Question It's been 10 years since I built my own PC with the help of this awesome community. My first question... Is there a proper order to start a new build?

[Sneaky Wizard]

This could be a long journey, so I'm looking for community members that are in this for the long haul with me too please

I already bought my case, a Meshify 2 because I love the design and from what I read it should fit pretty much anything I would like to put in it... (Or at least anything I can afford...)

I was thinking of buying my motherboard next, a GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Master X (LGA 1700)

I'm pretty sure it fits, but I'd love to know thoughts/experiences please

Thanks in advance

 

[USAFRet]

1. Start here:

*How to Ask for New Build or Upgrade Advice*

How to Ask for New Build or Upgrade Advice First off, respect where respect is due - this is an adaptation of the Animal's *How To Ask For New Build Advice* Sticky. I created this because there's a lot of posts nowadays asking for upgrade advice both on here and on the CPU forums, and I feel...

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2. Generally, you want to buy ALL the parts within a 30 day window. (assuming you are buying from typical US places). This means you're still within the easy return window.

 

[Sneaky Wizard]

1. Start here:

*How to Ask for New Build or Upgrade Advice*

How to Ask for New Build or Upgrade Advice First off, respect where respect is due - this is an adaptation of the Animal's *How To Ask For New Build Advice* Sticky. I created this because there's a lot of posts nowadays asking for upgrade advice both on here and on the CPU forums, and I feel...

forums.tomshardware.com

2. Generally, you want o buy ALL the parts within a 30 day window. (assuming you are buying from typical US places). This means you're still within the easy return window.

Huh, I never thought of that... My first build was way out of my price range but I built it over about 6 months, buying parts when I could. I suppose I was lucky nothing turned out to be faulty

 

[helper800]

I was thinking of buying my motherboard next, a GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Master X (LGA 1700)

I'm pretty sure it fits, but I'd love to know thoughts/experiences please

Thanks in advance

I would avoid getting anything intel 13/14th generation right now. They have a known widespread stability issues with their 65w and higher CPUs. I would wait until the AMD 9000 series CPUs come out in about two weeks and get the 9700x or get a 7800X3D now. You can of course pick any graphics card that fits within your budget, however, the rest of the parts I have linked are very good for their cost so I would try to keep to them as a base. Here is what I recommend if this is for a gaming/general PC build.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($299.99)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X670E PG Lightning ATX AM5 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card ($689.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1584.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-08-02 01:12 EDT-0400

 

[Sneaky Wizard]

I would avoid getting anything intel 13/14th generation right now. They have a known widespread stability issues with their 65w and higher CPUs. I would wait until the AMD 9000 series CPUs come out in about two weeks and get the 9700x or get a 7800X3D now. You can of course pick any graphics card that fits within your budget, however, the rest of the parts I have linked are very good for their cost so I would try to keep to them as a base. Here is what I recommend if this is for a gaming/general PC build.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($299.99)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X670E PG Lightning ATX AM5 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card ($689.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1584.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-08-02 01:12 EDT-0400

Awesome reply, and exactly what I was hoping for, so thank you very much.

Without opening up a can of worms... I'm reluctant to go with AMD. My friends all ran Intel, and my last cpu was Intel and it never put a foot wrong. However; if you're telling me straight that they're having problems perhaps I should be thinking about it.

 

[helper800]

Awesome reply, and exactly what I was hoping for, so thank you very much.

Without opening up a can of worms... I'm reluctant to go with AMD. My friends all ran Intel, and my last cpu was Intel and it never put a foot wrong. However; if you're telling me straight that they're having problems perhaps I should be thinking about it.

I have also ran Intel for the majority of my life, but in 2019 I went for Zen 2 and never looked back. AMD is a seriously performative competitor to Intel, its not like it was 10 years ago when AMD was going bankrupt with few viable products. Allow me to give you some food for thought:

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...says-damage-is-irreversible-no-planned-recall

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...ected-owners-instructions-to-mitigate-crashes

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...-applies-to-13th-and-14th-gen-core-processors

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...ction-for-cpu-crashing-and-instability-issues

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...h-gen-intel-cpu-instability-also-hits-servers

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...s-happen-on-intel-overclockable-core-i9-chips

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...mpany-sells-defective-13th-and-14th-gen-chips

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...tops-have-suffered-similar-crashes-in-testing

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...uld-be-only-one-of-the-causes-of-cpu-crashing