Build Advice I need help building my first PC.

[lazyking]

Hello everyone, hope you all are doing great.

Basically i had a Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 laptop purchased 3 years ago and now it won't start.(got it verified by an expert and he said motherboard needs to be replaced) but i don't want to replace it coz i plan to build a PC now rather than having a laptop.

These are the components i have decided so far:
1 - Intel i5 14600k
2 - Gigabyte B760M G AX wifi DDR5
3 - Zotac 5060 twin fan OC 8gb GPU
4 - Ant Esports ice flow/chrome 240mm liquid cooler (Only in INDIA)
4 - Deepcool AK620
5 - Corsair vengance 32gb ram ddr5 5600mhz
5 - Corsair vengance 32gb ram ddr5 6000mhz
6 - Ant Esports FG750 V2 750 Watt Fully Modular Smps (Only in INDIA)
6 - Corsair RM850X 80+ gold
8 - SSD (going to use my dead laptops SSD i have 2x 512gb)
9 - Any RGB cabinet mid rower is fine(4 fans minimum).
10 - Any 27 inch 150+ hz1440p monitor is fine.

My budget is around 80-85k INR including monitor.(I have the quotation for these from local offline shops and it crosses above 1lac INR)

Planning to buy in 1-2 weeks so need your valuable inputs here.

I want you guys to suggest a good futureproof PC where i dont need to spend for the next 5-7 years and it should be reliable and powerful.

This is my first PC build i have no idea on what do choose correctly, I might have chosen wrong combos etc.

My purpose of use:
1 - Coding(vs code, visual studio) - i code for around 5 days a week
2 - Gaming(GTA5, Valorant, CS:GO etc etc) - i dont play every day
3 - Planning to start YT channel maybe video editing and streaming purpose.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

My budget is around 80-85k INR including monitor.(I have the quotation for these from local offline shops and it crosses above 1lac INR)
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I want you guys to suggest a good futureproof PC where i dont need to spend for the next 5-7 years and it should be reliable and powerful.
INR would mean you're located in India. This site and the majority of it's userbase are located in USA. Brand and product availability can and will vary with regards to region. With this in mind, user's are advised to include sites they have access to, to represent your local shops and brands/parts you have access to. This is to avoid going back and forth over suggestions we have access to but you don't or vice versa.

Pertaining to your build, I'd avoid 14th Gen in favor of an AM5 platform. The sweet spot for all DDR5 platforms is DDR5-6000MHz, dual channel, tight latencied ram kits. The PSU is bad.

SSD (going to use my dead laptops SSD i have 2x 512gb)
Make and models?

 

[lazyking]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

My budget is around 80-85k INR including monitor.(I have the quotation for these from local offline shops and it crosses above 1lac INR)
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I want you guys to suggest a good futureproof PC where i dont need to spend for the next 5-7 years and it should be reliable and powerful.
INR would mean you're located in India. This site and the majority of it's userbase are located in USA. Brand and product availability can and will vary with regards to region. With this in mind, user's are advised to include sites they have access to, to represent your local shops and brands/parts you have access to. This is to avoid going back and forth over suggestions we have access to but you don't or vice versa.

Pertaining to your build, I'd avoid 14th Gen in favor of an AM5 platform. The sweet spot for all DDR5 platforms is DDR5-6000MHz, dual channel, tight latencied ram kits. The PSU is bad.

SSD (going to use my dead laptops SSD i have 2x 512gb)
Make and models?

Thank you for the reply sir, I heard the max frequency i5 14600k supports upto 5600 mhz, so i had selected that. and what would you suggest on PSU?

 

[logainofhades]

Thank you for the reply sir, I heard the max frequency i5 14600k supports upto 5600 mhz, so i had selected that. and what would you suggest on PSU?

The 14600k can run with faster ram. DDR5 6000 CL30 is the price/performance sweet spot these days. I also would avoid 14th gen Intel. No upgrade path, and I am not convinced their microcode updates, to fix the degradation issues has actually fixed anything.

