a stepping stone
by georg Posted on: 2/6/2025
Build Description
the ultimate goal for me is to end up with a machine fully ready for the amazing amd ryzen 9800x3D processor. but quite frankly my budget wasn't ready for it. so for now, what i settled on was paving the way ahead of time with a solid build that could be easily upgraded to a 9800x3D cpu in the future. that is, hopefully a future where the 9800x3D costs less than $500+. the 7700x's are now pretty affordable now that the 9000 series is being rolled out. and for now, it's meeting all my needs pretty well. feels about the same level of performance as my intel desktop that has a 12600k. i tried not to amass too much rgb but i added a picture featuring the little rgb i have because this form is asking me to.
Favorite Feature
amd is the best because i can still use the cooling equipment and brackets from the am4 socket. am5 has the same dimensions, including cooler mounting height, as am4. this saves the consumer (me, and also probably you reading this) lots of money. intel could learn a thing or two from amd on this.
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Raphael AM5 4.5GHz 8-Core Boxed Processor - Heatsink Not Included
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$259.99
Gigabyte B650 Eagle AX AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard
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$154.99
ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Dual EVO Overclocked Dual Fan 12GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card
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$569.99
TeamGroup T-FORCE VULCAN 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-5600 PC5-44800 CL36 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit FLBD532G5600HC3 - Black
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$74.39
be quiet PURE BASE 500DX Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case - Black
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$109.99
MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply - ATX 3.0 Compatible
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$89.99
be quiet PURE ROCK 2 CPU Cooler
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$44.99
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB Samsung V NAND TLC NAND PCIe Gen 4 x4 and PCIe Gen 5 x2 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD
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$79.99