Build Advice First build for last 15 years - please critisize

[alex4998]

Hi everyone!

Gonna make my first build for the last 15 years.
Kids are growing up and want more game proof systems.
So please criticize and provide recommendations for my choice.

My primary choice now:
1) ASUS ROG STRIX B760-F GAMING WIFI - EUR 244.00;
2) Intel Core i5-13400 Processor 20 MB Smart Cache Box - EUR 220.00;
3) WD_BLACK 1TB SN770 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe Gaming SSD up to 5150 MB/s Read Speed - EUR 48.00;
4) Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5200MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5200C40) - EUR 180.00; (future proof)
5) PSU Gigabyte AORUS P850W 850W (GP-AP850GM) - EUR 126.00;
6) Case Corsair 4000D Airflow Black (CC-9011200-WW) - EUR 99.00;
7) CPU Cooler Gigabyte AORUS ATC800 RGB Sync 120mm (GP-ATC800) - EUR 106.00;
8) GPU Gigabyte VGA GBT RTX4070 12GB Eagle OC - EUR 659.00;
9) Gaming Monitor Dell G3223Q 32-inch 4K (G3223Q) - EUR 780.00; Kids are using 27' 4K monitors for years for school and browsing, but with 60Hz which is definitely not good for gaming;
10) Internal HDD Seagate Barracuda 4TB SATA III 3.5-inch (ST4000DM004) - EUR 73.00.

Will it be Ok for 1080p 144Hz or even 2K 144Hz gaming?

The above specs is for the 1st build, to test new hardware and my skills as well . Will need to do 2 more builds for other kids - more or less with the same budget.

Any recommendations are much appreciated! Thanks folks!

 

[kanewolf]

Hi everyone!

Gonna make my first build for the last 15 years.
Kids are growing up and want more game proof systems.
So please criticize and provide recommendations for my choice.

My primary choice now:
1) ASUS ROG STRIX B760-F GAMING WIFI - EUR 244.00;
2) Intel Core i5-13400 Processor 20 MB Smart Cache Box - EUR 220.00;
3) WD_BLACK 1TB SN770 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe Gaming SSD up to 5150 MB/s Read Speed - EUR 48.00;
4) Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5200MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5200C40) - EUR 180.00; (future proof)
5) PSU Gigabyte AORUS P850W 850W (GP-AP850GM) - EUR 126.00;
6) Case Corsair 4000D Airflow Black (CC-9011200-WW) - EUR 99.00;
7) CPU Cooler Gigabyte AORUS ATC800 RGB Sync 120mm (GP-ATC800) - EUR 106.00;
8) GPU Gigabyte VGA GBT RTX4070 12GB Eagle OC - EUR 659.00;
9) Gaming Monitor Dell G3223Q 32-inch 4K (G3223Q) - EUR 780.00; Kids are using 27' 4K monitors for years for school and browsing, but with 60Hz which is definitely not good for gaming;
10) Internal HDD Seagate Barracuda 4TB SATA III 3.5-inch (ST4000DM004) - EUR 73.00.

Will it be Ok for 1080p 144Hz or even 2K 144Hz gaming?

The above specs is for the 1st build, to test new hardware and my skills as well . Will need to do 2 more builds for other kids - more or less with the same budget.

Any recommendations are much appreciated! Thanks folks!

64GB of RAM will mostly be wasted on a gaming machine.

 

[punkncat]

Considering the level of the other parts, I would move up the food chain a little on the CPU choice. A possibility that might be attractive would be to go with the i5 for now and then move up to something in 14th gen if it turns out to be promising.

I have to say, the VRM on that B series board looks robust. Even if you don't plan to OC, a K series wouldn't be wanting in that placement.

 

[Eximo]

I agree, would drop the memory back down to 32GB and put that into the CPU. Not to mention the wildly overpriced CPU cooler, way better ways to get an RGB CPU air cooler.

