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Budget (including currency): 

Country: 1400 usd

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: RPG's, indie games, and open world games

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): no peripheral needed,1080p 144hz

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s2jjYg

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($249.99 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste  ($8.39 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($63.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital WD Green SN350 480 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($43.99 @ Lenovo) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($399.99) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.00 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($108.78 @ Other World Computing) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack  ($30.99 @ Amazon) 
Custom: ARCTIC Case Fan Hub - 10-fold PWM Fan Distributor with SATA Power  ($8.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1370.08

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30 minutes ago, TJB15000 said:

Budget (including currency): 

Country: 1400 usd

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: RPG's, indie games, and open world games

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): no peripheral needed,1080p 144hz

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s2jjYg

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($249.99 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste  ($8.39 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($63.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital WD Green SN350 480 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($43.99 @ Lenovo) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($399.99) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.00 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($108.78 @ Other World Computing) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack  ($30.99 @ Amazon) 
Custom: ARCTIC Case Fan Hub - 10-fold PWM Fan Distributor with SATA Power  ($8.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1370.08

The video card isn’t supposed to be all that great, but those things are so hard to get ahold of for reasonable prices these days it doesn’t bear judging. I don’t know what sort of PSU wattage is needed for a 3060 or whether that model is good or not.  Evga rather famously released a couple of terrible power supplies but others in their line were fine.   I don’t know if that model is one of them or not.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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It's not a bad PC but can be made better

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JB7wrD

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut 1 g Thermal Paste  ($8.39 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B660 AORUS Master DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team T-Create Expert 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($58.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Team MP34 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($399.99) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($68.98 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($108.78 @ Other World Computing) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack  ($30.99 @ Amazon) 
Custom: ARCTIC Case Fan Hub - 10-fold PWM Fan Distributor with SATA Power  ($8.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1360.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-01-22 21:22 EST-0500

 

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($249.99 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($63.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC BLACK GAMING Video Card  ($399.99) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($97.49 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2021) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack  ($30.99 @ Amazon) 
Custom: ARCTIC Case Fan Hub - 10-fold PWM Fan Distributor with SATA Power  ($8.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1350.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-01-22 21:50 EST-0500

 

• Premium thermal paste is hardly needed in a system with cooling as optimized as this one.

• The PSU I've chosen is top-rated in the local tier list & costs less - that G3 is very overpriced.

• Windows keys can be had for under $30 from trusted vendors like Prime Tech Mart. I've purchased 3 keys from them with no issues.

With all of that cost reduced, you can get a substantial upgrade to your storage & still have wiggle room for something else. The Freezer 34 isn't going to age well if future CPUs continue to chug power like Alder Lake, but for a 5600G you'll be just fine, especially with the case & fans you've selected.

the pc guy

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This can be an option...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor ($179.99 @ B&H) 

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI MAG B660M MORTAR WIFI DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3733 CL17 Memory ($79.98 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Silicon Power P34A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($91.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB MECH 2X OC Video Card ($609.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cougar Gemini M MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: BitFenix Formula Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.90 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1291.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-01-23 08:09 EST-0500

SSD TIER LIST

 

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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