Hello all, looking for a sanity check and any advice from you good folks. I’ve always built my own PCs, however I haven’t done a build for myself in some time. For a bit of perspective my current system is an i5-3750… so yup.
Anyways, I’m thinking of hopping up to an AM5 system hoping that it will be valid for a few years (though maybe not the 10+ I’ve had out of this system!) while also getting in as relatively cheaply as possible, whilst still being in a fairly solid place. So my thought are as follows:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (Cooling via a Pure Rock 2)
MoBo: ASUS TUF Gaming B650-PLUS WiFi
RAM: Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 6000Mhz 32GB
GFX: MSI RTX 3060 Ventus 2X (12GB)
NVMe: WD Black SN770 2TB
PSU: Corsair RM850e
Case: NZXT H7 Flow Midi Tower (Will be a shame to let go of my old NZXT Phantom but too many of the fans are weird sizes so awkward to replace, and wasn't designed with modern AIOs in mind, should I go that route in the future.)
A couple of extra bits of information:
It’s mainly a system I will use for gaming, though these days there’s not so many fast pace shooters as there are slow paced city builders and the like, so ultimate frame rates are not a super top priority for me. Edit: Gaming on a 1440P LG Ultragear
I went RTX 3060 as it seemed to be the cheapest way to get a relatively modern card (Currently using a GTX 1660 Ti) with 12GB of VRAM, as I’ve started playing around a lot with AI Image Generation which does like to eat up VRAM.
PSU is probably way more than this system will need, but figured it was best to leave headroom for future CPU/GPU upgrades, and the price difference for lower wattages seems negligible. (Contemplated a 1000W, but there the price jump seems to lie)
So any advice, or just “yup looks good” feedback would be welcomed before I jump back in to building.
Oh also this build is currently around the 10,000 DKK range and hoping to stick around that area. ($1,400 / £1,150 / €1,350)
Looks pretty good for your needs.
- Depending on local pricing the non-x R5 7600 could save a bit for just a minor clock speed reduction.
- You did not list the latency of your RAM. Going down to CL30 could increase CPU performance.
- The 3060 is good for AI on the budget. For gaming a 6700XT would be better if your software tools are well supported on AMD.
The 7600 vs 7600X here in Denmark is only a 100 DKK difference, (About $14) so I figured, what the hell :)
Good point, the one i have flagged right now is CL36 so I’ll have a look into the options there.
Yeah, I was thinking of going full AMD as I haven’t for a long time, and nVidia are a little, shall we say, consumer unfriendly… but like you say I’m not sure how well that will play with the AI stuff. I actually looked at getting a second hand 3060 just to save money so I could replace it sooner in the future but not a huge number of them out there locally, especially as I’m on a small island which further limits that route.
Just realised I never listed my monitor resolution, but I think either option will be good enough for 1440P?
either option will be good enough for 1440P?
That depends on the games you play: competitive and last gen titles will run fine but the newest or most demanding games will need upscaling.
The 3060 has similar performance to current gen consoles. It’s just a shame that new games often use a 1080p render resolution or aim for 30 fps. E.g.: Starfiled or Cyberpunk
At my age with my eyesight a little up-scaling is fine, especially as I’ve been having to spend the past few years playing newer games at half resolution sometimes to get decent frame-rates on the 1660 ;) I’ll certainly be keeping an eye out for any price drops when the next series of cards come out. Hoping this build will be one I can tinker with better parts as the prices drop in the future.
So I was kinda in the same boat. Used to build a lot, had kids, built less. Finally decided I wanted an AM5. Everything seems good, but all my problems I have and currently have seem to stem from DDR5 ram. Expo seems to have issues sometimes, bios resets ram and takes a while to turn on. Not sure if bad sticks or bad MB, but works 99% of the time, so not overly concerned. Basically saying if you have issues, check ram and ram speeds first.
Edit: and bios. That has updates available often it seems.
Good info, thanks. I’ve certainly seen a few YT vids with people having issues with Expo, had hoped they would have been ironed out by now, but as you say not game ending stuff, just rather annoying I can imagine.
