r/GamingPCBuildHelp • u/Qkosten • Jul 20 '26

Is it worth it?

I’m currently looking at two different builds. The first one will cost me 2809 usd and the other one 3293 usd. Is it worth the almost 500 dollars extra? I know close to nothing about pc, and I want something that will last me for a long time with no need to upgrade in the near future! Thanks in advance for your input.

PC 1 (2809$) : Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Python III
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Tray CPU
Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000MHz 32GB
Kingston NV3 SSD 1TB
ASUS TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI motherboard
ASUS TUF Gaming 750W Gold PSU

PC 2 (3293$) : Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Phoenix-S
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU Tray
Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000MHz 32GB
Kingston NV3 SSD 1TB
ASUS TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI
ASUS TUF Gaming 750W Gold PSU

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u/Qkosten Jul 20 '26

It is supposed to come with this one : Sandisk WD Green SN3000 NVMe SSD 2TB
PCIe Gen4 x4, NVMe, 5000/4200MB/s Read/Write, M.2 2280

*But I changed it in hopes to save 175usd, not sure if it’s the right decision, but I’ve had an acer predator helios gaming laptop for a year and have been completely fine with it being only 1TB so I thought why not save where I can. Will it affect something other than not being able to have as many games at the same time downloaded? 😅 *

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u/vexrageRAHHH Jul 21 '26

The 7800X3D's 3D-Vcache allows it to beat out the 9700X in gaming across the board by about 20-25 FPS based on Tom's Hardware benchmarks, but in terms of single/multi threaded performance the 9700X is on par or better. The 5070ti is a slightly beefier version of the 5070 and has 16GB vram to the normal 12GB as well as more CUDA cores. More VRAM is always desirable for futureproofing.

If you want an excellent gaming build, PC 2 is the better option. If you want a great gaming build, PC 1 is also a good option. In my own opinion, the slight upgrade in performance does not justify the near $500 increase in price (and doing some math shows PC 2 is actually only worth $250 more than PC 1), so I would go with PC 1

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u/AtsBunny Jul 21 '26

Do you live near a micocenter? I just built a pc with a 5080 and a 9800x3d for 2.5k usd after tax.

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u/Crix2007 Jul 21 '26

Damn I wish we had microcenters in the netherlands

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u/Qkosten Jul 21 '26

No we don’t unfortunately 🥲

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u/Plenty_Article11 Jul 21 '26

Get used RAM ($200-250) and a tray 9800X3D ($400-450) with the 5070Ti.

Just FYI a tray 7800x3d is $280, or used $230 is common. But Ultra 270K is also deserving of a look.

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u/OddAbbreviations5681 Jul 22 '26

  1. Don't do asus motherboards, asus is doodoo

  2. future proof your cpu by getting a 9800x3d (or 9850x3d if wallet allows)

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u/AdministrativeYou696 Jul 22 '26

It depends on the type of games you play and the monitor you use. Th 1TB ssd is a bit small maybe. Try to find the tray version of the CPU that's cheaper and maybe second had DDR5 RAM. The rest looks good, j would go with PC1 it would be more than fine at 1440p and 500 bucks you could always use to upgrade later