PC Build Advice

[RyanJLea]

Hi all, my friend is building his 1st PC - keen to see what you think/any recommendations, he's too nervous to post - it's very much for gaming! Top budget is roughly €1,400, thank you!

CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor - €270

CPU Cooler - Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler - €89

Motherboard - Gigabyte B550 EAGLE WIFI6 ATX AM4 Motherboard - €129

Memory - Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3600 CL 18 Memory - €92

Storage - Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2 - 2280 PCle 4.0 x4 NVME Solid State Drive - €160

Video Card - Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card - €426

Power Supply - MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply - €113

Case - €98

 

[iamgigglz]

I’d go for a DDR5 platform with a 7600x3d or something. Can’t check prices right now but that might even leave room for a small GPU upgrade.
Investing in the top end of an old socket just means you have to upgrade the entire PC when that CPU runs out of oomph.

 

[tamzzy]

that's a terrible build for a 2025 gaming pc
don't tell me that you guys used chatGPT for recommendations lol

 

[tamzzy]

i know you've listed euro prices, so you need to check your own country's pricing. so take this build for example, and using UK pricing:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Six Core 4.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04829) = £280.00
• 1 x Sapphire Pulse B850M WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-SPR-05692) = £129.94
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 Reaper 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04020) = £488.99
• 1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04563) = £109.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03129) = £99.95
• 1 x MSI MAG A650BN UK PSU 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: POW-MSI-03345) = £49.99
• 1 x Antec CX600M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-04160) = £54.95
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99

Total: £1,255.79 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[Tetras]

Motherboard - Gigabyte B550 EAGLE WIFI6 ATX AM4 Motherboard - €129

Memory - Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3600 CL 18 Memory - €92

With the new prices of DDR4, it isn't worth it to go AM4 anymore.

CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor - €270

These are good CPUs for heavy multithreaded work, but for gaming you don't need 16 cores.

Video Card - Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card - €426

I'd look at a 9070 instead.