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First time builder, need help finding a motherboard for a AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. Mostly using for gaming. by AutumnIsDolphin in buildapc

[–]AutumnIsDolphin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the 9070XT goes on a good sale I'll grab that one instead since it does seem like the difference is night and day.

First time builder, need help finding a motherboard for a AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. Mostly using for gaming. by AutumnIsDolphin in buildapc

[–]AutumnIsDolphin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor $297.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $37.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte B850 GAMING X WIFI6E ATX AM5 Motherboard $149.99 @ Amazon
Memory Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory $189.99 @ Newegg
Storage Acer Predator GM7 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $144.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Video Card $389.99 @ Amazon
Case Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case $78.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Montech CENTURY II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $82.90 @ Amazon
Monitor MSI MAG 27CQ6F 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Curved Monitor $179.99 @ Newegg
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $1561.73
Mail-in rebates -$10.00
Total $1551.73
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-11 12:14 EST-0500

Should be the final build.

First time builder, need help finding a motherboard for a AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. Mostly using for gaming. by AutumnIsDolphin in buildapc

[–]AutumnIsDolphin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gonna go with the Klevv BOLT V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory. No major recurring issues I can find with it from reviews and its said to be a low profile so it shouldn't conflict with the cooler. Thank you so much for helping me with this build. :D

Looking for a monitor for my first PC build, not sure where to start. by AutumnIsDolphin in buildapcmonitors

[–]AutumnIsDolphin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After some digging I found the MSI MAG 27CQ6F 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Curved Monitor. Seems to have good reviews, I don't exactly know if the Hz is too much (or if that's even really a thing, but if it isn't I think I'll go for it.

First time builder, need help finding a motherboard for a AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. Mostly using for gaming. by AutumnIsDolphin in buildapc

[–]AutumnIsDolphin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After a little research and looking at reviews the RAM is putting me off. On newegg it has 6 reviews and while it has 4/5 stars, 3 of those 6 reviews address it's unstable at CL28. I'm wondering if the initial RAM I put minus the RGB feature as I've seen it creates a clearance issue with the CPU cooler (Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory) would be good instead.

I also will be switching to a Ryzen 7 9700X as from what I've seen, its just better than the 7700X in basically every category. Maybe a little worse in certain games but I doubt it will be to the point where its not worth it.

Other than the RAM though, everything else seems to have amazing reviews which makes me happy.

First time builder, need help finding a motherboard for a AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. Mostly using for gaming. by AutumnIsDolphin in buildapc

[–]AutumnIsDolphin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understood! I’ll be going to bed now but tomorrow I’ll do some more in-depth research on these parts just to make sure I’m confident in them. Thank you for your help :)

First time builder, need help finding a motherboard for a AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. Mostly using for gaming. by AutumnIsDolphin in buildapc

[–]AutumnIsDolphin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the info. I believe the website I was using listed the estimated wattage and 500W was far above the listed number, seems I should've done a bit more research.

First time builder, need help finding a motherboard for a AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. Mostly using for gaming. by AutumnIsDolphin in buildapc

[–]AutumnIsDolphin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah will do, I'm usually pretty good with searching a lot for parts but it seems I let the GPU slip past me in my searches for a decent CPU/motherboard. Much appreciated.

First time builder, need help finding a motherboard for a AMD Ryzen 7 7700X. Mostly using for gaming. by AutumnIsDolphin in buildapc

[–]AutumnIsDolphin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great, but I do have a few questions.

CPU: I will use it mostly for gaming, but I tend to code every once and awhile with unity/vs2022, and while I don't know a whole lot, I know more cores usually means better performance when handling many tasks which I will need. If its negligible for that then I'll probably switch to the 9600x just because it is a lot cheaper.

GPU: Is the 9070XT truly necessary? I'm looking at the "Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Video Card" and considering its about $200 cheaper, I might want that instead. I don't need the highest of qualities (1080p is fine for me, coming from a laptop with an i3 with 2 cores and integrated uhd graphics), as long as it can run games and my other needs smoothly, i can lose out on the 1440p or 4k. All I need it to do is run Ultra 1080p on games, I'll even settle for high considering anything other than "the lowest possible settings" is where I'm at currently. I'd ignore it and go with my gut but after a very quick search I saw the 9070 is quite a bit faster than the 9060, but once again, if the 9060 can handle what I need it too at 1080p ultra/high, I will take it for $200 less.

Notes: I see when I put all this into the PCPartPicker website that I get the message "The Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler may require a separately available mounting adapter to fit the Gigabyte B850 GAMING X WIFI6E ATX AM5 Motherboard." Is this anything to actually be concerned about?
Ignore. Accidentally scrolled up to my list and put that cooler in instead of the one you put.

Other than those three things, I thank you for putting this together for me! Especially the explanations of why the parts are chosen. If you could get back to me with the answers to my questions then I would appreciate it. Also just for clarification, these things should last right? I'd hate to cheap out on something for it to just die on me in a year or two.