I'm considering a PC build for about 1500€ and I've put together the following components:
- AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
- MSI Gaming Plus WIFI AMD B650 So.AM5 DDR5 ATX Motherboard
- 750 Watt be quiet! Pure Power 13 M Modular 80+ Gold PSU
- 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD
- Endorfy Ventum 200 Air Midi Tower Case
- be quiet! Dark Rock Slim Tower Cooler
- 16GB Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Windforce OC GPU
- 1TB Kingston NV3 M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 SSD
- Arctic MX-4 Thermal Paste
- 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM
What do you think? Would you change anything?
2 Answers
Honestly, this build looks a bit pricey for what you're getting. If you let us know which country you're buying from, we can suggest some better options!
A couple of things to keep in mind: This motherboard doesn't support a Gen5 GPU slot, which might not matter to you. I recommend checking out the Gigabyte B850 Gaming WiFi6 instead.
Also, a 550W or 650W power supply would probably be sufficient.
Regarding the cooler, be quiet! is normally optimized for Intel CPUs. You might want to look at the Endorfy Fera 5 for better performance. The thermal paste that comes with their coolers should do fine too.
And for the NV3 SSD, be aware that it uses QLC flash, which isn't as durable and can slow down over time. A TLC drive, like the Kioxia Exceria Plus G3, would be a better choice.
Thanks for the pointers! I've adjusted my build to these changes. What do you think of this new setup?
- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- Noctua NH-D9L Tower Cooler
- 32GB Kingston FURY Beast Black XMP DDR5-6000 RAM
- 2x 1TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSDs
- Endorfy Ventum 200 Air Midi Tower (black, no PSU)
- 750W be quiet! Pure Power 13 M Modular 80+ Gold PSU
- Arctic MX-4 Thermal Paste (4g)
- 12GB MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ventus 2X OC GPU
- Gigabyte Gaming WiFi6 AMD B850 DDR5 ATX Motherboard.
I'm in Germany and shopping at Mindfactory.