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Editing this to add some extra detail and also to add onto plinky 's comment
Can you share what your main use case is? It’s a weird mix of parts.
GPU - I would aim for the 9060xt 16gb over the 7700xt, in my market it's currently cheaper and has better or equivalent performance, more vram, next generation. 7800XT is also an option in that price range but at that point you might as well aim for the 9070XT.
CPU - If you are playing games and aiming for high frames, go for a x3D^1^ model. Otherwise the 9700X should be fine, any current gen Ryzen7/9 CPU that fits your budget and use case should be fine. Almost all AM5 cpus are still extreme overkill in terms of performance anyway. AM5 should be supported for a long long time so you can also get a cheaper model and upgrade later when prices are a bit more reasonable.
Liquid Cooling - This also depends on your environment, I prefer liquid cooling as I live in a region with an absurd amount of dust and similar particles, have pets and carpet etc. Liquid cooling radiators are so much easier to clean than the inside of a air cooler, if appropriate air cooling is cheaper and still very effective.
Storage - I was going to recommend against the 2TB NVME but prices really are down, they're in line with 512GB and 1TB NVME drives now, why not. You can just mix and match to find the best solution here.
^1^ I can't understate just how ridiculous the performance uplift is from a x3d cpu in terms of frames, but if you don't have the monitor to even notice the difference it is pointless and you'll just be taking the productivity hit. All AM5 Ryzen9 CPUs come with increased L3 cache anyway.
I would be using for it gaming and compiling too. I was eyeing the 16 core ones but it went bad fast lol. I'm not sure where "high frames" is exactly but I wasn't really aiming for that. About the gpu, I didn't think there was such a change in performance. Plus the other options you mentioned aren't any cheaper. Thank you for the advice!