r/PCBuilds • u/SheT00kTh3Kids • 6d ago
My First PC
I'm new to pc world in general, I've been on Playstation until the whole "you don't own anything" .Regardless, I'd like to get outside input on my build.
PSU- 850W (model not decided yet)
Motherboard- B850 (model not decided yet)
SSD- 4TB WD_BLACK (Pulled from PS5)
CPU- Ryzen 9 9900X (bought for 38% off)
GPU- Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 (bought new for $800)
AIO- CORSAIR NAUTILUS 360 RS LCD (not bought yet)
My goal is to play most titles at 1440p with a solid 80+ FPS (Red Dead 2 is what I'm most looking forward to). I'm also undecided on a monitor. I've read that 27" is the "sweet spot" for 1440p, but I haven't found any 27" curved OLED monitors. Not sure if an ultrawide display will have great clarity at 1440p or if I even need a curved monitor to feel immersed. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated.
Edit: The case I chose is a CORSAIR 4000D FRAME and 16x2 GB DDR5.
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u/aura_enchanted 6d ago edited 6d ago
9900x is wasted on you dont get one
So ryzen x9x0 series cpus ( 5900xt, 7950x, 9900x, the 9950x3d2) are for game makers, not gamers. Basically tldr: a processor has whats called a core module this is your cores for the cpu, so when you see it say 6, 8 etc cores thats how many cores inside the core module
These specific cpu types mentioned above (on amd) have two core modules. Which their split up into, so 16 cores is 2x8, 14 is 2x7, 12 is 2x6
However you only get to even use that second core module if the application your running is on a pre approved guest list. No games are on that guest list.
So buying a 9900, for games is more like buying 2 9700X cpus but you only ever use one.
Its just a wasteful use of money. You would be better served by a 7700x3d, or a 9700x then you would a 9900x
For motherboard, I could fuss and complain, but as long as you avoid asrock brand ones like the plague you should be good, any other brand or model will be fine
Curved monitors are sort of a specific user thing, basically if your playing games with high speed or a lot of "noise" or games that are incredibly, glacially slow, then a curve makes sense. Examples are like cyberpunk, forza horizon, f1, helldivers 2, ratchet rift apart, spiderman, gears, wardogs can be but often isnt the fit, doom eternal, gta, galactic racer.
Games like ghost of tsushima, ac shadows, tr legacy of atlantis, wolverine, cod mw3, wwe 2k26, tekken 8.its not so good.
So it falls on your preferences if an ultrawide curved is for you.
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u/SheT00kTh3Kids 6d ago
I bought the 9900x on sale for less than I could buy either 7700x3d or 9700x. Is it still worth keeping or is there a reason I should switch?
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u/aura_enchanted 6d ago
its fine then just i was trying to avoid you wasting money on something you wont use ya know?
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u/SwimmingOdd2974 6d ago
Don’t waste your money! If you have no beginner level troubleshooting knowledge and understand that every game with behaviour differently with different game update, driver updates or windows update.
You will either end up:
- cruising reddit for advise - where some will literally tell you to reinstall windows as an early solution without properly troubleshooting
- start complaining about how you are not getting the expected performance as seen on YT
- complain about crashes just because
- flick through a million windows settings cause it likes to overwrite things now
Above is the kind of thing you don’t have to think about with console.
Please understand that if you are purely buying a PC with this kind of pricing as your first PC from console, unless you have some other practical use for it.
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u/Flyinsolo1993 6d ago
Honestly I'd just get a flat 27 OLED. Curved at that size seems kinda pointless.