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Hello,

I'm finally building my PC. This is a budget build for 1080p (split), 1440p games and some 4k.
I'll be only using Linux.

I want to quickly run through you and let me know if the parts are compatible and it's a good fit.

My budget is 150K 170k 180k Rupees. (better perf with 15% more budget 9060xt->9070xt + 7600x->9600x (x version is cheaper) + quality upgrades to other components)

I'm buying all online from computertech (they have mostly the cheapest price)

Please let me know if you seen any red flag with following build or any suggestions.

Thank you for your time.

Current Setup (will buy these in ~10 hours from this edit)
PCPriceTracker Build

Edit Update(older):

[PCPriceTracker Build](https://pcpricetracker.in/b/s/2bd77dd8-0013-4c05-ae5e-ed917c743d51)

Category|Selection|Source|Price
:----|:----|:----|----:
**Processor** | [AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Desktop Processor](https://pcpricetracker.in/products/84870a3207bcc79d28b32a01082f8ca0) | Computech Store | 17844
**Motherboard** | [Asus Prime B650M-A WIFI II Motherboard (AMD Socket AM5/Ryzen 7000 Series CPU/Max 192GB DDR5 7600MHz Memory)](https://pcpricetracker.in/products/581945e4625a75f54af69666376d002d) | Computech Store | 14199
**Graphic Card** | [Asrock AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB](https://pcpricetracker.in/products/6e1e9a59ed4dcc4f731fa31a76920965) | Computech Store | 69499
**Power Supply** | [DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm PN850M 850W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular ATX 3.1 Power Supply](https://pcpricetracker.in/products/d9ddc87e6a64337c47ccdc28200e4747) | Computech Store | 7499
**Cabinet** | [Deepcool Cabinet CG580 White Mid Tower, ATX, 360mm-Radiator Support, R-CG580-WHNDA0-G-1](https://pcpricetracker.in/products/7e40d5edf428f820cd79e1881e78e5cf) | Computech Store | 4699
**Memory** | [G Skill Ripjaws M5 RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 6000 MHz CL36](https://pcpricetracker.in/products/ee06a7c6e4e8ec4785cd6a64090a6899) | Computech Store | 36999
**Additional Memory** |  |  | 
**Hard drive** |  |  | 
**SSD drive** | [Adata Legend 710 PCIe Gen3 M.2 NVMe 1TB SSD](https://pcpricetracker.in/products/7c56bb2eca1f60ddd7884c7ef2e356a9) | Computech Store | 15999
**Additional SSD** |  |  | 
**Monitor** |  |  | 
**Additional Monitor** |  |  | 
**CPU Cooler** | [DeepCool AK400 Digital CPU Cooler White (R-AK400-WHADMN-G)](https://pcpricetracker.in/products/866eba9dc9b1e6e37d77d4af5f52eb3a) | Computech Store | 3855
**Keyboard** |  |  | 
**Mouse** |  |  | 
**Headset** |  |  | 
**Case Fans** |  |  | 
| | **Grand Total** | **INR 170593** |

Older build (9060xt)
PCPriceTracker Build

I think that machine should handle games at 1440 just fine, let alone 1080. Looks like a nice build!

Good call going with a Radeon for Linux. I have a 9070XT and it runs great! I used to have an nVidia GPU, and while it was fine for the most part, it was occasionally problematic (especially with gamescope)

One thing to check is the power connector on your GPU. If it has a 12V-2x6, getting a power supply that provides the same connector will make things easier.

These days modern NVIDIA cards have no real issues anymore using the proprietary drivers 😇🫶🏻

Do you think current parts will work if I only switch graphic card from 9060xt to 9070xt

Yes. If you have room in the budget, I recommend it 😈

sheeesh yeah that’ll handle 1440p. (it’s better than my PC). Btw the 7600x is the same as the 7600, so go for the cheaper one. As for the rest it looks good considering you’ll be using Linux. I would look into whether northwestrepairs worked on that GPU to determine if it will stand up to time. I know he recommends some brands as being the best and marks some to avoid entirely. Otherwise go for the cheapest memory rn - Gskill is fine I think I have that too. Also make sure your power budget is double what you’re expecting to consume in high loads due to transient spikes and etc.

northwestrepairs

Thanks, I'll look up northwestrepairs and will carefully examine power neeeds. I'm considering 9070xt for solid future proof. (I'm looking forward to witcher 4)

Yeah, I can survive. I guess it's 1.8x perf for 25k more.

