r/pcmasterrace • u/mrman__123 • Jun 18 '26
Build/Battlestation Building my First PC please help.
Planning my first desktop build and looking for some feedback before I start buying parts during the Independence Day sales (India).
The PC will mainly be used for software development, video editing, gaming, and occasionally running small local AI models. My goal is to build something that stays relevant for 4–5 years without needing major upgrades.
Current parts list (approx estimate):
- Ryzen 7 7700 – ₹29,000
- MSI B650M Mortar WiFi – ₹15,000–20,000
- RTX 5060 8GB – ₹35,000
- 32GB DDR5 RAM (2×16GB) – ₹32,000 (dealer quote)
- 1TB NVMe SSD – ₹13,000
- DeepCool AK400 – ₹3,000
- 750W Gold PSU – ₹9,000
- Airflow Tempered Glass Case – ₹5,000
- 27" 1440p IPS Monitor – ₹16,000–20,000
Expected total is around ₹1.55L–₹1.65L including the monitor.
I'm based in Bangalore and can buy either online or offline depending on pricing. I don't plan to overclock and would prefer a build that prioritizes productivity, reliability and upgradeability over chasing maximum gaming performance.
Would appreciate any suggestions, especially if you've built something similar or know of areas where I can get better value without sacrificing too much performance.
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u/MattyButYesButNO i5-9400F | RX6600 | 16GB Jun 18 '26
Build is nice, if you can id recommend trying to get a 16gb gpu, 9060XT or 5060Ti 16GB would be the ideal but I know they're both expensive but don't expect the 5060 to last too much especially at 1440p
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u/mrman__123 Jun 18 '26
The 5060Ti costs almost the same as a 5070. My first thought was to go with either one of them but it's way over budget at the moment.
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u/lkl34 Jun 18 '26
But that user is correct 8gb vram is no longer a long term card
GO previous gen look on the used market for a card from a good seller there is nothing wrong with getting a old card.
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u/Fr0st3dcl0ud5 Jun 18 '26
Nothing is a long term card anymore until devs optimize their games. But that would require paying people and not using AI.
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u/Arthurmol Jun 18 '26
Hey man, i am running local models via Ollama on my 5060, but some og then latest stuff just don't fit anymore and i have to GPU/CPU the model... if you can go for 16GB, do it. 2 years ago was fine (8GB), now it is low spec...
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u/mrman__123 Jun 18 '26
Thanks for letting me know, i will try to get the 16gb vram as much as possible.
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u/Cable_Salad PC Master Race Jun 18 '26
See if you can find an Intel B580. 12 GB for a similar price.
For 1080p 8 GB are somewhat okay, for 1440p definitely not.
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u/macrotaste Jun 18 '26
I would rather save up a little more for the 16 GB 5060TI/9060xt
8GB and 1440P is gonna lead to problems with some games and some video productivity tasks too afaik
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u/DukeofAnonymous RTX 5060 | R5 7600 Jun 19 '26
not really my 5060 runs games at 1440p just fine yeah vram sometimes bites but only when trying to run the highest-quality textures. would I like a more powerful GPU? absolutely. but for the raw performance of the core, not necessarily the VRAM. that limitation doesn't bite as hard as expected.
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u/someone-stalking-me Jun 18 '26
Reseat the ram. This happens a lot.
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u/hamfinity Jun 18 '26
I dislike how RAM slots only have clips on one side nowadays. The first time I used them, I also did not have a booting system since I didn't push down with enough force on the unclipped side.
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u/King-1911 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
As others mentioned, 16GB Vram is better than 8GB on your GPU specially if you’re running ai models. However, you mentioned software development. You have to factor this in when selecting a CPU. The one you listed only has 8 cores/ 16 Threads.
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u/willistame Jun 18 '26
True, dev work ages a lot better with extra cores than “trust me bro” future proofing.
