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[julienruc]

Hey all,

I'm building a gaming PC for a friend. Purely for gaming with some occasional Premiere Pro & Blendr projects but the main focus is 1440p144Hz Gaming on High/Ultra Presets with hopes to run Ray Tracing on certain games that offer reasonable FPS performance.

I live in Indonesia, the budget is 30 Million IDR (Indonesian Rupiah), which is just under $2,000 USD.

I would like to not need to do any CPU Bios optimisation like the 5800X3D or Infinity Fabric stuff other than simply turning on XMP so I hope the CPU & RAM choice is adequate.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($323.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 280 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($86.23 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL38 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE SFF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card ($1098.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case ($113.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold V2 ATX3.0 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: $2005.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-23 08:25 EDT-0400

 

[logainofhades]

That board may need a bios update in order to run with that CPU. You want DDR5 6000 cl30 ram. Case is good, but you need more fans to really take advantage of its great airflow. You may want to consider a 9070 xt, if the price is significantly lower where you are, like it is here. I have included both, just for comparison's sake.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($323.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 280 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($86.23 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X870 Pro RS ATX AM5 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($92.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE SFF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card ($1098.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card ($852.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold V2 ATX3.0 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: $2844.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-23 08:35 EDT-0400

 

[jeremyj_83]

Hey all,

I'm building a gaming PC for a friend. Purely for gaming with some occasional Premiere Pro & Blendr projects but the main focus is 1440p144Hz Gaming on High/Ultra Presets with hopes to run Ray Tracing on certain games that offer reasonable FPS performance.

I live in Indonesia, the budget is 30 Million IDR (Indonesian Rupiah), which is just under $2,000 USD.

I would like to not need to do any CPU Bios optimisation like the 5800X3D or Infinity Fabric stuff other than simply turning on XMP so I hope the CPU & RAM choice is adequate.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($323.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 280 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($86.23 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL38 Memory ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE SFF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card ($1098.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case ($113.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold V2 ATX3.0 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: $2005.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-23 08:25 EDT-0400

Made a few changes.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($323.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 280 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($86.23 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X870 Pro RS WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 250 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($32.99 @ SanDisk)
Storage: SK Hynix Platinum P41 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card ($892.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case ($113.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: ADATA XPG Core Reactor II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1985.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-23 09:09 EDT-0400

Going with dual SSD allows one drive to be the OS/Application drive and then the other drive to be nothing but games. The P41 Platinum was one of the fastest PCIe 4 drives and comes in at a very nice price. The ADATA PSU is well reviewed and quiet. You don't need to run liquid cooling with the 9700X so you could save money there by doing something like the Peerless Assassin 120 but the liquid cooling still fits in this budget.

 

[geofelt]

Your build is reasonable as is.

With a nice case for air cooling, I would opt for a good twin tower air cooler that would be equally effective and last longer.
Thermalright peerless assassin, for example.

 

[julienruc]

Seems like the 5070 Ti and 9070 XT are 90$ apart here. Would going AMD affect Ray Tracing performance at all?

Thank you for the pointers on the RAM speed and Mobo BIOS update it was much needed. I've managed to find a B850 board that was the same price.

Noted on the Air Cooler given the case - I'll look into it. I quite like the Peerless Assassin yeah

 

[jeremyj_83]

Seems like the 5070 Ti and 9070 XT are 90$ apart here. Would going AMD affect Ray Tracing performance at all?

Thank you for the pointers on the RAM speed and Mobo BIOS update it was much needed. I've managed to find a B850 board that was the same price.

Noted on the Air Cooler given the case - I'll look into it. I quite like the Peerless Assassin yeah

The 9070XT isn't as fast as the 5070Ti in ray tracing but it does a pretty good job. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-review/5

 

[logainofhades]

Some more RT data for you.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-9070-xt-pulse/37.html

 

[julienruc]

Thanks guys, I think I got everything I need to move forward!

 

[Why_Me]

Seems like the 5070 Ti and 9070 XT are 90$ apart here. Would going AMD affect Ray Tracing performance at all?

Thank you for the pointers on the RAM speed and Mobo BIOS update it was much needed. I've managed to find a B850 board that was the same price.

Noted on the Air Cooler given the case - I'll look into it. I quite like the Peerless Assassin yeah

The only reason to choose the 9070 XT over a 5070 Ti is price. The 5070 Ti uses less power, runs cooler and nets you more fps on average not to mention DLSS > FSR

 

[julienruc]

Thanks for your help guys.

Couldn't find a CL30 Ram from that shop so I settled for CL32 and went for a reasonably price B850 board that'a Ryzen 9000 rdy out of the box.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($323.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($44.59 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B850 Pro RS WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE SFF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card ($837.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case ($88.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex III Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: $1685.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-26 02:09 EDT-0400

 

[logainofhades]

The only reason to choose the 9070 XT over a 5070 Ti is price. The 5070 Ti uses less power, runs cooler and nets you more fps on average not to mention DLSS > FSR

The power difference isn't enough to really matter. What you play also matters, as some titles heavily favor one over the other. For instance, I play WoW, and it was optimized for AMD a couple expansion back. Call of Duty tends to favor AMD these days as well. Then you have titles like Elden Ring, and CS2 favoring Nvidia.