I would recommend checking out pcpricetracker.in for better price comparison. Because I have seen prices of vedant computers and md computers fluctuating and getting very low.

Also, if were in your place, I would consider buying used parts and build on AM4 platform and get a better GPU like 9070 xt and save some money.

Nonetheless, with upscaling you could game at 4K easily, with this build.

I'm on mobile so I can't check every part. But if the 7600 is cheaper than the 7600x, go for the non-x version.

Don't cheap out on the PSU.

Mainboard: does it have all the features you need or may need in future? Make sure that you can flash the bios without cpu/screen through a flash button. This saved my ass more than once.

Rest looks good, same specs as I have and it runs everything I throw at it. (ryzen 7600, 32gb, 9700xt)

+1 on the not cheaping out on the power supply. It's the one part that could easily destroy every other part of the computer if it fails.

Thanks will check other sites too through pcpricetracker

Im going for a long time build 10yrs. Thats why want all new components.

But might build am4 used parts for a friend. Where do you suggest looking for used parts?

What is considered not cheaping out on psu? because the price range can be 50-100 euro more depending on the model for the same effect. I usually buy the bronze standard and that the components are made in japan or korea.

General rule is check reviews and stick with what people consider quality branding. Never go generic.

If it has a decent warranty, and reviews say they're good, that's a reasonable way to decide

This is a good starting point (for choosing depending on your local suppliers or a quick preliminary evaluation of a PSU you come across - you can still look up at a proper review if it exists, with component pics, design commentary, and actual measurements):

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc (fuck Google)

(via zttbuilds.com)

Would recommend just checking your motherboard/embedded controller has good linux support

I have a 9070XT but AM4 5700X. Been able to run everything comfortably at min 1440p 60 frames without AI upscaling, most games sit well above that, around 90-120fps.

Knew that the 9070XT would be bottlenecked, so I invested a bit of time and money into good thermals to finetune the CPU and RAM but haven't bothered since everything runs well, just XMP + Auto OC settings currently and my benchmarks are well above the norm. So I think down the line if you wanted to squeeze some more performance you could invest in some better cooling but I doubt you'll need it

One last thing for gaming on linux, caching a HDD with a second m.2 drive through LVM will let you play games directly off the HDD with massively reduced load times/texture loads.

Buy a house for $150K

Also check for used and refurbished parts. It can save you a lot of money.

Ha ha! Not usd.

I have bought PS5 games, RAM and CPU from gameloot.in, GPU from computify.in, there is also gamenation.in (have bought PS5 games in the past from them), but their prices are usually high.

Thanks, looks like computify is in maintenance mode. Will check it out later.

I was using a 4070Ti until 6 months ago when I switched. It was fine for the most part, but I also ran into a lot of games that would crash in gamescope or have rendering issues. There was also some other 3D software (Orca Slicer and FreeCAD come to mind) that didn't work well with the GPU. Some software with embedded browsers also had rendering issues and needed certain environment variables set. Looking through the bug reports, the issues were related to nVidia.

Maybe the software and drivers hadn't caught up to each other yet, but there were enough bugs supposedly related to nVidia hardware 6 months ago that made me want to switch.

I've had far fewer issues on the AMD GPU.

I see, had similar issues on my endeavourOS install where I switched the drivers after initial installation (i think it was still 550 or 560) with a 980

But since I freshly installed endeavourOS, using the nvida boot option when i booted from the stick, on my new system containing a RTX 4000 Quadro and of course a newer mainboard, I have not stumbled on a miss behaving of the GPU other than once where it took a bit longer to wale from standby and tty outputing something GPU error for a short time.

