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New PC Build - Need Assistance
Posted on 2/18/25 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 2/18/25 at 4:53 pm
Need some help building a new gaming computer.
I purchased my last motherboard from a user on here back in 2011 when building my PC and it finally went out last night. Hoping I can find some direction as I have done research, but not up to speed on all new tech.
Backstory: I got a notification that the CPU cooler RPM was at zero. Turned it off, purchased a new cooler, and now my PC will start, fans will run, but I am not getting anything on my monitor. Switched inputs and even tried the HDMI on the motherboard with no luck.
With all that aside, I was already looking at building a new one. I build a spec list in August of last year, but that PC has gone from $3,200 to $5000+ since. Was going to purchase the 4090 back then but looks like that ship sailed.
Below is what I currently have spec. Any changes that I should make? Trying to stay around this price range.
Typical games would be older city builders (Anno 1800, Cities Skylines 2) then also may get back into Flight Simulator
Would probably stay in 1440P vs 4K.
Appreciate any and all help/direction.
PCPartPicker Part List: LINK
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($448.98 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($147.66 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: NZXT N7 B650E ATX AM5 Motherboard ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($187.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($167.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Video Card: PNY XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X RGB OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card ($1272.40 @ Amazon)
Case: Lian Li O11D EVO RGB ATX Mid Tower Case ($169.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Gigabyte AORUS ELITE P850 ICE 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($179.00 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro OEM - DVD 64-bit ($152.50 @ Adorama)
Total: $2955.50
I purchased my last motherboard from a user on here back in 2011 when building my PC and it finally went out last night. Hoping I can find some direction as I have done research, but not up to speed on all new tech.
Backstory: I got a notification that the CPU cooler RPM was at zero. Turned it off, purchased a new cooler, and now my PC will start, fans will run, but I am not getting anything on my monitor. Switched inputs and even tried the HDMI on the motherboard with no luck.
With all that aside, I was already looking at building a new one. I build a spec list in August of last year, but that PC has gone from $3,200 to $5000+ since. Was going to purchase the 4090 back then but looks like that ship sailed.
Below is what I currently have spec. Any changes that I should make? Trying to stay around this price range.
Typical games would be older city builders (Anno 1800, Cities Skylines 2) then also may get back into Flight Simulator
Would probably stay in 1440P vs 4K.
Appreciate any and all help/direction.
PCPartPicker Part List: LINK
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($448.98 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($147.66 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: NZXT N7 B650E ATX AM5 Motherboard ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($187.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($167.00 @ iBUYPOWER)
Video Card: PNY XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X RGB OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card ($1272.40 @ Amazon)
Case: Lian Li O11D EVO RGB ATX Mid Tower Case ($169.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Gigabyte AORUS ELITE P850 ICE 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($179.00 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro OEM - DVD 64-bit ($152.50 @ Adorama)
Total: $2955.50
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 5:14 pm to Phil
You are choosing the absolute worst time to build a PC. Look at the price of that GPU… a few months ago you could get that for around $700-800.
Ideally you build a PC and use a cheap shitty place holder GPU until prices become unfricked
Ideally you build a PC and use a cheap shitty place holder GPU until prices become unfricked
This post was edited on 2/18/25 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 2/18/25 at 5:15 pm to Phil
I’ll take a look at this later, but in the interim, do not, under any circumstances, spend nearly $1,300 on a 4070ti.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 5:27 pm to LSUGent
That’s the exact response I anticipated. I’m trying to troubleshoot tonight but I’m pretty sure something is toast on it.
Appreciate any feedback provided if I have to pull the trigger here. I would rather not get completely bent over.
Appreciate any feedback provided if I have to pull the trigger here. I would rather not get completely bent over.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:28 pm to Phil
Motherboard shows a red led indicating a cpu issue. Checked and reset the chip and don’t see any issues. Replaced the cooler and fan. Reset GPU and ram. Still nothing.
Chip may have fried.
Chip may have fried.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 11:01 pm to Joshjrn
Agreed. I put together a pc in early Jan. I was looking at 2100.00. Now that same list has grown to 2500.00 because the gpu went up on price. My set up rocks. I get 300fps plus on fidelity cas and up to 500fps on fsr playing bo6. Insane. That's with everything cpu/gpu wise on default.
This is my set up. The gpu was around 800, now it's around 1300.
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor
MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard
Crucial Pro Overclocking 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory
Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
ASRock Phantom Gaming OC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card
NZXT H6 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair RS120 72.8 CFM 120 mm Fan
Corsair RS140 95.5 CFM 140 mm Fans 2-Pack
Gigabyte UD1000GM 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler
This is my set up. The gpu was around 800, now it's around 1300.
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor
MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard
Crucial Pro Overclocking 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory
Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
ASRock Phantom Gaming OC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card
NZXT H6 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair RS120 72.8 CFM 120 mm Fan
Corsair RS140 95.5 CFM 140 mm Fans 2-Pack
Gigabyte UD1000GM 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler
This post was edited on 2/20/25 at 2:16 am
Posted on 2/19/25 at 4:13 am to Phil
quote:
Appreciate any feedback provided if I have to pull the trigger here. I would rather not get completely bent over.
5070 Ti comes out on 2/20. If you're lucky, maybe you can score a founder's edition for $749. I got lucky early last year and got a 4080 FE.
