DIY PC Rig Recommendations For 2025

[jasonho]

Anyone know if the NCore 100 Max is coming locally?

It is already available, I got mine from Dynacore.

It's also available from Amazon SG and Lazada but at higher price.

 

[NightRaven49]

MSI MAG B650M MORTAR WIFI AM5

i would stick to the original tuf b650m-e if its around the same price or cheaper, it supports gen5 nvme which could prove useful in the future.

WD BLACK SN850X 1TB GEN4 7300MB/s NVMe M.2 (better ssd)

just get whichever is cheaper, the original 980pro isnt bad either.

is the Lian Li A4-H2O the smallest case available that can fit AIO coolers? From my own research on youtube and reddit, not all 240mm AIO coolers fit the case. Many pple seem to be using the EK-Nucleus AIO CR240 but that model like cannot find in sls. Can give some recommendations on AIO coolers that fit the case?

if ur willing to try thermalright aios, i believe some models like the frozen edge do fit.

Usage: Mid range gaming (mobile games like GI), mostly on windowed clients on my 4K OLEDTV using as a monitor
Price point: $1.5k

Radeon RX™ 7800XT | Ryzen 7 7700
AMD RYZEN 7 7700 3.8GHz 8CORE/16THREAD

personally id save the $100 going with the 7600 + 7800xt, then spend that saving on a tighter kit of ram (6000mhz cl30) and/or a better psu, unless u have multiple emus running.

 

[Aloeus]

personally id save the $100 going with the 7600 + 7800xt, then spend that saving on a tighter kit of ram (6000mhz cl30) and/or a better psu, unless u have multiple emus running.

Thanks NightRaven!

Would a tighter ram affect the performance if i run multiple emus? I dont mind going slightly above budget if it matters.

What would be a good psu to upgrade to? Something from corsair? Will the RM750E suffice, i like that its full modular.

These are my chosen upgrades.

RAM UPGRADE 4:
TEAM T-FORCE DELTA RGB BLACK DDR5 6000MHz 32GB(16GBx2) CL30 x 1

POWER SUPPLY UPGRADE2:
CORSAIR RM750e-750W 80+ GOLD ATX3.0 FULL MODULAR x 1

SSD UPGRADE 1:
WD BLACK SN850X 2TB GEN4 7300MB/s NVMe M.2 x 1

 

[xiaosen]

Hi all,

i deciding between this 2 rig from invader pc is it worth to spend extra $130 for no2? And is all the parts ok?

no1

AMD RYZEN 5 7600 3.8GHz 6CORE/12THREAD

ASUS TUF GAMING B650M-E WIFI

THERMALRIGHT ASSASSIN X 120 SE ARGB HEATSINK COOLER

TEAM T-FORCE DELTA RGB BLACK DDR5 6000MHz 32GB(16GBx2) CL30

SAPPHIRE AMD RADEON PULSE RX 7700XT GAMING

WD BLACK SN850X 1TB GEN4 7300MB/s NVMe M.2

MSI A750GL-750W ATX3.0 PCIe5.0 80+ GOLD FULL MODULAR

Phanteks XT View

4 X 120MM ARGB FANS

HIGH-SPEED AX WIRELESS AND BT | WIFI 6 + BT 5.2

WINDOWS 11 HOME UN-ACTIVATED

no2

AMD RYZEN 7 7700 3.8GHz 8CORE/16THREAD

ASUS TUF GAMING B650M-E WIFI

THERMALRIGHT ASSASSIN X 120 R SE ARGB

TEAM T-FORCE DELTA RGB BLACK DDR5 6000MHz 32GB(16GBx2) CL30

SAPPHIRE AMD RADEON PULSE RX 7800XT

WD BLACK SN850X 1TB GEN4 7300MB/s NVMe M.2

MSI A750GL-750W ATX3.0 PCIe5.0 80+ GOLD FULL MODULAR

Phanteks XT View

4 X 120MM ARGB FANS

HIGH-SPEED AX WIRELESS AND BT | WIFI 6 + BT 5.2

WINDOWS 11 HOME UN-ACTIVATED

 

[zuzuji]

Thank you all for your valuable advice one month ago. I got my new PC set up last night. Total cost around $3k.

CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard
CPU Cooler	Thermalright Silver Soul 110 54 CFM CPU Cooler
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
GPU	Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card
Storage	Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Case	Fractal Design Mood Light Gray
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 (2024) 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply

Quite happy with it except the boot up time very long. Thought the boot would be lightning fast : )

 

[kimsix]

Thank you all for your valuable advice one month ago. I got my new PC set up last night. Total cost around $3k.

CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard
CPU Cooler	Thermalright Silver Soul 110 54 CFM CPU Cooler
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
GPU	Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card
Storage	Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Case	Fractal Design Mood Light Gray
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 (2024) 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply

Quite happy with it except the boot up time very long. Thought the boot would be lightning fast : )

can go bios, extreme tweaker - dram timing controls - scroll to power down mode and memory context restore, set enabled

also in boot - boot configuration - turn off fast boot and set the bios image load to 0s.

also in advanced - sata configure - disable sata

boot should lightning fast now

 

[zuzuji]

can go bios, extreme tweaker - dram timing controls - scroll to power down mode and memory context restore, set enabled

also in boot - boot configuration - turn off fast boot and set the bios image load to 0s.

also in advanced - sata configure - disable sata

boot should lightning fast now

omg! It is lightning fast now! Thank you @kimsix !!

 

[RockaRolla]

For people who are building new rigs now, Sapphire Pulse 7800XT at 600 from Vii in lazada during this 9.9 sales
At this price, its the ultimate price/performance king, and basically made 7600XT/4060/4060Ti/7700XT obsolete

 

[deepblue_82]

For people who are building new rigs now, Sapphire Pulse 7800XT at 600 from Vii in lazada during this 9.9 sales
At this price, its the ultimate price/performance king, and basically made 7600XT/4060/4060Ti/7700XT obsolete

true.. at 600 its the best at this cat already
with 16gb its cool too...

 

[yukita]

For people who are building new rigs now, Sapphire Pulse 7800XT at 600 from Vii in lazada during this 9.9 sales
At this price, its the ultimate price/performance king, and basically made 7600XT/4060/4060Ti/7700XT obsolete

Techyard got alternative Gigabyte one at $630 (after welcome discount) or Asus dual at $622 for those prefer 3 years warranty.

 

[winger28]

Hi guys, is the Lian Li A4-H2O the smallest case available that can fit AIO coolers? From my own research on youtube and reddit, not all 240mm AIO coolers fit the case. Many pple seem to be using the EK-Nucleus AIO CR240 but that model like cannot find in sls. Can give some recommendations on AIO coolers that fit the case?

I am interested in A4H2O too!
I saw one youtube video using Cooler Master MasterLiquid Atmos CPU Liquid Cooler (240mm) with A4H2O.

 

[wishfulpeacherino]

Hi guys, could you help see if this build from Invader $1084 is worth and good enough for work plus occasional valo/lol? Thanks!!

AMD RYZEN 5 7600 3.8GHz 6CORE/12THREAD
MSI B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI
AMD WRAITH COOLER PRISM RGB
CRUCIAL PRO DDR5 BLACK 6000MT/s 32GB(16GBx2) CL36
ASUS DUAL GeForce RTX™ 4060 O8G TWIN FAN GDDR6 8GB
CRUCIAL P3 PLUS 1TB GEN4 NVMe M.2
SILVERSTONE ET650-650W V1.4 80+ BRONZE
COOLER MASTER ELITE 301 ARGB BLACK TYPE C
4 X 120MM ARGB FANS

 

[Tabula Rasa]

Hi experts, can help me see this build ok or not?

