1000$ First PC build

[Jactuscack]

Budget (including currency): around 1000 USD ±75$

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, minecraft, cyberpunk 2077, gta 6

Other details : I want to be good at 1440p, I picked some stuff like the case and ram because they look nice ik there's cheaper options

 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tG3xsp

[Millios]

32 minutes ago, Jactuscack said:

Budget (including currency): around 1000 USD ±75$

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, minecraft, cyberpunk 2077, gta 6

Other details : I want to be good at 1440p, I picked some stuff like the case and ram because they look nice ik there's cheaper options

 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tG3xsp

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/OmegaTheMan/saved/7vHWf7

Better CPU for that price range (gotta stop going "its 14th gen so its clearly better than 12th gen" and if you think newer=better I'm srr but you need to read up a bit)

Cooling you can choose either the 1 I used or the previous since its the same essentially but the one I used doesnt have a potential need for a seperate mounting

Why did you spend so much on a 1tb ssd when you wont spend like 2k on the pc?? the mp44l is more than enough for you in this budget

I suggest going with the case and Mobo I used cause its a better mobo with better VRMs, the case still has argb and comes with more fans and it fits the mobo

With the money saved I also could fit a bigger PSU (which is still plenty good for your budget) that gives you headroom for future upgrades

Also if you dont want raytracing and just more performance use an rx 7800xt instead of a 4070

 

[leclod]

2 hours ago, Millios said:

I suggest going with the case and Mobo I used cause its a better mobo with better VRMs,

His mobo has Wifi and he'll never need the VRMs

Otherwise I agree with you

[podkall]

1 hour ago, leclod said:

he'll never need the VRMs

Are you sure? Some people upgrade CPUs instead of entire platforms, especially those with lower budgets.

 

4 hours ago, Jactuscack said:

I want to be good at 1440p

I'd suggest 7800 XT, which is at similar pricepoint of 4070, and same raster performance = no DLSS/FSR/RT

 

it's got 16GB VRAM instead of 12GB, and higher synthetic memory bandwidth.

 

 

 

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

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($111.34 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Burst Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($20.39 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *ASRock B760M PG Lightning/D4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *Western Digital Blue SN580 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($113.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Video Card: *Acer Nitro OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($469.99 @ Newegg)
Case: *Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1012.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-22 06:58 EST-0500

 

 

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, podkall said:

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

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($111.34 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Burst Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($20.39 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *ASRock B760M PG Lightning/D4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *Western Digital Blue SN580 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($113.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Video Card: *Acer Nitro OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($469.99 @ Newegg)
Case: *Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1012.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-22 06:58 EST-0500

Actually don't get PG Lightning it doesn't have RGB headers on the motherboard,

 

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

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($111.34 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Burst Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($20.39 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *ASRock B760 Pro RS/D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *Western Digital Blue SN580 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($113.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Video Card: *Acer Nitro OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($469.99 @ Newegg)
Case: *Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1012.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-22 07:01 EST-0500

 

3 hours ago, Millios said:

Why did you spend so much on a 1tb ssd when you wont spend like 2k on the pc?? the mp44l is more than enough for you in this budget

Personally I'd suggest 2TB, Fortnite, Cyberpunk, GTA 6, and you're already closing in ~500GB of space taken already

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($111.34 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING SE-214-XT ARGB 68.2 CFM CPU Cooler  ($18.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B760 Pro RS/D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($44.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.97 @ B&H) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($409.99 @ B&H) 
Case: *Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $940.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-22 07:13 EST-0500

[Millios]

24 minutes ago, podkall said:

Actually don't get PG Lightning it doesn't have RGB headers on the motherboard,

 

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

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($111.34 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Burst Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($20.39 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *ASRock B760 Pro RS/D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *Western Digital Blue SN580 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($113.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Video Card: *Acer Nitro OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($469.99 @ Newegg)
Case: *Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1012.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-22 07:01 EST-0500

 

Personally I'd suggest 2TB, Fortnite, Cyberpunk, GTA 6, and you're already closing in ~500GB of space taken already

wasnt really considering more space (really should have cause i forgot how big those games are) but i stick by what i said that its too much money for that budget for a 1tb ssd even tho for a 2tb itd be fine but if we were too stick to a 1tb for budget reason I'd still say to get the mp44l although the sn580 isnt bad either

[leclod]

36 minutes ago, podkall said:

Are you sure? Some people upgrade CPUs instead of entire platforms, especially those with lower budgets.

