Yet another "how does this build look" thread - Sons 1st attempt at a build

[NotTheOne]

So my son is trying his hand at his first build. I've tried to advise him to stick to around £2000, but to get it as low as he can. His primary aim is online gaming with friends ofc, mainly FPS. Everything from Minecraft to latest and greatest releases.

We have the following parts from earlier
Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ 27.0" 2560 x 1440
Fractal Design Define R4
Fractal Design Celsius S24
a couple of WD REN 2TB SATA disks that might optionally be thrown in the case for School stuff, 'pictures', backup purposes etc.

Here's what he came up with. Seems like the parts would all fit together at least, but are there any glaring issues, has he overspent in any area etc.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX
G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000
Western Digital WD_Black SN850X (2TB for OS+Apps and 4TB for Games/Data)
Gigabyte EAGLE OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB
be quiet! Dark Power 13 1000 W

One question would be, as theres no LAN to his room, to find a Mobo with WiFi, buy a seperate WiFi card, or use an old spare Asus router that could be used as a bridge.

TIA

 

[tamzzy]

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

7800x3d is sufficient

Mobo with WiFi, buy a seperate WiFi card,

Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX

This mobo has WiFi...it's in the name: AX = wifi6

Western Digital WD_Black SN850X

You don't need such a high end drive just for games

 

[NotTheOne]

7800x3d is sufficient

OK - Will get him to do a rethink

This mobo has WiFi...it's in the name: AX = wifi6

Oops - Next time i need to scroll further down the product page. Indeed it has.

You don't need such a high end drive just for games

Yeah - Already mentioned that to him, he'll likely lower the spec for that 2nd drive.

Thanks!

 

[ben1987]

7800x3d is actually slightly faster in most online games v 7950x3d

Some fps games favour amd gpu’s such as call of duty / warzone so maybe check which game he’d spend most time on.

 

[NotTheOne]

Some fps games favour amd gpu’s such as call of duty / warzone so maybe check which game he’d spend most time on.

Also a good point, though i think he's already checked this at least.

Thanks!

 

[ben1987]

Also a good point, though i think he's already checked this at least.

Thanks!

Fortnite prefers Nvidia

Call of Duty favours AMD by quite a bit.

If they’re optimised for console gaming and stuff like ray tracing isn’t really a thing in fps then they can favour amd gpus as that’s who make the console hardware.

 

[pastymuncher]

Massive overspend and overspec on the psu. A decent 850w such as the Phanteks AMP GH 850w is more than enough for most systems.

 

[NotTheOne]

Massive overspend and overspec on the psu. A decent 850w such as the Phanteks AMP GH 850w is more than enough for most systems.

Yeah! - Just threw the specs into be quiet! PSU calculater wesbite (assuming a 7800x3d as suggested above) and site itself suggests Dark Power 850w and sticks with it even if going for the 7950x3d.

Good call - Thanks!

 

[mickyflinn]

£1900 gets you a 4080 super with pcie5 motherboard ,1tb m2 for os and 2tb for games leaving £100 for cooler and upspecing.

Nvidia are releasing (hopefully) there 5000 series GPU before Xmas so something to consider.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £359.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen - Space Marine & Unknown 9 Awakening Games Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-02908) = £0.00
• 1 x G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo EXPO RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-GSK-01356) = £124.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JX-AS) = £215.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02521) = £128.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 Super Trinity Black 16Gb Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-01496) = £899.98
• 1 x NVIDIA - Star Wars: Outlaws Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-03030) = £0.00
• 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58G-WD) = £110.00
• 1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £59.98

Total: £1,899.92 (includes delivery: £0.00)​