Question New PC Build. Any recommended changes advised and welcomed.

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Looking to build a new pc within the next couple months. This is what im looking to get so far. If you guys have any recommended changes or upgrades that I should swap in for for 100 dollars range per part let me know. I mainly play fps games with some single player story games thrown in. and will be gaming at 1440p. (not quite sure if there's a better MOBO option out there, wifi not needed.)
feel like the cooler is overkill and there might be a better option for me
Also very open to case suggestions. Currently have my Fractal and i love it, but wanted something new
Monitor will be bought later on.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Flow483/saved/#view=tWFbpg (public)

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Looking to build a new pc within the next couple months. This is what im looking to get so far. If you guys have any recommended changes or upgrades that I should swap in for for 100 dollars range per part let me know. I mainly play fps games with some single player story games thrown in. and will be gaming at 1440p. (not quite sure if there's a better MOBO option out there, wife not needed.)
feel like the cooler is overkill and there might be a better option for me
Also very open to case suggestions. Currently have my Fractal and i love it, but wanted something new
Monitor will be bought later on.


Hopefully the link words and thank you :)
Your link is not public.
 
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor ($178.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AG500 BK ARGB 67.88 CFM CPU Cooler ($38.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: *Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: *XFX Speedster MERC 310 Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card ($779.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case ($106.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: *Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit ($117.43 @ Amazon)
Total: $1695.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-27 18:52 EDT-0400


A better look at those components.

https://lian-li.com/product/lancool-216/

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550-AORUS-ELITE-AX-V2-rev-10#kf

https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-7-5700x

https://www.deepcool.com/products/C...formance-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2022/16252.shtml

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Thanks for the suggestions, ill dive into those changes. Only one I see i wouldn't consider is the CPU, just because I can get the 5800x for the same price as the 5700x. Unless there is a reason to consider the 5700x over the 5800x for the same price that I don't know about.
 

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I mean if i can get the 7900xt with spending the same money without changing much. seems like your build is far superior lol
 
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I mean if i can get the 7900xt with spending the same money without changing much. seems like your build is far superior lol
Just saying, you have enough budget to go AM5. The problem with AM4 that the others recommend is that you have no upgrade path. 5800X3D is the best CPU you can get, and if you want to upgrade in the future, you must buy a new motherboard + RAM. And frankly, 5800X3D will be curbstomped pretty badly by Zen 5 or potentially Zen 6, as well.

Picking the parts. I'll post immediately here after I finish.

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Only changed the CPU, CPU cooler, and RAM.

For the GPU, since you're going to buy the parts in the next couple of months, I think you can wait for a 7800 XT or something. It will cost $600 max with 72CU.

And lastly, just a suggestion, buy a cheaper case. There are lots of good cases below $100. There's no need for a $160 case.
 
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Just saying, you have enough budget to go AM5. The problem with AM4 that the others recommend is that you have no upgrade path. 5800X3D is the best CPU you can get, and if you want to upgrade in the future, you must buy a new motherboard + RAM. And frankly, 5800X3D will be curbstomped pretty badly by Zen 5 or potentially Zen 6, as well.

Picking the parts. I'll post immediately here after I finish.

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Only changed the CPU, CPU cooler, and RAM.

For the GPU, since you're going to buy the parts in the next couple of months, I think you can wait for a 7800 XT or something. It will cost $600 max with 72CU.

And lastly, just a suggestion, buy a cheaper case. There are lots of good cases below $100. There's no need for a $160 case.
That RAM in your build is going to be a bottleneck.
 

Flow483

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Just saying, you have enough budget to go AM5. The problem with AM4 that the others recommend is that you have no upgrade path. 5800X3D is the best CPU you can get, and if you want to upgrade in the future, you must buy a new motherboard + RAM. And frankly, 5800X3D will be curbstomped pretty badly by Zen 5 or potentially Zen 6, as well.

Picking the parts. I'll post immediately here after I finish.

EDIT:


Only changed the CPU, CPU cooler, and RAM.

For the GPU, since you're going to buy the parts in the next couple of months, I think you can wait for a 7800 XT or something. It will cost $600 max with 72CU.

And lastly, just a suggestion, buy a cheaper case. There are lots of good cases below $100. There's no need for a $160 case.
Ill take a look.. I think im going with the Lian Li case that the previous person mentioned. if that works with this new build
 
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($299.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AG620 BK ARGB 67.88 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX ATX AM5 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: *XFX Speedster MERC 310 Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card ($779.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case ($106.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: *Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit ($117.43 @ Amazon)
Total: $1858.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-27 19:56 EDT-0400
 
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So if i was going to go with am5 for some future proofing what mobo/ram/cpu would you recomend?
RAM
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LB...-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3038f16gx2-fx5


Board with PCIe 5.0 (not that you'll need it anytime soon).
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Lw...fi-atx-am5-motherboard-mag-b650-tomahawk-wifi


CPU (it's expensive)
 
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You can manually overclock it.

No. Ryzen 7000 hits a ceiling at 6000.
Future generations might be able to go to 6600, which is the motherboard's limit.
W1zzard over at TPU reviews any and all AM5 cpu's that are released and him along with Hooten over at Guru3D both have said in all those reviews that AM5 hits a ceiling at DDR5 6000. It's probably the same here at Tom's but I'm not about to go into their reviews until they get off their dead arses and put a drop down menu in their reviews.
 

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W1zzard over at TPU reviews any and all AM5 cpu's that are released and him along with Hooten over at Guru3D both have said in all those reviews that AM5 hits a ceiling at DDR5 6000. It's probably the same here at Tom's but I'm not about to go into their reviews until they get off their dead arses and put a drop down menu in their reviews.
Your comment implies that you don't know about the fact that you CAN overclock the timings of the RAM.

Yes, you can overclock the timings from CL46 to something like CL28.
 

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i feel like DDr5 has not been proven as much, take into account my research on it has been minimal. and i feel with the ddr4 and previous build i will still get plenty of good years of gaming out of it. but im still strongly considering ddr5
 

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