Ryzen 7800X3D with ASRock B650 PG Lightning
Thermalright 120 Cooler
2x16GB GSkill RAM DDR5-6000 CL30
MSI RTX 4080 Super Ventus 3x
SeaSonic 850W Gold rated PSU, which ever cheapest.
Lian Li O11 Vision case

Open to recommendations of alternative builds. Quite sure I want 7800X3D and RTX 4080 Super, but brand of mobo, brand of GPU, brand of RAM and casing still open to ideas and recommendations.

Will decide on which NVME to buy later, haven't research that one yet.

 

[NightRaven49]

is it worth to spend extra $130 for no2?

$130 extra for 2 more zen4 cores, 20% more gpu performance and 4gb more vram sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

And is all the parts ok?

yes.

Hi guys, could you help see if this build from Invader $1084 is worth and good enough for work plus occasional valo/lol? Thanks!!

AMD RYZEN 5 7600 3.8GHz 6CORE/12THREAD
MSI B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI
AMD WRAITH COOLER PRISM RGB
CRUCIAL PRO DDR5 BLACK 6000MT/s 32GB(16GBx2) CL36
ASUS DUAL GeForce RTX™ 4060 O8G TWIN FAN GDDR6 8GB
CRUCIAL P3 PLUS 1TB GEN4 NVMe M.2
SILVERSTONE ET650-650W V1.4 80+ BRONZE
COOLER MASTER ELITE 301 ARGB BLACK TYPE C
4 X 120MM ARGB FANS

if ur primarily doing work with light esports on the side, u can just get a cheap igpu system, can be had for less than $600. those games can be run with good fps even at 1080p on g series apus, u may even be served well with even cheaper mini pcs with the 5560u for example.

Hi experts, can help me see this build ok or not?

Quite sure I want 7800X3D and RTX 4080 Super

78x3d is a good choice, though i would hold off a 4080s purchase if possible. 50 series already round the corner, hopefully we can get better performance at the same price soon.

Ryzen 7800X3D with ASRock B650 PG Lightning
MSI RTX 4080 Super Ventus 3x

make sure u get the atx version of the pg lightning, the matx version is a much worse board, though it will still handle the 78x3d just fine. id probably go for a flashier version of the 4080s instead of trying to save money on a budget model, especially when ur going for a very look at me case like the o11 vision.

Will decide on which NVME to buy later, haven't research that one yet.

keep to the usual suspects: samsung, wd and crucial, they have good high end ssds. u not only want to look at speed, capacity and speed but also endurance (tbw, tlc vs qlc) and other features like dram and iops.

think the thermalright assassin x 120 refined se good enough on a 5700x3d?

yes, its power profile is very similar to 65w tdp parts.

 

[wishfulpeacherino]

if ur primarily doing work with light esports on the side, u can just get a cheap igpu system, can be had for less than $600. those games can be run with good fps even at 1080p on g series apus, u may even be served well with even cheaper mini pcs with the 5560u for example.

Not sure if I can compare using my current MSI modern 14 laptop, which has an 8GB iGPU. It is using up 85% of my 16GB RAM and 2GB GPU when loading valorant and browser in the background. Valo also lags quite alot. Will a 32GB ram with iGPU solve the issue? Or will it only be solved with a separate GPU?

 

[MangoCAT]

Not sure if I can compare using my current MSI modern 14 laptop, which has an 8GB iGPU. It is using up 85% of my 16GB RAM and 2GB GPU when loading valorant and browser in the background. Valo also lags quite alot. Will a 32GB ram with iGPU solve the issue? Or will it only be solved with a separate GPU?

https://support.esri.com/en-us/know...ory-beyond-the-recommended-maximum--000011346
can play with this first but use the common allocation (4gb/6gb)

before spending

 

[jrwong84]

Hello long time no come here need advice from all elite builder.