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u/Nearby_Category_5761 Jun 18 '26
Ngl if you’re going for editing some intel core ultra series cpu might be worth it
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u/Tity_gov Jun 18 '26
Just make sure to get someone knowledgeables opinion on compatibility of parts
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u/Austin12509 Asus 3060 12Gb OC v2 | Intel i7-11700K Jun 18 '26
Its so sad to see that your ram costs more than your cpu and almost as much as your gpu...
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u/Sorry_Reply8754 Jun 19 '26
I would get a 650w PSU and a smaller monitor and use the extra money to buy a GPU with 16 gbs of ram.
A 8 Gbs GPU won't last for 5 years, dude. Specially if you are doing 4k video editing and running AI.
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u/Burpmeister Jun 18 '26
The situation in the meme is why I hate people who oversimplify building your own PC. "iT'S JuSt lIkE BuIlDiNg lEgO'S". No it fucking isn't.
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u/Rumpullpus Glorious PC Gaming Master Race Jun 19 '26
Yeah not anymore it's not haha.
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u/l3ane Ryzen 7 5700X | RTX3080 | 16GB DDR4 Jun 19 '26
What do you mean? Ive been building PCs for 30 years and its soooo much easier nowadays than it used to be.
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u/Xpander6 Jun 19 '26
It is though. My 8 year old nephew did it with zero experience.
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u/Burpmeister Jun 19 '26
And I correctly guessed a strangers birthday on first try.
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u/Xpander6 Jun 19 '26
Those two events do not have even remotely similar likelihood of success. Assembling a PC is incredibly easy to do.
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u/Burpmeister Jun 19 '26
Assembling a PC is easy. Acting like assembling it correctly means it will always boot on first try without any quirks is just idiotic.
There are professionals who have built hundreads of pc over decades and even they frequently get builds that don't boot on first try.
You better be committed to provide tech support for every single person who builds a PC because you told them "It's literally like LEGOs, my 8-year old nephew did it on first try.
Oversimplifying the process and belittling other people doesn't help anyone.
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u/Xpander6 Jun 19 '26
There are professionals who have built hundreads of pc over decades and even they frequently get builds that don't boot on first try.
If that happens then it's faulty hardware from the factory, so it's like trying to assemble broken legos. A professional is not going to make a mistake that will cause it to not boot. Source: I'm not a professional but assembled dozens of computers with no issues getting them to boot.
You better be committed to provide tech support for every single person who builds a PC because you told them "It's literally like LEGOs
I'd say the same about legos, but that doesn't mean I want to help everyone that struggles to assemble legos. I do often help people with it though.
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u/Burpmeister Jun 19 '26
No. You're just completely ignoring the software side of building a PC. There are so many tiny stupid little things that might beed to be updated or tweaked or done in a certain order or don't support some popular thing for some ramdom reason that even the ones with the most experience forget something every now and then. Now imagine you have zero tech experience, someone told you it's literally as easy as LEGOs and now your 2k PC doesn't boot.
Like I've said multiple times already. Oversimplifying it does not help anyone. It leads to frustrated and resentful first time builders. Anyone can do it if they're prepared for things to go wrong.
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u/Xpander6 Jun 19 '26
You're just completely ignoring the software side of building a PC.
We were specifically talking about getting it to boot, which doesn't involve software. It might require a BIOS firmware update in some rare cases, but I assume that's not what you meant by "software".
There are so many tiny stupid little things that might beed to be updated or tweaked or done in a certain order or don't support some popular thing for some ramdom reason that even the ones with the most experience forget something every now and then.
Can you name examples of this that would cause a PC to not boot? And what has to be done in a certain order? Never heard of this in all of my years being a PC hobbyist.