RTX4070 is a pretty poor cost/performance card. RX6800 is the better option if you don't plan on ray-tracing. And if you do plan on ray-tracing, probably want to go a little harder on the GPU.

AMD is supposed to launch the RX7800 at some point this year, but they are holding back to keep sales of the 7900XT and 7900XTX decent.

Larger SSD, and maybe skip the hard drive in favor of additional NVMe storage, or even SATA SSD.

When it comes to the CPU cooler, easy enough to take something from like Thermalright, then buy an RGB fan kit for the whole system.

 

[Eximo]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (€337.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€58.63 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B760-F GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€243.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory (€119.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€97.17 @ Computeruniverse)
Storage: Samsung 870 Evo 4 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€207.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card (€517.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (€88.69 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€130.76 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE AF120 RGB ELITE 65.57 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (€80.43 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €1882.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-07-20 16:10 CEST+0200

 

[alex4998]

64GB of RAM will mostly be wasted on a gaming machine.

@kanewolf

Thank you for the suggestion!

In my area (Cyprus) is very hard to buy any decent PC parts. The delivery also costs fortune (amazon.de for example) , so I have a choice between EUR 130 for 32Gb vs EUR 180 for 64Gb. With a 38% more I got 100% more.

As far as I understand I should check RAM compatibility with the motherboard manufacturer https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b760-f-gaming-wifi-model/helpdesk_qvl_cpu/

Or I can choose any DDR5 even not listed as compatible? Please advise.

 

[alex4998]

Considering the level of the other parts, I would move up the food chain a little on the CPU choice. A possibility that might be attractive would be to go with the i5 for now and then move up to something in 14th gen if it turns out to be promising.

I have to say, the VRM on that B series board looks robust. Even if you don't plan to OC, a K series wouldn't be wanting in that placement.

@punkncat

Thank you for the suggestion!

At list at the first build I do not plan to OC, but for the second I have Asus Rog Strix Z790-H motherboard in mind.

 

[alex4998]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (€337.89 @ notebooksbilliger.de)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€58.63 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B760-F GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€243.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory (€119.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€97.17 @ Computeruniverse)
Storage: Samsung 870 Evo 4 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€207.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card (€517.49 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (€88.69 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€130.76 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE AF120 RGB ELITE 65.57 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (€80.43 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €1882.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-07-20 16:10 CEST+0200

@Eximo

Thank you for the suggestions as well!

Re CPU: I do not plan OC, so maybe there is no need to buy K series.

Re CPU Cooler: my primary concern was/is the size of the Cooler. As far as I understand Gigabyte AORUS ATC800 RGB Sync 120mm (GP-ATC800) supports up to 43 mm of Memory Heatsink Height ( https://www.gigabyte.com/CPU-Cooler/ATC800#kf). Taking into consideration delivery cost and time to Cyprus I decided to be on a safe side - just to know that everything will fit. Kids gonna eat me up if something won't work .
I couldn't find info re Memory Heatsink Height of Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler on official website http://thermalright.com/product/peerless-assassin-120-se-argb/.

Re Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory I considered this RAM as well, but due to limitation of Memory Heatsink Height (up to 43 mm) I have decided not to buy it. It won't fit, at least if I stay with my primary choice Gigabyte AORUS ATC800 RGB Sync 120mm (GP-ATC800).

Re Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive - most likely will go to 2Tb. As far as I understand from friends and reviews - 2Tb lasts longer then 1Tb.

Re Video Card: I'm a little bit concerned with AMD GPU's. As this is my first build for the last 15 years, I'd like to stay with Nvidia with roughly 80% share to compare with 20% of AMD. For the second build and other builds I'm going to experiment.
In case I switch from RTX 4070 to RTX 4080 shall I change something in the build? Like to buy more powerful PSU for 1000 W instead of 850W?

