Wanna do some final touches to my build, make sure everything connects well!

[mistahrushaman]

Budget (including currency): Around $1,600 

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Simulation Games, 1440p gaming, Unreal Engine 5 game development

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): 

 

CPU: 

Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor

$247.95

CPU Cooler: 

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler

$49.99

Motherboard: 

MSI MAG B660 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard $189.99

Storage: 

Samsung 980 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

$89.99

 

GPU: (Deciding on either:) RTX 3060 TI, RTX 3070, or RX 6750XT/or6800XT

 

Case: 

Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh w/ Controller ATX Mid Tower Case

$124.99

Power Supply: 

Corsair RM850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $129.99

Monitor: 

Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ1A 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor $299.00

 

Please tell me if I could downgrade on the motherboard for same quality; if I need a better CPU Cooler or could go down; If the Monitor is the best valued one; If I could add more storage.

Thank you!

[deadlou666]

How much RAM are you going for?  I use unity for game dev and it easily sucks up all of my 24gb ram (and thats ddr3 ) so youll want 32 or 64gb idealy!!! other than that looks like a really good build, possibly a bit too much PSU but you wont regret in the future if you upgrade!

[mistahrushaman]

Ok thats a good reminder, I think i'll boost to 32gb RAM and try cutting to 750W

 

[deadlou666]

make sure to get fairly speedy RAM (3200mhz+) and for the GPU the rx6800 is the best choice by far as it has 16gb vram and unreal needs a lot of vram, it also outperforms the 3070 vastly in gaming (if your doing that as well)

[mistahrushaman]

22 hours ago, deadlou666 said:

make sure to get fairly speedy RAM (3200mhz+) and for the GPU the rx6800 is the best choice by far as it has 16gb vram and unreal needs a lot of vram, it also outperforms the 3070 vastly in gaming (if your doing that as well)

Yes, I am buying 3600Mhz 32GB RAM 2x16, and my hope is the 6800XT but thats if I wanna spend the money.

[deadlou666]

19 hours ago, mistahrushaman said:

Yes, I am buying 3600Mhz 32GB RAM 2x16, and my hope is the 6800XT but thats if I wanna spend the money.

Cool!! Gr8 build btw