Would love any opinions or critiques of this build!
Hello! Building a new gaming computer. Haven't been in the scene or shopped for parts in a very long time. Last desktop had a gtx 460 lol. Please let me know if you have any thoughts or opinions on this build. Will be inverting the case to go on the left side of my desk. Hoping to be able to play modern games on high settings. Total budget is roughly $3,000.
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor | $539.99 @ Adorama |
| CPU Cooler | Corsair iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX 97 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler | $129.99 @ Newegg |
| Motherboard | Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard | $194.99 @ B&H |
| Memory | Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory | $87.60 @ Amazon |
| Storage | *Silicon Power A60 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $79.98 @ Amazon |
| Video Card | *Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card | $1299.00 @ Amazon |
| Case | Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case | $179.99 @ Newegg |
| Power Supply | EVGA SuperNOVA T2 850 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | $181.38 @ Amazon |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit | $108.78 @ Other World Computing |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $2821.70 | |
| Mail-in rebates | -$20.00 | |
| Total | $2801.70 | |
| *Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria | ||
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-01-19 18:27 EST-0500 |
Posted Jan 19, 2022, 11:31 PM UTC
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Do you really need an 850W power supply? Seems kind of overkill. That processor is only 105W, plus 220W for the graphics card. Then I'm guessing 25W for the motherboard, 6W for each stick of RAM, maybe 10W for the NVME drive, and 30W for each fan plus 50W for the pump (maybe?) only gets you to about 500W. Unless you're planning on adding like eight HDDs to this thing that you already have on hand you might be better off with a 650W power supply.
Also why are you spending so much money on a processor and then cheaping out on RAM? At least get 32 GB for this thing.
You can also save yourself $108 by switching to Linux : )
Thanks for the comment. I'm not sure I guess I figured more is better for the power supply. Do you think the ram listed it a good choice to double to 32? Linux would hurt my brain too much I think.
It looks like this Corsair bundle would be pretty good:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Yg3mP6/corsair-vengeance-lpx-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3600-memory-cmk32gx4m2d3600c18
You can get faster memory but not for that price. Also, going with 2x16 GB gives you room to expand to 64 GB and future-proof your machine a little bit if you decide to do that down the road. This is also less than double the cost of the two sticks you already have so it's a better deal per GB of memory.