Re Power Supply: is Corsair any better than Gigabyte? The price is pretty much the same but Gigabyte claims that it has 100% Japan capacitors. Maybe Corsair has more connectors?

Re Case Fan: good suggestion. Will buy.

So, the main issue is fitting of CPU Cooler with RAM.

Thank you!

 

[Eximo]

850W is plenty for a 4080.

Gigabyte is relatively new to the PSU market, and they have released one bad series with improper over current protection. Corsair has been doing PSUs for a long time and the RM series is pretty high quality, not quite the RMx. Generally best to look at warranty periods as a better point of comparison than specifically Japanese capacitors. They still market that because, well, roughly 15 years ago, we were on the tail end of the influx of cheap Chinese low quality capacitors. They've actually gotten a lot better since then and aren't causing as many issues as they used to. Not to mention that PCBs in general moved away from electrolytic caps. Audio and PSUs are the main users of that type of capacitor in a computer these days.

RM850e includes the new 12VHPWR connector that Nvidia is using on the 40 series, so there is that. Only one plug to the GPU instead of running several 8-pin to an adapter.

If you want to avoid memory interference entirely:

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/wjmLrH/noctua-nh-u12s-55-cfm-cpu-cooler-nh-u12s

This cooler is offset so that the slots will have their full height available. A quite good cooler with a very nice fan, but you can still swap it out for RGB fans if you want.

G.Skill Trident Z is also quite low profile RGB memory. Plenty of ways to get what you want.

Or go with a really big cooler and skip RGB memory entirely, get some simple Corsair LPX or other low-profile kit and cover the memory with a big RGB fan.

The reason to go AMD here is that you end up with a more powerful GPU in terms of rasterization, and 16GB of VRAM rather than 12GB. There are already games on the market capable of using more than 12GB of VRAM, and that will only continue to increase. You can restrict settings to avoid that, but you will be looking at a sooner GPU replacement than otherwise.

4080 is also cost/performance poor, but is the faster GPU there, but at that price the 7900XT and 7900XTX are also decent options. 20GB and 24GB GPUs.

If you are building several, then you can feel free to experiment I suppose. RX7800 is likely to be the best bang for the buck out there when it comes out.

 

[geofelt]

You can build as is.
My thoughts:

13400 is a strong and reasonable processor.

I would start with a 2tb m.2 ssd. Games are getting larger.
Do not chase high performing sequential benchmarks in ssd devices.
Most accesses are small random I/O
These guys could not tell the difference:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKLA7w9eeA


Omit the hdd. If/when you need more room, you will likely be able to get a ssd upgrade more reasonably.

Case is fine. 180mm will hold the tallest of air coolers.
For better airflow, install two 140mm front intakes.
140mm fans move more air quietly.

Unless you have an app that uses all available ram, 32gb is plenty.
There is no such thing as "future proofing" in computers.
In two years we will be looking at DDR6 and DDR7 is on the horizon.
Turns out that today, DDR5 and DDR4 perform comparably and ddr4 components are cheaper.

850w is a good size for a psu.
But, in time, a graphics card upgrade is the most likely you will see.
You will find that 950w does not cost much more.
I like the Corsair RMx power supplies and the Seasonic focus/prime units with 10 year warranties.

Vengeance ram height is about 49mm.
Corsair lpx is 32mm.
You can make either work with a noctua NH-D15s:

NH-D15S

Tailored to provide superior RAM and PCIe compatibility, the NH-D15S is an asymmetrical single fan version of Noctua’s award-winning flagship model, the NH-D15. Thanks to its asymmetrical design, the NH-D15S clears the top PCIe slot on most µATX and ATX motherboards. At the same time, the single...

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There are cheaper coolers, but none better.

 

[Bob.B]

Hi everyone!

Gonna make my first build for the last 15 years.
Kids are growing up and want more game proof systems.
So please criticize and provide recommendations for my choice.

