Build Advice Rate my build from 1 to 10 and mid/high/top tier ?

May 1, 2025
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Tower: ASUS TUF Gaming GT502 Plus Midi Tower, Tempered Glass black


Cpu: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz (Raptor Lake Refresh) Socket 1700-boxed


Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming Mifi Intel Z790 Mainboard Socket 1700, DDR5


Ram: Kingston Fury Beast RGB EX, DDR5-6000, CL36, XMP/EXPO 64 GB Dual-Kit


Psu: Seasonic Core GX 80 PLUS Gold power supply, modular, ATX 3.1, PCle 5.1 - 850 Watts, black


Ssd: Western Digital Black SN850X NVMe M.2 SSD, PCIe 4.0 M.2 Type 2280 -2 TB


Cpu cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 Lux D-RGB Complete Watercooling


Gpu: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Solid SFF, 16384 MB GDDR7


Plus:
2 ssd's 500gb and 1tb and 8tb hdd (all from the previous tower)
 
Tower: ASUS TUF Gaming GT502 Plus Midi Tower, Tempered Glass black


Cpu: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz (Raptor Lake Refresh) Socket 1700-boxed


Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming Mifi Intel Z790 Mainboard Socket 1700, DDR5


Ram: Kingston Fury Beast RGB EX, DDR5-6000, CL36, XMP/EXPO 64 GB Dual-Kit


Psu: Seasonic Core GX 80 PLUS Gold power supply, modular, ATX 3.1, PCle 5.1 - 850 Watts, black


Ssd: Western Digital Black SN850X NVMe M.2 SSD, PCIe 4.0 M.2 Type 2280 -2 TB


Cpu cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Nucleus AIO CR360 Lux D-RGB Complete Watercooling


Gpu: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Solid SFF, 16384 MB GDDR7


Plus:
2 ssd's 500gb and 1tb and 8tb hdd (all from the previous tower)
Posters can't rate your build without knowing your primary uses of said build, resolution if gaming is one of those uses, and budget as in your country you are located with currency.
 
No pics? So, how i can rate it? 🤔

As for components, well;
Black fishbowl case - would struggle with thermals due to no front intake for airflow.

CPU - good one. AMD Ryzen 9000-series would've gotten better price-to-performance ratio.

MoBo looks solid. 16+1+2 VRM. But white heatsinks/accents?

RAM is good, albeit CL36 is a bit high. CL32 or CL30 would've been better. Can't say about aesthetics, if black or white heatsinks.

PSU... while Seasonic, for the most part, is good, this can't be said to all PSUs they sell. Core GX is mediocre quality. For that build, bare minimum what would be in there, would be Seasonic Focus, while Seasonic Vertex is better choice and Seasonic PRIME is the best choice.

SSD M.2 - SN850X is solid choice.

CPU cooler - 360mm rad. Well, it cools but i'm not fond with AIOs. To me, air coolers any day of the week (can explain as of why).

GPU - Depends on use case, either good enough of falling short. Also, aesthetics are stripy/gray. Doesn't match the rest of the build.

Other drives - Can't rate those since those depend on your needs for storage space.


Overall, few flaws (e.g PSU) and aesthetic (color) mismatch. Once you've assembled the build and share the pics, then i can rate the assembly quality (e.g cable management).
In the mean time, feel free to look what i have. My builds pics and specs are in my sig. Rate them too if you like.

Edit: Your build rating wise;
CPU - high-end
GPU - mid-tier
RAM - mid-tier
PSU - below mid-tier (Focus would've been mid-tier)
Overall: mid-tier build.
 
Posters can't rate your build without knowing your primary uses of said build, resolution if gaming is one of those uses, and budget as in your country you are located with currency.
My primary uses are for gaming like warzone that fps matters, photoshop editing and video editing sometimes.

My monitor is 1080p 144hz, asus vg278q

My country is Cyprus.

I already bought all the parts mentioned and wait for the guys to assemble my build
 
No pics? So, how i can rate it? 🤔

As for components, well;
Black fishbowl case - would struggle with thermals due to no front intake for airflow.

CPU - good one. AMD Ryzen 9000-series would've gotten better price-to-performance ratio.

MoBo looks solid. 16+1+2 VRM. But white heatsinks/accents?

RAM is good, albeit CL36 is a bit high. CL32 or CL30 would've been better. Can't say about aesthetics, if black or white heatsinks.

PSU... while Seasonic, for the most part, is good, this can't be said to all PSUs they sell. Core GX is mediocre quality. For that build, bare minimum what would be in there, would be Seasonic Focus, while Seasonic Vertex is better choice and Seasonic PRIME is the best choice.

SSD M.2 - SN850X is solid choice.

CPU cooler - 360mm rad. Well, it cools but i'm not fond with AIOs. To me, air coolers any day of the week (can explain as of why).

GPU - Depends on use case, either good enough of falling short. Also, aesthetics are stripy/gray. Doesn't match the rest of the build.

Other drives - Can't rate those since those depend on your needs for storage space.


Overall, few flaws (e.g PSU) and aesthetic (color) mismatch. Once you've assembled the build and share the pics, then i can rate the assembly quality (e.g cable management).
In the mean time, feel free to look what i have. My builds pics and specs are in my sig. Rate them too if you like.

Edit: Your build rating wise;
CPU - high-end
GPU - mid-tier
RAM - mid-tier
PSU - below mid-tier (Focus would've been mid-tier)
Overall: mid-tier build.
Well from a search i did, the psu is considered A tier.

I dont have a pic cause i dont have the pc ready yet.
 
Well from a search i did, the psu is considered A tier.
Source?

Since the lists i know of, Seasonic Core isn't A tier in any of them.
PSU cultists - Tier B speculative: https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/
LTT PSU tier list - Tier B speculative: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1477009-psu-tier-list-rev-161a/
PSU list in TH forums (now gone "poof" but from waybackmachine) - Tier B: https://web.archive.org/web/2024090...er-list-rev-14-8-final-update-jul-21.3624094/
Cybenetics does have it's results, but it's efficiency and noise, not the actual build quality: https://www.cybenetics.com/evaluations/psus/2750/

Even official specs doesn't list it as "A tier": https://seasonic.com/core-gx-atx-3-2024/

It has 7 year warranty. Which is good reliability wise, but other PSUs are better.

In a nutshell:
up to 2 years - terrible reliability
3 years - poor reliability (e.g Corsair VS/CS)
5 years - mediocre reliability (e.g Be Quiet! Straight Power 11, Seasonic G12, Corsair CX/CXF)
7 years - good reliability (e.g Seasonic Core/Focus GM, Corsair TX/AX)
10 years - great reliability (e.g Seasonic Focus GX/PX, Corsair RMx/HX/HXi/AXi)
12 years - superb reliability (e.g Seasonic Vertex/PRIME)

So, aim for a 10 year warranty PSU. 7 year warranty would be bare minimum if you don't have enough funds and/or build is low power draw (which yours isn't).