I must confess, I have not a lot time to game, but have now a 1h on cyberpunk and 1h beamNG through proton
And weekly a meating using kmeet

And of course information from my various YouTube channels featuring Linux news content

I think a lot of it depends on use case and other components. I use KDE Plasma with Wayland, and have a 32:9 monitor. For games, I want to play at 16:9 or 21:9, so I use gamescope to reduce the aspect ratio. It's likely that if I had a "normal" monitor, many of my problems would have disappeared.

I initially bought the nVidia GPU after hearing how far the drivers have come, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much did in fact work. It's really too bad that I did run into enough annoyances to need to switch back to AMD.

Cyberpunk must run really well on your machine! I hope you enjoy it!

I recently bought the 7600x and ended up returning it to get the 9600x instead. The 9600x is about 5% more with similar performance, but uses 1/3rd less wattage, which also means 1/3 less heat to dissipate. It helped my thermals and fan noise a bunch.

Can't convert INR to USD in my head, but I'm comparing costs between parts - PSU looks unusually cheap. I would typically clock a good one to be about the same price as a motherboard.

I would double check the PSU - it's one of those things where you really shouldn't skimp out on.

Edit: as another commenter pointed out as well: PSU wattage seems low. You want a wattage rating that's about double the expected max power consumption

You can also typically save some money by getting a non-X CPU instead of X. eg, 7600 instead of 7600X. They're usually virtually indistinguishable in performance, but the non-X is typically much cheaper and has lower power draw (and better thermal headroom as a result).

The 7000 series is also last gen, so you might be able to get a used CPU and save extra money there. CPU's virtually don't degrade (unless you actually just abuse them), so there shouldn't be any technical concerns about getting a used CPU. Of course, watch for scams when buying used parts.

Thank you very much! 🫶🏻

Yeah, will check PSU and only reason I'm not getting most of used parts is possible scam and defected pieces.
I neither have time not energy to deal with it. So buying all new parts.

1. I am not recognizing the drive. However, I would strongly recommend against QLC due to performance and reliability issues. You would be much better served by TLC or better yet MLC drives.
2. The motherboard can take two drives. It also supports on-board hardware RAID. I would strongly suggest getting two identical drives, and putting them into a hardware RAID-1 array for redundancy (remember: redundancy is not backup). This will also alleviate some of the aforementioned QLC issues, allowing you to run QLC drives more safely.

last time i checked, and this was ages ago, you'd never use hardware raid in linux but almost always set up your own software raid. dm-raid, zfs, lvm, mdadm.
but maybe times have changed, but i certainly would prefer some open solution to some proprietary one. might have less impact when using raid-1 only.

Not to mention largely unnecessary single drives have a life span of like...a decade

If you were using any other form of RAID across multiple drives, you would be absolutely correct.

Simple mirroring? From what I have seen, that’s better done as HW RAID. There is no need to introduce software latency into a mirror RAID, and no benefit from file systems in a mirror.

And finally: how often are you going to be moving any boot drive from one system to another? I have been working with computers since 1982 and in the IT industry since 1997, and I have done this - for myself - a grand total of once. In every other case, I have wanted to use a newer or better drive in the new system, or wanted to re-do the install because reasons.

I wouldn't bother with raid for a personal pc, but I do have everything important somewhere that does have raid and backups

Maybe when the new VKD3D development will be in place and it actually yields performance improvements for DX12 games.

Thanks, I did switch to 9600x. I've placed order, waiting for delivery now.

HDDs and SSDs can just drop dead at any time. It’s not a good idea to have no backup if you only have 1 drive in your pc.

I wouldn’t go raid, but I’d be using a cloud backup or an external drive backup.

I guess it depends on what you use your computer for. If you're only doing web browser related surfing and gaming, not a lot of need for it. If you have delicate files that aren't replaceable and aren't backed up already via a cloud service, sure, definitely a good idea to setup a RAID. Have a full blown media server? Yeah, you'd want a RAID. My thing is recommending a RAID to someone that is literally building their first computer is elitist and not being considerate of the person's skill level or understanding of PCs.

Agreed.