Ryzen 7 7800x3d build advice

[Nursie]

My last build was almost 7 years ago.Having put off upgrading for a number of years. Ive been browsing components for a couple of months waiting for the mid range cards to be released before deciding what to do. I've ordered a 7800x3d from another site and looking for help choosing the rest.

Purchase time frame.
2 weeks or so

Budget
About £1000 for everything other than the cpu

Preferences
A 9070 gpu

Usage
Gaming and web browsing. I currently use an old Dell 3007wfp monitor res is 2560 x 1600. I plan on using this for now and change the monitor later in the year

Current Hardware
I have a 1TB sata ssd that I currently use game platforms. All other components and case will be replaced.

Have peripherals already.


Thanks in advance

 

[Tetras]

I'd recommend a B850 board with PCI-E 5.0 if you're willing to spend a little more on the board. We're seeing some PCIE 5.0 cards that run out of VRAM losing a lot of performance with older PCI-E gen(s).

Memory is slower than average, but the X3D mitigates that and the bonus is it works without XMP/EXPO enabled.

2TB SSD is recommended if the 1TB SATA drive is all the storage you have.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03573) = £129.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C46 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01086) = £99.95
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 Reaper 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04020) = £559.99
• 1 x KIOXIA EXCERIA PRO 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TSH-01447) = £68.99
• 1 x Kolink Stronghold Prime Midi Tower Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-06F-KK) = £29.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95

• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02665) = £29.99

Total: £1,003.85 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Nursie]

Thanks Tetras. If I would need to spend more money it isn't a problem. I wasn't sure if £1k would be enough when making the post.

 

[tamzzy]

RGB bling bling baby!
(and a 2TB SSD because 1TB is a travesty for a X3D + 9070 build)
Matching gigabyte board + gpu just because it won't then trigger anyone's OCD (not really, idgaf about anyone's OCD - it's because it's a 9070 OC model for a non-OC model price)

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B850 EAGLE WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03859) = £160.00
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.94
• 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 Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GIG-04216) = £559.99
• 1 x Kolink Observatory Duo ARGB Midi Tower Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-077-KK) = £39.95
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04561) = £79.99

Total: £1,054.81 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Nursie]

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Having checked the sizing of the suggested cases and some other mid tower cases, I think I'll need a Micro Atx case due to some shelves above the desk.

Thinking something like this, though a lot seems to be pre order at the moment. If I was to spend a little more is there 1 or 2 areas where the money would be better spent?

Thanks

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Kolink Stronghold M Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-068-KK) = £44.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B850M GAMING X WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03861) = £184.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GIG-04216) = £559.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02665) = £29.99
• 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 Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02786) = £98.98

Total: £1,103.84 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[tamzzy]

1 x Kolink Stronghold M Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-068-KK) = £44.99

this is a bad case. no ventilation.
i've built in them before. i'll use it for a low-end system, not one with a 9070

1 x Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02786) = £98.98

save £20 or so with the PNY kit instead. yes c30 is "optimal" but negligible differences especially with an X3D cpu

1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02665) = £29.99

the rgb version is exactly the same price, hence better value and resale value in the future
you if you don't want the rgb, you don't have to plug in the connectors

 

[tamzzy]

i've not specced a case as you haven't told us the dimensions of the space it will need to fit in, so a bit pointless speccing one with not enough info

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asrock B850M-X WiFi R2.0 (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-05290) = £124.99
• 1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-51200C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04564) = £77.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GIG-04216) = £559.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03129) = £99.95

Total: £977.86 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Nursie]

Max case dimensions are about 250mm width 460mm height and 500mm depth

*Edit* Height could be 480mm if depth is under 440mm

 

[Gray2233]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh Micro-ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-051-KK) = £45.50
• 1 x Arctic P12 PWM PST Black Fan - 120mm (SKU: FG-04H-AR) = £5.96

Total: £63.44 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

This is the cheapest relatively plain option with good airflow (you don't seem keen on RGB), you probably don't need the extra fan for the rear exhaust but personally seeing the empty space would annoy me.

A quick check shows the dimensions should be within your requirements, but I'm also a sweaty post gym mess and barely capable of coherent thought, so double check.

 

[Tetras]

Thinking something like this, though a lot seems to be pre order at the moment. If I was to spend a little more is there 1 or 2 areas where the money would be better spent?

The only thing you'd notice would be upgrading the 9070 to a 9070 XT. The rest (e.g. better case, more RAM, higher-end SSD, higher wattage PSU) is just nice to have, it won't give you more FPS.

 

[tamzzy]

Max case dimensions are about 250mm width 460mm height and 500mm depth

*Edit* Height could be 480mm if depth is under 440mm

i'd grab this case: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/antec-cx500m-argb-m-atx-mini-tower-black-cas-atc-04158.html
Dimensions: 436 x 210 x 446mm (DxWxH)

or if you want something smaller: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lian-li-a3-matx-black-cas-lia-02350.html
Dimensions: 443 x 194 x 322mm (DxWxH)
Will need to buy extra fans if getting the A3

 

[Nursie]

Thank you to all of you that replied. Ordered the rest of the components today.

In the end I went with the below

• 1 x Lian Li A3 mATX Wood Edition - Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-02630) = £69.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £399.95
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02665) = £29.98
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-01125) = £110.00
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £128.98
• 1 x Gigabyte B850M GAMING X WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03861) = £185.00
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.98
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GIG-04215) = £629.99

 

[tamzzy]

In the end I went with the below

did you buy extra fans?
The A3 does not come with any case fans

 

[Nursie]

Yep, Ordered a pack of 5 thermalright 120mm's from else where

 

[tamzzy]

Yep, Ordered a pack of 5 thermalright 120mm's from else where

excellent choice (i use them too)