Build PC for a friend

[Psykologe]

Budget (including currency): 2000 Euro

Country: Germany

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Current and Future 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): 

 

Hello, 

I am consulting a friend on buying a new pc.

He has problems with his current pc for a few months now. We recently checkt it and it seems to work fine now.

Still he wants a new PC since the hardware is quite old: i7 4790 + gtx 980

 

I first configured him a build for like 1.800 Euros with an i5 12600k and an rtx 3070 to updgrade along the way maybe.

But than i remembered that amd releases their cpus tomorror and that the new 4070s is arround the corrner so we decieded to wait.

 

Amd would be a better choice for future upgradability but would come with an expensiv mobo and expansive ddr5 ram.

And the chips we are aiming (7600x) is not that much better than i5 12600k.

 

What should we do now?  He does not want to wait much more since his is already waiting since like 1/2 a year.

Would u recommend building right now?

 

[PDifolco]

This should rock quite a bit

Best gaming build is currently imo 12600K + 6900XT, even went for DDR5 for the future now that prices are decentish

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/3VwHrD

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  (€318.00 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  (€76.89 @ Alternate) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€229.00 @ ARLT) 
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-5600 CL40 Memory  (€117.94 @ Computeruniverse) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€199.00 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Sapphire NITRO+ SE Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB Video Card  (€859.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G360A ATX Mid Tower Case  (€104.65 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€135.38 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €2039.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-09-26 19:29 CEST+0200

 

[Psykologe]

well i am not looking for the best build possible. I convinced my friend to not go for the best Hardware money can buy, but rather for sth in midtier to upgrad along the way. This is why I want to go 3070 and think about going amd or intel