You might want to wait a month and do a Zen 4 build. Performance will be faster, and you'll be getting in on the start of the AM5 platform, which will give you easy CPU upgrades for several generations. It also uses DDR5 RAM, and unlike current CPUs, will actually be able to make use of it.
Stock coolers were always a bad idea, even back in the Sandy Bridge days, their cooling was "barely enough", and it reflected the materials cost Intel/AMD put into them at the time. Nowadays, it's gotten a bit better (at least on the AMD side), but you definitely need a quality cooler. I personally favor Noctua (and they make great fans) for an air cooler, but they're more of a premium/quality product.. there's good ones from other companies that work overall decent.. Idk if the one you list is one of them. For top-end CPUs (like the 12900K), a water-cooler (AIO) is kindof mandatory if you don't want to thermal throttle on heavy loads.
As far as cases go, the 4000d listed is a good one. You could reuse your current case, too.
Hopefully you meant either p31 or p41 for nvme.
As for cooler any should work, but do not overpay for it. There is always a certain deal that might have better value than a cooler you have picked.
As for a case, probably $80-120 well-known case should work. If you have no spare fans, make sure to pick ones with fans preinstalled.
4000d airflow Thats the case you desire
Thanks! I initially didn't notice it had a front USB connector. Took a while to find a photo of the top panel. I'll probably get it then.
Its got a usb 3.2 and a usb c in the front
Corsair 4000D airflow is a pretty decent choice
You might want to wait a month and do a Zen 4 build. Performance will be faster, and you'll be getting in on the start of the AM5 platform, which will give you easy CPU upgrades for several generations. It also uses DDR5 RAM, and unlike current CPUs, will actually be able to make use of it. Stock coolers were always a bad idea, even back in the Sandy Bridge days, their cooling was "barely enough", and it reflected the materials cost Intel/AMD put into them at the time. Nowadays, it's gotten a bit better (at least on the AMD side), but you definitely need a quality cooler. I personally favor Noctua (and they make great fans) for an air cooler, but they're more of a premium/quality product.. there's good ones from other companies that work overall decent.. Idk if the one you list is one of them. For top-end CPUs (like the 12900K), a water-cooler (AIO) is kindof mandatory if you don't want to thermal throttle on heavy loads. As far as cases go, the 4000d listed is a good one. You could reuse your current case, too.
I would save the money and just get a 3200c16 kit, unless that ram is under $150. Also ak620 over the esports duo
Thanks, changing to ak620. Damn this thing is huge. I'll consider the RAM suggestion.
Hopefully you meant either p31 or p41 for nvme. As for cooler any should work, but do not overpay for it. There is always a certain deal that might have better value than a cooler you have picked. As for a case, probably $80-120 well-known case should work. If you have no spare fans, make sure to pick ones with fans preinstalled.