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Grady_Smith
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Budget (including currency): 1500-1600 usd

Country: United States of America 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Blender, Fusion 360, Solidworks, davinci resolve, Microsoft visual studio 

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 already have a keyboard and mouse.) Sorry I have had so many part lists and questions, but before I spent all the money on a PC, I had a lot of questions, and I still do, but after doing tons of research, I have finally made a conclusion (for the second time🤣) please review/blast it, I need the feedback before I finally buy all the components, some are coming from microcenter at a big discount, so remove about 100 dollars from the cost, thank you everyone for helping me get my first time PC builder dumb questions answered, here is my build:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6JtjDj

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($340.05 @ Amazon) 

 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($37.90 @ Amazon) 

 

Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B650E-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Best Buy) 

 

Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

 

Storage: Crucial T500 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($124.99 @ Amazon) 

 

Video Card: PNY OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card ($549.99 @ Best Buy) 

 

Case: Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.90 @ Amazon) 

 

Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.98 @ Amazon) 

 

Speakers: Logitech Z150 Speakers ($34.99 @ B&H) 

 

Total: $1567.78

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2 minutes ago, Grady_Smith said:

Budget (including currency): 1500-1600 usd

Country: United States of America 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Blender, Fusion 360, Solidworks, davinci resolve, Microsoft visual studio 

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 already have a keyboard and mouse.) Sorry I have had so many part lists and questions, but before I spent all the money on a PC, I had a lot of questions, and I still do, but after doing tons of research, I have finally made a conclusion (for the second time🤣) please review/blast it, I need the feedback before I finally buy all the components, some are coming from microcenter at a big discount, so remove about 100 dollars from the cost, thank you everyone for helping me get my first time PC builder dumb questions answered, here is my build:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6JtjDj

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($340.05 @ Amazon) 

 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($37.90 @ Amazon) 

 

Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B650E-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Best Buy) 

 

Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

 

Storage: Crucial T500 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($124.99 @ Amazon) 

 

Video Card: PNY OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card ($549.99 @ Best Buy) 

 

Case: Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.90 @ Amazon) 

 

Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.98 @ Amazon) 

 

Speakers: Logitech Z150 Speakers ($34.99 @ B&H) 

 

Total: $1567.78

This is a good build! I like it.

You don't mention gaming as a workload so why are you getting an X3D CPU? Or did you just forget to write games 🙂  ?

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Air coolers don't do that well with fish tank cases (basic physics), look for an SSD with DRAM cache.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($305.89 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($37.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B650E-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: *Klevv BOLT V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($93.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ MSI) 
Video Card: PNY OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  ($549.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.97 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-750G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Speakers: Logitech Z150 Speakers  ($34.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1512.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-17 11:55 EDT-0400

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($305.89 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($37.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B650E-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ MSI) 
Video Card: PNY OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  ($549.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.97 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-750G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Speakers: Logitech Z150 Speakers  ($34.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1598.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-17 11:57 EDT-0400

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-9700x/9.html

 

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core Ultra 7 265F 2.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($269.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($37.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI MAG B860 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ MSI) 
Video Card: PNY OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  ($549.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.97 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-750G 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Speakers: Logitech Z150 Speakers  ($34.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1542.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-17 12:22 EDT-0400

 

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5 hours ago, Grady_Smith said:

For the blender and cad work I am doing, the 3d v cache is extremely helpful, also, I am doing some gaming.

 

The benchmarks I've seen for Blender CPU rendering suggest there are numerous better choices of CPU than the 7800X3D. Given the use case I think you should be considering an AMD 9000X or Intel Core Ultra CPU.

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-content-creation-review/#CPU_Rendering_Cinebench_Blender_V-Ray

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/amd-ryzen-9-7900x3d-and-7950x3d-content-creation-review/#CPU_Rendering_Blender

 

 

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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