First time build advice

[bostonrag]

Budget (including currency): 2500 euros
 

Country: Spain
 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: For both work, gaming & entertainment - which includes light Photoshop use, varying degrees of InDesign use, regular admin work (emails etc), watching videos/films, and playing the latest triple A titles.
 

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): 

Existing Parts - My current PC is an Acer pre-built that I bought around 2014/15 and apart from the hard drives/sata ssd I don't think I will (or can) take any of the parts across anyways but it has an Intel i7-6700k, GTX 980, 64gb DDR4 2133 mhz ram.

Peripherals - Don't need to be factored into the budget as I have those already (same goes for a Windows license, I already have one.)

When you're going to buy - Any time this year, not majorly urgent as this still works for daily use but not being able to play the big games that have come out the past couple of years has been a bummer. When I do upgrade I'll be passing this PC to my Dad to use.

What resolution & refresh rate - I have an Acer UW monitor at 3440 x 1440 that can go to 100hz; however, I've always kept it on 60hz considering the gpu I have. I don't plan on upgrading this monitor for the foreseeable future.

Aesthetic prefs - I'm not looking for RGB, none preferably but minimal is fine. Case wise, I would prefer something that's sleek and doesn't look gamer-y, no rgb preferred on the case but minimal is fine, and since I live in Spain something that can stay relatively cool/quiet in the summer would be ideal. Full tower will fit under my desk but mid tower would be preferred if the parts fit.

Extras - It would be nice to have a system with an upgrade path if possible, ideally I'd like to have something that I can keep most of for 5-10 years with the odd upgrade here and there if need be.

Would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Tan3l6]

Are you going to build it yourself?

[bostonrag]

Just now, Tan3l6 said:

Are you going to build it yourself?

Yes, I plan to.

[Tobber]

I will help with a part list, but need to know some details like do you need a lot of storage, and where will you place it (form factor and design of case).

 

Since you want to use it for photoshop you will need a good cpu, and depending on your project size will you need 32 or 64gb of ram. For gaming will a 9070(xt) be plenty for ultra wide 1440p 100hz gaming. 

[bostonrag]

21 minutes ago, Tobber said:

I will help with a part list, but need to know some details like do you need a lot of storage, and where will you place it (form factor and design of case).

 

Since you want to use it for photoshop you will need a good cpu, and depending on your project size will you need 32 or 64gb of ram. For gaming will a 9070(xt) be plenty for ultra wide 1440p 100hz gaming. 

Hi thanks for your help.

 

I have a sata ssd and hard drives already that I will be transferring to the new pc. I will need a boot drive, though.

 

For the case it’ll be under a tall desk so a full tower will fit but if the parts will fit into a mid-tower that’s fine too.

 

The biggest projects will be with Adobe InDesign (exporting 140+ page pdfs takes some time on my current pc)

 

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€322.80 @ Amazon Espana) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€39.90 @ Amazon Espana) 
Motherboard: *MSI B850 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€199.95 @ Amazon Espana) 
Memory: *Patriot Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€179.99 @ Amazon Espana) 
Storage: *Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€163.99 @ PC Componentes) 
Video Card: *MSI SHADOW 3X OC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (€889.00 @ Amazon Espana) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (€65.68 @ Amazon Espana) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€104.89 @ Amazon Espana) 
Total: €1966.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-18 12:01 CEST+0200

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, bostonrag said:

Hi thanks for your help.

 

I have a sata ssd and hard drives already that I will be transferring to the new pc. I will need a boot drive, though.

 

For the case it’ll be under a tall desk so a full tower will fit but if the parts will fit into a mid-tower that’s fine too.

 

The biggest projects will be with Adobe InDesign (exporting 140+ page pdfs takes some time on my current pc)

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/JKnppK

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€324.80 @ Neobyte)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€38.90 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€145.94 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€211.90 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: *Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€144.90 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: *Asus PRIME OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card  (€764.79 @ Neobyte)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (€65.68 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A1000GL PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€154.79 @ Neobyte)
Total: €1851.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-17 18:09 CEST+0200

[Why_Me]

8 minutes ago, podkall said:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/JKnppK

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€324.80 @ Neobyte)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€38.90 @ Amazon Espana)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€145.94 @ Amazon Espana)
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€211.90 @ Amazon Espana)
Storage: *Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€144.90 @ Amazon Espana)
Video Card: *Asus PRIME OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card  (€764.79 @ Neobyte)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (€65.68 @ Amazon Espana)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A1000GL PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€154.79 @ Neobyte)
Total: €1851.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-17 18:09 CEST+0200

Why this board?

Motherboard: *Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX

[podkall]

34 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

Why this board?

Motherboard: *Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX

Because it's a good board, you don't need PCIe 5.0

[Why_Me]

7 minutes ago, podkall said:

Because it's a good board, you don't need PCIe 5.0

It's a budget board with a 1G LAN, PCIe 4.0 and mediocre VRM's. The OP has a €2500 budget not to mention the days of PCIe 4.0 graphics cards are coming to and end. This recent generation of AMD and Nvidia cards support PCIe 5.0 as will future generations along with the fact the OP mentioned he wanted to be able to do future upgrades. 

[podkall]

22 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

It's a budget board with a 1G LAN, PCIe 4.0 and mediocre VRM's. The OP has a €2500 budget not to mention the days of PCIe 4.0 graphics cards are coming to and end. This recent generation of AMD and Nvidia cards support PCIe 5.0 as will future generations along with the fact the OP mentioned he wanted to be able to do future upgrades. 

PCIe 4.0 is far from ending my friend.

 

Also mediorce VRMs is bit harsh, Eagle has good VRMs, and 1G LAN is pretty good, even people with big budgets don't have to have 500GB/s internet speed.

[Why_Me]

6 hours ago, podkall said:

PCIe 4.0 is far from ending my friend.

 

Also mediorce VRMs is bit harsh, Eagle has good VRMs, and 1G LAN is pretty good, even people with big budgets don't have to have 500GB/s internet speed.

Depending on the budget, I still post B650 and even A620 boards in builds but not for €2500 builds.

[podkall]

3 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

Depending on the budget, I still post B650 and even A520 boards in builds but not for €2500 builds.

I respect that

[Tobber]

17 hours ago, bostonrag said:

Hi thanks for your help.

 

I have a sata ssd and hard drives already that I will be transferring to the new pc. I will need a boot drive, though.

 

For the case it’ll be under a tall desk so a full tower will fit but if the parts will fit into a mid-tower that’s fine too.

 

The biggest projects will be with Adobe InDesign (exporting 140+ page pdfs takes some time on my current pc)

 

 

Sorry for the late response, but with a huge budget of 2500 euros can you get a really beefy pc.
 

You can change some things depending on what you value most, you could swap the 9800x3d for a 9900x for better productivity performance in the expense of gaming performance. You could get the 9900x3d that combines the two, but it’s really expensive. In the part list did I add 32gb of ram since I don’t think it would be a problem, but for huge photoshop projects you could need 64gb.

 

The components I chose should be pretty easy to build with, since the aio comes with pre installed fans and cable management, and the Meshify 2 is very easy to build in, and it have the ability to remove the top for easy installation of the aio. The mobo has great connectivity with WiFi 7 and 2.5g Ethernet depending on what you’re going to use.
 

The part list doesn’t include windows but you can get it on a grey market really cheap.

https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/2Mrmv4