Question Opinions on my new build

Vlad Alexandru_1

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Hi guys,
I just got a new build on kind of a tight budget of around 800$ that i managed to save this past year.
I would like to hear your opinions on it.

Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 7 2700x (171$, the r5 3600 is 110$ more expensive in my country, and i liked the multitasking capabilities of the 2700x)

GPU: AMD Saphire 5700xt Pulse BE (420$, all the nvidia 2070 and up are sold out and the 3000 series is almost double the US retail price of 500$)

RAM: Corsair Vengance LPX 2x8 3200mhz(82$)

Mobo: Gigabyte Aorus Elite b450 (111$)

As for the psu and storage, i had 2x1tb hdds and 1 250gb ssd from my previous pc and the psu is a 700w zalman.

Also as a reference point, until this upgrade i've been running an i7 4790 and a gtx 970, still 16gb ram.

I am using the pc for college as well as Visual studio, SQL and HTML, aside that i play a bunch of games (now looking forward to Cyberpunk)

Any feedback is welcome.

Thanks in advance :)))

Edit: The remaining amount up to 800$ went into a present, forgot about it XD
 
Zalman 700W unit, huh? How old is the unit? The board, ram and CPU combo isn't bad though I'd have gotten something more along the lines of DDR4-3600MHz, B550 chipset and a R5 3600x or the R7 3800XT.

Also, before you make another thread about why the OS is acting weird, please reinstall the OS when you've installed all the hardware to the new motherboard.
 
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Zalman 700W unit, huh? How old is the unit? The board, ram and CPU combo isn't bad though I'd have gotten something more along the lines of DDR4-3600MHz, B550 chipset and a R5 3600x or the R7 3800XT.

Also, before you make another thread about why the OS is acting weird, please reinstall the OS when you've installed all the hardware to the new motherboard.
I already did a clean install fo the OS and yeah, the psu is around 5 years old but it still does it's job with no hiccups but i am aware that it's lifespan closes in to the end :))