Hi so my gaming laptop just died ( water damage ). Usualy i would be looking for a universal laptop but finally i finished university so i likely wont need laptop any more . So right now im looking to dab into proper PC finally. And im looking for help to build a pc. Im mostly decided on the cpu front 7800x3d most likely and im looking for somewhat decent gpu for 1080p ,maybe 1440p gaming( if you are wondering why such a strong mismatch between gpu and cpu dosent bither me , i mostly play Europa universalis 4 , stellaris and other strategy games so extremly fast cpu is a priority , and apparently eu4 benefits quite a lot from 3d vcache . GPU meanwhile, if it can play total war warhammer 3 on max details its good enough ) . It can be either radeon or nvidia( i like to dabble as a hobby in ai models so nvidia would be cool ,but on the other hand i ran linux and nvidia is a pain in the ass on linux ,also i can manage without cuda cores somehow). Frankly speaking im just looking for the most decent price to performance indicator. Also what should i know about motherboards are there any important things or should i just look out for the chepeast possible one for that cpu .
Other than that cables. Do i need any additional cables or would they come with cpu power supply etc…?
Dosent cpu come with cooler?
Often yeah, if it’s called “boxed” it’s with a cooler, “tray” is without.
But the stock cooler runs hot and loud so I second the recommendation to replace it. NH-D15 is what I have but still wouldn’t recommend it for you because it’s expensive and a Cooler Master Hyper 212 / Arctic Freezer 34 is good enough for gaming and much cheaper. Really any tower cooler of decent size is decent enough so price is the most important aspect imo.
AMD’s coolers aren’t that bad. I would recommend giving it a shot before deciding to get a 3rd party cooler. 3rd party coolers are better, don’t get me wrong, but your CPU will decidedly not be hot (as the below comment suggests) if you stick with just the stock cooler.
If you’re looking for price to performance, then using the stock cooler seems like a pretty easy way to shave off 50 dollars. Besides, you can always buy a cooler later if the stock cooler ends up bothering you