90K+ 1440p first gaming build, advice needed

As a 7900GRE owner, I won't recommend one at 60k (bought my Pulse for 54k). Both 7900GRE & 4070S prices are increasing. Better to save a few thousand with Asrock.


10% performance boost with OC is generally easy with 7900GRE but I think the Asrock one might run too hot with power limits increased to 295W. Also, if you find 4070 Super from Asus, MSI, Gigabyte or Zotac for 55k or so, can consider that if you will not be targeting a resolution higher than 1440p. I have a 4K TV, hence wanted the 16GB VRAM. Surely there were cases where GPU was fast enough for native rendering above 1440p & max textures were crossing 12GB VRAM.

If not in hurry, might make sense to wait for 5070/9070(xt), esp the latter.
FSR4 might be a lot better vs FSR3 on GRE, and AMD has stated that they want to capture market share. If they want that, they will need to give good value.
Just look it up and looked at rumored perf of 9070xt and decide.

To me, 12gb vram at this price range is a crime and limits its future potential.

I am building a similar PC. My intended use is also similar. These are the parts I've ordered:
CPU - ryzen 5 7600
RAM - G.Skill flare x5 6000 mhz cl36 2x16GB
Mobo - Asrock b650m hdv/m2
PSU - Deepcool PM750D
CPU cooler - ak400
Storage - WD SN580 1 TB
Case - MSI MAG 120A airflow

For GPU, I am still waiting for 5070 ti or AMD 9070/9070 XT till march, if they disappoint, i'll probably buy a 4070 Ti Super. I want to buy a 16 GB GPU, preferably nvidia because I do some deep learning experiments too.
I would recommend you to save some money on your RAM, PSU and storage and upgrade your GPU.

The current cost of above parts without GPU is around 56000.

4070 super pricing is on the high side right now. Have seen it in the range of 50 to 52k for the zotac one. And 7900 GRE pricing is also high.

You could wait for the release of 50 series equivalent gpu. Not only it will affect the pricing but the 12gb vram would also be a issue in 4070 super as it will not be future proof so you could check maybe nvidia will give 16gb vram this time. 12gb vram would become a bottleneck for you in 2k res.

For ssd you could go for a different brand instead of acer like wd, xpg or crucial. You can get it for less as well.

- saphire nitro+ card was chosen because 1) excess budget was present 2) it has imo the best combination of build quality, performance, noise profiles and rgb aesthetics among the 7900 gre cards

- asrock rx 7900 gre challenger has two fans, thermals may be impacted especially during overclocking
- acer predator gm7000 offers faster read and write than western digital black SN770 2TB (check below)



- lancool 207 offers better gpu thermal performance than lancool 216 (check below)



- computech, primeabgb both have a physical retail store based out of mumbai, pcstudio likely does not
- sapphire pure 7900 gre chosen because of aesthetics (better fits all white theme), and because it has slightly better performance, asrock 7900 gre may be chosen instead if budget is an issue.
- lian li lancool 207 present in computech as well, likely at lower price (check below)



- if budget permits I would suggest adding an extra rear fan for another INR 1000, this too should be present at computech (check below)



https://pcpricetracker.in/b/s/b2d3a43e-c3ed-457f-8037-37f78e314f1b

Lancool 207 maybe new release but not a good design in many aspects - Cable Management, Front panel connectors are fixed at top (not so convenient), PSU on front connected via custom-sized extension cable.

Overall, compare to Lancool 216 it is a downgrade for its price. OP can wait for Lancool 217(wood) or get the 216 right now.

Darth Vader said:

Lancool 207 maybe new release but not a good design in many aspects - Cable Management, Front panel connectors are fixed at top (not so convenient), PSU on front connected via custom-sized extension cable.

Overall, compare to Lancool 216 it is a downgrade for its price. OP can wait for Lancool 217(wood) or get the 216 right now.

