| 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!
Please no with that storage configuration.
250GB is useless to man or beast. It’s not big enough for your C: drive once you get a handful of apps installed, and it’s not big enough for anything else. And you’ve made that the slow SATA drive, so it’s not even optimal for purpose.
Boot off NVME. Have SATA SSD for your other storage. Consign HDD to the fires of hell, and spin rust no more in the year of our lord two thousand and twenty three. Unless you need to store like 8+TB of videos, there is no good use case for HDD.
Look at getting 2x2TB SSD, or even consider 2TB + 4TB if you want to hoard shit.
That’s definitely more fans than you need; I bought two extra to go in that case, and it was plenty.
I don’t know exact details on either clearances or ram specs, so I won’t venture an opinion.
Honestly 250 gb is fine for an os (C:) drive. I also agree use an sad or over HDD for that purpose. But using HDDs for storage is totally fine. No need to have terabytes of SSD. HDDs for bulk storage is absolutely acceptable, especially if there is any budget concerns.
Thanks for the reply!
Must have gotten lost in the wall of text, but the storage configuration is unusual because I already have all these drives and I added onto it as I needed more.
I do have a main 1TB NVME, SATA SSD as mass storage is a bit expensive in my country, so I still prefer HDDs, which I plan to bring to a higher total amount of storage as I move towards building my own NAS; at the moment I make do with what I have!
I opted for more fans than usual because it’s a bit hot here! They definitely helped with keeping temps in check!
All good, already tested in current PC!
The storage here is also what jumped out at me. Aside from using traditional hard drives, 5400 rpm is sloooow. It’s not really good for anything other than backups.
The NVME chosen are pretty good, but he is better off going with larger storage capacity.