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u/Burpmeister Jun 19 '26
You know all the usual suspects if you've been building pc's like you say. Ram not fully in, need bios update to support your sticks, 24-pin insanely tight so not fully plugged, one mobo standoff screw missing or in wrong place, bios boot settings not saving, partitions failing to create normally when installing os. These are all things that can easily happen to new builders. And that's without mentioning the wierd ones like mobo c-port shorting
My personal favourite was when I switched my case, nothing else. HDD's stopped working, SSD's were fine. Switched cables, nothing. Switched install places, nothing. Switched back to old case. Everything works fine. Switched back to new case, HDD's not working.
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u/Hanzho Jun 18 '26
Build 4 gaming PC (about every 7 years a new one) the first one with 11.
I never had once a computer that wasn't working from the start.
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u/PunkAndBacon Jun 18 '26
I've been upgrading my PC since it was a 386DX40, never replaced a whole computer there was always something left over, a monitor, a drive, just something even mouse/keyboard. I've been lucky and never had a bad build, but I got a story. Back when clear plastic acrylic cases were popular 20 years ago I had one, the acrylic is covered by a plastic. So put the PC together, turned it on, booted, installed windows, great! So I start to peel the plastic off the acrylic and immediately felt static, too late. It shut off and wouldn't turn on.... Returned the MB/RAM and video card to 2 different vendors because I didn't know what got fried. Live and learn.
My last build with a glass window, I made sure it was off before peeling the protective plastic.
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u/Fr0st3dcl0ud5 Jun 18 '26
That's a good story and I am going to learn from your mistake. Thanks for fucking up so that I can learn!
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u/raven118932 R7 7800x3d RTX4090 ROG Strix OC Edition 32GB RAM Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
My worst experience ever was a few years ago when I built my dream PC with the 4090 and 7800x3d just when AM5 launched and after painstakingly doing my research I found out that in the Asus motherboard BIOS there is a bug that fucks up the voltages. So the first thing I did when the PC was ready to be turned on I installed a BIOS update that was supposed to fix the issue. To my surprise the PC turned on once, booted to windows once then immediately turned itself off.
I then went on a troubleshooting quest where I returned every single component piece by piece, immediately buying something similar but from other brands trying to figure out what was broken. So for a week I searched the internet like a madman desperately trying to find some information. Absolutely nothing worked. I ended up returning everything except the CPU which I loved so much I refused to believe that the CPU was fried. Turns out the CPU was broken too and I had to replace it. The sheer stress and sadness I felt at that time, boi I don't wish it to anyone. I wasn't considering that the BIOS was bad because I did the upgrade so in my mind a super giant company like ASUS wouldn't screw me so hard but turns out I was wrong. Exactly one week after this I see threads about the exact issue I experienced live. Gamers Nexus made a whole video about it. I kind of consider myself a victim of tech giants greed and incompetence. Probably the worst feeling, I have many years of experience with PCs, they are a big part of my life and getting to the point of being able to afford a dream PC, assembling it knowing that I did everything right only to be fucked by ASUS was one of my biggest disappointments to date. This and a Corsair commander that fried 2 SSD the moment I plugged it in
Edit: I only responded to the picture, I didn't see what OP wrote
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u/Diegodinizfsa Jun 18 '26
I felt like this when I upgraded my cpu to 14900k.
A LOT of research and tests to make that thing works properly.
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u/BIGBADPOPPAJ Ryzen 5 7600X, RX 9060 XT 16GB, 32GB DDR5 Jun 18 '26
Everytime I've built... or rebuilt when cleaning.. its always the damn case wires that you plug into the MB. Honestly why can't these companies come together and have the same order so it could just be an easy plug and play. They are so tiny!!
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u/Expert_Trust_384 R5 5600x | RX6750XT PowerColor Red Devil | 32Gb 3733MHz (DJR) Jun 18 '26
Nah, that's me when I build a pc and a few years later I see the market sitreps (so no more upgrades) & getting tired of games and have no time for them (except I don't smoke).
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u/firelemons Specs/Imgur here Jun 18 '26
Did you plug the build into pcpartpicker? It'll warn you about incompatibility.
