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So much cheaper 3 months ago I know it hurts to see these prices

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor £138.00 @ Amazon UK Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £69.99 @ AWD-IT Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory £63.23 @ Amazon UK Storage PNY CS900 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £18.89 @ Amazon UK Storage Toshiba 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £62.98 @ CCL Computers Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB OC Low Profile Video Card £249.95 @ Amazon UK Case CiT F3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case £27.99 @ AWD-IT Power Supply Gigabyte P-B 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £72.64 @ Amazon UK Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total £703.67 Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-08 14:47 GMT+0000 I’d go with this, but recommend you don’t buy a new gpu right now, wait or go used if the market is good near you.

For this honestly a 100$ prebuilt refurbished dell or hp tower would work, if performance drops could add a gpu on the cheaper side

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor $178.50 @ Vuugo CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler $46.70 @ Amazon Canada Motherboard ASRock B460M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $124.99 @ Newegg Canada Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory $91.99 @ Newegg Canada Storage Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $79.95 @ Vuugo Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $69.75 @ Vuugo Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card $600.99 Case Rosewill SPECTRA D100 ATX Mid Tower Case $89.99 @ Newegg Canada Power Supply Gigabyte P-B 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $95.45 @ Vuugo Monitor MSI Optix G24C 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $249.99 @ Memory Express Keyboard Razer Huntsman Mini RGB Wired Mini Keyboard $139.99 @ Amazon Canada Headphones Logitech G PRO Headset $99.98 Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1868.27 Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-08 09:32 EST-0500 Replaced the case and fans with a better airflow case that comes with fans. Cheaper psu that’s still reliable. Cheaper motherboard like i mentioned earlier

Yes make the motherboards cheaper, you certainly don’t need z490 for non overclockable chips

What’s the gpu utilization, also is the cpu overclocked? That’s the best way a cpu of that age won’t bottleneck a somewhat modern gpu

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor $687.50 @ Newegg Australia CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler $60.50 @ Newegg Australia Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $169.40 @ Newegg Australia Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $135.60 @ Device Deal Storage Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $145.00 @ PC Byte Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card $1027.40 @ Newegg Australia Case Fractal Design Meshify C Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case $140.80 @ Newegg Australia Power Supply Gigabyte P GM 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $135.00 @ PC Byte Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $2501.20 Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-21 10:14 AEDT+1100 Just a slight downgrade of the cooler for a better wattage psu, and also to cut costs even more, a cheaper case would work PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price Case Rosewill NAUTILUS ATX Mid Tower Case $60.50 @ Newegg Australia Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $60.50 Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-21 10:17 AEDT+1100 Possibly something like this

That seems to be cutting it close for this card

For a 250 gb sata ssd, that is a horrendous price

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $324.95 @ B&H CPU Cooler ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler $49.99 @ Amazon Motherboard MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $99.99 @ Newegg Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $74.99 @ B&H Storage ADATA Swordfish 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $189.99 @ Amazon Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card $499.99 @ Adorama Case Rosewill SPECTRA D100 ATX Mid Tower Case $64.98 @ Amazon Power Supply Enermax Revolution D.F. 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $126.99 @ Amazon Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1431.87 Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-09 12:01 EST-0500 just giving you an idea of what a 3700x build might look like, also that was my suggestion for case. Mesh front comes with 4 fans. the x470 board was 1 dollar more expensive than a b450 a pro max, which is what i usually reccomend if you dont need pcie gen 4. included the 3060ti because it was in stock, but its the same price as msrp 3070 i think

dont buy an oem version of windows, just install it into a usb and pick up a key on ebay for under 5 dollars

i think it was a vram problem, looking back, not one gpu with less than 6gb of ram can do it which is a shame, because a 1650s is basically a 1060

i would suggest the scythe fuma 2 or dark rock pro 4 instead of an aio

also, just putting it out there, although they arent great, some gtx cards can do ray tracing, so if power is a problem i think the lowest card is the 1060 6gb, but youll want at least a 1660 ti/ 1070 to get more than 20-30 fps

1. no chipset means nothing 2. i doubt any of those boards have the proper bios, you would need to update it yourself 3. Check to see the heatsinks on the boards, what you want to look for is vrm heatsinks usually to the left and top of the socket. on some boards that have ram slots on both sides, vrms at the top only is fine, and even one vrm heatsink is better than a board with none

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price Motherboard ASRock B550M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $109.99 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $129.99 Mail-in rebates -$20.00 Total $109.99 Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-07 18:37 EST-0500 this board makes sense if it fits the budget, has vrm heatsinks on i/o side and the top, and has rgb on it if thats your thing, of course lights should be able to be disabled, but some people say they don't like the asrock rgb control system

@A Dumb Giraffe dont buy an oem version of windows, you can install it onto a usb and get a key off ebay for 3 dollars or so

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor £125.40 @ Alza Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £72.11 @ CCL Computers Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL20 Memory £70.41 @ Ebuyer Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card £291.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total £559.87 Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-07 22:31 GMT+0000 probably what i would go with, but if you are comfortable going used you could probably get at least a 2060 super

i know this is a little over, so you can either change the case, downgrade the storage to 500 gb or so or go down to a ryzen 5