New Pc Buld

[Chief97]

Budget (including currency): $4000-$4500 (AUD)

Country: Australia 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Primarily gaming, like Rust, CS2 and R6. Also, would like it to be able to run newer games in 1440p or 4k. 

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 currently have an old pre-built, but it is starting to bottleneck, especially the CPU, also it has bad airflow and runs hot. I am not planning to reuse any parts from it, just sell it and buy a whole new PC.

Suggestions for a 4k or 1440p, high refresh rate monitor would be appreciated (not part of the budget). I currently have two 24-inch Asus Predator 144Hz monitors, so hoping to upgrade, probably to 27-inch, so it still fits on my desk.

I am also considering just purchasing a pre-built from Aftershock but not sure if they are any good. https://aftershockpc.com.au/products/flow-lvl-9-pro-r7-7800x3d-rtx-5081 or https://aftershockpc.com.au/products/nimbus-lvl-9-pro-r7-7800x3d-rtx-5080-p2

 

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. 

 

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($697.46 @ Amazon Australia) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.00 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B850 Pro RS WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($299.00 @ Scorptec) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($159.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($219.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($1319.00 @ JW Computers) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Power Supply: *FSP Group VITA-850GM 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ Centre Com) 
Monitor: *Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ3A 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor  ($288.77 @ JW Computers) 
Total: $3279.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-18 21:18 AEST+1000

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($697.46 @ Amazon Australia) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.00 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B850 Pro RS WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($299.00 @ Scorptec) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($159.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($219.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Video Card: *Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  ($1509.00 @ JW Computers) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Power Supply: *FSP Group VITA-850GM 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ Centre Com) 
Monitor: *Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ3A 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor  ($288.77 @ JW Computers) 
Total: $3469.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-18 21:19 AEST+1000

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($697.46 @ Amazon Australia) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.00 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B850 Pro RS WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($299.00 @ Scorptec) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($159.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($219.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Video Card: *MSI SHADOW 3X OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card  ($2199.00 @ Scorptec) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Power Supply: *Super Flower Leadex III Gold UP 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($199.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Monitor: *Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQML1A 27.0" 2560 x 1440 260 Hz Monitor  ($499.00 @ JW Computers) 
Total: $4429.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-18 22:16 AEST+1000

[podkall]

Lul @Why_Me, look at this PC's motherboard:

 

2 hours ago, Chief97 said:

r7-7800x3d-rtx-5081

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Chief97 said:

I am also considering just purchasing a pre-built from Aftershock but not sure if they are any good. https://aftershockpc.com.au/products/flow-lvl-9-pro-r7-7800x3d-rtx-5081 or https://aftershockpc.com.au/products/nimbus-lvl-9-pro-r7-7800x3d-rtx-5080-p2

Not terrible honestly, the value of parts might not be 4400AUD exactly because of the "cheaper" parts used on some, still good enough as far as everything goes.

 

(Oh I see @Why_Me's 4400AUD list also includes 500AUD monitor)

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Chief97 said:

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. 

PC:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/nLFsrM

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($697.46 @ Amazon Australia) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($55.00 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B850 GAMING WIFI6 ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($294.56 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($159.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: *TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($169.00 @ Centre Com) 
Video Card: *MSI SHADOW 3X OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card  ($2199.00 @ Scorptec) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Power Supply: *Super Flower Leadex III Gold UP 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($199.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $3872.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-19 00:08 AEST+1000

 

There's 2 OLED monitors in sub 800AUD price range:

Gigabyte MO27Q2

MSI MAG 273QP QD-OLED X24

[Why_Me]

4 minutes ago, podkall said:

Lul @Why_Me, look at this PC's motherboard:

 

 

 

 

Not terrible honestly, the value of parts might not be 4400AUD exactly because of the "cheaper" parts used on some, still good enough as far as everything goes.

