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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor $449.00 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler $59.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $139.99 @ Amazon
Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $89.30 @ Newegg
Storage Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $116.85 @ Amazon
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card $500.00
Case Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case $69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $76.09 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1501.20
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-29 08:39 EDT-0400  

Went with a 5800x and a 3070 instead of a 3080 and 5600x. 3080 seems stupidly overkill for what you are doing.

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Budget (including currency): $1.5k USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, coding, editing.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): first build 1080p gaming 60fps at least

 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor $449.00 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler $59.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $139.99 @ Amazon
Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $89.30 @ Newegg
Storage Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $116.85 @ Amazon
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card $500.00
Case Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case $69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $76.09 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1501.20
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-29 08:39 EDT-0400  

Went with a 5800x and a 3070 instead of a 3080 and 5600x. 3080 seems stupidly overkill for what you are doing.

geometry is hard
b550 > x570

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2 minutes ago, Downkey said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor $449.00 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler $59.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $139.99 @ Amazon
Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $89.30 @ Newegg
Storage Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $116.85 @ Amazon
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card $500.00
Case Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case $69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $76.09 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1501.20
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-29 08:39 EDT-0400  

Went with a 5800x and a 3070 instead of a 3080 and 5600x. 3080 seems stupidly overkill for what you are doing.

Alright thank you!

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