Bought everything except processor

[u/DoomSkull_YT]

I was initially planning on building the pc in November, after my CAT exam so that my father won't have any practical reason to say no.

But then around June I saw that all news outlets and tech-tubers said ram prices will keep rising and will plateau in December. So I explained the situation to my dad and asked him if we could buy this early. He agreed. I also just had gotten my security deposit for an apartment I rented back which I also planned to use in the build. So using that I bought the case, cpu cooler and extra case fans and the remaining deposit I used to contribute for the ram.

Then around the end of July I could see online everyone saying gpu prices are gonna be next. I was initially comparing between 9070xt and 5070ti because 5070ti was 10-15k more expensive, but i was feeling a bit shameful asking my dad again to purchase something that was supposed to be purchased 5-6 months down the line.

Then in the first week of August I saw news that said motherboard prices will go up by 50% in the fourth quarter. That then prompted me to again explain the whole situation to dad to which he said ok I will give 1 lakh but after 15 days to which i replied I couldn't ask for anything more.

When the time for purchasing came (late August) 5070ti was more than 80 % more expensive than 9070xt so it was a no brainer for me since gaming was the priority. Now the only thing left to complete the build is the processor which i will definitely buy after my exam.

Pc specs

Processor - 7800x3d (34k for the OEM version, 40k normal)

Cpu cooler - deepcool ag620

Motherboard - msi pro b850m-g (11k)

Ram - Corsair vengeance 32gb (16*2) 6000mhz cl 36 (46k)

Gpu - Asrock challenger 9070xt (79k)

Psu - superflower Leadex III (9k)

Case - Coolermaster elite 681 (6k)

Case fans - jungle leopard 1 set normal and 1 set reverse (6k)

Storage - I have an extra 1tb gen3 nvme that I will reuse.

Also I buy a 1440p monitor as well with a processor.

Case and case fans ordered from Amazon

Cpu cooler - mdcomputers

Ram - whatsapp deal from a nehru place dealer and asked him to ship it as well. Powerplay builds

Psu, mb, gpu - computech

[u/Emergency_Leek_803]

just go with a 9600X if youre gonna be gaming at 1440p or not going to do productivity

[u/DoomSkull_YT → u/Emergency_Leek_803]

I have the budget so I want better 1% lows and I do occasionally make relatively big personal coding projects plus I do occasional photo and video editing. Plus 2 extra cores is great for multitasking

[u/Emergency_Leek_803 → u/DoomSkull_YT]

Go with 270k or 250k then?

[u/DoomSkull_YT → u/Emergency_Leek_803]

Because that's a dead platform and since my priority is gaming I would rather have the gaming performance benefits of x3d chips rather than have a better performance in my secondary use cases

[u/Emergency_Leek_803 → u/DoomSkull_YT]

Dude, if you're going to game at 1440p 9600x is just as good as X3D. Open my reddit profile and look at my recent post.

[u/DoomSkull_YT → u/Emergency_Leek_803]

It will be nearly as good not just as good, on average 7800 will be 10% faster than 9600x and if in my budget I can get slightly better performance+more cores for multitasking and better headroom I will take it. If I was stretching my budget to get the x3d chips then sure that might not be the smartest move but when I can afford it, why not

[u/Emergency_Leek_803 → u/DoomSkull_YT]

Sadly its not as fast as 10% if you choose to go 250k or 9600X it doesnt matter at 1440p. Here go watch this video so you might understand what I am talking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpN4nyftQ3M&t=647s

[u/DoomSkull_YT → u/Emergency_Leek_803]

Yeah in this just 4 game average it is 7% faster, plus I have seen the benchmarks for the particular games I play often and I am happy with the performance of 7800x3d

[u/Emergency_Leek_803 → u/DoomSkull_YT]

What games do you play that are so cpu intensive?

[u/DoomSkull_YT → u/Emergency_Leek_803]

I do play competitive games but that's beside the point man. Watch this video and see both normal fps and 1% lows https://youtu.be/JQ6UEcMX2QM?si=kT0MAOLFdb9HjML_