My first PC build advice

[coof11]

Hi everyone, I'm new to PC building and PC gaming in general but will be building my first PC with the help of my brother. He has helped me compile a list of parts and I've already started ordering the parts since I trust his advice as a PC gamer himself.

The purpose of my PC would be for non-competitive gaming but I would like to enjoy 2k graphics. The other purpose would be to use heavy software applications such as Adobe or CAD etc.

Here's the build with pricing for reference:

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Zen 5 AM5 8 Core Processor	£299.99​
Gigabyte Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB Graphics Card	£463.71​
GIGABYTE UD850GM Power Supply Unit - 850W, 80 PLUS Gold	£86.95​
CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 32GB	£97.98​
DeepCool AK400 Digital CPU Processor 120mm	£37.11​
MSI MAG 274QRFW 27 Inch WQHD Gaming Monitor - 2560 x 1440 IPS 1ms	£119.98​
MSI MAG 274QRFW 27 Inch WQHD Gaming Monitor - 2560 x 1440 IPS 1ms	£119.98​
AMSI MAG FORGE 120A AIRFLOW Mid-Tower PC Case	£59.99​
MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI Motherboard ATX	£144.99​
Samsung 990 PRO Heatsink NVMe M.2 SSD 1 TB	£86.49​
ARCTIC P12 PWM PST (5 Pack) PC Fan 120mm	£26.49​
CardSilkland VESA Certified DisplayPort Cable 1.4 2M	£5.99​
ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste	£4.50​

I will be putting it together myself as my brother lives in another country. So any advice on the building process would also be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Colif]

You might be okay but Arctic P12 fans can cause a noise between 800 and 1200 RPM - its reason I replaced 3 of mine on my AIO.

You might want another drive, even if its not a gaming PC. Storage is always useful.

looks okay to me.

 

[coof11]

That's a good point, good thing I haven't ordered the fans yet. What fans would you suggest? And yes I plan on adding more drives in the future for sure!

 

[Colif]

That's a good point, good thing I haven't ordered the fans yet. What fans would you suggest? And yes I plan on adding more drives in the future for sure!

That depends how much you want to pay for fans. The Arctic ones are cheap... I mean, I can get 3 of the RGB PWM 120mm fans for same cost as one of the Lian LI TL 120 fans I replaced them with...

I wouldn't get Corsair as they more expensive than Lian LI. And require you to use their software to control them.
Noctua make good fans if you don't want RGB, Not cheap though.

Bequiet make good fans as well, especially if you don't want RGB. They have good airflow numbers on the Silent wings fans
I only avoided them due to cables. The 3 lian li fans I have all attach together physically and only need one power cable for all 3. Bequiet don't have that system

SILENT WINGS PRO 4 | 120mm PWM silent high-end Fans from be quiet!

LEGENDARY SILENCE, EPIC PERFORMANCE AND FEATURES

www.bequiet.com

I don't recall any other brands, I only recently replaced mine... about 3 weeks ago.

 

[coof11]

That depends how much you want to pay for fans. The Arctic ones are cheap... I mean, I can get 3 of the RGB PWM 120mm fans for same cost as one of the Lian LI TL 120 fans I replaced them with...

I wouldn't get Corsair as they more expensive than Lian LI. And require you to use their software to control them.
Noctua make good fans if you don't want RGB, Not cheap though.

Bequiet make good fans as well, especially if you don't want RGB. They have good airflow numbers on the Silent wings fans
I only avoided them due to cables. The 3 lian li fans I have all attach together physically and only need one power cable for all 3. Bequiet don't have that system

SILENT WINGS PRO 4 | 120mm PWM silent high-end Fans from be quiet!

LEGENDARY SILENCE, EPIC PERFORMANCE AND FEATURES

www.bequiet.com

I don't recall any other brands, I only recently replaced mine... about 3 weeks ago.

I like the look of the Lian Li for sure! But for the single exhaust fan it's not really worth it for the price of one. Or should I just get a cheap single fans for the exhaust?

 

[coof11]

That depends how much you want to pay for fans. The Arctic ones are cheap... I mean, I can get 3 of the RGB PWM 120mm fans for same cost as one of the Lian LI TL 120 fans I replaced them with...

I wouldn't get Corsair as they more expensive than Lian LI. And require you to use their software to control them.
Noctua make good fans if you don't want RGB, Not cheap though.

Bequiet make good fans as well, especially if you don't want RGB. They have good airflow numbers on the Silent wings fans
I only avoided them due to cables. The 3 lian li fans I have all attach together physically and only need one power cable for all 3. Bequiet don't have that system

SILENT WINGS PRO 4 | 120mm PWM silent high-end Fans from be quiet!

LEGENDARY SILENCE, EPIC PERFORMANCE AND FEATURES

www.bequiet.com

I don't recall any other brands, I only recently replaced mine... about 3 weeks ago.

Also do you think the fans that comes with some cases would be good? Something like this?

MSI MAG PANO M100R PZ - White

Order MSI MAG PANO M100R PZ - White now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

 

[Why_Me]

Hi everyone, I'm new to PC building and PC gaming in general but will be building my first PC with the help of my brother. He has helped me compile a list of parts and I've already started ordering the parts since I trust his advice as a PC gamer himself.

The purpose of my PC would be for non-competitive gaming but I would like to enjoy 2k graphics. The other purpose would be to use heavy software applications such as Adobe or CAD etc.

Here's the build with pricing for reference:

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Zen 5 AM5 8 Core Processor	£299.99​
Gigabyte Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB Graphics Card	£463.71​
GIGABYTE UD850GM Power Supply Unit - 850W, 80 PLUS Gold	£86.95​
CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 32GB	£97.98​
DeepCool AK400 Digital CPU Processor 120mm	£37.11​
MSI MAG 274QRFW 27 Inch WQHD Gaming Monitor - 2560 x 1440 IPS 1ms	£119.98​
MSI MAG 274QRFW 27 Inch WQHD Gaming Monitor - 2560 x 1440 IPS 1ms	£119.98​
AMSI MAG FORGE 120A AIRFLOW Mid-Tower PC Case	£59.99​
MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI Motherboard ATX	£144.99​
Samsung 990 PRO Heatsink NVMe M.2 SSD 1 TB	£86.49​
ARCTIC P12 PWM PST (5 Pack) PC Fan 120mm	£26.49​
CardSilkland VESA Certified DisplayPort Cable 1.4 2M	£5.99​
ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste	£4.50​

I will be putting it together myself as my brother lives in another country. So any advice on the building process would also be appreciated.

Thanks!

Size up on your cpu cooler, low profile RAM so that the RAM heatsinks don't impede said cooler, size up on your SSD, Nvidia gpu to cut those rendering times in half and a PCIe 5.0 psu for these RTX 40XX cards due to the adapter.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-super-founders-edition/37.html

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE ARGB 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£92.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (£575.77 @ MoreCoCo)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Total: £882.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-11 22:27 GMT+0000

 

[coof11]

Size up on your cpu cooler, low profile RAM so that the RAM heatsinks don't impede said cooler, size up on your SSD, Nvidia gpu to cut those rendering times in half and a PCIe 5.0 psu for these RTX 40XX cards due to the adapter.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-super-founders-edition/37.html

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE ARGB 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£92.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (£575.77 @ MoreCoCo)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Total: £882.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-11 22:27 GMT+0000

Thank you for the list! And yes we were also discussing the RTX 4070 it's an extra £200 from the RX9700 but I might just make that jump considering what you said about rendering. And youre probably also right about the low profile RAM, makes sense to me now. As for the CPU cooler I was also considering a water cooler but I guess I can always upgrade that in the future.