 

[geofelt]

Your plan is reasonable up to a point.

"future proofing" is not possible.
in 5 years, we will have better price/performing parts.
Normally, your PC will function for 5-7 years.
But, plan on replacing the AIO cooler in 5 years. The pump is a mechanical device that will eventually fail or get clogged.
Air will intrude through the tubes and the unit must be replaced.

A twin tower cooler like the peerless assassin or noctua NH-D15s will cool comparably in a good case.

The PSU is not of great quality with only a 3 year warranty. Look for something with a 7-12 year warranty. Seasonic focus and Corsair RM
Upgrading the graphics card is your most likely upgrade.
For that, look to a 850w or better psu.
It will onluy use the power demanded of it.

I have no problem with Intel 14th gen processors.
Update your motherboard bios to currency and use the Intel power devaults(no overclocking)
Latest official Intel info:
https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobi...en-Desktop-Instability-Root-Cause/m-p/1633442

Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen Vmin Shift Instabilty Update - New Microcode Update (0x12F)

As part of its effort to continually improve its products, Intel is releasing a new microcode update (0x12F) supplementing the 0x12B microcode update released in September 2024. This new microcode further improves system conditions that can potentially contribute to Vmin Shift Instability on...

community.intel.com

The 5600 ram speed is what the processor will boot at without any XMP settings.
Your motherboard can run at up to 7200 speed.
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B760M-DS3H-AX-rev-1x/sp#sp
Your 5600 ram is good. No need to go higher unless the extra price is minimal.
ram speed does make a difference in integrated graphics, otherwise, not much.

 

[logainofhades]

That 5600 ram is not good, especially with those poor timings. Not sure on pricing there, but pricing here, that 5600 kit is overpriced and slow.

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $85.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-07-16 09:28 EDT-0400

 

[lazyking]

The 14600k can run with faster ram. DDR5 6000 CL30 is the price/performance sweet spot these days. I also would avoid 14th gen Intel. No upgrade path, and I am not convinced their microcode updates, to fix the degradation issues has actually fixed anything.

Ok I have updated the ram to 6000mhz with cl30-32. I guess the issue is with i7 and 14gen and i9 14gen? I'm not sure. I taught i5 14gen is fine... If you say so then which cpu I need go with?

 

[lazyking]

Your plan is reasonable up to a point.

"future proofing" is not possible.
in 5 years, we will have better price/performing parts.
Normally, your PC will function for 5-7 years.
But, plan on replacing the AIO cooler in 5 years. The pump is a mechanical device that will eventually fail or get clogged.
Air will intrude through the tubes and the unit must be replaced.

A twin tower cooler like the peerless assassin or noctua NH-D15s will cool comparably in a good case.

The PSU is not of great quality with only a 3 year warranty. Look for something with a 7-12 year warranty. Seasonic focus and Corsair RM
Upgrading the graphics card is your most likely upgrade.
For that, look to a 850w or better psu.
It will onluy use the power demanded of it.

I have no problem with Intel 14th gen processors.
Update your motherboard bios to currency and use the Intel power devaults(no overclocking)
Latest official Intel info:
https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobi...en-Desktop-Instability-Root-Cause/m-p/1633442

Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen Vmin Shift Instabilty Update - New Microcode Update (0x12F)

As part of its effort to continually improve its products, Intel is releasing a new microcode update (0x12F) supplementing the 0x12B microcode update released in September 2024. This new microcode further improves system conditions that can potentially contribute to Vmin Shift Instability on...

community.intel.com

The 5600 ram speed is what the processor will boot at without any XMP settings.
Your motherboard can run at up to 7200 speed.
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B760M-DS3H-AX-rev-1x/sp#sp
Your 5600 ram is good. No need to go higher unless the extra price is minimal.
ram speed does make a difference in integrated graphics, otherwise, not much.

I have updated the list with new air cooler, new ram and a new psu. Here I feel my budget is increased a bit Coz the psu is almost double price from the previous one.