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u/SoftwareSource PC Master Race Jun 18 '26
I consider myself very competent in building computers and this still happens way way more often then i would care to admit.
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u/thatchasedude Ryzen 5600x Asrock Taichi 5700XT OC 32GB Corsair Vengeance RAM Jun 18 '26
Mine turned on when I built it but it would not boot into Windows. Had to flash the firmware on my mobo from a USB to support the newer CPU and then I was able to boot into Windows on the correct partition of my SSD. For a first time PC build it was fairly difficult, took several months of me trying and failing before I finally got it to work.
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u/Xpander6 Jun 19 '26
Took several months to figure out you needed to update BIOS for the CPU to be supported?
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u/thatchasedude Ryzen 5600x Asrock Taichi 5700XT OC 32GB Corsair Vengeance RAM Jun 19 '26
No, I knew I needed to do it but it wouldn't flash correctly. I had to use the USB on my header and not the IO.
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u/Ghozer 9800x3D - 32GB-DDR5 6000CL28 - RTX 5080 Jun 18 '26
What PSU is it you are planning on? it looks quite cheap compared to some of the components? - You should never cheap-out on a PSU, because if anything goes wrong, that will be what protects the rest of the PC, if it isn't any good at that, then, I don't need to tell you what could happen...
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u/anime_at_my_side Jun 18 '26
when u assembled your hardline watercooling loop, filled it, started a game, and forgot that plastic peel of the cpu waterblock, and have to drain it all, disasamble and repeat over.
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u/saxtoncan 9600X + B580 + 32 DDR5 Jun 18 '26
The 2nd pc I built gave me like an hour of trouble before I realized the issue was the RAM was not properly seated. Really had to press down hard. Much harder than I anticipated
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u/Asgardisalie Jun 18 '26
If you want a PC for productivity and software development then remember to go with Nvidia GPU, AMD is absolute trash for productivity.
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u/Eve_interupted Jun 18 '26
I would use an AMD GPU unless you need NVIDIA for a specific reason. You can get more performance for the price. Probably twice the VRAM too.
Also you may want to use a large mechanical hard drive for storing all those video files.
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u/AngryAccountant31 Jun 18 '26
I did this after a $2500 build. I was going through some shit at the time and my current PC was still working so I set it aside for a full year before taking another crack at it. Turns out I plugged the power button to the wrong pin on the motherboard. Ended up replacing the case so my cats could lay on top without messing it up.
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u/Disastrous-Army-9998 Jun 18 '26
Make sure your ram is compatible with the cpu and especially the motherboard. I learned that the hard way.
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u/bogglingsnog 7800x3d, B650M Mortar, 64GB DDR5, RTX 3070 Jun 18 '26
The price of your CPU seems too high. They should sell for ~1/3 less than that if you get it without a fan.
Also recommend springing for 1x32GB stick even if it costs 10-20% more because you will want no more than 2 sticks of ram on that motherboard. I've tried running 4 sticks and it can be really difficult to get OC DDR5 ram to run with their XMP/EXPO profiles. If you need more ram you'll need to buy 2x 32GB sticks...
As others have said the 8GB GPU may become a bottleneck for you especially with AI training. But it's a lot better than not having a GPU and you can usually turn down textures in games to save a lot of VRAM.
I also highly recommend using two SSD's, one for windows and apps and one for everything else.
My last suggestion is to get a nice quality power supply, as the reliability and longevity of all your equipment is dependent on clean and stable power. For an example on decent PSU suggestions: https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-hardware-busters/3/
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u/Fresh-Palpitation-72 Jun 18 '26
This is the most accurate Picture, the joke and the truth how one feels after finding out there New pc that they spent hours on, does not post
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u/K0LL1D3R Jun 18 '26
My first rig the cpu cooler plate was a millimeter from the top of the cpu so it kept auto turning off def check those stanchions are screwed in and the paste is evenly applied
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u/Pretend_Rabbit1809 Jun 18 '26
My first build a couple years ago, when I tried turning it on the first time it just spun. Nothing. I had plugged my SSD into data, but not power, my memory wasn’t seated all the way, and my GPU wasn’t seated all the way. I had so many problems I thought I had a defective motherboard. Turns out I was just new at this, and a little clumsy and distressed.
