Question Building my first PC... Would appreciate feedback please

[bmorr]

Hey everyone,

Very new to building a PC, literally my first one lol.

I built it based off gaming, mostly COD and Fortnite. I made a build on Newegg, would greatly appreciate some input and feedback, any and all would be greatly appreciated please.

The link below is my build:

https://newegg.io/e298ab0

Thank you in advance,

B

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

I'd look into a 850W or higher PSU to power that build, while also looking into an NVME M.2 SSD for the OS and/or games. I'd keep the 2.5" drive as a last option,. try and work with M.2 drives.

Outside of those two things, the build looks stellar! Bravo for sourcing/selecting those parts!

 

[logainofhades]

As there is quite the price difference, I would suggest a 12700 non k, and a solid B660 board instead. You are going to get similar performance, at a much cheaper price.

Intel Core i7-12700 + Intel B660 Review

Today we have a combo review of all-new Intel hardware, our first look at the affordable Intel B660 platform, the non-K Core i7-12700 and Intel's latest box...

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You are overpaying on some items, causing you to settle on less gaming performance. Case I am not confident in, airflow wise.

This is a little cheaper, and you get a better GPU, and more/faster storage.

https://newegg.io/7490e3a

 

[bmorr]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

I'd look into a 850W or higher PSU to power that build, while also looking into an NVME M.2 SSD for the OS and/or games. I'd keep the 2.5" drive as a last option,. try and work with M.2 drives.

Outside of those two things, the build looks stellar! Bravo for sourcing/selecting those parts!

Thank you so much, I read a lot of articles and watched many "how to build a gaming PC for dummies" on YouTube lol.

I'll switch out for a higher PSU and look into the SSD you mentioned.

 

[bmorr]

As there is quite the price difference, I would suggest a 12700 non k, and a solid B660 board instead. You are going to get similar performance, at a much cheaper price.

Intel Core i7-12700 + Intel B660 Review

Today we have a combo review of all-new Intel hardware, our first look at the affordable Intel B660 platform, the non-K Core i7-12700 and Intel's latest box...

www.techspot.com

You are overpaying on some items, causing you to settle on less gaming performance. Case I am not confident in, airflow wise.

This is a little cheaper, and you get a better GPU, and more/faster storage.

https://newegg.io/7490e3a

Hey,

So I chose the Intel Core i7-12700, is that the one you're talking about? Apologies, I am still learning a lot here. I swapped out the motherboard, thank you for that. In regards to the case, what would you suggest in reagrds to more airflow?

Thank you again for taking the time to do all this, greatly appreciate it and you

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Nit picking a little but you could consider taking the os drive to a 512gb and see if that frees up enough budget for something like a 4tb storage since I’m assuming your games etc will be installed on the storage drive.

 

[bmorr]

Nit picking a little but you could consider taking the os drive to a 512gb and see if that frees up enough budget for something like a 4tb storage since I’m assuming your games etc will be installed on the storage drive.

This is a really dumb question, but do you mean add 4TB of hard drive on top of the 512GB SSD?

Thank you for the reply.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

I apologize. So you had I think a 1tb ssd listed I'm assuming for your OS, and a 2tb for storage. My thought was go to a 500gb ssd for the OS, and a 4tb for the storage. So yes 2 separate drives. But when you install games from Steam for example, you can point them to go to another folder, so just point them to the secondary drive.

 

[bmorr]

I apologize. So you had I think a 1tb ssd listed I'm assuming for your OS, and a 2tb for storage. My thought was go to a 500gb ssd for the OS, and a 4tb for the storage. So yes 2 separate drives. But when you install games from Steam for example, you can point them to go to another folder, so just point them to the secondary drive.

No apologies needed, I just wanted a bit more clarification. Greatly appreciate your input.

 

[logainofhades]

Hey,

So I chose the Intel Core i7-12700, is that the one you're talking about? Apologies, I am still learning a lot here. I swapped out the motherboard, thank you for that. In regards to the case, what would you suggest in reagrds to more airflow?