Coming to the graphic cards.. I have a very limited budget because of which I chose 5060.. What do you suggest against 5060? Let me see if I can afford that too.. Again I don't want to spend for the next 5 years so I'm concerned here.

The motherboard is good? And I plan for 64 gb in future only there I want to spend on ram that's it... So now I will buy single stick of 32 gb and use it for few months and get another one. This is what I'm planning.

In India it's direct 18% tax so that is where I pay almost 200$ extra on over all components

 

[geofelt]

As a suggestion, defer on the discrete graphics card and initially use the integrated graphics adapter. You might be surprised at how well it does on some types of games.

You will then be able to tell what level of graphics card you should have for the games you play.

Take your time and shop.

 

[CyberFlash]

Firstly, go AMD over Intel for the CPU. Secondly, go to an offline store and tell them to assemble the PC instead of buying them online and trying yourself. Thirdly, get the 9060 xt for double the vram if you don't really care about RT, DLSS, Frame gen etc.

 

[lazyking]

As a suggestion, defer on the discrete graphics card and initially use the integrated graphics adapter. You might be surprised at how well it does on some types of games.

You will then be able to tell what level of graphics card you should have for the games you play.

Take your time and shop.

Sure I'm going to try this as I'm short on budget

 

[lazyking]

Firstly, go AMD over Intel for the CPU. Secondly, go to an offline store and tell them to assemble the PC instead of buying them online and trying yourself. Thirdly, get the 9060 xt for double the vram if you don't really care about RT, DLSS, Frame gen etc.

I seriously don't know which is better since I have not tried AMD. But I use Intel daily so yeah Intel I feel it's good but idk about AMD.

 

[CyberFlash]

I seriously don't know which is better since I have not tried AMD. But I use Intel daily so yeah Intel I feel it's good but idk about AMD.

Intel used to be amazing once upon a time, but not anymore. AMD cpus are some of the best in the market for all the use cases that you described and I am speaking from experience as a Ryzen 5 7600 user.

 

[Misgar]

So now I will buy single stick of 32 gb and use it for few months and get another one.

it's not a particularly good idea to buy one stick of RAM now and then add a second memory module, even if you do buy exactly the "same" part number.

You'll end up with two mis-matched DIMMs with memory chips from different "bins". There could be subtly different "timings" in the SPD chips on each DIMM, so they'll have different overclock characteristics.

The mis-matched DIMMs might run fine at the default JEDEC speed (probably DDR5-4800) but there's a risk of instability when overclocking at DDR-6000.

Best bet is to buy a kit of two matched 32GB DIMMs for 64GB total.

I'd caution against buy 2 x 16GB now (for 32GB) and another 2 x 16GB at a later date to make 64GB. Running 4 DIMMs in a motherboard often leads to lower XMP overclock speeds. You might have to reduce the speed of 4 DIMMs down from their rated 6000MT/s to a slower speed, e.g. 5200MT/s.

A total of two (matched) DIMMs is often the best bet.

In India it's direct 18% tax so that is where I pay almost 200$ extra on over all components

I pay 20% VAT and I believe sales tax is even higher in some countries. Don't you just love governments?

 

[geofelt]

On your ram upgrade plans, here are some things to consider:

1. Is there a reason why you think you might need more than 32gb? Are you planning on an app that can make good use of extra ram? Games, by themselves are not likely to require more than 32gb. Not many such games will sell.

2. Running one 32gb stick will limit your performance by running at half speed in single channel mode.

3.
Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
The internal workings are designed for the capacity of the kit.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards, can be very sensitive to this.
This is more difficult when more sticks are involved.
Ram must be matched for proper operation.

If you think you may need more ram in the future, plan on selling what you initially bought and buying a new kit then.

 

[Gururu]

Heavily recommend shaping your pc around the games you play now and will play in the next year and your desired monitor resolution. Look at online benchmarks for those games to see what hardware you can get away with. I am not sure anybody's pc right now can handle AAA games at 4k in 2028...