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Hello, I'm building my first PC and hope to get all these parts roughly around the same time at launch day of the AMD 9070 series. In order to do so, I'd appreciate if people could review my PC parts list. I intend to use this for light 1440p gaming (Only play like TF2, Marvel Rivals, RDR2, GTA6, and only like 15% of the time, otherwise I just code or browse the web). I may want to run a couple VMs + Docker containers for some minor Homelab stuff like PiHole and Plex as well for self-use. I'll buy the SATA drives later.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

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Further Explanations

  • CPU + Motherboard + RAM comes in a bundle, so that's why it's cheaper individually.
  • I like the look of the ID-COOLING FROZN A620, so that's why I'm going with it. I could do the A720 as well, but not really sure if it's necessary for the $30 extra
  • I'm going with Inland TN470 and Samsung 990 EVO Plus NVMe drives because they are TLC, but do not have DRAM. From what I gather, TLC is the important part, but DRAM doesn't matter much for NVMe drives, so I'd be saving around $120 this way rather than going full-on Crucial T500 or Samsung 990 Pro for everything.
  • I'm going with an AMD 9070 XT card because I run Linux. I don't need super-duper fancy overclocking since I'm not even running a 9800X3D or anything, so I assume a mid-tier card from an AIB like the Hellhound would be fine (?)

 

Questions

  • Will I be bottlenecked by my CPU or my GPU? I run Linux, so I really want to stick with an AMD GPU; would it be worth upgrading to a 9900X Microcenter bundle for $100 more or a 7800X3D Microcenter bundle for $200 more?
  • It looks like both my motherboard and my power supply can only handle 4 SATA devices, but my case can support 2 HDDs + 4 SATA 2.5 drives. Assuming I were to ever want to get to that, would I have a problem on either the motherboard or the power supply?
  • On the motherboard side, would I be able to use an HBA? If so, does this B650 board even have enough lanes to add something like a PCIe 3.0 8 lane SAS HBA? Would that even fit if I were to go with like a PowerColor Red Devil RX 9070 XT which is a 3 slot card?
  • Will I have problems with an 850 W power supply if I were to want to use it for ~10 years with the top-of-the-line AMD CPU + GPUs? Is a SeaSonic VERTEX GX-850 fine for this?
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