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Hey there, I'm rebuilding my computer after frying the motherboard, but could use some help

My old rig had an R290x, Intel i7 (unknown model), Crucial DDR4 Ballistix Sport 16GB RAM, Samsung 980 Pro SSD, Samsung 840 Series SSD, and an EVGA Supernova 1000w PSU.

I'm keeping the SSDs and RAM but want a new mid-sized tower case (not reusing the old HAF323). My usage is mainly multitasking, like running tons of Chrome tabs and PDFs. Budget is $1000-1200 USD. I haven't been invested into gaming in the recent years, besides pokemon RED every now and then or Diablo II.

I've picked these parts so far: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/CCzmpB. I prefer quieter components if possible.
 
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Lutfij said:
I would be concerned about your PSU since that's what's responsible for delivering power to your parts. How old is the PSU in the parts listed above?
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That's a good question, probably around 2018, 2019 - however, not sure if its relevant, the desktop can still power up and all fans are running including the graphic card fans, so it is still providing power.

edit: I think what caused the motherboard to fry was due to me being in America for a while and when I came up a lot of dust had been collecting around the power socket and then when I kicked it, it discarded a random bust of power and fried the mb.
 
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I would first want to know why the pc failed before reusing the psu.
How do you know it was the motherboard and not the psu that caused the failure.
I would try to rma the psu, it has a 10 year warranty.

On your prospective build, I like the case.

I am not clear on your prospective use.
Are you looking to play fast action games?
If so, a 4070 is a very good card for that.
For desktop work, you could use integrated graphics or your R290x.

I think reusing your 16gb of ddr4 may be an issue.
With heavy multitasking and gaming, 16gb may not be enough.
Simply adding ram does not work well; ram must be matched.
ryzen is very picky about ram, what you have may not be compatible.
You would be OK with Intel which tolerates strange ram well.
DDR4 and DDR5 performance is comparable.
I think on a new build, I would plan on 32gb of DDR5. Ram is cheap enough these days. For ddr5, you would need to go the the current AM5 platform.

I am not familiar with UK prices, but look at the alternative of something like a I5-13400 that is considerably stronger and a B760 base Matx motherboard which comes in ddr4 or ddr5 versions.
 
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If we pop the budget up to 1100 or so can squeeze in an 850W PSU and a 4070 Super.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor (€188.84 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M GAMING DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€107.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Zotac Twin Edge GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (€604.79 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€86.20 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GX3 850 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€99.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €1087.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-05 19:29 CEST+0200

And if you really want a Gigabyte GPU:

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product...070-super-12-gb-video-card-gv-n407swf3oc-12gd

4070 Super is a cut down 4070 Ti and has a lot more CUDA cores and cache than a normal 4070. The price difference is really worth it.
 
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geofelt said:
I would first want to know why the pc failed before reusing the psu.
How do you know it was the motherboard and not the psu that caused the failure.
I would try to rma the psu, it has a 10 year warranty.

On your prospective build, I like the case.

I am not clear on your prospective use.
Are you looking to play fast action games?
If so, a 4070 is a very good card for that.
For desktop work, you could use integrated graphics or your R290x.

I think reusing your 16gb of ddr4 may be an issue.
With heavy multitasking and gaming, 16gb may not be enough.
Simply adding ram does not work well; ram must be matched.
ryzen is very picky about ram, what you have may not be compatible.
You would be OK with Intel which tolerates strange ram well.
DDR4 and DDR5 performance is comparable.
I think on a new build, I would plan on 32gb of DDR5. Ram is cheap enough these days. For ddr5, you would need to go the the current AM5 platform.

