Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB

The NH-D15 is a massive waste of money. Something like a Thermalright PS120SE will cost about 1/4th as much and perform about as well, plenty good for a 9800X3D I’d consider a cheaper board depending on your needs, you probably don’t need any of the features of a B850 over a cheaper B650 RAM pricing

A few thoughts: For gaming, there’s no benefit to paying more for an X870 chipset over B850. You’re paying for extra data lanes that have no use in gaming. Both boards have PCIe 5 to the first x16 slot, so there’s your possible future use. If you’re gaming, no point to an HDD unless you’re playing g

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor $177.99 @ Amazon CPU Cooler Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $32.31 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus B760M-AYW WIFI D4 II Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard $99.99 @ Newegg Memory Silicon Power

Some of the components in your list seem too expensive. Suggestions below to keep the 9800X3D and 5070 Ti while upgrading to a 2TB PCIe 4 NVME and a 27" 1440p QD-OLED monitor for $2813. CPU Cooler; Switched to the non-EVO version of the Phantom Spirit that will provide essentially the same performan

Alternatively if you want some extra bling you can get the ARGB ver for $2.7 more at $43.1 Thermalright PS120SE ARGB I forgot to add this is the Phantom Spirit (PS), not to be confused with phantom assassin (PA) in case people didn't know!

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Cooler Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $56.90 @ Amazon Canada Storage Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X2 NVME Solid State Drive $201.96 @ shopRBC Case Montech X3 Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case $66.46 @ Vuugo Power Supply MS

A few comments: You don't need extra thermal paste - what comes with the cooler is perfectly fine. You'd chosen a small form factor mITX motherboard that is both expensive (just for its form factor) and not necessary in a mid-tower ATX case. You can get newer better featured ATX motherboards for les

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor $849.97 CPU Cooler Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $56.60 @ Amazon Canada Motherboard MSI PRO B850M-P WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard $0.00 Memory TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 1

A few suggestions to upgrade the CPU (for gaming) plus some other minor improvements for about the same price. CPU: The 7600X3D will provide better gaming performance than the 9600X. CPU Cooler: The Phantom Spirit provides slightly better cooling performance than the Peerless Assassin, for less cost

This PC has a 7700X3D CPU. It has 3D V-Cache for incredibly fast memory access on the CPU. I don't recommend water cooling for a new builder because air cooling is plenty for consumer CPUs, and they're much easier to maintain (no pump or liquid). This Thermalright cooler is incredible value. The AM5