It's been 11 years since I did this, please help

[Vekiq]

Hey all,

Time has come again to get back into pc gaming. Many moons ago I knew what fits what and had no issues navigating compatibility issues, but I have spent hours trying to catch up and I am beat. I think that I have selected what should work just fine, but I would appreciate if one of you up to date gents or ladies could check it over.

Board

Asus PRIME X870-P WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

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Ram

TeamGroup Xtreem 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-57600C34 7200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black

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Psu

Aerocool Integrator Gold 1000W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply

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Storage

Lexar NM710 2TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive (LNM710X002T-RNNNG)

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CPU

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail

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GPU

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Pulse 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card

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I am still contemplating the CPU cooler.

And in case I decide to go with intel setup will board and CPU combo below work with rest of the components above

Board

Asus Prime Z790-A WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

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CPU

Intel Core i9-14900K (Raptor Lake-S) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail

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Case

Antec Performance 1 FT ARGB Full Tower - Black

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Thanks in advance

 

[Tetras]

Board
asus-prime-x870-p

Do you care about PCI-E 5.0 and USB4? If you don't, you could buy a much cheaper board. I'd suggest starting with this one and go from there (based on what it doesn't have, that you want):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03573) = £134.99

Total: £138.98 (includes delivery: £3.99)​

Ram
teamgroup-xtreem-32gb-2x16gb-ddr5-pc5-57600c34-7200mhz

Are you aware of the potential problems with config and performance when running RAM above 6400 on AM5 CPUs?

DDR5-6400 and the 1:1 Ratio Advantage
Dropping to DDR5-6400, we see impressive performance that's very close to the higher-speed DDR frequencies, thanks to running at 1:1 UCLK, which avoids the latency penalties of 1:2. At 6400 MT/s, 1:1 is not guaranteed though, it does depend on the silicon quality of the I/O die, and perhaps requires higher SoC voltage. In many cases DDR5-6400 outperforms DDR5-7200 and DDR5-8000, particularly in workloads where memory latency plays a larger role. DDR5-6000 also remains a strong contender, especially at CL28, which is actually the fastest first word timing in all our tests (9.3 nanoseconds). This provides an excellent balance between power consumption and performance, with the added benefit of allowing more power to be allocated to the compute dies (CCDs), further improving overall system efficiency.

DDR5 Memory Performance Scaling with AMD Zen 5

Our AMD Zen 5 Memory Scaling Review examines six different DDR5 memory speeds, including DDR5-8000, DDR5-6400 1:1, DDR5-6400 CL28 and others. We looked into how these speeds impact performance in gaming at four resolutions and a wide range of application workloads.

www.techpowerup.com

CPU
amd-ryzen-9-9900x-twelve-core-5.60ghz-socket-am5-processor

Do you do any productivity work? If you don't, I'd strongly advise waiting for the 9800X3D to be in stock again because the 3D cache does much more for gaming than the 12 cores do.

And in case I decide to go with intel CPU, will board and CPU below combo work with rest of the components above

Yes, they're compatible, but are you aware of the Intel 13th-14th gen issues?

 

[Joxeon]

I’d go with an AMD build but I’d make a few changes. Replace 7800X3D with 9800X3D which is brand new out but out of stock and is looking likely December availability now

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58G-WD) = £104.99
• 1 x MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03298) = £264.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £428.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-KNG-03705) = £99.95

Total: £898.92 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Vekiq]

Hey Tetras,

Do you care about PCI-E 5.0 and USB4? If you don't, you could buy a much cheaper board. I'd suggest starting with this one and go from there (based on what it doesn't have, that you want):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03573) = £134.99

Total: £138.98 (includes delivery: £3.99)​

Are you aware of the potential problems with config and performance when running RAM above 6400 on AM5 CPUs?

DDR5 Memory Performance Scaling with AMD Zen 5

Our AMD Zen 5 Memory Scaling Review examines six different DDR5 memory speeds, including DDR5-8000, DDR5-6400 1:1, DDR5-6400 CL28 and others. We looked into how these speeds impact performance in gaming at four resolutions and a wide range of application workloads.

www.techpowerup.com

Do you do any productivity work? If you don't, I'd strongly advise waiting for the 9800X3D to be in stock again because the 3D cache does much more for gaming than the 12 cores do.


Yes, they're compatible, but are you aware of the Intel 13th-14th gen issues?

Thanks Tetrax,

I wasn't aware of ram or intel 13th and 14 gen issues, I will research.

Great shout about the board and CPU choice as it will solely be a gaming pc.

Thanks man, much appreciated

 

[Vekiq]

Hey Tetras,

I’d go with an AMD build but I’d make a few changes. Replace 7800X3D with 9800X3D which is brand new out but out of stock and is looking likely December availability now

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58G-WD) = £104.99
• 1 x MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03298) = £264.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £428.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-KNG-03705) = £99.95

Total: £898.92 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Thanks Joxeon,

I am so glad I asked the questions as I was so close to just hitting the buy button

Advice is much appreciated

 

[Tetras]

I wasn't aware of ram or intel 13th and 14 gen issues, I will research.

FYI: Intel claims they have fixed the issues if you install the latest BIOS updates and K CPUs have an extended warranty (5 year), but personally I don't think it is worth bothering with them. I'd either go with AM5, or the new Intel CPUs (Core Ultra), but the Intel CPUs don't have great gaming performance right now (might be improved with BIOS/software updates) so they don't really make sense against the 9800X3D.