Personally, I think the 3600 was great value last year but the i5-11400F w/ a B560 board is a better value now. It's faster and cheaper so there's no reason to buy 3rd gen Ryzen right now. Currently the decent B560 boards are OOS so I added a z590 but find a B560 and this build is faster and cheaper than ryzen. Built one for my little brother w/ a B560M steel legend and its a huge upgrade from an i7-2600. Added an SN550 since NvME should be used @ this price and its the same cost as a SATA drive.
PCPartPicker Part List
Type
Item
Price
CPU
Intel Core i5-11400F 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
$179.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler
$39.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard
MSI Z590-A PRO ATX LGA1200 Motherboard
$189.99 @ Adorama
Memory
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory
$105.99 @ Amazon
Storage
Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
$106.00 @ Amazon
Video Card
Asus GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card
$758.99 @ Adorama
Case
Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case
$94.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply
EVGA G1+ 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
$99.99 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total
$1575.93
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-13 16:17 EDT-0400