Tell me what you all think of my soon-to-be next PC, and if you have thoughts on what I should change.

PC SPECS

XOTIC PC GX13 HYTE Essential Gaming Desktop w/ INTEL Z790 & DDR4
Configure
CHASSIS: Black
PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ i5-14600KF 3.5 - 5.5GHz 14 Cores
GRAPHICS CARD: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060 Ti 8GB GDDR6
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI D4
POWER SUPPLY: CORSAIR 750W GOLD
MEMORY: 128GB DDR4 3600MHz CORSAIR VENGEANCE® LPX (4X 32GB)
OPERATING SYSTEM DRIVE: 500GB NVME SSD GEN 3
Storage Drive 1: 1TB NVME SSD GEN 4
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11 Home
COOLING: CPU AIO 240MM Water Cooler
FANS: Fractal Aspect RGB Black
LIGHTING: RGB LED Lights

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hey evilskully, not sure what is available around you but you might want to consider getting a lower generation but higher spec graphics card or if you can push the graphics card a bit higher, 8gb of video ram is starting to struggle with newer games.

also unless you work with videos editing or vms etc you probably don't need 128gig of ram it might be worth dropping that to half or even quarter.

storage 1 tb ssd is good for non essential data like game etc but you might also want to consider getting a mechanical hdd for more vital stuff like photos or work. if a ssd fails all data is lost where a hdd has a much better chance of recovery, if your only going to be using the system to game you ignore this bit of advice.

also not sure but i think the motherboard requires a bios update to run that processor and also may only be ddr5 compatible.

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It is Going To Hurt
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Might want to consider i7 instead of i5 and what mr-t said.

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okay awsome guys thanks for the info i am looking at it all now.

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Here you go Skully.

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i5 isn't ideal and will most certainly be your bottleneck in your system with that video card.

Also, I am not an intel fan but, fan boys will run with what they like.

Lastly, not a fan of mechanical HD's but I get what T is thinking. With that. As long as you keep critical data on a separate drive you should be fine. IF you run with HD's I'd suggest running a pair in RAID 0 to keep from losing your data.

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And again with KevMan I run all games on an external HD with no problems

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okay so this is what i got so far

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (8-Core) 5.4 GHz Turbo (Codename Raphael)
Motherboard: ASUS Prime B650M-A AX (Wi-Fi) (AMD B650) (Up to 3x PCI-E Devices) (DDR5)
System Memory: 32GB DDR5 5200MHz Kingston FURY Beast RGB
Power Supply: 750W Digital Storm Performance Series (80 Plus Gold)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (1TB Digital Storm M.2 Performance Series) (NVM Express)
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce RTX 4070 12GB (VR Ready)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black (Extreme Performance)
HydroLux Tubing Style: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
HydroLux Fluid Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
Cable Management: Exotic Cable Management - Blue - (Cable Combs with Custom Color Sleeved Extension Cables)
Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced LED Lighting System (Multiple RGB Color Modes)
Chassis Fans: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
CPU Boost: Factory Turbo Boost Advanced Technology
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home (64-Bit)
Recovery Tools: USB Drive - Windows Installation (Format and Clean Install)
Virus Protection: Windows Defender Antivirus (Built-in to Windows)

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no mention of a case/chassis but from the list it looks like its a pre-built system so I'm guessing there will be no issue with a graphics card fitting but if its not and your planning on building it yourself the biggest potential issue i can see is that the graphics card not fitting into the case.

but also a good resource if you want to explore more is https://pcpartpicker.com/list/

it will tell you any known issues with compatibility or even potential issues like graphics card not fitting it will also find the best prices from a range of outlets

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It is Going To Hurt
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mr-t might have a thought but I think an 800 or 850W Power Supply would be good(er). Also if you are at it snd can do it get a good UPS for protection if your new investment, I use an APC UPS.

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mr-t wrote (View Post):

no mention of a case/chassis but from the list it looks like its a pre-built system so I'm guessing there will be no issue with a graphics card fitting but if its not and your planning on building it yourself the biggest potential issue i can see is that the graphics card not fitting into the case.

but also a good resource if you want to explore more is https://pcpartpicker.com/list/

it will tell you any known issues with compatibility or even potential issues like graphics card not fitting it will also find the best prices from a range of outlets

case is going to be a changed from last one to a Digital Storm Lumos case

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