is this build good? budget around $3500

[santoni]

Budget (including currency): $3500

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gaming, maybe streaming, I want at least 2 monitors, 1 for gaming and the other one to watch streams. 1440p 

 I've been lookin at this one from cyberpowerpc (I'm getting the ram on my own)

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1P1D64

 

[AMD A10-9600P]

It's way overkill in my opinion but yeah it'll definitely do the job well.

 

Edit = When you get the RAM make sure you get at least dual channel, and high frequency, so around 3600MHz. For the amount of money you're spending, you'll likely also want 32GB of it, but 16GB will still also do the job well.

[santoni]

49 minutes ago, AMD A10-9600P said:

It's way overkill in my opinion but yeah it'll definitely do the job well.

 

Edit = When you get the RAM make sure you get at least dual channel, and high frequency, so around 3600MHz. For the amount of money you're spending, you'll likely also want 32GB of it, but 16GB will still also do the job well.

I was thinking on 64gb 3600mhz https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-64gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232865?Description=3600mhz 64gb&cm_re=3600mhz_64gb-_-20-232-865-_-Product&quicklink=true

is that too much? should I just get 32gb? and is it better to get 2 16gb or 4 8gb? sorry, I don't know anything about this.

[AMD A10-9600P]

34 minutes ago, santoni said:

I was thinking on 64gb 3600mhz https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-64gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232865?Description=3600mhz 64gb&cm_re=3600mhz_64gb-_-20-232-865-_-Product&quicklink=true

is that too much? should I just get 32gb? and is it better to get 2 16gb or 4 8gb? sorry, I don't know anything about this.

What do you plan to do? For just gaming at the moment, 64GB is majorly overkill and a waste of money, and 32GB is also fairly overkill. As far as I know, it is better to get 2 sticks of RAM, but I have 16GB (2 x 8GB) in my desktop, so you may need to do some further research on that. Sometimes having 4 sticks can increase performance by 2 or 3 frames, which isn't a huge margin, but I don't think it harms frames. Whatever you do though, do not get just 1 stick of RAM, as single channel memory tanks performance.

 

Obviously, as well, when you buy the memory it will be best to buy them in kits, so you know they're the exact same spec and will compliment each other.

[Lairlair]

With that type of gear you could easily play in 4K, so I agree, it's quite overkill for 1440p. If you don't plan on doing anything else than gaming and streaming, I'd say a Ryzen 5 5600x or 7 5800x is already plenty. Also, an RTX 3070 would do fine.
 

For the RAM, it's all very confusing and the benefit is usually just a few percents of performance so I wouldn't stress about it too much. That being said, with the last Ryzen generation, it seems what makes a difference is (ranked by how much influence it has) :
1. Having dual rank RAM sticks (that means there are memory chips on both side of the stick) and 2 sticks.
2. The frequency of the RAM (but this will highly depend on how well your CPU/motherboard overclocks)

3. The timings (CAS latency)

 

At least that what I understood after hours of research. Hardware Canucks showed it quite well in that video.

As for the amount, 16GB is good and will rarely be a problem in the next couple of years I presume. 32GB is plenty and a little on the overkill side but if you have the cash, why not future proof on that side.

[Lairlair]

https://www.newegg.com/kingston-32gb/p/0RN-001J-00D09?Description=kingston hyperx predator&cm_re=kingston_hyperx predator-_-0RN-001J-00D09-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

This should do just fine

[Guest]

37 minutes ago, Lairlair said:

https://www.newegg.com/kingston-32gb/p/0RN-001J-00D09?Description=kingston hyperx predator&cm_re=kingston_hyperx predator-_-0RN-001J-00D09-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

This should do just fine

That kit is way overpriced compared to other 32GB kits. The one below for example is $100 cheaper.

 

https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232091?Item=N82E16820232091&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ASID=https%3a%2f%2fpcpartpicker.com%2f&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-p9S1f31D659KcgXmp31o5w

[Lairlair]

16 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

That kit is way overpriced compared to other 32GB kits. The one below for example is $100 cheaper.

 

https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232091?Item=N82E16820232091&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ASID=https%3a%2f%2fpcpartpicker.com%2f&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-p9S1f31D659KcgXmp31o5w

Omg I didn't even realise thanks for pointing it out