Posted on 2/19/25 at 9:48 am to Joshjrn
quote:
I’ll take a look at this later, but in the interim, do not, under any circumstances, spend nearly $1,300 on a 4070ti.
quote:
Joshjrn
If he doesn't know, nobody does.
(ETA: Josh, I looked on PCPP - there is an EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLAR 4070 Ti Super -
) This post was edited on 2/19/25 at 10:35 am
Posted on 2/19/25 at 12:41 pm to gpburdell
quote:
5070 Ti comes out on 2/20. If you're lucky, maybe you can score a founder's edition for $749. I got lucky early last year and got a 4080 FE.
No 5070ti FE, unfortunately. Only AIB options for that sku.
Posted on 2/19/25 at 4:11 pm to Phil
Josh will obviously be all over this, but just wanted to reiterate that you absolutely do not buy a GPU right this second. It's gotten like 70% inflated in the last week alone. 7900XTX went from available around $850 everywhere to barely available at $1400.
Posted on 2/19/25 at 6:38 pm to Phil
Alright, this is a bit of a fricky situation, so let’s see what we can manage. Before we start, give us a parts list of your current build.
Posted on 2/19/25 at 9:04 pm to Joshjrn
Copy and pasted from my saved list from way back.
Only real change is I have updated my storage to a new 2TB Samsung SSD.
Also, I found a used CPU (same as listed below) today for $35 and ordered that to test and see if I could get anything to boot to get me by until prices come down as a backup plan. That will come in next week.
Below list of what my current build is.
PCPartPicker Part List: LINK
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($120.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($37.93)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($100.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1866 CL9 Memory ($69.98)
Storage: Samsung 840 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($92.99)
Video Card: EVGA Superclocked ACX GeForce GTX 760 2 GB Video Card ($285.00)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99)
Power Supply: Corsair CX600 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.00)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99)
Only real change is I have updated my storage to a new 2TB Samsung SSD.
Also, I found a used CPU (same as listed below) today for $35 and ordered that to test and see if I could get anything to boot to get me by until prices come down as a backup plan. That will come in next week.
Below list of what my current build is.
PCPartPicker Part List: LINK
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($120.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($37.93)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($100.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1866 CL9 Memory ($69.98)
Storage: Samsung 840 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($92.99)
Video Card: EVGA Superclocked ACX GeForce GTX 760 2 GB Video Card ($285.00)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99)
Power Supply: Corsair CX600 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.00)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99)
Posted on 2/20/25 at 2:11 am to bamabenny
quote:yep
7900XTX went from available around $850 everywhere to barely available at $1400.
Posted on 3/5/25 at 3:49 pm to Joshjrn
So, since my last post, I have purchased a used CPU to see if that was the issue (same as I had before to make it easy).
Good news is we are back working again. I guess when I blew out the case with air trying to clean the dust on the CPU fan when I plugged it back in the CPU toasted.
Bad news is even the new CPU cooler I installed is reading low on RPMs in the BIOS, which after further research there, may mean my power supply is going out.
All that being said, does it make sense to try to grab a 9070 XT that releases Friday and run that with my previous build list at 1440 then maybe down the line upgrade if needed?
I have been doing some research on the 9070 XT and it sounds like it will be a good mid rage GPU.
Given how old my current build is, anything is an upgrade now.
Good news is we are back working again. I guess when I blew out the case with air trying to clean the dust on the CPU fan when I plugged it back in the CPU toasted.
Bad news is even the new CPU cooler I installed is reading low on RPMs in the BIOS, which after further research there, may mean my power supply is going out.
All that being said, does it make sense to try to grab a 9070 XT that releases Friday and run that with my previous build list at 1440 then maybe down the line upgrade if needed?
I have been doing some research on the 9070 XT and it sounds like it will be a good mid rage GPU.
Given how old my current build is, anything is an upgrade now.
Posted on 3/5/25 at 4:00 pm to Phil
So I'm a little more down on the 9070xt than a lot of other people, but that's primarily because they are pitching it as a high end card at a great value, where I see it as an above average card at an ok value. But that doesn't change the fact that, around the mid range, it's about the best value going in March 2025. So if you want the upgrade now, grab it.
Posted on 3/5/25 at 9:20 pm to Phil
You can get a $30-40 air cooler that will perform 99% as well as that expensive water cooler
Posted on 3/5/25 at 9:48 pm to Phil
Just FYI, harbor freight sells a voltmeter for like $8 to $10 if you don't have one. There are youtube videos that show you how to test a power supply.
Get software to monitor your fan speed and cpu temp while the pc is running and then with a game going.
Get software to monitor your fan speed and cpu temp while the pc is running and then with a game going.
Posted on 3/6/25 at 12:02 pm to Phil
I'm starting to itch to build a new tower as well, but as others have said, this isn't the best time. NVIDIA just rolled out the 5000-series cards, so give them a few months to filter into the economy to drive video card prices down (whether you are going for a 5000 or 4000 series, both should go down in price as the 5000 series gets deeper market penetration).
Posted on 3/10/25 at 7:15 am to Bard
The tactic I usually use is I set up price alerts and start buying parts 4-6 months in advance. 128 GB of RAM this month, mobo;CPU in 90-120 days, and video card later this summer. I want a 9070, but at launch is never the right time.
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