My primary choice now:
1) ASUS ROG STRIX B760-F GAMING WIFI - EUR 244.00;
2) Intel Core i5-13400 Processor 20 MB Smart Cache Box - EUR 220.00;
3) WD_BLACK 1TB SN770 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe Gaming SSD up to 5150 MB/s Read Speed - EUR 48.00;
4) Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5200MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5200C40) - EUR 180.00; (future proof)
5) PSU Gigabyte AORUS P850W 850W (GP-AP850GM) - EUR 126.00;
6) Case Corsair 4000D Airflow Black (CC-9011200-WW) - EUR 99.00;
7) CPU Cooler Gigabyte AORUS ATC800 RGB Sync 120mm (GP-ATC800) - EUR 106.00;
8) GPU Gigabyte VGA GBT RTX4070 12GB Eagle OC - EUR 659.00;
9) Gaming Monitor Dell G3223Q 32-inch 4K (G3223Q) - EUR 780.00; Kids are using 27' 4K monitors for years for school and browsing, but with 60Hz which is definitely not good for gaming;
10) Internal HDD Seagate Barracuda 4TB SATA III 3.5-inch (ST4000DM004) - EUR 73.00.

Will it be Ok for 1080p 144Hz or even 2K 144Hz gaming?

The above specs is for the 1st build, to test new hardware and my skills as well . Will need to do 2 more builds for other kids - more or less with the same budget.

Any recommendations are much appreciated! Thanks folks!

Just something to look at.....13700 cpu.

 

[Eximo]

Yes, the E-cores should promote a little longevity. 13600K just clocks higher, doesn't matter that it is a K on a locked board.

13700 has 8P cores which is better for gaming, and plenty of E-core for background tasks.

If 14th gen rumors are anything look at, they are adding E-cores all the way down the stack

 

[Why_Me]

@kanewolf

Thank you for the suggestion!

In my area (Cyprus) is very hard to buy any decent PC parts. The delivery also costs fortune (amazon.de for example) , so I have a choice between EUR 130 for 32Gb vs EUR 180 for 64Gb. With a 38% more I got 100% more.

As far as I understand I should check RAM compatibility with the motherboard manufacturer https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b760-f-gaming-wifi-model/helpdesk_qvl_cpu/

Or I can choose any DDR5 even not listed as compatible? Please advise.

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[Zerk2012]

I don't think the CPU is going to matter much using a 4070 for 4K gaming.

 

[Eximo]

I don't think the CPU is going to matter much using a 4070 for 4K gaming.

Looks like the idea is to run a lower resolution for games.

 

[alex4998]

@Eximo
@geofelt
@ Why_me

I've found as per your recommendations so far:
RAM - Kingston Fury Beast 32GB DDR5 RAM with 2 Modules (2x16GB) and Speed 4800 for Desktop

https://www.skroutz.gr/s/32192313/Kingston-Fury-Beast-32GB-DDR5-RAM-%CE%BC%CE%B5-2-Modules-2x16GB-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%A4%CE%B1%CF%87%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1-4800-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-Desktop-KF548C38BBK2-32.html

CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black Processor Cooler for Socket 115x/AM3/AM3+

https://www.skroutz.gr/s/20790121/Noctua-NH-U12S-chromax-black-%CE%A8%CF%8D%CE%BA%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1-%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-Socket-115x-AM3-AM3.html

Power Supply - Corsair RM850x Shift 850W Full Modular 80 Plus Gold PC PSU

https://www.skroutz.gr/s/40669610/Corsair-RM850x-Shift-850W-%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%A5%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE-Full-Modular-80-Plus-Gold.html

Thank you folks!

 

[alex4998]

Looks like the idea is to run a lower resolution for games.

That's right. Kids have used 4K monitors for years, so I'd like to keep it this way.

But 4K monitors with 240Hz for gaming is to much for my budget, so plan is as follows - to buy 4K monitors with 144Hz support. So, usage will be like that:
- usual task: school, browsing, etc. - 4K;
- gaming 1080p with 144Hz (most likely) or 2K with 144Hz.

