New to PC building and would appreciate feedback

PGKG

I am wanting to build a PC that will be mainly used for gaming and would like feedback / thoughts on this build before I go through with it. Would like to try to stay beneath $2500 (excluding tax) . 

==Parts==

CPU : Interl i5-12600K   

Motherboard : ASUS Z690-P Prime WiFi

Heatsink : be quiet - DARK ROCK PRO 4

RAM : TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan-Z 64 GB (4x 16GB)

GPU : ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 TUF Gaming V2 OC 8GB

SSD : Inland - Professional 512GB

NVMe SSD : Inland Platinum 2 TB 

PSU : EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 GT 80 Gold Plus ( 1000 W )

Case : ASUS TUF GT501 

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magarity

1000W is excessive but doesn't hurt. Is there some reason you went that big? An 850W would be plenty and probably cost noticably less.

PGKG

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/43449#Comment_43449

There isn't much of a reason other than not being sure as to how much safe space wattage wise to have between consumed and available, plus being some what future proof for possible upgrades. Though I don't see any in the near future so I will swap it for a 850 W. Thanks for feedback!

Ian

Hello, everything looks good. 64GB of RAM is a bit much if you're just gaming. You could easily drop that to 32GB and grab an i7 instead by moving some of your budget around.

PGKG

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/43469#Comment_43469

Thank you for the input. I mainly put so much emphasis on the RAM in order to play heavily modded minecraft and feared not having enough for larger packs, but upon further "investigation" , a quick google search, I realized that 64GB is quite excessive. Would you recommend going with just a 2x 16GB config or a 4x 8GB config?

Yingdong

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/43475#Comment_43475

2x16gb kit is much more future proved than 4x8gb stick while it's much better in term of system stability(consumer grade motherboards support only dual channel ram instead of quad channel, so that 4 sticks would actually hurt compatibility and stability)

PGKG

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/43476#Comment_43476

Thanks for the info!