Visual Studio with some gaming

[Parvware]

Budget (including currency): Around 1,400 - 1,600 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Visual Studio mostly, some light 1440p gaming (Ex: Doom Eternal)

Other details

Monitors: 27 inch 4K 60 Hz, 24 inch 1080p 60 Hz (2). Later, I will replace both 1080p by a 4K one and 1440p gaming one, once a good deal appears.

Current computer is almost 10 years old

 

Part list:

CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor    $379.99    
CPU Cooler
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3 70.84 CFM CPU Cooler    $34.90    
Motherboard        
MSI PRO B850M-P WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard    $159.99    
Memory        
Patriot Viper Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory    $219.99    
Storage        
Any brand name HDD with at least 8TB    $130.00
Storage        
Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive    $159.99    
Video Card        
ASRock Challenger OC Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Video Card    $369.99    
Case        
Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case    $59.99    
Power Supply        
Corsair RM750e (2025) 750 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply    $99.95    
Keyboard        
Reuse old one
Mouse        
Logitech G502 Hero Wired Optical Mouse    $37.99    

 

This build prices around 1,650, but I hope to get some deals on black friday. Micro center is an option, as one is opening soon in Arizona

[Why_Me]

Here's another option to consider.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler  ($44.39 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI Z890 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($134.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *MSI SHADOW 2X OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Antec FLUX SE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.90 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1659.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-15 17:02 EDT-0400

 

https://www.antec.com/product/case/flux-se 

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/air-cooling/thermalright-royal-pretor-130-review/2 

 

https://www.gigabyte.com/SSD/AORUS-Gen4-7300-SSD-2TB 

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/241063/intel-core-ultra-7-processor-265k-30m-cache-up-to-5-50-ghz/specifications.html

 

https://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/5960 

 

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-5070-12G-SHADOW-2X-OC

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z890-GAMING-PLUS-WIFI 

[Parvware]

21 hours ago, Why_Me said:

Here's another option to consider.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler  ($44.39 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI Z890 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Seagate Barracuda Compute 8 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($134.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *MSI SHADOW 2X OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Antec FLUX SE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.90 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1659.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-15 17:02 EDT-0400

 

https://www.antec.com/product/case/flux-se 

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/air-cooling/thermalright-royal-pretor-130-review/2 

 

https://www.gigabyte.com/SSD/AORUS-Gen4-7300-SSD-2TB 

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/241063/intel-core-ultra-7-processor-265k-30m-cache-up-to-5-50-ghz/specifications.html

 

https://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/5960 

 

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-5070-12G-SHADOW-2X-OC

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z890-GAMING-PLUS-WIFI 

This is a work oriented computer, than can do some light gaming, so I prefer to put more money on the CPU instead of the GPU

[Why_Me]

2 hours ago, Parvware said:

This is a work oriented computer, than can do some light gaming, so I prefer to put more money on the CPU instead of the GPU

That normally means Nvidia gpu.