Sure 100% ? no

Sure 99% ? yes

[podkall]

8 minutes ago, Millios said:

wasnt really considering more space (really should have cause i forgot how big those games are) but i stick by what i said that its too much money for that budget for a 1tb ssd even tho for a 2tb itd be fine but if we were too stick to a 1tb for budget reason I'd still say to get the mp44l although the sn580 isnt bad either

1TB is great, and not necessary to be crazy fast to spend more, but between spending on faster and bigger, bigger wins most of the time

 

3 minutes ago, leclod said:

Sure 100% ? no

Sure 99% ? yes

OP has 1000$ budget, we are in budget territory,

 

most budget ballers buy new platform, and then upgrade within that platform,

 

for example, I got 3 1200 Ryzen, now I have 5600, I didn't need to swap motherboard.

[Millios]

2 minutes ago, podkall said:

1TB is great, and not necessary to be crazy fast to spend more, but between spending on faster and bigger, bigger wins most of the time

cant disagree in any aspect

Thats why I said under the condition of the budget restriction a 1tb is better

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, Millios said:

cant disagree in any aspect

Thats why I said under the condition of the budget restriction a 1tb is better

my build still costs less pre-tax than OP's build, that's my base

[leclod]

7 minutes ago, podkall said:

OP has 1000$ budget, we are in budget territory, and then upgrade within that platform,

So ? a 5600 wouldn't be a problem for a cheap mobo with low end VRMs, I bet even a 5900 would run alright enough on the mobo.

Edited December 22, 2024 by leclod

[podkall]

11 minutes ago, leclod said:

So ? a 5600 wouldn't be a problem for a cheap mobo with low end VRMs, I bet even a 5900 would run alright enough on the mobo.

no? 5900 would require better mb

[leclod]

10 minutes ago, podkall said:

no? 5900 would require better mb

You're not being fair. 5900 was extreme and unlikely proposal, far from your 5600.

I've read reviews of low end motherboards who could run high end cpus alright enough (not 100% but good real life use).

That's what I understood, I might be wrong but I don't think so. I've just checked the mobo page, it supports i9s.

Edited December 22, 2024 by leclod

[podkall]

6 minutes ago, leclod said:

You're not being fair. 5900 was extreme and unlikely proposal, far from your 5600.

I'm not being unfair,

 

8 minutes ago, leclod said:

That's what I understood, I might be wrong but I don't think so. I've just checked the mobo page, it supports i9s.

do you have any cheaper ideas?

 

8 minutes ago, leclod said:

I've read reviews of low end motherboards who could run high end cpus alright enough (not 100% but good real life use).

Not all "low end" motherboard support "high end" CPUs.

 

I'm not sure if you've lived under a rock for last few years, but Intel has so much power draw on their high end CPUs, it cooks them, and you're suggesting budget boards for Intel platform...

[leclod]

6 minutes ago, podkall said:

I'm not sure if you've lived under a rock for last few years, but Intel has so much power draw on their high end CPUs, it cooks them, and you're suggesting budget boards for Intel platform...

We must have been understanding each other wrong.

I only suggested he was better off with his original intended mobo with Wifi than the one suggested with better VRMs.

That's all,

[podkall]

1 minute ago, leclod said:

We must have been understanding each other wrong.

I only suggested he was better off with his original intended mobo with Wifi than the one suggested with better VRMs.

That's all,

Sure, it depends if they even need Wifi in the first place.

 

The 2 other MB in my selection actually have wifi:

MSI PRO B760M-A WIFI DDR4

MSI PRO B760-P WIFI DDR4