Blane66

for an extra $20 would it be better to go to the 5600x insted?

a 3080 starts at $1000 and 8600xt starts at $850

Budget (including currency): 2000AUD Country: Australia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: games of all sorts form wow to lol to diablo 4 Other details hey all building a pc for my little brothers 30th. he always got my second hand parts and is time for something new for him. this is what i am looking at but am happy for any suggestions: CPU Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor $389.00 CPU Cooler Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $229.00 Motherboard MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard $339.00 Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB RS 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $121.00 Storage Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $199.00 Video Card Gigabyte EAGLE OC GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Video Card $529.00 Case Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case $142.00 Power Supply Gigabyte UD750GM 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $119.00 Total: $2067.00

Why the ryzen 5 over the 3?

Budget (including currency): 1500 AUD Country: Australia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming Other details: Hi all, I have been asked to build a pc for my nephew's 13th birthday. I have been asked to have a few rgb parts as he likes mine and the wife's rgb pc's This is a list i have been looking at. Tell me what you all think AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF Processor with Wraith Stealth ASUS Prime B450M-K Motherboard ASUS GeForce GTX 1660 Super TUF Gaming 6GB Team T-Force Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz CL16 DDR4 Black Kingston A400 2.5in SATA SSD 240GB Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM008 3.5in Hard Drive Phanteks PH-P550GF 550W Gold Power Supply Phanteks Eclipse P300A RGB Mesh Edition TG Black Case