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[Ashawdy]

Budget (including currency): 1200 or less

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Red Dead Redemption, God of War

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): 

I’ve been wanting to build my first pc for a while and I was planning on making a 4k PC, but life keeps getting in the way so I decided to decrease my budget. I can’t decide if I should still buy nicer components in hopes of upgrading my gpu later or if I should reduce my budget even more and buy a less expensive motherboard, psu, etc… I already have a cpu which is a ryzen 7 5800x. My current plan is listed through the link below, but i feel like I’m going about it the wrong way. I’m fairly confident that I want the Radeon RX 6750xt but I’m really unsure what the best decision is. I’m open to any suggestions. Let me know what you think.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/29R8tn 

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, Ashawdy said:

I can’t decide if I should still buy nicer components in hopes of upgrading my gpu later or if I should reduce my budget even more and buy a less expensive motherboard, psu, etc…

The age-old advice is to spend a good chunk on your GPU. Essentially you want to buy the best GPU you can, and upgrade everything else bit by bit around it. Nearly anything in a PC is cheaper than a graphics card will be.

 

Do you have any parts other than just a CPU that can be reused, or did you buy a CPU first and now you need the rest of the PC?

[Dedayog]

4 minutes ago, Ashawdy said:

Budget (including currency): 1200 or less

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Red Dead Redemption, God of War

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): 

I’ve been wanting to build my first pc for a while and I was planning on making a 4k PC, but life keeps getting in the way so I decided to decrease my budget. I can’t decide if I should still buy nicer components in hopes of upgrading my gpu later or if I should reduce my budget even more and buy a less expensive motherboard, psu, etc… I already have a cpu which is a ryzen 7 5800x. My current plan is listed through the link below, but i feel like I’m going about it the wrong way. I’m fairly confident that I want the Radeon RX 6750xt but I’m really unsure what the best decision is. I’m open to any suggestions. Let me know what you think.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/29R8tn 

Cut the motherboard by at least $100, use that for the 6800.  You'll be set for many years.

[Dr. Will0hlep]

My advice:

1) RGB ram looks nice but costs an extra 10-15$, none of which is going to performance

2) Unless there is some feature you need and cheaper board don't have it, there is no reason to but a $300 board. Just get the cheapest thing that supports the hardware you want and has the features you need.
 

3) The 4000D is expensive, you can get a good case for $40-60

[PDifolco]

5 minutes ago, Ashawdy said:

Budget (including currency): 1200 or less

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Red Dead Redemption, God of War

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): 

I’ve been wanting to build my first pc for a while and I was planning on making a 4k PC, but life keeps getting in the way so I decided to decrease my budget. I can’t decide if I should still buy nicer components in hopes of upgrading my gpu later or if I should reduce my budget even more and buy a less expensive motherboard, psu, etc… I already have a cpu which is a ryzen 7 5800x. My current plan is listed through the link below, but i feel like I’m going about it the wrong way. I’m fairly confident that I want the Radeon RX 6750xt but I’m really unsure what the best decision is. I’m open to any suggestions. Let me know what you think.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/29R8tn 

Your board was $100 too high priced... Then you can get a better PSU and a 6800, still under budget !

However next GPU tier is $700+ so above your budget (6950XT or 4070Ti)

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S redux 70.75 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($209.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($57.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card  ($479.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1064.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-15 15:18 EST-0500

[SteveGrabowski0]

Hard to see spending $55 for a DDR4-3200 CAS16 16GB kit when you can get a 32GB DDR4-3200 CAS 16 kit for $64.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092ZCVHS8

[SteveGrabowski0]

Another vote for taking $100 away from the board and putting it to a 6800 instead of 6750 XT. You get an 18% performance bump over the 6750 XT at 4k in Techpowerup's ~25 game testsuite and 16GB VRAM instead of 12GB.