 

[Eximo]

RTX 4080 can easily do 2K 144hz, even the 4070 can easily stay above 60FPS. 4070Ti is about the middle ground where you would comfortably stay above 100FPS at 1440p.

Those would be at Ultra settings, take it down a few notches and you can get good gaming performance for a long while.

3080Ti is roughly an RTX4070 in rasterization, isn't any game I have tried that I can't get acceptable performance at 1440p.

 

[alex4998]

Hi everyone!

Short update of my decisions based on your comments/recommendations and my further finding.

Initial list/and what was recently PURCHASED:
1) ASUS ROG STRIX B760-F GAMING WIFI - EUR 244.00 - PURCHASED;

2) Intel Core i5-13400 Processor 20 MB Smart Cache Box - EUR 220.00 - PURCHASED;

3) WD_BLACK 1TB SN770 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe Gaming SSD up to 5150 MB/s Read Speed - EUR 48.00;/ PURCHASED WD_BLACK SN770 NVMe SSD 2 TB High-Performance NVMe SSD, Gaming, PCIe Gen4, M.2 2280 - EUR 98.00;

4) Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5200MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5200C40) - EUR 180.00; / PURCHASED Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB DDR5 RAM with 2 Modules (2x16GB) and Speed 5200 for Desktop (CMH32GX5M2B5200C40) - EUR 120.00;

5) PSU Gigabyte AORUS P850W 850W (GP-AP850GM) - EUR 126.00/ PURCHASED Corsair RM850x Shift 850W Full Modular 80 Plus Gold PC PSU - EUR 174.00;

6) Case Corsair 4000D Airflow Black (CC-9011200-WW) - EUR 99.00;/ PURCHASED CORSAIR iCUE 4000X RGB Mid-Tower ATX - EUR 148.00;

7) CPU Cooler Gigabyte AORUS ATC800 RGB Sync 120mm (GP-ATC800) - EUR 106.00/PURCHASED Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black - EUR 90.00;

8) GPU Gigabyte VGA GBT RTX4070 12GB Eagle OC - EUR 659.00; - 99,99% will be bought as soon as initial build will be made (items 1-7 above).
The best performance for the money as per many reviews (https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-review one of the multiple). Ray Tracing suport is a must, so no AMD GPU is an option.

9) Gaming Monitor Dell G3223Q 32-inch 4K (G3223Q) - EUR 780.00; 99,99% will be bought as soon as I test build (items 1-8 above) with my old 4K monitors. The best performance for the money as well (https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dell-g3223q-review among other reviews).

10) Internal HDD Seagate Barracuda 4TB SATA III 3.5-inch (ST4000DM004) - EUR 73.00./Decided not to purchase at all.

Total items 1 -7: 244 + 220 + 98 + 120 +174 + 148 + 90 + (91 delivery) = EUR 1185.00

Thank you all for your time and input! I really appreciate your help!

I'm not sure if I shall close the topic as solved. If not, I'll keep you informed of the progress and results herein.

THANK YOU!

 

[ijetanar]

Hi everyone!

Gonna make my first build for the last 15 years.
Kids are growing up and want more game proof systems.
So please criticize and provide recommendations for my choice.

