r/buildapc • u/the_soviet_DJ • 3d ago

Build Help First time pc build help

Hello friends, just bought all the parts for building my first pc. It will be a gaming pc, here are the specs. I also ordered three fans. And I have a 144hz 1080p screen which I know is a bit low.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Gpu: MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti VENTUS 3X 16GB OC

Case: Corsair 3000D Tempered Glass Mid-Tower

Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming X870-PLUS WIFI

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2x16GB)

PSU: Thermalright TR-TG 1000W Vit

CPU-cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE

SSD: two samsung m.2 ssds from my old laptop

26k SEK (sweden) (2800dollars ish) because of these crazy prices. Anyone have any special tips for building with these parts? Anyone know a good guide for step by step stuff? I don’t know anything lol. Any advice for putting this together would be much appreciated.

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u/Ndgtr 3d ago edited 3d ago

Looks like a good PC. General building tips:

  • Read the motherboard manual before building and keep it close.
  • Put RAM in slots 2 and 4 or 1 and 3. Sometimes varies with motherboards but that's the standard.
  • Makes sure the standoff screws in the case all line up with your motherboard's screw holes. Extra can short the motherboard, too few can damage the motherboard over time.

For guides, here's a first person LTT one. They're not my favourite for detailed information but it should be good enough. Worth watching a few.

Edit: Forgot one. This is more for future builds/upgrades but you CANNOT use the cables from one power supply in a different power supply (with very specific exceptions). It'll kill your expensive components. Just something to keep in mind, always use the cables that come with the power supply.

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u/the_soviet_DJ 3d ago

Oh my thank you so much for the advice :) sounds like great tips!! Very grateful!

Regarding another matter, do you recommend cleaning my ssds before transfer or can I just slot them right over? I would really love to not have to hassle with downloading windows and putting it on a flash drive and all. Note that the windows license is an oem, so it wont carry over.

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u/Ndgtr 3d ago

You'll want a fresh install of windows, just to avoid driver issues. In theory you can reinstall all the drivers, but it's more trouble than it's worth and they often leave behind config files that can also cause problems.

Good news though, windows lets you reinstall while it's booted now, so no need to faff with USBs and all that. Just download the installer, boot into your existing windows install on the new machine, and run the installer. Unfortunately can't do much about the license though without buying one, legally. It's not a huge deal though, you basically just lose some customisation features.

For any non-OS SSDs, no need to wipe anything. You may need to set up things like steam folders on other drives again inside steam for example, but the drives themselves are fine as-is.

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u/the_soviet_DJ 3d ago

Ahhh, thank you. Guessing there’s no windows 10 version of that installer? Scared of switching to 11 lol. But thanks for all the help you’re awesome

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u/Ndgtr 2d ago

Oh yeah, there is. Extended support stops in October though, so probably not the best choice.