My 'Late Model' Build

[S_and_Js_Revenge]

Here comes “S&J’s Revenge”. My breakdown is below, with what I paid, and my theoretical build as well for wire mapping. (for reference of the prior build: “Stellamonster” is an Ivy Bridge i5 3570K fitted with 16GB of Patriot 1866 DDR3 RAM on a Asus Z77 board with an MSI GTX 660Ti - I think I can apply for an antique plate in a few years - but she’s still stable, OC’d at 4.4Ghz). I have 2 kids now - so they needed the ‘revenge’.

I am a content creator, overclock-er, slot car racer and hobbyist (@hobbitracing on YouTube), and occasional PC gamer who still uses a gaming console. And yes, I’m team “blue” and team “green” when it comes to my PCs. I make no effort to hide that, despite what team “red” and its supporters try to tell me. For what I do for productivity - this will get the job done and allow me to play in my overclocking sandbox - and I can still get to 14th gen CPU if I desire to trust that silicone. Shoot, maybe team “red” catches my eye for a GPU upgrade. In the famous words of Yukon Cornelius “you eat what you like”. That doesn’t mean you can’t tell me what you like or dislike about this build

PCPartPicker Part List:

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700KF 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor (Purchased For $147.99)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Halo 51.88 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For $16.99)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (Purchased For $209.95)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory (Purchased For $109.99)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (Purchased For $84.99)
Video Card: Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Video Card (Purchased For $429.99)
Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini V2 Flow ATX Mini Tower Case (Purchased For $89.99)
Power Supply: SeaSonic Focus GX V4 ATX 3 (2024) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $119.99)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Retail - Download 64-bit (Purchased For $4.99)
Custom: DisplayPort to DVI 6 Feet Cable 2 Pack, Benfei Dp Display Port to DVI Converter Male to Male Gold-Plated Cord 6 Feet Black Cable Compatible for Lenovo, Dell, HP and Other Brand (Purchased For $15.49)
Custom: ARGB PWM Fan Hub, Addressable 5V-3PIN 2-in-1 RGB Computer PC Case Fan Hub 1 to 9 Ports Magnetic Fan Hub Splitter with Remote SATA Power Supply, Power Off Memory, Black (Purchased For $13.18)
Custom: AsiaHorse AMICI-5GT RGB PC Fans, Infinity Mirror ARGB Fans HDB Bearing Fan Speeds Up to 1800 RPM with 24 LED Lights, Forward Blade Fan Compatible Motherboard Aura SYNC (Forward Blade, Black-3 (Purchased For $23.99)
Custom: AsiaHorse AMICI-5GT RGB PC Fans, Infinity Mirror ARGB Fans HDB Bearing Fan Speeds Up to 1800 RPM with 24 LED Lights, Forward Blade Fan Compatible Motherboard Aura SYNC (Forward Blade, Black-3 (Purchased For $23.99)
Custom: AsiaHorse AMICI-5GT RGB PC Fans, Infinity Mirror ARGB Fans HDB Bearing Fan Speeds Up to 1800 RPM with 24 LED Lights, Reverse Blade Fan Compatible Motherboard Aura SYNC (Reverse Blade, Black-3 (Purchased For $23.99)
Custom: AsiaHorse AMICI-5GT RGB PC Fans, Infinity Mirror ARGB Fans HDB Bearing Fan Speeds Up to 1800 RPM with 24 LED Lights, Reverse Blade Fan Compatible Motherboard Aura SYNC (Reverse Blade, Black-3 (Purchased For $23.99)

Purchase Total: $1339.50

[Viraco]

This should definitely get the job done🙂

[SaintTyr]

Hey there @S_and_Js_Revenge !

We love your post so much! We’re going to pin it for a few days on the site. Congrats!~

[S_and_Js_Revenge]

Much appreciated. Me and the kids will commence this weekend…seeking a POST, of course!

[NoZr0]

I can understand brand loyalty even if that brands GPU offerings are currently better than their CPU offerings, but the 12700kf just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Why didn’t you go for the i5-14600kf? There’s like a $10 difference and it’s wildly more efficient even for productivity uses and more cores (less physical cores but more cores overall).

[S_and_Js_Revenge]

I can’t justify buying new i5, and taking my chances with silicone and guessing at manufacturing dates and such, combined with what Asus does out the box, knowing I will have to rapidly update bios and drivers, then possibly fighting settings and a chip, just to get a stable set up. If I chose to, when those priced drop even more (and sure, if they’re available), then I can consider an upgrade for the CPU. I like to play around with my PCs, but I also have to 100% trust this PC because I work remotely on a weekly basis (and now I can’t trust my old win10 PC when combined with what my company’s IT is doing. So, you can call me team blue, but with some skepticism about those draft picks until they prove more to me, and then maybe I’ll buy in a 14th gen i7. . So, it was close, and your point is well-taken, but I still opted 12th gen