I'm building my first proper desktop after mainly using a laptop, with a €2,500 total budget including the monitor and peripherals. The system will mainly be used for gaming at 2560×1440, watching videos and series, browsing, reading web content, and occasional office work. I'm interested in games such as Assassin's Creed, The Elder Scrolls, The Witcher, and single-player shooters.
The current parts list includes a Ryzen 5 7500X3D, Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE, Gigabyte B650 Eagle AX motherboard, 32 GB of DDR5-6000 memory, a 2 TB Patriot P400 Lite NVMe SSD, a Radeon RX 9070 XT, a be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow case, and a 750 W be quiet! Pure Power 13 M power supply. I'm also considering a 27-inch 1440p 180 Hz IPS monitor because the PC will sit near a sunny south-facing window.
For peripherals, I'm looking at the Logitech G915 X Lightspeed keyboard and G309 Lightspeed mouse, ideally keeping Bluetooth support so I can also use them with my laptop. I already have headphones and speakers, and the monitor has built-in speakers.
Could you check whether the components are compatible and balanced, and point out any mistakes or worthwhile changes? The parts are priced for Germany with taxes included, and the total comes to roughly €2,366–€2,465 depending on the memory choice.
3 Answers
The budget distribution isn’t as strange as it looks. For a 1440p gaming PC, putting close to half of the hardware budget into the graphics card is fairly normal, especially when the GPU is the component that has the biggest effect on gaming performance. The CPU, motherboard, cooler, case, and power supply are comparatively sensible portions of the budget.
The build looks solid overall, and the main components should work together. The RAM options are all suitable for this platform, so you can choose based on price, condition, warranty, and timings. The cooler is a good value choice, and the power supply is a reasonable-quality unit with enough capacity for this system.
Thanks! I only started researching how to build a PC recently, so it’s reassuring to hear that the parts actually fit together and that I haven’t missed an obvious problem.
The hardware list looks good, although I’d pay more attention to the peripherals, especially the mouse. A gaming-focused mouse may be more comfortable and responsive than a general-purpose office model. Since Bluetooth and multi-device use matter to you, the G915 X and G309 combination seems like a reasonable compromise for gaming and laptop use.
That was helpful. I specifically wanted Bluetooth and a setup that wouldn’t need several USB receivers, so I compared some alternatives and ended up choosing the G915 X keyboard and G309 mouse.
I was surprised by how much of the total went toward the graphics card and memory, but it makes more sense when the system is aimed at high-refresh-rate 1440p gaming.