they're doing but I want to take advantage of the PCI5 instead of using the PCI4. I will keep hunting..

 I would like to get an AMD GPU but not the one for $450, I know that's not much for a GPU but a bit much for me. Any thoughts on a less expensive AMD GPU?

 

Thanks

[Old newby]

1 hour ago, Zenny232323 said:

I'd suggest giving us a budget.
It's not the motherboard that matters but the platform its on. AM5 is a good platform, because like am4, It'll be supported for years to come. Unless you need features on high end boards like overclocking, thunderbolt ports etc. i'd suggest just sticking with a b650 board.
The 9900x is rather efficient, so i'd suggest a dual tower cooler like a peerless assassin, less points of failure and cheaper. Unless you plan on long, continuous loads, then I'd get a 360mm AIO.
The psu you have is rather recent, and hasn't been tested as a result, when you give us a budget we'd be glad to provide you with a reliable model.
Really slow ram, you want cl30, not 40. 6000 mhz is good though.
Weird GPU choice, again, would be nice to know the budget, but not a bad choice. I would suggest an AMD gpu, they're usually cheaper, have more vram, and I don't see any reason why it would be a bad choice for your case.

Thank you for your help and time.

My budget is less than 2K. In addition to the build parts I still need a keyboard, mouse and monitor.

I switched the CPU cooler to the Peerless Assassin

I switched the memory to Team group

I switched the Power supply to Pure power

On the AMD Ryzen site it said to use the X mother boards so I'm going to stick with the X870E Master

As far as the SSD goes it probably makes no sense to people that know what they're doing but I want to take advantage of the PCI5 instead of using the PCI4. I will keep hunting..

 I would like to get an AMD GPU but not the one for $450, I know that's not much for a GPU but a bit much for me. Any thoughts on a less expensive AMD GPU?

[brob]

1 hour ago, Old newby said:

On the AMD Ryzen site it said to use the X mother boards so I'm going to stick with the X870E Master

 

1 hour ago, Old newby said:

 I would like to get an AMD GPU but not the one for $450, I know that's not much for a GPU but a bit much for me. Any thoughts on a less expensive AMD GPU?

 

Your priorities are misplaced. Spending more on a motherboard than a GPU doesn't make a lot of sense unless there is no intention to game. In which case the iGPU will suffice. But still, don't spend more on the motherboard than the CPU.

 

Consider 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mhWJ7P/gigabyte-x870-eagle-wifi7-atx-am5-motherboard-x870-eagle-wifi7

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/d7zXsY/asus-prime-x870-p-wifi-atx-am5-motherboard-prime-x870-p-wifi

 

[Jeppes]

49 minutes ago, Old newby said:

On the AMD Ryzen site it said to use the X mother boards so I'm going to stick with the X870E Master

As far as the SSD goes it probably makes no sense to people that know what they're doing but I want to take advantage of the PCI5 instead of using the PCI4. I will keep hunting..

You do not have an unlimited budget so its highly advisable to spend the money on things that actually make a difference. Like a better monitor, faster gpu, larger ssd or just save the money instead of spending on something you will not need. 6-8cores are plenty, pcie4 ssd is faster than you need and expensive motherboards are just expensive.

[Old newby]

4 hours ago, brob said:

 

 

Your priorities are misplaced. Spending more on a motherboard than a GPU doesn't make a lot of sense unless there is no intention to game. In which case the iGPU will suffice. But still, don't spend more on the motherboard than the CPU.

 

Consider 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mhWJ7P/gigabyte-x870-eagle-wifi7-atx-am5-motherboard-x870-eagle-wifi7

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/d7zXsY/asus-prime-x870-p-wifi-atx-am5-motherboard-prime-x870-p-wifi

 

Those both save me almost $200 bucks. I switched to the EAGLE board.

Gaming isn't a high priority on this computer, after reading the reviews of the graphics on the CPU I figured an inexpensive GPU would at least be better. Someone recommended an AMD GPU to help with the Linux install so I switched to a RX7600.

I think I'm closing in on placing the order for my parts....

 

Thank you for your help..