All the PC parts should be compatible on paper but if there is something standing out please let me know. Or if there is a better alternative that I am not aware of, I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
PS. The 6750xt was $379 just yesterday :( Missed my window.
There are a few things to consider here. I would go with a beefier mother board with wifi and Bluetooth built in. Drop to DDR4. Consider a bigger power supply because if you upgrade anything, you probably will need it. Especially if you add more cooling fans. All in all you can do alot with this. But why two Hard Drives? I just run an M2 without much issue and I game a lot.
Any thoughts on how to go about running the cable from 2nd floor to 1st floor where the cable modem and router are? Sounds like a job for which I would need to hire someone.
Depends on how much access or permission you have to the building.
I have pulled baseboards from the wall and run cables in the gaps down and around a hall and into bedrooms. There’s often a little bit of space depending on construction that you can wedge an ethernet cable into.
I’ve also drilled holes in floors and drywall to drop a cable down a floor.
I’ve also straight up run a cable down a hall and around a stairwell with rugs and duct tape over it to reduce tripping hazards. Once had one of those fancy rubber strips for the doorway.
Or if you got cash on hand, definitely possible to hire someone who has tools and expertise. They would probably be able to come up with a more visually pleasing setup than my function over form preferences.
DDR5 is a waste of money in this build. You're better off switching to DDR4 and using the savings to get a PCIe 4.0 NVMe, such as the 980 Pro. Also, depending on what you do with the PC, 64GB is a complete overkill.
If it's a gaming computer - loading times will be faster. Generally speaking, doubling the rate of an SSD in such a case will provide more tangible benefits than faster RAM or faster CPU. You wouldn't notice a few FPS difference in a game, but you would notice it loading quicker. In all seriousness, if Zen 4 doesn't support DDR4 as you say - maybe going with an older gen CPU is a better value for money. I'm sure the performance advantages are not significant (they usually aren't between subsequent generations), while the savings are - and they can be used to upgrade other parts while staying under budget. I suggested storage, but FWIW this money can just as well go towards better peripherals or a screen.
Besides what others have pointed out already, the peripherals are decent but if you’re going all out then I highly recommend getting a mechanical keyboard. Once you try one you never go back, and they last much longer. I hesitate to suggest anything since it’s such a customizable thing, but the Logitech G413 is >$50 if you’re looking for something around the same price point.
I don’t have much to add other than a suggestion to spend a little more for a quality keyboard. You will be in contact with it the entire time you are using your pc and in my opinion, it just improves the overall experience.
Get rid of that USB wifi adapter and get a built in wifi card in the mobo. USB adapters are horribly unreliable and break often. You could get a pcie wifi card instead too.
I’d go down to a 5800x3d to save money on ram, mobo and the 7900x is a little overkill when you’re getting a 6750xt, you could stay in the 7000 series and go with the 7800x3d if you so desire. You could also upgrade to the 6800/6850xt or 7700 for a bit better gaming performance
I would also put more money into the keyboard, it doesn’t look mechanical though it is up to your personal preference entirely. I personally would go mechanical.
You can always start off with a thrift store keyboard for $2, then when you get more money buy a nice mechanical keyboard instead of getting a cheaper one now.
That was my thought. They picked a top tier cpu with ddr5 ram and picked a mid tier card. They could drop back to ddr4 as well and not have much performance drop from their current setup.
Case and point, your graphics card is going to bottleneck everything so hard.
So for reference, I game at 1440p 144 hz. I have an 11700k and a 3080ti. And it works well. You have to understand (especially if this is your first build) that not every engine is created equal. Unless you’re playing older games or stuff like league of legends/Fortnite/rocket league you won’t hit that fps cap. But with your rig you should be able to run most games on high/ultra settings around 80-110 frames given how demanding the title is. To future proof as you’ve said you want to get some life out of the system. I would suggest spending a little extra cash on a 7900xt. I saw some listed at microcenter.com for like $800. If that prices you out of building, then I would look at dropping your cpu, and moving to ddr4. But in total my suggestion would only be $350 more and the performance gain should be noticeable for a few years and it will pair better with your cpu.
You can get the 8th best card, the 6950xt for a little over 600$ though you will need to go up to 1000w for the power supply.
You could also go with the 6800/6850xt or Nvidia’s 3080 or 3090 since last gen has good discounts.
I don’t like going Nvidia but it is an option you can take.
You really just need to pick a price. Something that helps is your use case. If you’re going 1440p 165 hz that 6950xt will last a long time. If you’re going 4k you will have less legs on the card but it’ll still handle a lot. If you’re going 1080p you are probably fine with the 6750xt
Unless you really need the 2.5tib ssd, I would replace it with a higher storage hdd. Personally I store alot of shit on my PC, including the newer games which are well over 100-200 gbs.
Also its not a 2.5 TB ssd but just a 1 TB 2.5 inch drive. At which point they can probably spend the extra 7 dollars so they can actually get NVME speeds with an extra M.2 drive rather than using SATA but then again that is nit picking since realistically we haven't seen a huge difference between SATA and NVME at least for games at the current moment.
It is an SSD but its using SATA as the interconnect so its limited to Sata 3.0 speeds which caps out around 600MB/s. So while it is an SSD not all SSDs are the same. So typically the 2.5 inch ones are a bit slower (in theory).
Thank you for your thoughts! Only reason I picked the ssd is perceived reliability. Hoping to keep the machine for at least 10 years. I don’t expect the hdd randomly failing but you never know. Maybe I need to research the storage option a little bit more.
in terms of reliability SSDs are nearly similar to HDDs now, technology has fastly progressed. If all you’re worried about is reliability, and not storage, then the SSD will perform just fine.
When I installed my SSD, my PC’s startup time went from several minutes (or at least felt like it) to maybe like 30 seconds. I use HDDs for extra storage.
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