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[BriniaSona]

Budget (including currency): 1500 Cad

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Photoshop, OW2, Cities Skylines 2, Starfield, Minecraft, FFXIV

Other details: 3900x, 3080 10gb, 48GB ram, nh-d15, 1440p, 144hz

 

I just want to flawlessly play Cities Skylines 2 and not have Photoshop stuggpe and lag.

 

Is it worth it to downgrade from 12 cores to 8. Or am I fine with a 7900x from my 3900x?

 

[brob]

Can you detail the memory of current system; number of sticks, capacity of each stick, speed and timings.

[BriniaSona]

Number: 4 (2 x 8gb, 2 x 16gb)
Speed: 3200mhz
Timings: 16-18-18-36

 

[filpo]

9 hours ago, BriniaSona said:

Is it worth it to downgrade from 12 cores to 8

no

 

9 hours ago, BriniaSona said:

Or am I fine with a 7900x from my 3900x?

go with a 7900 non x

 

9 hours ago, BriniaSona said:

Budget (including currency): 1500 Cad

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Photoshop, OW2, Cities Skylines 2, Starfield, Minecraft, FFXIV

Other details: 3900x, 3080 10gb, 48GB ram, nh-d15, 1440p, 144hz

What's your current case, psu and fan situation? Because we may do an upgrade there

Btw ask noctua for an am5 mounting bracket

try this build 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($497.50 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($294.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($234.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $1027.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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