New build to replace aging system; care to give it a look?

[slmckay73]

Budget (including currency): $2000 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Halo Infinite, Skyrim, Back 4 Blood.

Other details Hey y'all! I'm building my 2nd system, the last being several years ago (Skylake i3, RX470, 8GB RAM). It can't handle newer games even at low settings, so I'm looking to upgrade to something much beefier. I want to hit 60+ FPS at 1440p and high/ultra settings. The few games listed above are a few I plan to play, but I want this system to be able to handle most anything at these settings. I plan to buy around March, when I get a bonus at work.  Hope that's not so far out as to make this parts list irrelevant. I know the GPU market is nuts, so I've just put an optimistic placeholder value in here to get an idea of the total cost should I be so lucky as to find one close-ish to MSRP. Let me know what you think! If you have any alternate part suggestions, I'm trying to stay with a grayscale theme if at all possible.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cjZgDc

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($294.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($186.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S20G 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($500.00) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.18 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXF 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ Corsair) 
Case Fan: Deepcool RF120M 56.5 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Gigabyte M27Q 27.0" 2560x1440 170 Hz Monitor  ($299.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1750.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-01 14:38 EST-0500

 

[pcshme33]

IMO, I think you should bump up that power supply to at least 650 watts. You can never have too much power, but you can for sure have too little and run into problems down the line. Better safe than sorry   

[Pixelfie]

Would get a 12600K + Z690 instead and a higher wattage PSU. Other than that it seems pretty solid.

[Revioli]

24 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

Would get a 12600K + Z690 instead and a higher wattage PSU. Other than that it seems pretty solid.

I disagree, it's more expensive, and there's basically no difference between the two options at 1440p.

[Jonathan Lee]

13 minutes ago, Revioli said:

I disagree, it's more expensive, and there's basically no difference between the two options at 1440p.

Ehh, pretty negligible in my opinion:

 

Intel Core i5-12600K ($331.99)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X ($294.00)

 

Besides having the 4 extra e cores will make games run butter smooth. I.E. better frame timing, frame pacing and 1% lows

[slmckay73]

44 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

Would get a 12600K + Z690 instead and a higher wattage PSU. Other than that it seems pretty solid.

 

2 minutes ago, Jonathan Lee said:

Ehh, pretty negligible in my opinion:

 

Intel Core i5-12600K ($331.99)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X ($294.00)

 

Besides having the 4 extra e cores will make games run butter smooth. I.E. better frame timing, frame pacing and 1% lows

Thanks for the feedback! I went with AMD for this reason. The Z690 boards seem to be more expensive for the same features, and the performance didn't seem wildly different. There's also the Ryzen refresh supposedly coming early next year which might put performance on par with the 12600K, so I might end up getting a CPU from that line roughly equivalent to the 5600X. That's in the realm of speculation though.

[Jonathan Lee]

Oh I mean negligible in terms of price. I think the 12600k is a better value compared to 5600x

[slmckay73]

4 minutes ago, Jonathan Lee said:

Oh I mean negligible in terms of price. I think the 12600k is a better value compared to 5600x

Gotcha, gotcha. I'll keep that in consideration while I'm waiting on that bonus check. As you point out, it probably wouldn't be that much more expensive. Much appreciated!

[Pixelfie]

55 minutes ago, Revioli said:

I disagree, it's more expensive, and there's basically no difference between the two options at 1440p.

 

34 minutes ago, slmckay73 said:

 

Thanks for the feedback! I went with AMD for this reason. The Z690 boards seem to be more expensive for the same features, and the performance didn't seem wildly different. There's also the Ryzen refresh supposedly coming early next year which might put performance on par with the 12600K, so I might end up getting a CPU from that line roughly equivalent to the 5600X. That's in the realm of speculation though.

The difference in price isn't big, maybe $20 for the board and $30 for the CPU, but the performance difference is pretty big. Sometimes the 12600K is 50% faster and I've even seen it beat a 5900X in some tests. I think once developers will make use of the new 12th gen features the improvement will be even bigger. Just make sure if you get this to get a board with DDR4, DDR5 is expensive if you can even get it in the first place.

[Revioli]

1 hour ago, Pixelfie said:

The difference in price isn't big, maybe $20 for the board and $30 for the CPU, but the performance difference is pretty big. Sometimes the 12600K is 50% faster and I've even seen it beat a 5900X in some tests. I think once developers will make use of the new 12th gen features the improvement will be even bigger. Just make sure if you get this to get a board with DDR4, DDR5 is expensive if you can even get it in the first place.

My suggestion was specifically for gaming, as that was the stated use case, I don't care how much faster the 12600K is elsewhere. The reality is, at 1440p, with a 3060ti, you're gonna be GPU limited almost 100% of the time, and in that case, there is no point in paying $50 more for the same performance. There is no point in paying more to get better performance in Davinci Resolve, or whatever, if you're never gonna use it. Now if it was a 6900XT or something, the CPU would become the bottleneck, and then I would also recommend the 12600K, but that is not the case here.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($294.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Scythe FUMA 2 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Extreme4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3733 CL17 Memory  ($64.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S20G 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($500.00) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Gigabyte M27Q 27.0" 2560x1440 170 Hz Monitor  ($299.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1638.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-01 21:06 EST-0500

[rikitikitavi]

10 hours ago, slmckay73 said:

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($186.99 @ Amazon) 

Feels like an overkill, maybe go for a cheaper option and put the difference into PSU or cooling upgrade

[--SID--]

22 hours ago, slmckay73 said:

The Z690 boards seem to be more expensive for the same features

Not comparable because Z690 supports PCI-e5.0 and DDR5. That does it make more expensive.