Building third PC ever! Too indecisive!

[BigChief_1]

So I’m a big COD player and recently my PC just wouldn’t turn on, and I don’t know enough to troubleshoot so with the idea of wanting to upgrade I’m just gonna go ahead and do that instead of replacing older parts! Here’s my build list, I am open to some suggestions or if you see any issues. I  do think I’m leaning towards the artic freeze iii 360 cooler and the NZXT h6 case and I have a few SSD’s that I’ll throw in for my operating system to run on.

[Hinjima]

1 minute ago, BigChief_1 said:

So I’m a big COD player and recently my PC just wouldn’t turn on, and I don’t know enough to troubleshoot so with the idea of wanting to upgrade I’m just gonna go ahead and do that instead of replacing older parts! Here’s my build list, I am open to some suggestions or if you see any issues. I  do think I’m leaning towards the attic freeze iii 360 cooler and the NZXT h6 case and I have a few SSD’s that I’ll throw in for my operating system to run on.

The 7800X3D is easily cooled by a 30-40 dollars Aircooler but if you want an AIO, go for it  

1000w is absolute overkill for this system, you can power this with a solid 650w... Get a 750w-850w for some headroom for future upgrades.

The B650 Tomahawk WIFI if a great motherboard, used many of these in different builds.

[BigChief_1]

15 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

The 7800X3D is easily cooled by a 30-40 dollars Aircooler but if you want an AIO, go for it  

1000w is absolute overkill for this system, you can power this with a solid 650w... Get a 750w-850w for some headroom for future upgrades.

The B650 Tomahawk WIFI if a great motherboard, used many of these in different builds.

The reason for the 1000w is I bought one from my boss awhile back for 75 dollars and haven’t opened it yet, so I’ll be saving some money by using it. I really like the look of the AIO coolers so that was more of a aesthetic thing, I usually buy the Cooler master 212

[Hinjima]

Just now, BigChief_1 said:

The reason for the 1000w is I bought one from my boss awhile back for 75 dollars and haven’t opened it yet, so I’ll be saving some money by using it. 

Gotcha!  Then absolutely use that  

I don't really have any complaints about this system.

All looks good.

As mentioned, the AIO is not needed but if you want one for the looks then it doesn't hurt   

[BigChief_1]

4 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

Gotcha!  Then absolutely use that  

I don't really have any complaints about this system.

All looks good.

As mentioned, the AIO is not needed but if you want one for the looks then it doesn't hurt   

Okay sweet, in my head it seemed like a good build but I’m still newish to PC building so I tend to second guess myself. If I have a chance and find availability I might look into a bit better GPU in a 4080/4080 Super
 

my last build was a few years ago with it having a 8700k and a 2070 Super powering it. So I’m excited for a big boost in gaming power

[Hinjima]

5 minutes ago, BigChief_1 said:

Okay sweet, in my head it seemed like a good build but I’m still newish to PC building so I tend to second guess myself. If I have a chance and find availability I might look into a bit better GPU in a 4080/4080 Super
 

my last build was a few years ago with it having a 8700k and a 2070 Super powering it. 

Your mind was correct  

The Ryzen 7800X3D absolutely demolishes the intel 8700k.

I personally moved from an overclocked Intel 9900k to a Ryzen 7700x and I saw a great increase in performance with my RTX 4080.  And the 7800X3D is quite a bit faster than the 7700x in some games.

I personally have an RTX 4080 that is heavily overclocked and its absolutely fantastic. I love it for 1440p gaming.

The 4070 Ti Super is a great card in terms of price to performance but the 4080 Super has come down a bit in price too.

Either way, its going to destroy the 2070 Super  

i would say you can expect double the FPS with a 4080 Super over a 2070 Super.

[Hinjima]

13 minutes ago, BigChief_1 said:

Okay sweet, in my head it seemed like a good build but I’m still newish to PC building so I tend to second guess myself. If I have a chance and find availability I might look into a bit better GPU in a 4080/4080 Super
 

my last build was a few years ago with it having a 8700k and a 2070 Super powering it. So I’m excited for a big boost in gaming power

Just throwing you 3 pictures here from Hardware Unboxed with both the 4070 Ti Super and 4080.

it also has a 2070 Super at the bottom so you can see the expected performance increase.

12 game average at 1080p - 1440p and 4k.

[WallacEngineering]

As @Hinjima said, this is looking like a great system. It will be fantastic overall. I only have one question...

Why wouldn't you pick up the new RTX 5070-Ti 16GB instead? It is going to be faster than the 4070-Ti-Super. Not by a whole lot, but by a little bit, while also costing $50 less.