 

(Oh I see @Why_Me's 4400AUD list also includes 500AUD monitor)

 

 

 

PC:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/nLFsrM

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($697.46 @ Amazon Australia) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($55.00 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B850 GAMING WIFI6 ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($294.56 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($159.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: *TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($169.00 @ Centre Com) 
Video Card: *MSI SHADOW 3X OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card  ($2199.00 @ Scorptec) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Power Supply: *Super Flower Leadex III Gold UP 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($199.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $3872.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-19 00:08 AEST+1000

 

There's 2 OLED monitors in sub 800AUD price range:

Gigabyte MO27Q2

MSI MAG 273QP QD-OLED X24

I would look for a board that includes M.2 heat shields/heatsinks for the SSD.

[podkall]

13 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

I would look for a board that includes M.2 heat shields/heatsinks for the SSD.

Technically, you don't need heat-spreaders/heatsinks

 

G50 needs approx 50 seconds of consistent usage just to start thermal throttling, before throttling it runs at ~4GB/s, which means by the time it starts thermal throttling from sequential workload, that workload will be most likely done, because in 50 seconds you already read/wrote 200GB worth of data:

 

[Why_Me]

11 minutes ago, podkall said:

Technically, you don't need heat-spreaders/heatsinks

 

G50 needs approx 50 seconds of consistent usage just to start thermal throttling, before throttling it runs at ~4GB/s, which means by the time it starts thermal throttling from sequential workload, that workload will be most likely done, because in 50 seconds you already read/wrote 200GB worth of data:

 

The OP lives in Australia where it gets hot not to mention he has a $4500 AUD budget which means a board with M.2 heatsinks.

[podkall]

8 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

The OP lives in Australia where it gets hot not to mention he has a $4500 AUD budget which means a board with M.2 heatsinks.

I doubt even if ambient temp is as crazy as for example +10C, that it will affect M.2's temp too much.

 

Even if your room is for some reason or another, scorching hot 40C, the thermal throttling point of average temp in M.2 is still almost double that amount.

 

But sure, since the budget allows it, an MSI or ASRock or whatever other board with M.2 heatsink is probably decent idea.

[Why_Me]

19 minutes ago, podkall said:

I doubt even if ambient temp is as crazy as for example +10C, that it will affect M.2's temp too much.

 

Even if your room is for some reason or another, scorching hot 40C, the thermal throttling point of average temp in M.2 is still almost double that amount.

 

But sure, since the budget allows it, an MSI or ASRock or whatever other board with M.2 heatsink is probably decent idea.

I included a board with M.2 heatsinks, SSD with DRAM cache, RTX 5080 along with a 260Hz Asus monitor and still came under budget. If you can't include a decent board with a $4500 AUD budget then you're doing something wrong.

[OddOod]

9 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

If you can't include a decent board with a $4500 AUD budget then you're doing something wrong.

On the one hand, prices in AUS are ridonc
On the other hand, yes

[Why_Me]

Just now, OddOod said:

On the one hand, prices in AUS are ridonc
On the other hand, yes

The only reason I included that monitor was due to the fact I was trying to jack up the price on that build because I didn't want the OP to think I was recommending cheap sh*tty components. 

[OddOod]

5 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

The only reason I included that monitor was due to the fact I was trying to jack up the price on that build because I didn't want the OP to think I was recommending cheap sh*tty components. 

Lol, like how MS included a flight sim in a version of Excel because people were (apocryphally) suspicious of how small the program was

[podkall]

1 hour ago, Why_Me said:

I included a board with M.2 heatsinks, SSD with DRAM cache, RTX 5080 along with a 260Hz Asus monitor and still came under budget. If you can't include a decent board with a $4500 AUD budget then you're doing something wrong.

What's wrong with the Gigabyte board? It really only is missing the M.2 shield, otherwise it has all the features you would typically ask for

 

1 hour ago, Why_Me said:

The only reason I included that monitor was due to the fact I was trying to jack up the price on that build because I didn't want the OP to think I was recommending cheap sh*tty components. 

Price isn't the only indicator of quality.

 

You just gotta read a little.

 

 

 

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