Current build

MB：B550 tomahawk

Cpu：5700X

Ram: Z neo 32gb

Cooler. Arctic liquid cooler ii 240 (2 years old)



Gpu: Sapphire nitro 7800xt (1 year old)

Psu: seasonic focus gx 650 (4+years old)



Storage: crucial p5 500 os crucial p3 1tb game

12 TB seagate exos 10 TB iron wolf 8tb ironwolf



Case: Lian li mesh 2 performance



Upgrade:

MB: B650 Tomahawk wifi/ X670 Tomahawk WiFi Or B650 As rock steel legend



Cpu: Ryzen 7700

Cooler: Arctic liquid cooler 3 240

Ram Gskillz Z neo 6000mhz 32gb

Gpu: use back above

Psu: seasonic focus gx 850

Storage: all use back

Case: use back or lancool 3 maybe



Budget $1200 excluding gpu storage



Usage is bt streamfab keepstream download upload files unzip zip files mainly for files gaming yes 3 AAA no fps games.



I don't know which motherboard to go and steel legend look like a good picks but i am a little scare of as rock bios. I am more a msi person but tomahawk this version board look like got boot time laggy?

Is lancool 3 airing better than mesh 2 performance?


Thanks you for the time reading god bless your family and you with good health

 

[Tabula Rasa]

make sure u get the atx version of the pg lightning, the matx version is a much worse board, though it will still handle the 78x3d just fine. id probably go for a flashier version of the 4080s instead of trying to save money on a budget model, especially when ur going for a very look at me case like the o11 vision.

Is there a big diff in performance between the mATX and ATX versions of the board? The VRM performance is worse? Will there be a big impact with the 7800x3D? Problem is mobo availability in Singapore can be an issue.

 

[wishfulpeacherino]

if ur primarily doing work with light esports on the side, u can just get a cheap igpu system, can be had for less than $600. those games can be run with good fps even at 1080p on g series apus, u may even be served well with even cheaper mini pcs with the 5560u for example.

Not sure if I can compare using my current MSI modern 14 laptop, which has an 8GB iGPU. It is using up 85% of my 16GB RAM and 2GB GPU when loading valorant and browser in the background. Valo also lags quite alot. Will a 32GB ram with iGPU solve the issue? Or will it only be solved with a separate GPU?

Any advice on how to decide between 8600G or 5600G? I know that 8600G means faster performance and future proofing (though idk if I will actually know how or want to upgrade parts in future) while 5600G is a cheaper option.

AMD RYZEN 5 8600G 3.8GHz 8CORE/16THREAD
ASUS TUF GAMING B650M-E WIFI
CRUCIAL PRO DDR5 BLACK 6000MT/s 32GB(16GBx2) CL36
~$900
or
AMD RYZEN 5 5600G 3.9GHz 6CORE/12THREAD
ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS WI-FI II
NEO FORZA MARS RGB DDR4 3600MHz CL18 KIT 32GB
~$700
+
AMD WRAITH COOLER PRISM RGB
CRUCIAL P3 PLUS 1TB GEN4 NVMe M.2
SILVERSTONE ET650-650W V1.4 80+ BRONZE
COOLER MASTER CMP320 ARGB BLACK TG
3 X 120MM ARGB FANS

 

[introvie]

I'm planning to build a 7800x3d with 4080 super to play black myth: wukong at 1440p max settings and upgrade to RTX 50 series in the future. Is the following build good?

AMD RYZEN 7 7800X3D 4.2GHz 8CORE/16THREAD
ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI AM5 ATX
LIANLI GALAHAD II TRINITY PERFORMANCE 360MM
Team T-Force 6000mhz 32Gb CL30
ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce RTX™ 4080 SUPER O16G
WD BLACK SN850X 2TB GEN4 7300MB/s NVMe M.2
CORSAIR RMx SHIFT RM1000X-1000W ATX3.0 PCIe5
LIAN LI Dynamic Evo RGB BLACK
120MM Fans ARGB x7

I'm also thinking of getting LIANLI O11 Dynamic Mini instead.