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Upgrading PC from Work station to Gaming

techkc
By techkc
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Budget (including currency): Willing to allocate an additional $500 to this build

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Want to do more gaming with it (currently the games I play most are ARMA 3, Halo Reach, and Minecraft), but still be able to do some very light 3D modeling or photo editing. I would like the ability to try some newer titles such as the planned ARMA 4 and Kerbal Space Program 2 once they are released. 

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): 

My current build is listed below (built in 2020) when I was using this system mainly for 3D modeling with light gaming in mind, and I kind of what to flip it the other way if possible with this system. I do plan to upgrade the fans as the ones already in the case are super loud, but that will not be included with this budget. Currently running dual monitors but might change to one 34 inch monitor at some point. For resolution and refresh rate, I would say medium to high settings at 60 fps.

 

Thank you for your help!

 

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dont use a quardro gpu if u are playing games and u should perobably buy the ryzen 7600x 

here is a good list:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2dkk8r

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($109.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock X670E PG Lightning ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($244.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory  ($161.91 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.20 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING OC V2 GeForce RTX 3080 10GB LHR 10 GB Video Card  ($839.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P500A D-RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($134.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($119.98 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2170.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-02 13:46 EDT-0400

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If your 3D modeling or photo editing software needs CUDA for rendering / acceleration you'll want to switch out the RX 6600 XT for an RTX 3060.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Video Card: MSI RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($319.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $389.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-02 13:44 EDT-0400

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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26 minutes ago, swabro said:

dont use a quardro gpu if u are playing games and u should perobably buy the ryzen 7600x 

here is a good list:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2dkk8r

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($109.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock X670E PG Lightning ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($244.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory  ($161.91 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.20 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING OC V2 GeForce RTX 3080 10GB LHR 10 GB Video Card  ($839.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P500A D-RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($134.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit  ($119.98 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2170.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-02 13:46 EDT-0400

That's more than 4x OPs budget.

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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42 minutes ago, swabro said:

dont use a quardro gpu if u are playing games and u should perobably buy the ryzen 7600x 

 

What the fuck

 

OP, buy a 5600 and a better PSU, then wait a week for the 6600 XT to be $300 again

I enjoy buying junk and sinking more money than it's worth into it to make it less junk.

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