| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor | $155.50 |
| CPU Cooler | be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler | Purchased For $0.00 |
| Motherboard | MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard | Purchased For $0.00 |
| Memory | Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL16 Memory | Purchased For $0.00 |
| Storage | Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive | Purchased For $0.00 |
| Video Card | Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card | $925.00 |
| Case | Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case | Purchased For $0.00 |
| Power Supply | SeaSonic FOCUS PLUS 850 Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | $129.00 |
| Monitor | Gigabyte G34WQC 34.0" 3440 x 1440 144 Hz Curved Monitor | $390.00 |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total | $1599.50 | |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-16 05:42 EDT-0400 |
Ignore prices: I’m going to buy from different stores and I couldn’t bother inputing prices manually actually went and edited prices, also removed unnecessary bits as they were causing some confusion haha
This part list fits my budget and it’s unlikely I will make changes to it, unless there are big issues with compatibility in which case the only change I can make is to go for a 7800XT instead to open up some of the budget to fix those issues.
Objective is playing AAA games at 3440*1440 100+ fps (ideally 120+), high-ultra with no RT and hopefully no FSR; what I’m keeping from current build are RAM and MoBo (plus case, CPU cooler, fans, and drives, but these shouldn’t cause any issues). I listed current drives, fans, etc. just to get a somewhat accurate total power draw to pick the right PSU.
I know about case GPU length restrictions, that’s why there’s a slim fan in the list that will be mounted front bottom, to accomodate the long GPU (Fractal’s website says maximum GPU length with front fan is 315mm, standard fan is 25mm deep, 7900XT is 320mm and the slim fan is 16mm deep, so I should have 4mm of wiggle room!).
My main doubt is about huge bottlenecks with either RAM or MoBo. I’m keeping those and I’d rather not change them, because that would mean having to get a 7800XT instead (I know, for example, that a faster and lower CL RAM will give me slightly better FPS, although my current sticks are running at 3466Mhz and CL18, so not too bad, but I’m not looking to min-max to the last minute detail), unless such dated parts would cause huge bottlenecks that would make that GPU a total waste.
PC will be used exclusively for gaming.
Thanks for any and all suggestions!
edit: after a bit more researching, I ditched the AOC U34G3XM and picked this Gigabyte after watching the video by Hardware Unboxed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5FunMmbztw
The only bottleneck I see is the PCIe on the motherboard, which is only 3.0 x16, while the 7900XT is 4.0 16x. Not the end of the world, though, so I will pull the trigger in the next few days. Thanks everyone for your help!
What’s the reasoning behind the the 3TB in hard drives?
Data hoarding haha I know it’s not ideal, and I will build a NAS at some point, but at the moment high-res, high-fps, high-details gaming is a priority!
Fwiw, I would absolutely not use a 1TB spinny drive. Just find a 4, 6, or 8TB drive. Prices tend to bounce around some, but It’ll be only slightly more expensive (I’m looking at a 6TB 7200rpm drive for $80 on Newegg right now) than that 1TB drive you found.
That’s what I bought at the very beginning when I first built my PC. Had to go for a 256GB SATA SSD because of prices (I think I bought it more than five years ago) and since that wasn’t realistically enough, I added a 1TB HDD to get by. When I fibally build my NAS I will get something like 4x4TB at least
Oh, if you’re just moving the drives into the new system, then sure, it doesn’t really matter. I’m just saying you should definitely not buy those things new. Any spinny drive under about 4tb is honestly more useful as a paperweight these days. As a matter of fact, I’ve disassembled several of my old, low capacity disks (after a DoD-level wipe) and use the platters as drink coasters around my house lol
Haha, that’s a great use of them; gotta remember that when my ancient e-waste drives finally fail.
Yep, just keeping them because they still work, and, even though they are small, I can still repurpose them for my future NAS when I’ll build it
Depending upon how old they are you should really consider just replacing them and moving the data to another drive. My limit is about 6 years, after that my next pc build I will normally buy a new drive with enough space to consolidate and move over the data to them so I can retire the old drives. The longer they are used the higher the risk of failure. You can forget this If you have proper backups, I guess it’s not that terrible if you do.
One is about to die, the older 1TB, which is about to be five years old, I got one bad sector on it a month or so ago. It’s all backed up, though, so I dare using it a bit longer
A handful of bad sectors isn’t too concerning; a “rapidly” growing amount is.
Also re storage: maybe replace one SSD (both?) for a large M2 unit - I see a M.2 slot. Would be good for OS and games, for max read/write performance. Edit: nvm, I saw it in your list already.
For me thats also what sticks out. You can get a 1 TB micro SD card these days - if you want hdd storage then why not aim for 8 or 10+ TB? Perhaps two drives in raid1 if you want some more safety.