Looking for thoughts on my build specs.

[DJ-AnK]

Hey all, - follow on from my post a few months back,

Been looking into things & have come up with the below, - Just wondering on thoughts, - any critiques or suggestions.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Pulse 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A7-SP) = £799.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £218.99
• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1g (SKU: TH-022-TG) = £5.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
• 1 x BitFenix Spectre Addressable RGB Fan - 120mm (SKU: CA-238-BX) = £7.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Renegade 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C32 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-29P-KS) = £128.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BF-GI) = £189.95
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM750e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020262-UK) (SKU: CA-27S-CS) = £114.99
• 1 x Jonsbo CR-1000 ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: HS-00Z-JB) = £20.00

Total: £1,563.86 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

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Purpose of the PC 1.
Purpose is an upgrade to my old PC, - will use for Games ( a bit to start, maybe more if needed) a bit of light Graphics work / Photoshop, & my wife might use for some CAD work.


I already have a WD_BLACK SN850X for a boot / games drive.


A couple of questions:
1. It'll go in my office where I have a Monitor & a TVm so can use on either?
2. Do I need the thermal paste ( I've never needed a CPU cooler before?
3. would the PSU be adequate for the build? I did a quick check on Fastegg & it said ~600W, so I'm thinking it'll be fine, right?
4. Would I need water cooling for this? is it likely to run hot? ( I'm thinking the CPU cooler should be sufficient, right?

thx in advance....

 

[Tetras]

1. It'll go in my office where I have a Monitor & a TVm so can use on either?

What connectors do they have? DP? HDMI?

2. Do I need the thermal paste ( I've never needed a CPU cooler before?

You can usually find out if you check the tech specs (I couldn't see anything) or reviews/unboxing videos. Like this one:

Jonsbo CR1000 White CPU Cooler Review! Great value $17 budget cooler!

Jonsbo CR1000 White CPU Cooler Review! Great value $17 budget cooler! (PIP approved!)This cooler only cost arond $16-17 and has 160W TDP rated. It has 12cm w...

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Not sure I'd bother replacing the stock cooler with that, but your call.

3. would the PSU be adequate for the build? I did a quick check on Fastegg & it said ~600W, so I'm thinking it'll be fine, right?

Yeah, but if it was me, I'd rather 850 for a 7900 XT, because 750 is the minimum that Sapphire recommend and I'd like some headroom for spikes and keeping the temps down.

4. Would I need water cooling for this? is it likely to run hot? ( I'm thinking the CPU cooler should be sufficient, right?

No, the G300A's stock cooling is fine. CPU is very modest in power consumption too (even though they run hot), see here.

 

[bimbleuk]

G300A is a good case as I've used the previous gen versions several times.

Change that Bitfenix 120mm for a Phanteks fan to match the others. Phanteks like to use a specific connector that daisy changes easily for the RGB case controller.

Phanteks SK120 Black DRGB PWM Fan - 120mm

Order Phanteks SK120 Black DRGB PWM Fan - 120mm now online and benefit from fast delivery.

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OCUK don't stock it but I highly rate the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Air Coolers (black or white)

850W is my usual default for a decent GPU with some future headroom. 750W would work though.

 

[tamzzy]

Would avoid that Corsair PSU. Whilst it's supposedly "ATX 3.0" certified, it does not have a 12vhpwr socket/cable.