I totally get the reason for the 7800X-3D, because the 9800X-3D is getting scalped like crazy and you aren't going to find one under $600 right now. But if you have your trigger finger ready for the 5070-Ti 16GB launch on Feb 20th, you would get a bit better value than the 4070-Ti-Super.

I understand that its hard to get a next-gen GPU right on launch day, but why not at least try and then just fall back to the 4070-Ti-Super if it doesn't work out?

But ya, overall sweet system. That setup will be killer at 2560x1440p or 3440x1440p Ultra with super high framerates, and it can even do 4K fairly well at high settings.

[BigChief_1]

52 minutes ago, WallacEngineering said:

As @Hinjima said, this is looking like a great system. It will be fantastic overall. I only have one question...

Why wouldn't you pick up the new RTX 5070-Ti 16GB instead? It is going to be faster than the 4070-Ti-Super. Not by a whole lot, but by a little bit, while also costing $50 less.

I totally get the reason for the 7800X-3D, because the 9800X-3D is getting scalped like crazy and you aren't going to find one under $600 right now. But if you have your trigger finger ready for the 5070-Ti 16GB launch on Feb 20th, you would get a bit better value than the 4070-Ti-Super.

I understand that its hard to get a next-gen GPU right on launch day, but why not at least try and then just fall back to the 4070-Ti-Super if it doesn't work out?

But ya, overall sweet system. That setup will be killer at 2560x1440p or 3440x1440p Ultra with super high framerates, and it can even do 4K fairly well at high settings.

I always worry a bit buying brand new gaming parts that haven’t gone through everyday testing. I’m always hearing horror stories about GPU’s crashing out so I try to wait em out, that’s my main reasoning and I’ve had my eye on the 4070 ti super and it seems like a nice card, good enough to last me a bit with good frames and affordable enough considering the price hikes we’ve seen in the gaming industry. 

[WallacEngineering]

58 minutes ago, BigChief_1 said:

I always worry a bit buying brand new gaming parts that haven’t gone through everyday testing. I’m always hearing horror stories about GPU’s crashing out so I try to wait em out, that’s my main reasoning and I’ve had my eye on the 4070 ti super and it seems like a nice card, good enough to last me a bit with good frames and affordable enough considering the price hikes we’ve seen in the gaming industry. 

Oh well the crashing story is actually the new Nvidia driver.  It doesn't matter if you are on RTX 4000 or 5000 right now they kind of broke the release driver LOL.

Well, reviews for the RTX 5070-Ti 16GB will drop on Feb 19th. So if I were you I would at least hold off until then. Actually longer if you can. Once the next gen card drops, it usually drops prices of last gen.

But ya I mean if you can get the 4070-Ti-Super for a killer deal then just go for it. We already know RTX 5000 series is nothing special, its just a bit better price-to-performance than RTX 4000-Super, that is all really.

[Why_Me]

ATX 3.1 psu, X670E chipset board for plenty of PCIe lanes (multiple M.2 SSD's), DDR5-6000 CL28 RAM, and a case that has it all over that NZXT case, especially if using an AIO.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=589

RTX 5070 Ti 16GB MSRP: $750 USD 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($439.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($107.79 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL28 Memory  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1106.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-02-08 23:11 EST-0500  

 

 

 

[BigChief_1]

So I got a really really good deal on a 3080 Ti founder edition, how well does it pair with the 7800x3d? 
 

I got my pc put together late last night, still got to download Microsoft and replace one fan. Excited to get into some benchmarks but hoping I didn’t error by getting the 3080 ti instead of a newer card. 

[Why_Me]

1 hour ago, BigChief_1 said:

So I got a really really good deal on a 3080 Ti founder edition, how well does it pair with the 7800x3d? 
 

I got my pc put together late last night, still got to download Microsoft and replace one fan. Excited to get into some benchmarks but hoping I didn’t error by getting the 3080 ti instead of a newer card. 

That setup will do fine for gaming at 1440P.

[BigChief_1]

Maybe I can get some advice on my argb issue.

I’m building a new PC inside the NZXT H6 Flow and have three 120 fans that are daisy chained up front, a 240 AIO up top, a F240 panel fan on bottom and one fan in the back. In total I will need 3 3-pin RGB headers (maybe one more if I go argb in back) and I only have two with one being used for my CPU Cooler. My question is do I buy a 2 to 1 splitter or is there a decent 5v argb controller. Should I buy 3 pin to 4 pin adapters, with the 3 pin being 5v and 4 being 12 will that cause issues? They are all NZXT fans.