$1750 USD Black PC

[retroooo]

Budget (including currency): 1750 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Microsoft Applications, Financial Modeling, Rainbow Six, Fortnite, Elden Ring, Marvel Rivals, Minecraft (w/ mods), Liars Bar

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): No existing parts, I would like a black design pc,  Dell S3222DGM monitor, preferably reputable brands for parts and the 9070xt video card. Thanks!

 

[retroooo]

Would like to add that I know the 9070xt is selling for way more than it's worth right now. Planning on waiting for it to drop back down to MSRP.

[Why_Me]

This board down below supports PCIe 5.0 as does the RX 9070 XT. If you are looking for a Ryzen 7 cpu then change this one out down below with the Ryzen 7 7700X / 7700 (non X).

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($184.97 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B850 GAMING X WIFI6E ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($174.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($92.97 @ B&H) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $747.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-11 19:53 EDT-0400

[podkall]

Montech AIR 903 MAX

NZXT H5 Flow (2022)

Fractal Design Focus 2

Fractal Design Pop Air

Corsair 3000D AIRFLOW

Corsair 4000D Airflow

Phanteks XT PRO

Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA

Phanteks ECLIPSE G500A Performance

Lian Li LANCOOL 216 RGB w/Controller

Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact TG Light Tint

[podkall]

33 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 

Air:

ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Black

 

Water:

Thermalright Aqua Elite V3

Thermalright Frozen Prism

Thermalright Aqua Elite V3

Thermalright Frozen Prism

[podkall]

57 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

This board down below supports PCIe 5.0 as does the RX 9070 XT. If you are looking for a Ryzen 7 cpu then change this one out down below with the Ryzen 7 7700X / 7700 (non X).

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($184.97 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B850 GAMING X WIFI6E ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($174.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($92.97 @ B&H) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $747.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-11 19:53 EDT-0400

I'd get slightly better M.2 if it's the only drive, it's nice to have at least one of those fast if you can afford it.

 

Also since they're planning to play R6 Siege and Fortnite I'd slightly bump up the CPU.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mVmbVF  (it's supposed to have only one pair of 2x16GB RAM)

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QYRDmC (2 sticks DDR5 RAM > 4 sticks DDR5 RAM)

 

Also fun fact, Thermaltake GF1 (2024) is not ATX 3.0, it's ATX v2.4 and EPS v2.9

[podkall]

1 hour ago, retroooo said:

Would like to add that I know the 9070xt is selling for way more than it's worth right now. Planning on waiting for it to drop back down to MSRP.

It's hard to say if 9070 XT will ever drop back to MSRP price, 800$? Maybe, the closer you get to 750$, the less likely that is for the price to drop all the way down there.

[retroooo]

On 3/11/2025 at 7:44 PM, podkall said:

I'd get slightly better M.2 if it's the only drive, it's nice to have at least one of those fast if you can afford it.

 

Also since they're planning to play R6 Siege and Fortnite I'd slightly bump up the CPU.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mVmbVF  (it's supposed to have only one pair of 2x16GB RAM)

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QYRDmC (2 sticks DDR5 RAM > 4 sticks DDR5 RAM)

 

Also fun fact, Thermaltake GF1 (2024) is not ATX 3.0, it's ATX v2.4 and EPS v2.9

Would you recommend the Ryzen 7 7800X3D or the Ryzen 9 9950X3D?

[Why_Me]

2 hours ago, retroooo said:

Would you recommend the Ryzen 7 7800X3D or the Ryzen 9 9950X3D?

If by financial modelling you mean spread sheets then the 7800x3D or better yet the 9800x3D will do fine. Also consider the 7700 / 7700X and 9700X.

[retroooo]

7 hours ago, Why_Me said:

If by financial modelling you mean spread sheets then the 7800x3D or better yet the 9800x3D will do fine. Also consider the 7700 / 7700X and 9700X.

Spreadsheets yes, but I also need it to run trading software like the Bloomberg Terminal, and Fidelity Active Trader Pro.

[Why_Me]

1 hour ago, retroooo said:

Spreadsheets yes, but I also need it to run trading software like the Bloomberg Terminal, and Fidelity Active Trader Pro.

This cpu.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-9700x/

[podkall]

4 hours ago, retroooo said:

Spreadsheets yes, but I also need it to run trading software like the Bloomberg Terminal, and Fidelity Active Trader Pro.

Are those in any way actually demanding softwares? Because if not then you can just get a gaming CPU and be done with it.