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First build ... Did I miss anything obvious?

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Budget (including currency): $1-1.5k USD, but pretty flexible

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Currently "previous gen" AAA games (things like Just Cause 3, Dishonored, Dirt 3, etc) are on my list currently, but the potential in a few years to upgrade to run modern AAA well.

Other details Looking for 1080p gaming (the monitor I already have). No interest right now in 4k. I'll be reusing the 1060 I already have from a eGPU experiment I got tired of diagnosing driver issues for; I never really knew what I was doing in the first place, so that never helps.

 

It's my first time doing any thing like this, so had researched everything from scratch - I am somewhat confident in what I have put together, but I also want to make sure I didn't miss anything obvious.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $319.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler $39.11 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $139.99 @ Amazon
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $109.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $65.48 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $45.95 @ Walmart
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Video Card  
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $97.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $114.99 @ Amazon
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $108.78 @ Other World Computing
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1042.26
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-19 21:16 EDT-0400  

Thanks for your help!

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Looks good, especially for a first timer. Do you do anything besides gaming? You don't strictly need the 3700X, unless you're buying it for productivity. For the price, you'd do better for gaming subbing a 5600X, if you can get it at retail for MSRP, or you can drop down to a 3600 and save some cash.

 

Personally, I'd trade the RGB on the RAM for faster 3600Mhz. Despite the hype, RGB doesn't add more FPS.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X · Cooler: Artic Liquid Freezer II 280 · Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 Unify · RAM: G.skill Ripjaws V 2x16GB 3600MHz CL16 (2Rx8) · Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti TUF Gaming · Boot Drive: 500GB WD Black SN750 M.2 NVMe SSD · Game Drive: 2TB Crucial MX500 SATA SSD · PSU: Corsair White RM850x 850W 80+ Gold · Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow · Monitor: MSI Optix MAG342CQR 34” UWQHD 3440x1440 144Hz · Keyboard: Corsair K100 RGB Optical-Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (OPX Switch) · Mouse: Corsair Ironclaw RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

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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 RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $99.99 @ Amazon
Storage Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $62.48 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $55.49 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Video Card  
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $97.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply MSI 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $92.65 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1057.57
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-19 21:49 EDT-0400  

 

geometry is hard
b550 > x570

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1 hour ago, Chris Pratt said:

Looks good, especially for a first timer. Do you do anything besides gaming? You don't strictly need the 3700X, unless you're buying it for productivity. For the price, you'd do better for gaming subbing a 5600X, if you can get it at retail for MSRP, or you can drop down to a 3600 and save some cash.

 

Personally, I'd trade the RGB on the RAM for faster 3600Mhz. Despite the hype, RGB doesn't add more FPS.

Some occasional Photoshop/Solidworks, but nothing significant enough that it really should be a consideration. Initially I was using the 3600 but since I figured I'll keep it a long time before I upgrade so I went with something a little step up. I take your points though...let's see what I can find at/near msrp.

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29 minutes ago, nos.17 said:

Some occasional Photoshop/Solidworks, but nothing significant enough that it really should be a consideration. Initially I was using the 3600 but since I figured I'll keep it a long time before I upgrade so I went with something a little step up. I take your points though...let's see what I can find at/near msrp.

3700X is a fine CPU. It's what I'm running. I'm a developer, though, so I actually need an 8 core for work. It's just that the 5600X is going to be better for gaming and costs roughly the same at MSRP, so if all you were going to be doing is gaming, it's a no brainer. Any of these will work great for you, though.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X · Cooler: Artic Liquid Freezer II 280 · Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 Unify · RAM: G.skill Ripjaws V 2x16GB 3600MHz CL16 (2Rx8) · Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti TUF Gaming · Boot Drive: 500GB WD Black SN750 M.2 NVMe SSD · Game Drive: 2TB Crucial MX500 SATA SSD · PSU: Corsair White RM850x 850W 80+ Gold · Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow · Monitor: MSI Optix MAG342CQR 34” UWQHD 3440x1440 144Hz · Keyboard: Corsair K100 RGB Optical-Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (OPX Switch) · Mouse: Corsair Ironclaw RGB Wireless Gaming Mouse

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Thanks all for your help. Looked into things a little more and I think this is what I am settled with.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $389.99 @ MemoryC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler $39.11 @ 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 $93.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $59.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $55.49 @ Amazon
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Video Card  
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $97.89 @ B&H
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $114.99 @ Amazon
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $99.99 @ Newegg
Case Fan Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-12 52.3 CFM 120 mm Fan $15.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1107.42
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-21 23:10 EDT-0400  

 

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If your a gamer i would think hard on a 1tb nvme drive,500gb don't hold much for games anymore.

 

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