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The MSI MAG A850GL has flat cables so cable management shouldn't be an issue for the Lancool 207 if installation is being done by an experienced person.

radiantoceans said:

- saphire nitro+ card was chosen because 1) excess budget was present 2) it has imo the best combination of build quality, performance, noise profiles and rgb aesthetics among the 7900 gre cards

- asrock rx 7900 gre challenger has two fans, thermals may be impacted especially during overclocking
- acer predator gm7000 offers faster read and write than western digital black SN770 2TB (check below)

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- lancool 207 offers better gpu thermal performance than lancool 216 (check below)

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- computech, primeabgb both have a physical retail store based out of mumbai, pcstudio likely does not
- sapphire pure 7900 gre chosen because of aesthetics (better fits all white theme), and because it has slightly better performance, asrock 7900 gre may be chosen instead if budget is an issue.
- lian li lancool 207 present in computech as well, likely at lower price (check below)

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- if budget permits I would suggest adding an extra rear fan for another INR 1000, this too should be present at computech (check below)

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https://pcpricetracker.in/b/s/b2d3a43e-c3ed-457f-8037-37f78e314f1b

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Avoid GM7000 for 1 simple reason, Innogrit controller


I don't suggest 207 because of cable management, 216 is easier to build. 5C lower temps doesn't matter much. It is not a laptop.

baka_otoko said:

Just watched this video by Hardware Unboxed and honestly the market looks so disappointing. Do consumers really have no power against nvidia?
Leaving this aside, thank you so much guys for the awesome suggestions. I've decided to wait for the 9000 series launch. I'll post the updated build here before purchasing.

Where have you ordered these from? Same retailer? Physical or online?

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Do consumers really have no power against nvidia?
People just are not buying AMD GPUs. I will personally not recommend any AMD GPU above 7900GRE because of poor value but say 7700XT is an easy obvious choice over 4060Ti but 4060Ti 8GB sold more than 7700XT.

After using 7900GRE for 6 months, I never had to use FSR as its raw performance is good for 1440p gaming. But people use DLSS with 1080p target resolution, so rendering at 720p or lower. I found this to be bad for a 24" monitor (I had 3070 earlier). It can be fine for handhelds or maybe even a laptop but remember there was no laptop 4060Ti GPU (so those numbers are all for desktops). DLSS is better than FSR but something like 7700XT just has a higher raw performance to compensate for that. If people are not choosing 7700XT over 4060Ti how will something like 7900GRE sell over 4070S considering similar performance but only advantage of AMD being higher VRAM.

baka_otoko said:

Just watched this video by Hardware Unboxed and honestly the market looks so disappointing. Do consumers really have no power against nvidia?

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This deserves a separate thread of its own, but in short, from what I've seen there's a lot of moaning and b**ching every time a release does not meet expectations.
Then Nvidia releases a Super / Ti version of the same series and people go right back to buying their cards.
People extoll the virtues of AMD cards but for all its rasterization superiority it falls short on features like ray tracing and upscaling (dlss) and apparently there are people who seem to care about this among other things.
So what people want essentially is a better cheaper Nvidia card. Things may of course change in the future but that's how its been till this point.

In your post you've mentioned you'll be using Win 10, please note there will be no further security updates post Oct 2025 as Win 10 will be at end of life then.

In the past 12 months Western Digital SN770 has had its own issues on account of Win11 24H2 updates.
Please do not be under the impression that it is faultless. Firmware updates have been released to address this issue.

The Innogrit controller issues he's referring to happened in the past and a lot less with this drive which utilises micron nand (which is a high quality nand) as opposed to ymtc nand. (check below)
Again firmware updates have been released to address controller issues. This ssd should come with a heat spreader which should be used to keep it cool.

https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/acer-predator-gm7000-2-tb.d329

acer predator gm7000 was selected because it came in recommended from multiple sources in 2024. (check below)











On Amazon US it gets a Amazon's choice rating given to highly rated, well priced products.



If you're still uncertain about this ssd you can consider your original choice Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB NVMe SSD from Computech (cheaper than listed below) which is faster and comes in with a DRAM cache.



The Lancool 207 was chosen because it offers excellent thermal performance at the price point and because it too came in recommended from multiple sources.
As I've mentioned cable management should not be an issue due to the flat cables on MSI MAG A850GL.
If you buy the components at a store, experienced technicians there should assemble the PC and put in professional cable management for you.

Further since this case is known for good GPU thermals the Asrock 7900 gre challenger's dual fan setup should face less thermal issues here.
The amd 9000 series when released should also be kept cooler using this case.

https://pcpricetracker.in/b/s/f0108cb4-a380-4e4c-a8b3-3f5e73abcd9a

EDIT: updating motherboard. putting in images for better western digital black sn850x and cooler master sickleflow 120mm rear exhaust fan (optional if budget permits)

https://pcpricetracker.in/b/s/c9307fc7-abd8-46a8-861c-8ee6983ef951