First time building a pc, any suggestions would be appreicated.
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/YLpqKp
Intel i5-13600KF - $449
Asus Dual OC GeForce RTX 4070 - $959
MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI - $279
Asus TUF 750W 80+ Bronze PSU - $97
Kingston SNV2s 1TB NVMe SSD - $63
Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L - $101
Corsair 2 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz - $118
Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case - $185
Total: $2245
I built the following over the past two weeks to give a comparison. Used ebay 20% off for Futu and 10% off at Kogan
MSY
Corsair 850W RM850x 80+ Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $191
Gigabyte B650M Aorus Elite AM5 mATX Motherboard $249
Kingston KC3000D 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD $195
Scorptec
Fractal Design North Charcoal Black TG Dark ATX Case $229
Futu
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X $343
Jedi Survivor $0
Kogan
PNY 4070 TI $1100
Amazon
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Air Cooler $69
CORSAIR Vengeance DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6400 $195
TOTAL $2571
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this is a much better build for only a few hundred more. And a much nicer case!
The case was the main reason I decided to build a new PC. Man it's a good looking case!.
Unless you're deadset on the case I'd swap it to something cheaper like Deepcool MATREXX 55 ($67) and put the extra money into a Z790 DDR5 Mobo and 32GB of DDR5 and upgrade the PSU.
Could kindly ask why the the upgrade from DDR4 to 5? I’m not an expert myself but after reading a few discussions, most of them tend to lean towards DDR4 currently or they might just be outdated. Thanks
When those boards were first release mid? last year, you paid a huge premium for DDR5 with not a huge gain so a lot of people recommend sticking with DDR4.
But now DDR5 isn't that much more for quality RAM. As an example the ram I posted above for $195 is much is quicker than the DDR4 you posted and is only a bit extra
DDR4 has no upgrade path and is basically extinct.
sorry stratbargain, accidently pressed on neg and can't seems to cancel it, your recommendation is great.
unless you can get ddr5 6400-7400 speed range for a good price, and also getting a ASUS/Gigabyte z790 mobo for a good price, don't bother with anything DDR5 that's 6000 or below unless it's hynix chip and you know how to manual OC it.
otherwise any z690 from big 4 (ASUS/Gigabyte/MSI/AsRock) + ddr4 3600c16~4000c18 would usually give you cheaper price without loosing much gaming performance at all.
the SSD is trash (as a boot drive), search what QLC is, and why you should avoid it. WD SN570 will be better all around even though it's PCIe 3.0.
the RAM is meh. You might want to consider get something from this list, if you are going to play any CPU intensive game (battle royal/MMORPG/FPS/any game with tons of players and or AIs).
watercooling isn't the best but should be more than pass-able, you could choose something better but up to you.
but decent choice overall.
I don't know if there are any rules against selling stuff, but I've got a "used" pc that I'm considering selling (havent decided) - $800 (built and working)
Honestly I have not used it much! I just like building PCs so recently built a new one and don't need this, as I still have an X58 working as a server.
Available with a couple of days to wipe my old files off - NSW 2113
CORE:
AMD Ryzen 9 5900x (12 core / 24 thread) / 4.5ghz all core under / BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 silent HSF (cinebench ~20,200 points without tuning)
G.skill DDR4 3200 CL16 ARGB ram (F4-3200C16-8GTZR) 4x8gb (32gb total) ./ Running at CL18-20-20-42-1T 3600mhz (better CPU matching / tuned for overclocking)
ASUS PRIME X470-pro motherboard
Samsung 512GB 970-EVO (NVME gen3x4)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JrMZgmEQYsR3tfk1A
Other:
Nvidia GT220 GPU (desktop use only) - system can take a massive 3 slot long card with 4x8pin available power / PCIE4 - was tested with Sapphire Pulse 7900XTX, no issues-
Case : CoolerMaster H500P (plastic front, not mesh) - 2x200mm RGB front / 3xunlit 120mm exhaust (2 top , 1 rear)
Windows 11 pro (22H2) build 22621.1928
850W modular PSU (think it's a corsair OR Thermaltake) not sure…will check if anyone is interested.
It would probably do someone very nicely if they don't want the hassle of building and want to save some coins.
My estimate is similar parts alone (static ice) would cost the buyer ~$1600, pretty much a "best of last gen" with some capacity for good upgrades.
CPU ~$670 / Cooler ~$130
Mobo ~$200
SSD ~$65
RAM ~$120
PSU ~190
H500P case ~$200
if youre going z690 mobo, get one which supports ddr5 not ddr4