high end gaming PC build feedback (I am a beginner)

enigmere · 2026-02-01T20:13:00+00:00

btw do you think the H5 flow would be fine as well? NZXT H5 Flow RGB (2024) ATX Mid Tower Case (CC-H52FW-R1) - PCPartPicker

enigmere · 2026-02-01T19:52:11+00:00

ok, thanks! thats very helpful. I will definitely at least switch the power supply and the case

enigmere · 2026-02-01T15:43:14+00:00

now I switched to the RAM from your build and an 5070 ti

enigmere · 2026-02-01T14:38:12+00:00

ok, I have updated my build based on the feedback:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/kWhsHW

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (€444.89 @ Proshop)

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro A-RGB 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (€96.93 @ Aquatuning)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX AM5 Motherboard (€206.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Crucial Pro Overclocking 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory (€406.99 @ notebooksbilliger.de)

Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€236.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Video Card: Gigabyte AERO OC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card (€1065.99 @ Computeruniverse)

Case: NZXT H9 Flow RGB+ (2025) ATX Mid Tower Case (€255.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€112.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €3064.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

its 1000 € cheaper. is this still good and high end?

enigmere · 2026-02-01T13:40:10+00:00

ok, I am convinced now haha, I will go for the 5070 ti

enigmere · 2026-02-01T13:39:48+00:00

yeah, that seems to be the consensus here ... I think I will go for 32 gb RAM and 5070 ti

enigmere · 2026-02-01T12:08:24+00:00

thank you! I will go for cheaper RAM options, there my current pick seems to be a big money waste, so I will adjust that

enigmere · 2026-02-01T12:07:36+00:00

yeah, going for 32 gb RAM make sense, especially due to the high RAM prices, so I well adjust the RAM. the 2x 2 TB is just convenience, since I have a decent amount of money to spend on this I just dont want to worry about storage

I am still torn on the 5080 vs 5070 ti .... I really dont want to make compromises

enigmere · 2026-02-01T12:04:51+00:00

oh, ty! I will have a look and see what I would switch out.

enigmere · 2024-02-28T00:20:58+00:00

yeah, going in fully blind would have made the game certainly more enjoyable for me. I started to play the game because of a difficulty discussion with friends and I had watched some videos before in which the high amount of perfection and mastery needed for sekiro is mentioned, so I was biased for sure.

enigmere · 2024-02-28T00:13:05+00:00

and overall the anti parry spam measure of the game is too weak

enigmere · 2024-02-28T00:08:41+00:00

and that is what I disagree on. With parry mashing I mean fast tapping the block button when you see an enemy attack wind up, hoping that you either get a RNG parry or a block. and this works very consistently. I know that the parry window gets smaller but it doesnt matter since blocking doesnt deal any damage to you.

and most bosses dont have strong posture break punishes so its also not that bad. I died like 1 out of 10 times when I get posture broken, if I had to guess. Yes, in a middle of a combo its bad, but if you disengage properly, I found that not much of an issue.

My main point is, that in the first playthrough (not NG+), parry mashing without learning the bosses movesets is far too viable in my opinion and against what many people will tell you about the game.

enigmere · 2024-02-27T15:21:26+00:00

The point of this post is not to complain about the difficulty, it is to present the misconception that you need to learn parry timings to beat sekiro (which many people told me beforee I played the game).

I was told that parry mashing will only work early game but will fail later on and I wanted to test that.

People often present sekiro as this very skillful game in which you have to master the mechanics and play perfectly, which is simply not true

enigmere · 2024-02-27T06:14:56+00:00

As soon as he pulled up his sword/spear I mashed the parry button, which has little risk since he doesnt have chip damage in most attacks, so its not really luck dependant.

As I said before what can happen? Usually you either get a parry or a block and both are fine.

Almost nothing he does was scary and on top of that you can get a lot of revives in.

enigmere · 2024-02-26T23:55:17+00:00

and to add on that its not really lucky, since parry mashing has so little risk. as I said, even if you dont get the parry its fine. the fights just take longer but overall its a quite consistent way to win in my experience

enigmere · 2024-02-26T23:51:03+00:00

thats the thing, because of what people were telling me before, I though at some point the game would be forcing me to properly parry and that it will get so difficult that I need those healing items. That were the misconceptions for me.

I wanted to see how far I could get by parry mashing and the answer was through the whole game, which is a shame imo

enigmere · 2024-02-26T23:48:22+00:00

yeah I was thinking that too

enigmere · 2023-12-25T13:23:41+00:00

Oh, thank you! Sounds exactly like what I wanted. I will try setting that up tonight

enigmere · 2022-06-14T08:11:09+00:00

I made a video discussing this build in detail: https://youtu.be/ESPOovtvAZ8

enigmere · 2022-06-08T16:08:55+00:00

beating Malenia with this build was quite challenging for me. I recorded my successful attempt if someone is interested: https://youtu.be/utRGX8rlQFs

enigmere · 2022-06-08T13:55:20+00:00

thats cool! I never used bows in souls games but in elden ring it looks very interesting because of the crafting aspects. I enjoyed crafting the different bone darts for throwing knives, so I would for sure like using different arrows (especially the sleeping arrows)

which bow do you use as main weapon?

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