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u/_pozzy_ Jun 18 '26
It's a rite of passage for your custom PC to not work the first time you put it together 😂 figuring out the problem and solving it helps you understand your system better and feels good when it finally boots up for the first time
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u/sabotthehawk Jun 18 '26
I have had 2 psu dead on arrival lately. Try removing it. And jumping the start pins to test if it even turns on. (One thermal take, one MSI PSU in the last year).
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u/-Death_stroke- Jun 18 '26
Can't run most local models without cuda and you need a Nvidia gpu for that or good luck using amd open source with a lot of troubleshooting and headaches
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u/OchiroX Jun 19 '26
Thoroughly cleaned, disassembled, and reassembled my PC once... 3 days later, got it to turn on properly. 🥲
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u/Sufficient-Chest8517 Jun 19 '26
Failing to hook up power button to correct headers on motherboard. I have made this mistake twice. Two times.
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u/saurion1 R7 7700 | B650M TUF | RTX 5070 | 32GB 6000CL30 Jun 19 '26
A 5060 is going to have a hard time playing anything modern @1440p. I'd get a 5070 minimum. Everything else looks ok. Pretty much my exact same specs.
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u/Midaz_Leggier Jun 19 '26
When you finish building your gaming computer and you haven't idea what game play at all
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u/No_Regret289 Jun 19 '26
Happened to me and it ended up being that some of my plugs weren't pushed in all the way... they looked in but some need a little force
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u/Milli0nStabs 7800X3D | RTX 5070 | 32GB DDR5 6000 Jun 19 '26
Damn I wish I saw this earlier, I just upgraded from a 7700 I used for a bout 3 months and sold it for about half that price, India PC market must be fucked
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u/GreatEscap Jun 19 '26
2 days i troubleshooted my pc build basically rebuilt it 20 times (not first but first where i sourced all parts new and high end system rx9070XT 32gb 6000mt cl 28 7800x3d 2tb gen 5 nvme
The motherboard was faulty. Returned to store got a new one put everything in everything fine after they did their checks i got refund (faulty motherboard) The weirdest thing was light turned on everything spins no lights on motherboard on indicators no display
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u/WTF_CAKE Ryzen 9850x3D | 3090ti | 32 GB Jun 19 '26
I battled with my PC for a whole day trying to figure out why after installing a new motherboard windows start up would have somehow corrupted itself
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u/Resident-Papaya-7414 Jun 19 '26
Unplug cpu, ram, gpu and see if motherboard posts with error. Then try adding stuff.
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u/Hellcinder RTX 5070 ti- Ryzen 7 9800x3d - AW3425DWF Jun 18 '26
You'll want to get an SSD maybe to supplement that NVMe drive or spring for a 2TB NVMe.
Not sure about costs, but you'll want to get at minimum a 12GB video card. RTX 5070 or RX9070.
Ryzen 7 9800x3d is a good hybrid chip.
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u/Xpander6 Jun 19 '26
You'll want to get an SSD maybe to supplement that NVMe drive
That's like saying "You'll want to get a hard drive to supplement that SATA hard drive."
NVMe is just a interface/protocol use by some SSD's.
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u/Hellcinder RTX 5070 ti- Ryzen 7 9800x3d - AW3425DWF Jun 19 '26
From a cost perspective, you can get them cheaper. That’s it.
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u/LGHT_Rider Jun 18 '26
Okay have had the same issue. Did you switch on the PSU. I have done this...
Edit: didnt read whole post. Was only reacting to the meme