I am not familiar with UK prices, but look at the alternative of something like a I5-13400 that is considerably stronger and a B760 base Matx motherboard which comes in ddr4 or ddr5 versions.
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Eximo said:
If we pop the budget up to 1100 or so can squeeze in an 850W PSU and a 4070 Super.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor (€188.84 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M GAMING DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€107.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Zotac Twin Edge GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (€604.79 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€86.20 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GX3 850 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€99.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €1087.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-05 19:29 CEST+0200

And if you really want a Gigabyte GPU:

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product...070-super-12-gb-video-card-gv-n407swf3oc-12gd

4070 Super is a cut down 4070 Ti and has a lot more CUDA cores and cache than a normal 4070. The price difference is really worth it.
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Quoted you both. I RMA'd my PSU but I cannot wait unless they do some super-fast-track since I work in a startup on the side.

prospective use is mostly word and chrome usage. I do however enjoy a good movie on a large screen and I like the option to play GTA 6 when it release, no need for full 8k, 360 vision goggles with night vision, just "normal game play".

At this point if buying rams are cheaper and the AMD CPU is better then I'm up for it, I guess the GPU/CPU (in that order) will always be the bottleneck in a cheap build?

I will just resell old parts cheap.
 
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geofelt said:
I would first want to know why the pc failed before reusing the psu.
How do you know it was the motherboard and not the psu that caused the failure.
I would try to rma the psu, it has a 10 year warranty.

On your prospective build, I like the case.

I am not clear on your prospective use.
Are you looking to play fast action games?
If so, a 4070 is a very good card for that.
For desktop work, you could use integrated graphics or your R290x.

I think reusing your 16gb of ddr4 may be an issue.
With heavy multitasking and gaming, 16gb may not be enough.
Simply adding ram does not work well; ram must be matched.
ryzen is very picky about ram, what you have may not be compatible.
You would be OK with Intel which tolerates strange ram well.
DDR4 and DDR5 performance is comparable.
I think on a new build, I would plan on 32gb of DDR5. Ram is cheap enough these days. For ddr5, you would need to go the the current AM5 platform.

I am not familiar with UK prices, but look at the alternative of something like a I5-13400 that is considerably stronger and a B760 base Matx motherboard which comes in ddr4 or ddr5 versions.
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So far I took inspiration in exomi's build https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/MRgdPF , however i'll think I would rather opt for a AMD CPU, which ram would you suggest that fits?
 
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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (€209.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin Spirit V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€18.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-P Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (€120.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory (€117.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Zotac Twin Edge GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (€621.60 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case (€74.86 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GX3 850 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€99.82 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €1263.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-17 15:39 CEST+0200
 
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Personally, I would do this:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (€209.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€38.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (€161.26 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory (€120.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: XFX RX-79GMERCB9 Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB Video Card (€589.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case (€67.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€98.75 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €1286.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-17 20:38 CEST+0200
 
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I would suggest unless you are on a very strict budget not to buy into am4 at this point. This coming from someone who used amd since the 90s. Don’t get me wrong, am4 is a great platform but it’s time is past. Either go am5 or if on a budget go with intel’s LGA 1700. I know LGA 1700 is technically a dead socket but at least even if you get a 12th gen CPU you could later upgrade to a 14th generation part.
 
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NicklasSore said:
My budget was around1000USD, I guess I could stretch it to 1100-1150, but that would be my limit. Otherwise thanks so much for the help so far!
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What is your budget in your currency?

How about something like this:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor (€177.89 @ Cyberport)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€38.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock Z690M PG RIPTIDE/D5 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€136.34 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory (€119.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card (€454.31 @ Caseking)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 500 ODD ATX Mid Tower Case (€47.11 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€98.75 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €1073.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-18 20:49 CEST+0200
 
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ohio_buckeye said:
The above build looks great, but if I might make 2 suggestions. Scrap the 7700xt and get the rx 6800. Less money as well.

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product...gb-speedster-swft-319-video-card-rx-68xlaqfd9

Then perhaps upgrade the psu to an 850 watt unit for a little wiggle room. The 6800 and 7700xt should be on par, but you may appreciate the 16gb vram if you keep the cards long term.
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Agreed, the savings also allows for a nicer case, with everything else helper already provided.

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product...ini-air-microatx-mid-tower-case-fd-c-por1m-06
 
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