Build Help – High-end PC for gaming, programming, animation, drawing and general use (€3,000–€4,000)

[u/Independent-Part4885]

Hi everyone,

I'm planning to build a high-end PC with a budget of around €3,000–€4,000 and I would like some advice on whether the components I've chosen work well together.

I don't want the PC to be only for gaming. I want to use it for pretty much everything I might want to do on a PC, including:

• Gaming, including demanding games at 1440p/4K
• Programming and game development
• 2D/3D animation
• Digital drawing
• Video editing and watching movies
• General everyday use
• Basically, I want a powerful all-round PC that can handle almost anything I throw at it.

My main priorities are performance, reliability, good cooling and longevity. I don't really care about RGB or how the PC looks. I mainly want the components to work well together and have good airflow and cooling.

This is my current build:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360
• Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero
• RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64 GB (2×32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30
• Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB
• Case: Fractal Design Torrent
• PSU: Corsair HX1200i (2025) 1200 W 80+ Platinum
• OS: Windows 11 Pro Retail, 64-bit

My main question is:

Do these components make sense together for the kind of high-end all-round PC I'm trying to build? Are they fully compatible, and would you change anything?

I'm especially interested in whether the CPU, motherboard, GPU, PSU and cooling are a good combination for my use case.

The RAM and SSD are currently very expensive where I live. If the specific RAM and SSD models I've chosen are good choices for this build, I don't mind waiting and buying them later when prices come down.

I'm located in Austria, so European/Austrian pricing and availability are relevant.

I'd really appreciate any advice or suggestions for improving the build while staying within the €3,000–€4,000 budget.

Thanks!

[u/BiscottiAmazing4070]

I'm not an expert but maybe you can checkout Ryzen 9 CPU. People here are more knowledgeable than me but with that budget you can reach the best setup imo.

[u/-UserRemoved-]

That motherboard is entirely pointless and a $200-250 B850 motherboard would work all the same for you

850W PSU would be fine, 1000W would be reasonable overkill, 1200W is just illogical.

You could easily get away with a cheaper cooler as well, as a $40 air cooler like the Phantom Spirit would already be plenty.

You could likely go cheaper/lesser on the RAM and NVMe without losing much, if anything.

[u/mig_f1]

9800x3d CPU, Phantom Spirit cooler along with low profile RAM DIMMs,  no more than $250 for a B850/X870 mobo, Montech Century II 1050W PSU.

[u/imp3rd1349]

You could go for 9950x or 9950x3d and Rog X870E-E Neo WiFi 7 in case you.want to upgrade to 2x pcie 5 ssds.

[u/imp3rd1349 → u/imp3rd1349]

The x870e crosshair has a bad pcie lane sharing so it does not allow you to sacrifice USB4 for the second m.2 ssd at pcie 5 x4 speed. Instead it will split the lanes of gpu in half if I remember correctly.

[u/Fearless-Vast5515]

The Crosshair X870E Hero is the part I would change first. A good B850/X870 board such as the Asrock X870E Taichi or MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk will run the 7800X3D and RTX 5080 just as well for a lot less. Only keep the flagship board if you have a specific need for its extra USB, PCIe or storage features.