Does this build make sense?

Nanta · July 10, 2025

Budget (including currency):

2,300 EUR / 2,695.18 USD / 1,983.40 GBP 3,689.80 CAD (Not set in stone)

Country:

Finland

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:

I'm very much a variety gamer and play a lot of different games. Maybe more indie games but also AAA. My most played games are Finals, Apex Legends, Tarkov, Rust, BF1, Arma3, CK3, Sea of thieves, CIV(3-6) and bunch of VR titles. I use Blender professionally so I want a rig that works for hobby projects well enough that I will no miss the computer I use at work. I also do Gamedev/modding, programming and video/photo editing.

Other details:

My plan is to switch to Linux probably Mint and have Windows 11 as dual boot option on a drive I already have. I will use my current PC as a NAS/Server so only 2tb storage shouldn't be a problem. I already have rest of the setup and will only be getting a new PC. I have 240hz 2k monitor and a 144hz 1080p monitor. I will probably at some point switch to an ultrawide 4k monitor. I have a Pico 4 VR headset which I will be upgrading at some point in the not so near future, but I do want this PC to run it whichever one I get. I'm looking to buy this as soon as I get the partlist locked in.

I would prefer buying from Jims, Verkkokauppa or Proshop. I will go through those to check for deals but these links are all Jimms links. I did check the compatability with pcpartpicker earlier but don't have that link anymore.

This is the part list I have at the moment:

ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend Dark 16GB GDDR6

Seasonic 850W G12 GM-850 (2024)

Phanteks Glacier One 360 M25 Gen2 AIO

Fractal Design North XL - Charcoal Black TG Dark

Samsung 2TB 990 PRO

Gigabyte X870 GAMING WIFI6 + Ryzen 7 9800X3D + 32GB DDR5 6400MHz

My old PC:

CPU:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10GHz
GPU:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Motherboard:
ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING
RAM:
Kingston 32GB (4 x 8GB) FURY Beast, DDR4 3200MHz, CL16, 1.35V
Storage:
Samsung 1TB 990 PRO
Samsung 1TB 980 PRO
Kingston 1TB NV3
Seagate Expansion Portable 2 TB
Case:
Fractal Design Meshify C White
OS:
Windows 11 Pro
Powersupply:
Corsair RM650 650W

Thanks for any and all help.

Why_Me · July 10, 2025

1 hour ago, Nanta said:

Budget (including currency):

2,300 EUR / 2,695.18 USD / 1,983.40 GBP 3,689.80 CAD (Not set in stone)

Country:

Finland

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:

I'm very much a variety gamer and play a lot of different games. Maybe more indie games but also AAA. My most played games are Finals, Apex Legends, Tarkov, Rust, BF1, Arma3, CK3, Sea of thieves, CIV(3-6) and bunch of VR titles. I use Blender professionally so I want a rig that works for hobby projects well enough that I will no miss the computer I use at work. I also do Gamedev/modding, programming and video/photo editing.

Other details:

My plan is to switch to Linux probably Mint and have Windows 11 as dual boot option on a drive I already have. I will use my current PC as a NAS/Server so only 2tb storage shouldn't be a problem. I already have rest of the setup and will only be getting a new PC. I have 240hz 2k monitor and a 144hz 1080p monitor. I will probably at some point switch to an ultrawide 4k monitor. I have a Pico 4 VR headset which I will be upgrading at some point in the not so near future, but I do want this PC to run it whichever one I get. I'm looking to buy this as soon as I get the partlist locked in.

I would prefer buying from Jims, Verkkokauppa or Proshop. I will go through those to check for deals but these links are all Jimms links. I did check the compatability with pcpartpicker earlier but don't have that link anymore.

This is the part list I have at the moment:

ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend Dark 16GB GDDR6

Seasonic 850W G12 GM-850 (2024)

Phanteks Glacier One 360 M25 Gen2 AIO

Fractal Design North XL - Charcoal Black TG Dark

Samsung 2TB 990 PRO

Gigabyte X870 GAMING WIFI6 + Ryzen 7 9800X3D + 32GB DDR5 6400MHz

My old PC:

CPU:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10GHz
GPU:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Motherboard:
ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING
RAM:
Kingston 32GB (4 x 8GB) FURY Beast, DDR4 3200MHz, CL16, 1.35V
Storage:
Samsung 1TB 990 PRO
Samsung 1TB 980 PRO
Kingston 1TB NV3
Seagate Expansion Portable 2 TB
Case:
Fractal Design Meshify C White
OS:
Windows 11 Pro
Powersupply:
Corsair RM650 650W

Thanks for any and all help.

Other than the psu it all works. Seasonic makes some great power supplies but that one in your link isn't one of them. Make sure to add either a 120mm / 140mm exhaust fan to the back of that case.

Why_Me · July 10, 2025

With your budget I would do something like this: AMD cards work better with Linux but the programs you use are geared towards Nvidia. This board down below gives you more PCIe lanes (bandwidth) in case you decide to add another M.2 SSD in the future. This MSI SSD has near identical specs as the Samsung Pro 990 including DRAM cache yet it's significantly less expensive (at least in Finland). ATX 3.1 psu for this 5070 Ti along with more RAM.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (€509.00 @ Proshop)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€46.90 @ Jimm's)
Motherboard: *MSI X670E GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (€258.90 @ Jimm's)
Memory: *G.Skill Flare X5 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€173.90 @ Datatronic)
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€140.90 @ Datatronic)
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE SFF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card (€924.90 @ Jimm's)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 217 ATX Mid Tower Case (€108.90 @ Jimm's)
Power Supply: *ADATA XPG Core Reactor II VE 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€101.90 @ Datatronic)
Total: €2265.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-10 20:51 EEST+0300