Thank you again for taking the time to do all this, greatly appreciate it and you

I took your list, and made a new one. It is linked in my post above. Looks like some pricing and availably changes have happened, since I posted it. It's best you shop around, so I did a build in PCPP instead.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor ($450.50 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler ($76.96 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($151.99 @ PC-Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($209.50 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB LHR 12 GB GAMING Z TRIO Video Card ($1029.99 @ Best Buy Canada)
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 55 MESH ADD-RGB 4F ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.05 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P6 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($163.09 @ iSanek)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit ($124.25 @ Vuugo)
Total: $2611.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-09-09 12:05 EDT-0400


If you still want RGB ram and cooling, and an even better board that has a better power delivery, better audio, then this would work.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor ($450.50 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool CASTLE 360EX A-RGB 69.34 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($154.99 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B660 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($244.17 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB RS 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($137.99 @ Corsair)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($151.99 @ PC-Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($209.50 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB LHR 12 GB GAMING Z TRIO Video Card ($1029.99 @ Best Buy Canada)
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 55 MESH ADD-RGB 4F ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.05 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P6 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($163.09 @ iSanek)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit ($124.25 @ Vuugo)
Total: $2771.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-09-09 12:09 EDT-0400

 

[ohio_buckeye]

On ssd, I did see this out there. Never used one but reviews looked decent. But 2tb is plenty to start with for sure.

https://www.amazon.com/LEVEN-JS600-...qid=1662740642&sprefix=4tb+ssd,aps,173&sr=8-9

 

[bmorr]

I took your list, and made a new one. It is linked in my post above. Looks like some pricing and availably changes have happened, since I posted it. It's best you shop around, so I did a build in PCPP instead.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor ($450.50 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler ($76.96 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($151.99 @ PC-Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($209.50 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB LHR 12 GB GAMING Z TRIO Video Card ($1029.99 @ Best Buy Canada)
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 55 MESH ADD-RGB 4F ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.05 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P6 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($163.09 @ iSanek)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit ($124.25 @ Vuugo)
Total: $2611.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-09-09 12:05 EDT-0400


If you still want RGB ram and cooling, and an even better board that has a better power delivery, better audio, then this would work.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor ($450.50 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool CASTLE 360EX A-RGB 69.34 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($154.99 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B660 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($244.17 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB RS 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($137.99 @ Corsair)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($151.99 @ PC-Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($209.50 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB LHR 12 GB GAMING Z TRIO Video Card ($1029.99 @ Best Buy Canada)
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 55 MESH ADD-RGB 4F ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.05 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P6 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($163.09 @ iSanek)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit ($124.25 @ Vuugo)
Total: $2771.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-09-09 12:09 EDT-0400

You're an absolute rock star. Thank you for this!

 

[bmorr]

I took your list, and made a new one. It is linked in my post above. Looks like some pricing and availably changes have happened, since I posted it. It's best you shop around, so I did a build in PCPP instead.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor ($450.50 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler ($76.96 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($151.99 @ PC-Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($209.50 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB LHR 12 GB GAMING Z TRIO Video Card ($1029.99 @ Best Buy Canada)
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 55 MESH ADD-RGB 4F ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.05 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P6 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($163.09 @ iSanek)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit ($124.25 @ Vuugo)
Total: $2611.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-09-09 12:05 EDT-0400


If you still want RGB ram and cooling, and an even better board that has a better power delivery, better audio, then this would work.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor ($450.50 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool CASTLE 360EX A-RGB 69.34 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($154.99 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B660 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($244.17 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB RS 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($137.99 @ Corsair)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($151.99 @ PC-Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($209.50 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB LHR 12 GB GAMING Z TRIO Video Card ($1029.99 @ Best Buy Canada)
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 55 MESH ADD-RGB 4F ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.05 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P6 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($163.09 @ iSanek)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit ($124.25 @ Vuugo)
Total: $2771.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-09-09 12:09 EDT-0400

On ssd, I did see this out there. Never used one but reviews looked decent. But 2tb is plenty to start with for sure.

https://www.amazon.com/LEVEN-JS600-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B08DTR8RGR/ref=sr_1_9?crid=32BED8RDSDNFM&keywords=4tb+ssd&qid=1662740642&sprefix=4tb+ssd,aps,173&sr=8-9

Thank you!!!