I put this build together and am now looking for some opinions and advice before I buy the components. Any components that you would change or spend less on?
I plan to use this PC mostly for gaming in 1440p (MW2, Elden Ring, Resident Evil, FF7 Remake, Cities Skylines, Civilization 6, Elder Scrolls Online, and many upcoming AAA titles) and would like the build to last me at least as long as my current build has lasted (6 years now!).
I have a spare 2TB SATA SSD that I will reuse in this build. My budget is around 2000€, although the monitor is making me go above that :D
Looks fine. You might save some money on the PSU by choosing another one from A tier here and by lowering the wattage. ~800W is more than enough for that build and for the future
Is your country not supported in https://pcpartpicker.com/?
Honestly, I wasn’t sure about the PSU. I was gonna get a 850W one but it was not in stock, so I picked the 1000W one instead.
My country is supported by pcpartpicker, I just entered the prices manually because most of the prices were off when I looked them up on the vendor’s website.
I’d switch out the ram kit for that is 6000 MHz, as that is the sweet spot for AMD (link to igor’s lab article on this). I’d also check that the kit you end up getting has been tested by the motherboard manufacturer as DDR 5 is still rather new.
Oh, I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info, I’ll swap the RAM for the 6000MHz version!
I’d switch the Samsung 970 SSD for a 980 pro. It has been on sale for $60 here in the US and you’ll get faster speeds with its PCIe 4. https://versus.com/en/samsung-970-evo-plus-1tb-vs-samsung-980-pro-1tb
Edit: Also, this is my personal preference so take it as you may, but I got so sick of AIOs clogging/pumps dying and Noctua makes air coolers that are very nearly as effective around the same price range.
For the 980 Pro, if I’m not mistaken it requires a firmware update to make it run properly.
Just from my personal experience, I won’t ever again buy anything Gigabyte branded. If you want it to last 6 years it won’t with Gigabyte. Bad warranty coverage, bad customer service, bad build. For power supply I have EVGA. No issues. Motherboard I have Asus TUF series in my builds. For monitor, I use AOC. The customer service I got from them when I screwed up and cracked mine unexpected in a great way.
Oh and I’m jealous of the rest of the build. I want that graphic card.
Oh yeah it was discovered that they had backdoors in their motherboards. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-motherboards-come-with-a-firmware-backdoor
Yikes! That’s pretty shady. I never cam across that article, thanks for mentioning it! Gonna swap that motherboard asap
Okay, thanks for letting me know. I might go for an MSI or Asus motherboard then. I think the Gigabyte board was just a couple euros cheaper but it was insignificant :D
I would get a 2TB SSD instead of 1TB. The size of games these days is insane!
Consider 980 PRO instead of 970 EVO. In my country, it is $10 more on Amazon but the rated read/write speeds are significantly higher.
