Basic Mid-Tier Build

[Jasper_Watch]

Budget (including currency): $3000 max

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Corel Painter, Clip Studio, Vegas Pro, AAA titles (including Horizon Forbidden West) at 1440p

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): 

 

I made my PCPartPicker list a year ago, adjusted the GPU and PSU constantly to align with what was actually in stock AND in budget (I'm looking at you SeaSonic FOCUS and ASRock 7900xt). Here's the link to my just the PC components, and here's the list with added peripherals. My question is, will it run smoothly with minimal adjustment? This is my first PC ever, nevertheless building it myself, so I've been riding on the coattails of various Reddit posts for picking my parts. I'm not confident I'm able to adjust and fix on the fly, thus I want to make sure before I fully commit that at least on paper all the parts are decent grade and will work together. I am also planning on upgrading my GPU to a 9070xt when I can catch it in stock, so that's why the PSU is a higher wattage than it needs to be with the listed GPU.

 

Also if anyone has advise on where to store an external DVD player that's actively connected to the PC, much obliged.

 

Edit: My main concern is the motherboard, I know I have to update BIOs for the CPU, but I'm also concerned about the RAM (as I already bit the bullet buying the listed sticks). Will the RAM being 6000 without OC hurt the motherboard or the RAM?

[brob]

5 hours ago, Jasper_Watch said:

Budget (including currency): $3000 max

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Corel Painter, Clip Studio, Vegas Pro, AAA titles (including Horizon Forbidden West) at 1440p

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): 

 

I made my PCPartPicker list a year ago, adjusted the GPU and PSU constantly to align with what was actually in stock AND in budget (I'm looking at you SeaSonic FOCUS and ASRock 7900xt). Here's the link to my just the PC components, and here's the list with added peripherals. My question is, will it run smoothly with minimal adjustment? This is my first PC ever, nevertheless building it myself, so I've been riding on the coattails of various Reddit posts for picking my parts. I'm not confident I'm able to adjust and fix on the fly, thus I want to make sure before I fully commit that at least on paper all the parts are decent grade and will work together. I am also planning on upgrading my GPU to a 9070xt when I can catch it in stock, so that's why the PSU is a higher wattage than it needs to be with the listed GPU.

 

Also if anyone has advise on where to store an external DVD player that's actively connected to the PC, much obliged.

 

Edit: My main concern is the motherboard, I know I have to update BIOs for the CPU, but I'm also concerned about the RAM (as I already bit the bullet buying the listed sticks). Will the RAM being 6000 without OC hurt the motherboard or the RAM?

 

I suspect an 9900X would be a better choice.

 

I did not include the expensive A-RGB 3 fan pack. There are less expensive A-RGB fans. It's not clear to me why one would not also select an A-RGB AIO if one wants lighting.

 

An 850W ATX 3.x PSU is sufficient for an RX 9070XT.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($378.72 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($129.69 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B850 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Patriot Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($317.63 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate IronWolf Pro 10 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($209.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Video Card 
Case: NZXT H9 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($154.49 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic VERTEX GX-850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1679.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-12 23:32 EDT-0400

[SorryBella]

No reason to stick to LGA1700, either go for the LGA1851 family Intel CPU, or go with actually sensible move and take AM5. The E-P Core design that Intel has right now is kinda diminished in efficacy with their instruction per clock disadvantage.

 

7 hours ago, Jasper_Watch said:

I am also planning on upgrading my GPU to a 9070xt

I would buy 3060 used, the price for lower end GPUs are getting up as well on new market. The price listed on this build list reflects that.

 

Also, double check if you live nearby a Micro Center. Use this in store deal instead of the one i configured. https://www.microcenter.com/product/5007002/amd-ryzen-9-9900x,-msi-x670e-mag-tomahawk-wifi,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($346.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($129.69 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($177.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X2 NVME Solid State Drive  ($249.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Exos X14 12 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($199.17 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus Dual GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC Edition GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card  ($249.99) 
Case: NZXT H9 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($154.49 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($129.90 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1798.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-13 01:06 EDT-0400

7 hours ago, Jasper_Watch said:

Also if anyone has advise on where to store an external DVD player that's actively connected to the PC, much obliged.

On the side with double sided tape. VHB by 3M is my favorite tape line.

 

[Jasper_Watch]

12 hours ago, SorryBella said:

No reason to stick to LGA1700, either go for the LGA1851 family Intel CPU, or go with actually sensible move and take AM5. The E-P Core design that Intel has right now is kinda diminished in efficacy with their instruction per clock disadvantage.

 

I would buy 3060 used, the price for lower end GPUs are getting up as well on new market. The price listed on this build list reflects that.

 

Also, double check if you live nearby a Micro Center. Use this in store deal instead of the one i configured. https://www.microcenter.com/product/5007002/amd-ryzen-9-9900x,-msi-x670e-mag-tomahawk-wifi,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($346.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($129.69 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($177.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X2 NVME Solid State Drive  ($249.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Exos X14 12 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($199.17 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus Dual GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC Edition GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card  ($249.99) 
Case: NZXT H9 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($154.49 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($129.90 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1798.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-13 01:06 EDT-0400

On the side with double sided tape. VHB by 3M is my favorite tape line.

 

Thank you for your response! I bought the 3060 ti already, got a good deal for 300 for the MSI Geforce, because there's no way I'm paying more than that for a place holder. Also thank you for the DVD player advice, tape is the obvious answer but I was overthinking it.

[Jasper_Watch]

14 hours ago, brob said:

 

I suspect an 9900X would be a better choice.

 

Thank you for your response! I did some comparison with the 14700k, and the 9900x seems more ideal, I've edited my list to swap CPUs and motherboards.

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I did not include the expensive A-RGB 3 fan pack. There are less expensive A-RGB fans. It's not clear to me why one would not also select an A-RGB AIO if one wants lighting.

I purposely chose non-RGB because that was a mess I didn't want to deal with (sleeker too). I added the Phantek fans that have RGB in case I wanted to in the future (adding them to the case and setting up, all that jazz), so added in for future tweaking.

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An 850W ATX 3.x PSU is sufficient for an RX 9070XT.

With changing the CPU, I changed the PSU too. Again, thank you so much for your response, and I do appreciate that you stuck close to what I originally had. ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