How does this stack up?

Wolfcloak52

I'm building my first PC and after my research, and a ton of youtube videos, I came up with this build. I'm trying to have a decent entry to mid build and to not spend more than 1.6k.

From what I've seen I know that I want a 7700X for a CPU and a RX 7800 XT for my GPU. Everything else is still kind of foreign to me but I think I have a basic idea of it all.

So my questions are, how does this build look? Is it viable/compatible? I know there is a compatibility checker but I want to be doubly sure.

Any help or feedback will be greatly appreciated

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=e67a90a1-1e73-4c05-99f7-bc0db0c82ff9

magarity

Looks fine to me

Is there some reason you don't want the 7700X bundle including motherboard and ram for $399? It would save over $100 from the individual parts you picked.

Wolfcloak52

The reason I went with the ASRock over the MSI is because I wanted some future proofing and have a board that had a PCIE 5.0 slot for when I eventually want to upgrade down the road. I know that will be a long way down the road but I want to have the ability to

PowerSpec_MikeW

@Wolfcloak52

The M.2 Gen5x4 is nice. For the PCIe 5.0, it's going to be a while before we see cards pushing PCIe 4.0 x16: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-pci-express-scaling/3.html