Build Advice Try to build my first system w/ 9900x and 4070S around $2k, any advice?

[ARand]

Approximate Purchase Date: Around thanksgiving
Budget Range: around $2k
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Games, movies, photograph editing, coding, internet
Are you buying a monitor: Yes, I had one additional 1080P
Parts to Upgrade: Complete system
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No preference
Location: Illinois, USA
Parts Preferences: No preference
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 2k
Additional Comments: Good cooling, good noise level, don't care for RGB.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I only had a laptop rn and it's w/ a 3050 4Gb

Parts:
PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/deafness/saved/cBv8Hx

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor ($382.55 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 CPU Cooler ($87.82 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($399.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card ($649.00 @ Amazon)
Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.90 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.94 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC Q27G3XMN 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2269.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Trident Z Neo would be the ram kit to get since they have AMD's E.X.P.O on them. I'd pick two SSD's, one with a smaller capacity for the OS, app's and launchers while the larger drive is your scratch disk, game library and work files. Since you're dealing with productivity, you should add a mechanical drive to the build to act as a media library. When SSD's fail they tend to lose all your mission cortical data.

Outside of that, your build looks good for a first timer!

 

[ARand]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Trident Z Neo would be the ram kit to get since they have AMD's E.X.P.O on them. I'd pick two SSD's, one with a smaller capacity for the OS, app's and launchers while the larger drive is your scratch disk, game library and work files. Since you're dealing with productivity, you should add a mechanical drive to the build to act as a media library. When SSD's fail they tend to lose all your mission cortical data.

Outside of that, your build looks good for a first timer!

Hi Lutfij, ty for the advice and confirmation! I'll change to z5 neo and forgot to say that I already had a 4Tb 990pro in my old laptop and I'll replace that one with the new 1Tb. Other than that, ur advice sounds great for me. I'll try to find some old, enterprise HDD in Ebay as redundancy disk or just NAS.

 

[Lutfij]

You're very welcome!

Just regular HDD's, not enterprise pedigree drives, the latter will cost you a pretty penny(from what I've looked into). 5400~5900RPM HDD's. If you have a NAS enclosure, that's another story.

 

[Ralston18]

Non-technical advice:



Starting with the motherboard User Guide/Manual read every available document for each component being considered. Be sure that the User Guide/Manuals are truly on the applicable manufacturer's website. Avoid third party "manual" websites.

Read all documents with a critical eye -if something does not appear right then investigate as necessary. Not at all uncommon to find documentation errors.....

Pay attention to all fine print, QVLs, notes, warnings, online references, and so forth. Details matter.

Using the motherboard's User Guide/Manual as a guide plan the build step by step doublechecking and filling in all details based on the specifics of each component.

Write your own plan to put the build together. Likely you will need to do some revising as you go.

Step by step, methodically and carefully.

Know the desired/required configuration settings in advance - make notes accordingly. (I recommend using default settings at first. Just to be sure that all is working. Then tweak, OC, etc. if that is to be done.)

Leave nothing in question or in doubt.

Take your time. Work in a clean well lit area and use the proper tools. Check part lists and delivered parts: ensure that you received everything and that each part, screw, bracket, and so forth is correct.

When possible, carefully screw in screws before doing the final assembly. Screw in and remove. Objective being to ensure that the screws will correctly and smoothly go into place at the time of final assembly.

Ensure that there is room to work inside the case....

Do not rush.

Stop working if tired or stressed. Or if some problem occurs. Resolve any given problem before proceding.

All too easy these days to mess up a good build via user errors of omission or commission.

Equally easy to spend a bit of extra time to plan and otherwise think it through. And avoid some costly mishap.

Just my thoughts on the matter. Good luck and enjoy.

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($311.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($214.84 @ Amazon)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($88.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M482 Eco-Pack 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ MSI)
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card ($799.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case ($96.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($93.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: *MSI G272QPF E2 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1901.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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