My primary choice now:
1) ASUS ROG STRIX B760-F GAMING WIFI - EUR 244.00;
2) Intel Core i5-13400 Processor 20 MB Smart Cache Box - EUR 220.00;
3) WD_BLACK 1TB SN770 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe Gaming SSD up to 5150 MB/s Read Speed - EUR 48.00;
4) Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5200MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5200C40) - EUR 180.00; (future proof)
5) PSU Gigabyte AORUS P850W 850W (GP-AP850GM) - EUR 126.00;
6) Case Corsair 4000D Airflow Black (CC-9011200-WW) - EUR 99.00;
7) CPU Cooler Gigabyte AORUS ATC800 RGB Sync 120mm (GP-ATC800) - EUR 106.00;
8) GPU Gigabyte VGA GBT RTX4070 12GB Eagle OC - EUR 659.00;
9) Gaming Monitor Dell G3223Q 32-inch 4K (G3223Q) - EUR 780.00; Kids are using 27' 4K monitors for years for school and browsing, but with 60Hz which is definitely not good for gaming; Besides that I would like to remark that I used this source https://edubirdie.com/powerpoint-presentations-writing-service which helps me a lot with powerpoint presentation, it really saves me, because my old computer was not even good for this, but I must say that I got tired of paying for each homework for money, that's why I decided to upgrade my computer as soon as possible.
10) Internal HDD Seagate Barracuda 4TB SATA III 3.5-inch (ST4000DM004) - EUR 73.00.

Will it be Ok for 1080p 144Hz or even 2K 144Hz gaming?

The above specs is for the 1st build, to test new hardware and my skills as well . Will need to do 2 more builds for other kids - more or less with the same budget.

Any recommendations are much appreciated! Thanks folks!

Hi everyone!

Short update of my decisions based on your comments/recommendations and my further finding.

Initial list/and what was recently PURCHASED:
1) ASUS ROG STRIX B760-F GAMING WIFI - EUR 244.00 - PURCHASED;

2) Intel Core i5-13400 Processor 20 MB Smart Cache Box - EUR 220.00 - PURCHASED;

3) WD_BLACK 1TB SN770 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe Gaming SSD up to 5150 MB/s Read Speed - EUR 48.00;/ PURCHASED WD_BLACK SN770 NVMe SSD 2 TB High-Performance NVMe SSD, Gaming, PCIe Gen4, M.2 2280 - EUR 98.00;

4) Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5200MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer Memory - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5200C40) - EUR 180.00; / PURCHASED Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB DDR5 RAM with 2 Modules (2x16GB) and Speed 5200 for Desktop (CMH32GX5M2B5200C40) - EUR 120.00;

5) PSU Gigabyte AORUS P850W 850W (GP-AP850GM) - EUR 126.00/ PURCHASED Corsair RM850x Shift 850W Full Modular 80 Plus Gold PC PSU - EUR 174.00;

6) Case Corsair 4000D Airflow Black (CC-9011200-WW) - EUR 99.00;/ PURCHASED CORSAIR iCUE 4000X RGB Mid-Tower ATX - EUR 148.00;

7) CPU Cooler Gigabyte AORUS ATC800 RGB Sync 120mm (GP-ATC800) - EUR 106.00/PURCHASED Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black - EUR 90.00;

8) GPU Gigabyte VGA GBT RTX4070 12GB Eagle OC - EUR 659.00; - 99,99% will be bought as soon as initial build will be made (items 1-7 above).
The best performance for the money as per many reviews (https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-review one of the multiple). Ray Tracing suport is a must, so no AMD GPU is an option.

9) Gaming Monitor Dell G3223Q 32-inch 4K (G3223Q) - EUR 780.00; 99,99% will be bought as soon as I test build (items 1-8 above) with my old 4K monitors. The best performance for the money as well (https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dell-g3223q-review among other reviews).

10) Internal HDD Seagate Barracuda 4TB SATA III 3.5-inch (ST4000DM004) - EUR 73.00./Decided not to purchase at all.

Total items 1 -7: 244 + 220 + 98 + 120 +174 + 148 + 90 + (91 delivery) = EUR 1185.00

Thank you all for your time and input! I really appreciate your help!

I'm not sure if I shall close the topic as solved. If not, I'll keep you informed of the progress and results herein.

THANK YOU!

This looks like a pretty good set! I kept looking at something like this and couldn't appreciate the screen, thanks a lot, I'll get the same. Congratulations with the update!