Thoughts on this Build please?

[9regular]

Budget (including currency): $2k USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Cyberpunk 2077, Adobe Photoshop, adobe Premiere, Software development (VS code, MySQL, docker, etc)

Other details

I currently don't have a PC, only a Macbook that's been really slow for normal tasks. This is not my first PC build, but want to have one to edit media using Photoshop and Premiere. I also want it for gaming, and maybe some software development. For GPU I'm thinking of buying a 2 year old 3070 ti from a friend for $400 USD, he has been using it for gaming. Currently I have 2 monitors, one of them is Dell S2722QC 27-inch 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) Monitor, 60Hz, 8MS. Maybe I'll buy a better one down the road.

Does it look good? Any recommendations?

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QwCnrM

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($299.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB 74.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($176.55 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston FURY 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X2 NVME Solid State Drive  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X2 NVME Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Abt)
Case: HYTE Y70 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($239.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1380.48 (excluding GPU)
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-21 15:58 EDT-0400

[Why_Me]

21 minutes ago, 9regular said:

Budget (including currency): $2k USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Cyberpunk 2077, Adobe Photoshop, adobe Premiere, Software development (VS code, MySQL, docker, etc)

Other details

I currently don't have a PC, only a Macbook that's been really slow for normal tasks. This is not my first PC build, but want to have one to edit media using Photoshop and Premiere. I also want it for gaming, and maybe some software development. For GPU I'm thinking of buying a 2 year old 3070 ti from a friend for $400 USD, he has been using it for gaming. Currently I have 2 monitors, one of them is Dell S2722QC 27-inch 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) Monitor, 60Hz, 8MS. Maybe I'll buy a better one down the road.

Does it look good? Any recommendations?

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QwCnrM

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($299.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair NAUTILUS 360 RS ARGB 74.37 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($176.55 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston FURY 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X2 NVME Solid State Drive  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X2 NVME Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Abt)
Case: HYTE Y70 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($239.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1380.48 (excluding GPU)
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-21 15:58 EDT-0400

The 7800x3D is a great gaming cpu but not so great at productivity. I would look at the 9700X.

[Why_Me]

This board gives you PCIe 5.0 for the gpu and SSD. ATX 3.1 psu for this gpu. The 120mm fan goes inside the back of this case for an exhaust fan.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($309.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B850-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X2 NVME Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Abt) 
Video Card: *Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  ($829.99 @ ASUS) 
Case: *Antec P20C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *MSI MPG A850GS PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: *ARCTIC P12 PWM PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($9.98 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1981.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-21 16:40 EDT-0400

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-free-or-cheap  

 

https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/graphics-cards/prime/prime-rtx5070ti-16g/

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-B850-P-WIFI

 

https://www.antec.com/product/case/p20c