Building pc

[RegentalGuide]

Budget (including currency): 1000usd

Country: us

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gaming/blender

Other details:

I know it's above my budget but I'll be buying the GPU used to get it below my budget, also would like to have overclocking headroom for at least CPU. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/j8yTQ6

Is this good for budget? I want something powerful and cheap.

[PcBeExpensive]

18 minutes ago, RegentalGuide said:

Budget (including currency): 1000usd

Country: us

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gaming/blender

Other details:

I know it's above my budget but I'll be buying the GPU used to get it below my budget, also would like to have overclocking headroom for at least CPU. 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/j8yTQ6

Is this good for budget? I want something powerful and cheap.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wR6Fv3. I would go for a 5600x, its cheaper and still a great CPU and would work really well with a 3070.

[CaptainDarkstar42]

Seems reasonable enough I guess, but if you don't mind me asking, why did you decide to go DDR4 instead of DDR5? I know future proofing isn't a thing, but it does seem like it would be better for you to get on that platform now, where you can buy more RAM if you need it for Blender.

[RegentalGuide]

21 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wR6Fv3. I would go for a 5600x, its cheaper and still a great CPU and would work really well with a 3070.

I'm know youre right, and honestly might do that, but in my head I don't want less cores even if it would be fine, although that price difference is very attractive

[RegentalGuide]

9 minutes ago, CaptainDarkstar42 said:

Seems reasonable enough I guess, but if you don't mind me asking, why did you decide to go DDR4 instead of DDR5? I know future proofing isn't a thing, but it does seem like it would be better for you to get on that platform now, where you can buy more RAM if you need it for Blender.

Ddr4 because it was cheap, I didn't really look for anything else, just sorted by price, good thing to keep in mind though.

Athough I'm not sure the performance difference between the two, I would have to check as I don't feel it to be too important.

[SorryBella]

1 hour ago, RegentalGuide said:

but I'll be buying the GPU used to get it below my budget

I dont know who started the trend of using used 3070 on everything when used RX 6700XT can be had for 50-25$ less, and RTX 2080 Super exists at similar price range (or lower if you do your due diligence and battle ebay snipes) and similar performance but are less plagued with the transient power, so i could straight faced recommend to run 650W on it. Cross shop with those, but if you do frequently used blender, you can easily just throw out the 6700XT from contention.

 

Also, you really should forget 12th and 13th gen overclock, theyre given such an insanely huge power budget that you can legitimately run it dead stock and itll reach damn close to its overclocking speed anyway. Grab the biggest cooler you can and run it to the sunset.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($249.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($33.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock B660 Pro RS ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($128.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Sniper X 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Rev 2.0 GeForce RTX 3070 LHR 8 GB Video Card  ($350.00) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($75.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Enermax Revolution D.F. 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1048.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 17:46 EDT-0400

[RegentalGuide]

3 hours ago, SorryClaire said:

I dont know who started the trend of using used 3070 on everything when used RX 6700XT can be had for 50-25$ less

Hmm interesting take, good points, I'll look into this and take it into consideration!