I just snagged a 7800x3d this sale, now i want to build a pc around it.
I would mostly use it to play games, I would love to game at 1440p, but in certain games like multiplayer games I like high frame rates and I have heard that 1080p on a 1440p monitor isn’t great. I have to buy every thing and it includes the peripherals except a mouse. My budget is around 1L. Willing to cheap out on Gpu by getting a second hand one, RGB not required, not a lot of storage req 1TB would work.
Following are a few non-negotiables.
Ram: 32gb required (16x2)
Monitor: 144hz and 27 inch
Motherboard: matx ( want to build a smaller pc) with Wifi
Cooler: air cooled is better
PSU: modular and good rating, (dont want to deal with extra cables)
I currently have a PC at home and cant really use any parts for it, I am at home during October so thinking to reuse my GPU till the time im here, will a 650w psu handle a 2060s and 7800x3d and will this upgrade see any significant bump over 2060s and i5 9600k or will it be a gpu bottleneck.
PS: Also if any way i can save money on anything willing to hear that too and no not building a pc isnt an option
I assume you snagged 7800X3D at 30k. If so, your 1L budget is low as you can build maybe a 5070/9070 based rig but instead you could have bought a R5 7600 for 12k cheaper & instead afford a 9070XT.
For gaming, R5 7600 + 9070XT will outperform 7800X3D + 5070 in 99% games. For the rare case of CPU bottleneck, you will already be at a high enough fps to not bother about losing 20-30fps.
I moved from i5 12400 + 7900GRE to 9800X3D + 7900GRE. The only game where I gained some fps was CoD BO6 MP, where my avg fps increased from 130fps to 150fps.
Thankyou .
Yeah, I am saving rn wouldnt be buying all the things in one go.
Will try to save to buy a 9070XT, also is 5070ti not worth it?
So, this pc will be in Banglore and i dont have a AC, will the air cooler be enough for cooling?
Will a small case issues with airflow alot?
Good idea to upgrade parts slowly, GPU can be the last piece. Buy the rest of the parts now.
5070Ti at 80k is also a good choice, you get similar raster performance as 9070XT but faster RT performance (more & more games are having always on RT) & DLSS4 is slightly better than FSR4 in terms of image quality & has a wider support.
No point buying 5080 when 5070Ti is 80-82k.
IMO try to buy around Dec 2025. It is possible that Nvidia might stop production of current GPUs in favour of Super series, which is expected to bring more VRAM & up to 5% extra performance. Again, we might see overpriced GPUs for a few months. We will see next gen GPUs in late 2026 or early 2027.
Air cooling is enough. I’m using a puny AK400 on my undervolted 9800X3D in Bengaluru. AG620/620S can handle up to 200W CPUs easily, so a 7800X3D should be fine even in a small case IMO.
Yes, smaller will potentially run hotter. That case should be ok with 1 front intake, 1 bottom intake & 1 rear exhaust. As I mentioned earlier, do check on clearances.
1440p for the CoD numbers. I expect BF6 MP to be another game where I will get some advantage of 9800X3D but the bottleneck is now my 170Hz 1440p monitor after I upgraded GPU to 5080.
4K is entirely GPU bound. Even with my 5080, I have to play at 4K DLSS Quality in most games (have LG C3 48" as well).
I am quite happy with 4k DLSS4 performance on 32’ monitor/3080. Used to play at DLSS3 quality which in motion clarity is still worse than DLSS4 perf.
So DLSS perf 4k can be viable if there aren’t too many artifacts. Often if perf has something annoying then quality has it too - esp grass flickering, although that got much better with latest DLSS version. Dunno if 48’ makes it nonviable.
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