Put together a great 1440p gaming PC with this Amazon Prime Day-powered parts list

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Take advantage of Prime Day discounts to put together a Ryzen 7 7800X3D-powered powerhouse

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[ohio_buckeye]

Not a bad system but I think I’d consider looking at a b650 or b850 board and a 7700x or 9700x cpu and then see if that allows enough budget to bump the gpu another level.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

• Thermaltake GF1 (2024) Fully Modular ATX 850W Power Supply: was $109 now $79 at Amazon

You put together a $1600 system, but with this power supply, how long will it last?

 

[ohio_buckeye]

I think the GF1 is A rated iirc. I have a 1200 watt in my rig. But with the vanilla 9070 i think you’d have a little less power draw.

 

[imsurgical]

Not a bad system but I think I’d consider looking at a b650 or b850 board and a 7700x or 9700x cpu and then see if that allows enough budget to bump the gpu another level.

This ^

I was thinking the exact same thing when looking at the parts list. Not a bad system at all, but I would scale down the chipset, CPU, and prioritize a bump up in GPU (even though an RX 9070 and 5070 are fine in their own right.) Better investment for anyone who doesn't want to fight over the next generation of GPU's and they could always do a drop-in upgrade on the CPU later, which would be less of a headache comparatively.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

The other thing with CPUs, I’ve got a 7700 non x in my own pc paired with a b650 and a 9070xt. Sure a 7800x3d would be nice but what would I get out of that? Maybe slight improvements in 1% lows? Sure if you’re a competitive gamer playing multiplayer all the time the x3d CPUs have some benefit, but for your average gamer playing the latest single player AAA games and dabbling in multiplayer, bump the chipset and cpu down for a better gpu and you’ll likely notice more performance in those circumstances.

For example though, the 7700x can be had on amazon for $215. One of the cheaper msi b650 boards is $129. So you basically save the cost of a board. That leaves a lot more room for a better gpu, psu, storage or whatever you wish. Just my 2 cents.

 

[EzzyB]

BOTH power supply links go to an AIO cooler....

 

[Notton]

I'd stay away from asus mobos, especially expensive ones.

 

[elforeign]

This is a solid build for that price. I would probably go for one of the MSI Pro B650 lineup MOBOs instead of this one and it still comes out at the same price of 569.99 (bundle currently available at Amazon).