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Any advice on upcoming first build - rusti17 - 01-22-2025
I'm planning out the parts for my first PC build after years of playing on a gaming laptop. These are the specs and prices of the parts I've selected currently, any advice on changes or additions would be really appreciated!
r7 7700 (£150/$185)
lianli galahad trinity sl-inf 240 (£130/$160)
asrock x870 pro rs WiFi (£215/$265)
silicon power 32gb ddr5 6000/cl30 (£100/$123)
crucial t700 1tb pcie5x4 (£120/$150)
galax 3080Ti HOF SECONDHAND (£515/$640)
lianli o11d mini (£130/$160)
lianli sf750 (£130/$160)
2x lianli sl-inf (£66/$80)
5x lianli sl-inf reverse (£175/$215)
TOTALS: £1730/$2140
RE: Any advice on upcoming first build - Spore - 01-24-2025
Supposedly the lianli SFX PSUs are loud, whether or not this is true, I'm not entirely certain, that may be an important factor in your decision.
The amazon page for the Silicon power RAM states its a frequently returned item, and from what I understand they don't exactly have the best reputation with SSDs either, so you may want to look elsewhere, perhaps TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert Overclocking 10L DDR5 32GB Kit ?
I hope you enjoy the build process, it can be fun, but the most time consuming and frustrating step in my builds tends to be cable management, so definitely order some Velcro straps or tie-ties to help out with that. It also helps to plan out everything before you get building, for example, assemble the motherboard outside of the case with just enough functionality to get a good POST test in, remember that the first boot always takes the longest, so give it a few minutes + RAM Training time. This prevents you from having a headache if something goes wrong after you spent all that time building only to forget a cable needed to be plugged in.
RE: Any advice on upcoming first build - Drako - 02-13-2025
If you're in Europe, pricing might be different, but in the US the 7700X (which has a higher base clock than the 7700 in your list) can be had at almost the exact same price. So, free performance. Going for water cooling should mean that CPU thermals won't be an issue either.
You probably don't want a Gen5 (PCIe 5.0) NVMe. They have thermal issues, and the increase in read/write speeds won't be noticed. Maybe go for something like the Crucial P3 Plus.
RE: Any advice on upcoming first build - rusti17 - 02-13-2025
(02-13-2025, 12:15 AM)Drako Wrote: If you're in Europe, pricing might be different, but in the US the 7700X (which has a higher base clock than the 7700 in your list) can be had at almost the exact same price. So, free performance. Going for water cooling should mean that CPU thermals won't be an issue either.
You probably don't want a Gen5 (PCIe 5.0) NVMe. They have thermal issues, and the increase in read/write speeds won't be noticed. Maybe go for something like the Crucial P3 Plus.
The motherboard has an m.2 heatsink included and it's quite beefy from the photos I've seen online. Do you still recommend straying from gen5 drives? Thanks for the advice nonetheless 😁
(01-24-2025, 04:23 PM)Spore Wrote: Supposedly the lianli SFX PSUs are loud, whether or not this is true, I'm not entirely certain, that may be an important factor in your decision.
The amazon page for the Silicon power RAM states its a frequently returned item, and from what I understand they don't exactly have the best reputation with SSDs either, so you may want to look elsewhere, perhaps TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert Overclocking 10L DDR5 32GB Kit ?
I hope you enjoy the build process, it can be fun, but the most time consuming and frustrating step in my builds tends to be cable management, so definitely order some Velcro straps or tie-ties to help out with that. It also helps to plan out everything before you get building, for example, assemble the motherboard outside of the case with just enough functionality to get a good POST test in, remember that the first boot always takes the longest, so give it a few minutes + RAM Training time. This prevents you from having a headache if something goes wrong after you spent all that time building only to forget a cable needed to be plugged in.
This is the first time I'm logging into the server since I made the post so unfortunately didn't see your reply until after ordering most of the parts.
The PSU is yet to cause my any issues, idle temps and noise levels are perfect as far as I can tell but I've seen quite a few posts online mentioning the same noise issue you have so fingers crossed I got lucky haha.
I did end up sticking with the RAM, but I think I got lucky on that end too as they've been perfect after enabling XMP (or whatever AMD boards call XMP)
The build process was most definitely a pain in the ass but I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out. the pcpp name is "white forest v1" if you want to see photos
(I tried adding the link but I think the forum doesn't allow urls)
RE: Any advice on upcoming first build - Drako - 02-13-2025
(02-13-2025, 12:19 PM)rusti17 Wrote: The motherboard has an m.2 heatsink included and it's quite beefy from the photos I've seen online. Do you still recommend straying from gen5 drives? Thanks for the advice nonetheless 😁
You'll save money by going with a gen 4. But considering your build is over $2k, you probably won't mind. Also, I think gen 5 drives still throttle with heatsinks.