Tips and thoughts for your upcoming gaming PC
Tips and thoughts for your upcoming gaming PC
Hello everyone! Hope you're having/had an awesome weekend
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I was hoping to gather some feedback and maybe tips for improvements on a Gaming PC I want to build.
My current one is about 8(!) years old, and while it's still quite capable, the latest games have been catching up to it over the past few months. Although, anything more than "High" settings has been out of the question for way longer.
I hope you don't mind me linking to a Google Sheet?
The sheet has two pages, one for what I've planned to get for my new PC, the other listing my current hardware for comparison.
I've included links to Mindfactory and Amazon to quickly access details. Those aren't affiliate links, it's just where I mainly buy my hardware.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing
My thinking process on some of the parts:
Regarding the price of all the parts: I've set myself a budget of €3,000,-. A bit more wouldn't hurt much if it would improve compatibility or performance, for example.
I'm especially concerned about the cooling! Honestly, I've picked the cooler because of the design. Of course, I've found it looking for a capable cooler for the Ryzen 9 7950, but is air cooling really enough if I'm going to stress this CPU with high-end games? Should I instead think about water cooling and if yes, what are your recommendations?
The 64 GB RAM are so to make this build future-proof. I might be getting into streaming as well and since it's within my budget I thought the extra RAM wouldn't hurt.
I've calculated the power consumption with be quite's
PSU calculator
and even when overclocking and adding CPU water cooling the power consumption would be just under 750 W. But I still thought a 1000 W PSU was the safer option.
Then there's the chassis. I'd love if someone could confirm whether all the hardware would fit in there. I believe I read everything right, but you know it goes: two pairs of eyes see better than one
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Looking forward to your thoughts and suggestions
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PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (€344.00 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler (€63.46 @ Galaxus)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (€189.06 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory (€192.89)
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PCPartPicker Liste von Komponenten
CPU:
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D mit 4.2 GHz und 8-Kern-Prozessor
(€344,00 bei Mindfactory)
CPU-Kühler:
Deepcool ASSASSIN IV mit 79,1 CFM Kühlung
(€99,41 bei Galaxus)
Motherboard:
Asus ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI ATX AM5-Motherboard
(€294,00 bei Alternate)
Speicher:
G.Skill Flare X5 mit 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
(€238,78 bei Amazon Deutschland)
Speicher:
Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME SSD
(€98,90 bei Alza)
Weitere Speicher:
Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME SSD
(€310,90 bei Alza)
Video-Karte:
Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB
(€895,99 bei Alternate)
Powerversorgung:
NZXT C1200 1200 W mit Gold-Zertifizierung 80+ Gold
(€186,89 bei Alternate)
Gesamt:
€2468,87
Preise beinhalten Versand, Steuern und Rabatte, falls vorhanden
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2024-03-24 17:05 CET+0100
I'm sorry for the mistake in the section. I did not see a post about where to share new builds. I'll be more careful with sticky posts now!
Also, I wasn't familiar with tools like PC Part Picker.
Thank you for noticing the tool, and thank you for helping compile the list!
Why such a different motherboard, smaller CPU, and larger PSU—please clarify if you're curious?
I've compiled the hardware list you want to use for PC Part Picker. I'm still worried about cooling. Will air cooling be sufficient to handle the CPU's heat when running games at full power?
Thanks to the tool, I found out the chassis could be small enough for the PSU's modular connectors. So I switched to the XL version to avoid any issues with cabling.
What are your thoughts?
Currently I have a 4k monitor with 144 Hz, specifically 3840 × 2160 – 16:9. Not that I can really play most games at this resolution in 4k right now. Do you think 4k could become a problem with the hardware I chose? I would like to be able to run games at this quality.