A newbie builder here

[Lancosta]

Hello everyone!

I just enjoyed to this world of "PC Builders" at my 1st time and i don't think i am really good at it.
I'm looking for feedback for how i can change my setup and probably save money. I just want a PC which great for newest games thats i can't play with a smooth FPS without drops as i can't play them on my kinda weak laptop.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bKGTFZ

Motherboard - ASRock B760 Pro RS/D4 ATX LGA1700
Videocard - RTX 3060 Ventus 2x 12G
CPU - Intel i5-12600KF (TBH i don't care to go to AMD even know their temperature is higher but less cost)
CPU cooler - SE-903-XT ARGB WHITE
Memory - Kingston ValueRAM 16GB x2
Storage - 1TB of SSD and(or) 1 or 2 TB HDD
Power Supply - ExeGate UN750
Monitor - usually i'm playing in FullHD resolutions so will probably take one of 1920x1080 monitors

I really want to get feedback of how awful this build or how i can change it to better without really overpaying.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Hello everyone!

I just enjoyed to this world of "PC Builders" at my 1st time and i don't think i am really good at it.
I'm looking for feedback for how i can change my setup and probably save money. I just want a PC which great for newest games thats i can't play with a smooth FPS without drops as i can't play them on my kinda weak laptop.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bKGTFZ

Motherboard - ASRock B760 Pro RS/D4 ATX LGA1700
Videocard - RTX 3060 Ventus 2x 12G
CPU - Intel i5-12600KF (TBH i don't care to go to AMD even know their temperature is higher but less cost)
CPU cooler - SE-903-XT ARGB WHITE
Memory - Kingston ValueRAM 16GB x2
Storage - 1TB of SSD and(or) 1 or 2 TB HDD
Power Supply - ExeGate UN750
Monitor - usually i'm playing in FullHD resolutions so will probably take one of 1920x1080 monitors

I really want to get feedback of how awful this build or how i can change it to better without really overpaying.

Thats still a pretty good setup although I havent heard of that PSU so Id want to replace it pretty quickly.

How much money do you have to spend and what country are you in?

 

[mjs warlord]

Just a few pointers for you. I have never heard of your exegate un750 , anyone who reads your post will tell you to go for 80+ gold standard.

I would go for ssd as hdd are now considered old news and ssd prices are a lot lower than they used to be and with some games performance can suffer with hdd.

You can put the ram in lots of your own choosing you must look at where your motherboard tells you to put them depending on the number of sticks you have , also NEVER mix ram speed or makes , always buy in matched pairs even if it means throwing away some that you already have.

 

[mjs warlord]

Thats still a pretty good setup although I havent heard of that PSU so Id want to replace it pretty quickly.

How much money do you have to spend and what country are you in?

lol you beat me .... i saw added tab as i was typing

 

[Lancosta]

Thats still a pretty good setup although I havent heard of that PSU so Id want to replace it pretty quickly.

How much money do you have to spend and what country are you in?

I just found it on my city's market. It's a russian website but if you interested in, there's a link: https://www.dns-shop.ru/product/0d2cb71ad4fb2a7d/blok-pitania-exegate-un750-ex292178rus-pc-seryj/

I'm better to not to go over than 1020$-1100$ but if there's worth to get something better i can wait a while. Russia country

 

[Lancosta]

Just a few pointers for you. I have never heard of your exegate un750 , anyone who reads your post will tell you to go for 80+ gold standard.

I would go for ssd as hdd are now considered old news and ssd prices are a lot lower than they used to be and with some games performance can suffer with hdd.

You can put the ram in lots of your own choosing you must look at where your motherboard tells you to put them depending on the number of sticks you have , also NEVER mix ram speed or makes , always buy in matched pairs even if it means throwing away some that you already have.

I would use SSD only if not a problems with losing data when this drive gonna die. I want to be in safety without losing data so i picked up for HDD and SSD together

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

That setup would play any game out there now. But I would definitely try to find a better power supply, at least something like a Corsair CX series, 650w and up would be fine for that system. The one you put in there now is much better.

SSDs are more reliable than HDDs, its just that spinning hard drives are still cheapest if you need a large amount of storage. If youre playing games mainly you dont want to be installing them on hard drives anymore if you can help it.

 

[Lancosta]

That setup would play any game out there now. But I would definitely try to find a better power supply, at least something like a Corsair CX series, 650w and up would be fine for that system. The one you put in there now is much better.

SSDs are more reliable than HDDs, its just that spinning hard drives are still cheapest if you need a large amount of storage. If youre playing games mainly you dont want to be installing them on hard drives anymore if you can help it.

So i updated my list - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JGyPv4

I just curious about leaving motherboard as it is or going for higher in price

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

I would say that if the cheaper motherboard has all off the USB connections and fan ports that you need go for that. I believe that Z790 has faster storage if youre going to use multiple NVME SSD drives, but if youre not and the application is mostly gaming then the Asrock Z760 board you picked looks a pretty good one to me.

If possible try and pick up a matched 2x16GB memory kit as well. 3200C16 is a good baseline, 3600 C16-18 slightly better if its the same price. Look for an XMP tuned kit over too. On the motherboard support page you can find a list of all teh exact memory kits tested to work on the board, it will most likely be fine but to be 100% sure I would get something on that list.

 

[neogunhero]

As pointed out above, RAM prices as fairly cheap these days, especially for DDR4. Highly recommend what Kaamos said, at least 3200MHz CL16. The one you choose is CL22, which is just slightly slower.

I would also point out the graphics card is coming in more expensive than an RTX 4060 at least in USA. Your PCPartsPicker link showed the RTX 3060 you choose at being $400, I am currently finding RTX 4060s on Amazon starting at $330. I would recommend that over the 3060 as you get a small boost in performance as well as unlocking more features like DLSS 3 and Frame Generation.