Need advice, please look at my builds

[Waldorf]

@AVATARAT
what for, to prove a point?
+90% of ppl running win need a page file, so not sure how that proves anything.

ingoring OP only listed a single game by name, and its not MS flight sim, so , no you dont need more than 32GB for playing games, even at 4K, maybe if your running a 5090,
but then again that means you have the funds to spend some on 64 GB.

another 100$ towards say 9800X3D instead of 9700, makes more sense than getting 64GB ram.

 

[Mindweaver]

Here is my weigh in. lol https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/pxF3Jn

EDIT: You can swap the GPU out for a RX 9070 or a different 5070 TI.

 

[Shou Miko]

Then why go for 850 and 1000W PSUs? Your lessor build could easily get by with a quality 650W supply and still have plenty of wiggle room. And the more demanding build would be equally fine with a quality 750W supply.

Maybe for a future upgrade for a graphics card, it's not like all newer cards useless than the current generation.

 

[Frick]

Stop page file and you will find.

32GB is plenty.

 

[Shou Miko]

Stop page file and you will find.

I wouldn't recommend not using the page file, you will encounter several issues when do so.

You can limit it to 1.5-2GB if you don't want it dynamic and using space but "stopping" it totally like disabling it I wouldn't recommend if you use Microsoft Office and other applications that are depended on it.

 

[AVATARAT]

First, I give it as an example because there are games that can allocate 32 GB of RAM, yes they are few only.
Second, yes, if used, there are always drawbacks, especially when the computer crashes or runs out of memory.

Yes, 32 GB is enough RAM at the current time.

Advanced tweaks are for advanced users.

 

[TechBuyingHavoc]

Very humble and honest response. +1 from me I am not much of a know-how either, but here's a few ideas:

- storage - if there will be only one drive, 2TB isn't a lot for a gaming PC. Average size of bigger titles is easily ~60GB, so for 1 TB, that's 17 games at best. If you keep other stuff on this drive like, pictures, music, etc...then may be 4TB is a better capacity option
- RAM - well you decided -> no RGB, that'll save you some buck
- cooler - bequiet! are great, but you can get cheaper with Themralright and be just as happy

Others will chime in with more ideas, I am sure.

I agree with the storage space. I first went with a 2TB drive thinking it is big enough. Nope, now I have a 4 TB secondary drive and it is well worth it. Baldur's Gate 3 itself is over 130 GB, Cyberpunk is at 80+ GB, Squad is over 60 GB. Just with these 3 games, you would have used a third of a 1TB drive.

Regarding RAM, I would consider 16 GB to be the absolute bare minimum and 32 GB to be the sweet spot right now. That said, I can use over 32 GB in certain games if I also have my browser open and/or other software.

OP was right to consider Thermalright's Peerless Assassin 120 SE, it is the best cheap cooler you can get. Only $35 and it behaves like a >$60 air cooler. I love this cooler.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Maybe for a future upgrade for a graphics card

Both his builds already include the Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 5070 Ti graphics card which is already a hungry card. In fact, Gigabyte recommends a 750W supply, but card makers always overly pad those recommendations because they have no clue what the other components will be in a build, and they don't want to recommend an underpowered supply. Plus, most card makers sell PSUs too, and there usually is more profit in bigger supplies.

For the other major power hog, the OP is selecting the R7 9700X CPU in build 1 and the R7 9800X3D in build 2. Both builds include 2 sticks of RAM and a single SSD. So again, 850W is overkill and 1000W is WAY overkill.

Of course, there's no harm to buying a PSU that is way too big - except to the budget and I note again, the OP made it clear in the first sentence of his opening post,

I would tend more towards cheaper than expensive?