Question What are your thoughts on this build?

[bertfalasco]

Salutations,

I'm Bert, and I literally just joined. It's been years since I've built a gaming PC; however, I'm old and I'm tired. I customized a rig that's right under my budget. Needless to say, I'm an AMD guy, I always have been.

What do you guys think about the following build? Of course, your input, pun intended, is appreciated.

CAS: CyberPowerPC Montech HS01 Curve 360V ATX Mid-Tower Gaming Case With Tempered Glass Front and Side + 5X ARGB Fans (White)

CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 7 Processor 9700X 8-core/16-thread 3.8GHz [Turbo 5.5GHz] 40MB Cache AM5

FAN: CyberPowerPC CoolerMaster ELITE AMD 360mm ARGB AIO Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate + 3X ARGB Fans BLACK

HDD: 1TB Crucial P310 Series (PCIe Gen4) NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 6000/7100MB/s (Single Drive)

KEYBOARD: CyberPowerPC Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard

MEMORY: 16GB (16GBx1) DDR5/6000MHz Dual Channel Memory (Performance Memory by Major Brands)

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME B850-PLUS WIFI ATX w/ Wi-Fi 6E, 2.5GbT LAN, (4)PCIe x16, (3)M.2, (4)SATA CEC

MOUSE: CyberPowerPC Elite M2 RGB Gaming Mouse (Black)

OS: Windows 11 Home

POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Gold Certified Power Supply

VIDEO: XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Triple Fan Gaming Edition 16GB GDDR6 Video Card [WHITE]

WARRANTY: STANDARD WARRANTY: 2 Year Parts WARRANTY

PRICE: $1,930.00

Also, I'd get a free copy of Crimson Desert, too. 😇

Bert

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Gold Certified Power Supply
That wattage looks awfully like one from a lackluster PSU. That being said, what you've mentioned is the advertised wattage of the PSU. What is the make and model of the unit?

I'd avoid Asus boards much like ASRock boards as they're having issues with BIOS and frying processors.

Your intention to go with one stick of ram will cripple your platform as Ryzen prefers a dual channel layout, CL30 at DDR5-6000MT/s or DDR5-6000MHz.

If you intend to tax your system with games, nearly maxed out at 1440p then the build is good, could drop the processor down to a 9600x.

 

[Colif]

MEMORY: 16GB (16GBx1) DDR5/6000MHz Dual Channel Memory (Performance Memory by Major Brands)

False advertising, calling 1 stick dual channel... you need two sticks to achieve it. I would confirm it is two sticks before buying it.

POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Gold Certified Power Supply

Given two parts in listing are from Cyberpower, I would bet that is the standard PSU that comes with Cyberpower builds... and is made by them...

I would swap that for a Seasonic or Corsair PSU to be safe. In the past, people on the Cyberpower forums would recommend to avoid their home brand PSU.

no idea what peripherals are like but I would suggest buying them separate to the PC as you can get better. Much of the time KB & Mice that come with OEM builds are not much better than Ewaste.

GPU sounds like mine 😀

 

[Why_Me]

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor ($305.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler ($26.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *ASRock B850 Pro RS WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($224.97 @ Silicon Power)
Video Card: *Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card ($709.99 @ Newegg)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: *MSI MPG A850GS PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1951.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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