Building My First Gaming PC! | ONE PART A MONTH! | Parts Update #1

[morningkisses]

I can’t wait to build my PC for GTA VI! I can’t wait to see how your build comes out! Seems like a solid build so far, I’m taking notes!

[trent_lol]

Nice PC components. I do have questions on what your planning on using your computer for? As a person who built alot of PC's, its best to shop for the parts you need. That way you can get the parts that are needed and you can save money as well. For example, my friend bought a 3090. Its a great GPU, but he doesnt use it to its full capacity. He only watch Youtube and play indie games on his PC. Waste of money that couldve went to other upgrades or parts.

[iDarksideGG]

All of your parts are good, AMD ftw.

Here's my tidbits with your build.

7950x: no, don't take this. Unless you need the extra cores for your YT videos and or streaming, you can get away with getting something like a 7800x3d. If you need the extra cores for video production than yes go with the 7950x, or maybe even drop to a 7900x if you can, but if the price difference between the 7900x and 7950x is close, just go with the 7950x.

CPU Cooler: It MAY cool a 7950x, I am not too sure because every build I've seen done with the 7950x has done Liquid cooling with an AIO. But if you've never built with a AIO then just go with this. It's a beast of a CPU cooler.

RAM: No issues there

PSU: No issues there, in fact smart of you to go with an extra beefy PSU so you''re futureproofed for a few generations.

Case: I built in the 5000D before I swapped to my new case, absolute breeze to work in with how much space there was. However, if you find it to be too big for your liking, I would recommend something like the Lian Li 207 or 216(I personally own the 216), they're both great cases and are easy to build in but have a smaller footprint on a desk.

SSD: No issues there.

Fans: I personally don't like Corsair fans because over the last few years Corsair's fans have became style over function and that's always bothered me. But they get the job done so I can't say anything there. I would go with something else because of this, plus Corsair's iCue software for controlling the fans and the RGB can be very hit or miss, as in 1 day it'll work perfectly and then an update will happen and it'll drive you insane.

Keyboard and Mouse: No issue, Razer is a top brand, little pricey for my taste, but still a great brand.

GPU: this is where it gets interesting, the market right now is going to be very different in January than what it is today. Both AMD and Nvidia have stopped producing their cards because they are stream lining and getting prepared for the next Generation. If you don't mind going used, you'll most likely be able to snag a 40 series GPU for a reduced price or a 7000 Series AMD GPU for also the same price. For that CPU, you might as well go with a 4080Super, 4090, or 7900 XTX.

Monitor: You can quite frankly get away with anything, but you also need to determine what kind of games you wanna play. If you wanna play single player games than go with a 4k monitor, but if you're gonna be playing games that require high FPS like CoD or Apex, then go with a 240hz 1440p monitor. Brand is all preference.

If you need anymore help, hit me up on here or on my X account @iDarksideGG.

[nevergiveup]

Bro you helped me so much I hope you get 500k views

[SpoonHurler]

Deepcool Assassin IV will cool a 7950X or 9950X just fine. I have a similar dual tower, dual fan tower (the goated budget king Thermalright Peerless Assassin) and it cools my OC'd 13600K which is as or more power hungry. I'm not sure if I'd go 7950X over a 5700X3D or 7800X3D personally. 8 cores should be enough unless you are a heavy power user.
Waiting until February is a good plan for the GPU since we should have a lot more info after CES in January. I suggest having a price point and buying the best card for that price... Or just get a 5090 (or if by some miracle any other card is the best on the market but that won't happen) if price isn't an issue.
Can't wait to see updates on the journey and welcome to pc building!

[thedonzo]

use a cpu that doesnt take more than 125 watts, preferably a 65 watt cpu. Those x ones are usually power hungry. Thats to ensure no problems with cooling and could save alot of money for less cooling besides that, cool man. You can see wattage on pc part picker

[ZakariaRTTOLL]

the difference in cpu cooling comes when overclocking it wich leads to hight wattage consumption wich means excessive heat except if u use an aio wich is perfect for evrclocking ur cpu only but ram and gpu too i'll advice full watercooling or good airflow ' actually aircooling is good but the case needs intake and exhaust fans in the bottom too to make a good airflow and take the heat away or just take the side panels and get an airblower and clean it everymonth

[ZakariaRTTOLL]

plus getting ddr5 doesnt mean its ok like i said heat can burn any cmponent from cpu to ram to ssd and that ram is caused by high speed of ram specially so 6200 per s is good enough for you and what i see is that the corsair vengeance are good with the cricial too just sayin' if u further upgrade

[figl]

Yo, my guy! Here is a video that can better explain RAM. I noticed that you have Intel ram but are planning on buying an AMD motherboard which you need if you’re gonna run an AMD CPU.

[derpderp]

The razer keyboard and mouse makes me cringe. I've been upgrading my build. I'm 98% corsair. 1% msi rtx 3080 ventux 3x oc 1% crucial 2tb nvme.

[srch]

tbh to save some money on gpu just go for radeon rx 7900 xtx or wait for the 8000 series nvidia aint woth the money since you get les fps for the buck