Build to beat sibling.

[snowlepboops]

Hello I am trying to build a computer to beat my brothers. his computer is more powerful than mine and I'm trying to improve my computer to surpass his. what do I need to get to have a more powerful one than his? he keeps telling me that it will take awhile to build one like his but I have a couple hundred saved up and I am wanting to work more to get the parts I need. I put his parts below. I know this will be very expensive but I want to slowly get the parts and upgrade. I dont know what is better than something else on computer parts.

Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Asus ROG STRIX x670E
Corsair DDR5 6400 32GB
MSI RTX 4090
Samsung 860 Evo 4TB (I believe there are 4 of those since he has 4 empty boxes)
Corsair MP400 SSD

I think his case is a Corsair 8000X.

 

[Brian Boru]

Welcome to the forum

I want to slowly get the parts

I'm not a hardware guy, someone more knowledgeable should be along soon. But I bet they'll advise against slowly getting parts and say you should wait until you can get everything at once—no point in overpaying for the early parts which will be cheaper in 3 or 6 months, especially during the big November sales.

That looks like a monster build your brother has, so a couple of hundred might buy one good part!

What country and currency?

My advice is buy and build for whatever games you want to play, and don't worry about who has a stronger or weaker PC than yours. Any uses beyond gaming?

 

[Why_Me]

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($384.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A720 BLACK 98.6 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: *G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: *Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: *Asus TUF Gaming OG OC GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card ($1739.00 @ Amazon)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Adorama)
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $2928.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-07-22 09:34 EDT-0400

 

[Brian Boru]

Total: $2928.83

Ouch!