First PC Build - Recommendations Please

[Dylan_16]

Budget (including currency): 2500-3000 CAD

Country: Canada

 

Current plan, still debating between Intel and AMD CPUs. Any advice on what to go for?

 

[RAM555789]

I would consider waiting until DDR5 drops and in the meantime if you must have a system, pick up a nice Ryzen laptop with an APU processor (it is black Friday in a couple of hours, should be able to find a nice deal). You won't be able to do high end gaming, but it you wait a couple months into 2022 hopefully we will see a price stabilization in GPUs towards something sane and DDR5 along with a new linup of CPUs will come out.

[Jonathan Lee]

Currently I would say either go with Ryzen 5000 for stability or 12th gen intel to be on cutting edge. Ryzen 5000 is a mature platform so there will be less hiccups and bugs then going with the new 12th gen stuff. However, 12th gen is the fastest CPU right now and will definitely feel smoother in gaming as it matures (mainly due to having e cores to take care of background tasks). I will show you two options you can go with. 

 

AMD:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($609.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($139.94 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($214.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($132.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($229.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB DUAL Video Card  ($1309.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($87.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $2825.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-11-25 23:54 EST-0500

 

Intel:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($519.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($139.94 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690-P D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($276.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($132.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($229.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB DUAL Video Card  ($1309.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($87.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $2797.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-11-25 23:55 EST-0500

 

Seems like stock of 12th gen mobo is running low though. Might be easier to go with the AMD build.

 

DDR4 cause there is no real difference between current DDR5 and latest DDR4