Needed Help Building My First PC

[BetaBuck]

 

Hello, over a couple of years, I've been always wanted to build a PC, but I do not know where to start on what parts I need to look for in order to get where I want to go.

 

What's my budget?

As far as the budget that I am willing to spend, I'm willing to spend around $2000 to $2500, and keep in mind that I am in the US.

 

What I'm trying to go for?

I'm mostly gonna be using my PC for gaming, game recording and maybe streaming, programming, game development, drawing, and using 3D tools such as Blender. For gaming, I'm looking to do high-end gaming, which in this case, I would like to play any game that's out there, whether if it's a AAA game or an indie game, I would like to explore more options of what I want to play.

 

Plans regarding monitors.

Right now, I'm using 2 monitors, both 1920 x 1080 px. However, I'm planning on getting a third monitor sometime in the future with the same resolution as the two I have right now.

 

Do I need peripherals?

As far as peripherals go, I'm good. For monitors, like I mentioned before, I'm planning on getting a third monitor, but I prefer not to get this monitor around the same time as when I'm getting the parts I need for the PC itself, but again, I am getting a third monitor soon. To be clear, the OS I'm targeting is Windows.

 

Why I wanted to do this?

There are a few reasons why I decided to upgrade. First of all, at this time, I'm using a gaming laptop in which it has been having heating problems lately, and I remembered last year, the battery was so hot, it popped the front part of my laptop. Although my laptop ran fine, it had some problems with the mouse track pad which causes unwanted clicks since the damage happened around that part of the laptop. Despite that I did get a replacement, this is something that I would rather not do again.  However, I'm still having heating problems with the laptop I'm on.
Another reason why is because the laptop I'm using is a Razer brand laptop, and I wanted to get out of this brand because I heard bad rumors about them, and I want to see if I could move on into something else.

 

Hopefully that this is all the information you need to help me point into the right direction and I am looking forward to see any recommendations you will offer me.

Thank you.

 

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, BetaBuck said:

Right now, I'm using 2 monitors, both 1920 x 1080 px. However, I'm planning on getting a third monitor sometime in the future with the same resolution as the two I have right now.

If you'd like to stay on 1080p I'd recommend we go for 9800X3D for CPU

 

2 minutes ago, BetaBuck said:

'm mostly gonna be using my PC for gaming, game recording and maybe streaming, programming, game development, drawing, and using 3D tools such as Blender. For gaming, I'm looking to do high-end gaming, which in this case, I would like to play any game that's out there, whether if it's a AAA game or an indie game, I would like to explore more options of what I want to play.

We'll look to nvidia for GPU then

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($469.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870 EAGLE WIFI7 ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  ($178.70 @ Amazon) 
Storage: ADATA LEGEND 900 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  ($749.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A1000GS PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ MSI) 
Total: $2018.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-17 16:11 EST-0500

you COULD go 5080 but then I'd recommend 1440p. If you do go 5080 then put in this 5080 replacing the 5070 ti and this monitor

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7z7MnQ/pny-oc-geforce-rtx-5080-16-gb-video-card-vcg508016tfxpb1-o

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mgWJ7P/asus-rog-strix-xg27acs-270-2560-x-1440-180-hz-monitor-xg27acs

[Why_Me]

8 hours ago, BetaBuck said:

 

Hello, over a couple of years, I've been always wanted to build a PC, but I do not know where to start on what parts I need to look for in order to get where I want to go.

 

What's my budget?

As far as the budget that I am willing to spend, I'm willing to spend around $2000 to $2500, and keep in mind that I am in the US.

 

What I'm trying to go for?

I'm mostly gonna be using my PC for gaming, game recording and maybe streaming, programming, game development, drawing, and using 3D tools such as Blender. For gaming, I'm looking to do high-end gaming, which in this case, I would like to play any game that's out there, whether if it's a AAA game or an indie game, I would like to explore more options of what I want to play.

 

Plans regarding monitors.

Right now, I'm using 2 monitors, both 1920 x 1080 px. However, I'm planning on getting a third monitor sometime in the future with the same resolution as the two I have right now.

 

Do I need peripherals?

As far as peripherals go, I'm good. For monitors, like I mentioned before, I'm planning on getting a third monitor, but I prefer not to get this monitor around the same time as when I'm getting the parts I need for the PC itself, but again, I am getting a third monitor soon. To be clear, the OS I'm targeting is Windows.

 

Why I wanted to do this?

There are a few reasons why I decided to upgrade. First of all, at this time, I'm using a gaming laptop in which it has been having heating problems lately, and I remembered last year, the battery was so hot, it popped the front part of my laptop. Although my laptop ran fine, it had some problems with the mouse track pad which causes unwanted clicks since the damage happened around that part of the laptop. Despite that I did get a replacement, this is something that I would rather not do again.  However, I'm still having heating problems with the laptop I'm on.
Another reason why is because the laptop I'm using is a Razer brand laptop, and I wanted to get out of this brand because I heard bad rumors about them, and I want to see if I could move on into something else.

 

Hopefully that this is all the information you need to help me point into the right direction and I am looking forward to see any recommendations you will offer me.

Thank you.

 

I would wait a month or so to see if RAM prices get back to normal seeing how the price of RAM has more than doubled these past few weeks. These builds are geared for gaming at 1440. The Intel build has the edge in productivity programs such as Blender and the AMD build has the edge in gaming. This SSD includes DRAM cache which is a plus.

 

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

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor  ($296.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING Z890-PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: *Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  ($749.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Antec P20C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: *ARCTIC P12 PWM PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($9.93 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2075.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-17 18:37 EST-0500 

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($469.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI MAG X870E TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *Patriot Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: *Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  ($749.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Antec P20C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: *ARCTIC P12 PWM PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  ($9.93 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2299.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-18 00:32 EST-0500

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Monitor: *MSI G272QPF E2 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor  ($193.55 @ Amazon) 
Total: $193.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-17 18:42 EST-0500

[BetaBuck]

On 11/17/2025 at 5:42 PM, Why_Me said:

The Intel build has the edge in productivity programs such as Blender and the AMD build has the edge in gaming. This SSD includes DRAM cache which is a plus.

 

 

Thanks for your reply, but how big is the difference for gaming if I were to focus on the edge in productivity? Like is it a big difference, or a small difference?

[Why_Me]

3 hours ago, BetaBuck said:

 

Thanks for your reply, but how big is the difference for gaming if I were to focus on the edge in productivity? Like is it a big difference, or a small difference?

 

[BetaBuck]

26 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

 

I apologize, but I do not think I understand this, is this for the resolutions of the monitor, or is it for the differences between the intel build and the AMD build, like what I was asking earlier?

Edit:
I'm assuming those are the differences between two monitors, but that is not what I was asking about.

What I'm asking about is like if I were to play a game on the intel build, and play that same game on the amd build, how big of a difference is there in terms of performance?  And if I were to choose the intel build, how often will I experience performance issues on any game?