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ViperReflex
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Nice pick

Seems that your budget is around USD1500

You may need to add PC fans 3-pack (or even 5-pack) depending on your airflow preference setup, since the NZXT H6 case only has 3 pre-installed fans on the front side, and this case has a lot of space to place fans on rear, top and bottom.

 

And if you're willing to spend additional $100, you can upgrade the GPU to RX 7800 XT, but it's linear performance to cost progression. So going to either RX 6800 or RX 7800 XT is not a bad choice

 

And could you share the use case of this rig and gaming resolution?

My System: Ryzen 7800X3D // Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX // 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Silicon Power Zenith CL30 // Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT OC with mod heatsink on the metal plate  // Phanteks P300A  // Gigabyte Aorus GEN4 7300 PCIE 4.0 NVME // Kingston NV2 Gen4 PCIE 4.0 NVME // 

Seasonic Focus GX-850 Fully Modular // Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 Black V3 // Phanteks M25 140mm // Display: Bezel 32MD845 V2 QHD // Keychron K8 Pro (Mod: Gateron black box ink; Tape mode on PCB and Keycaps) // Razer Cobra Wired Mouse // Audio Technica M50X Headphone // Sennheiser HD 650 // Genius SP-HF180 USB Speaker //

 

And Laptop Acer Nitro 5 AN515-45 for mobility

Phone:

iPhone 11 (with battery replaced instead of buying new phone for long term and not submitting (fully) to Apple Lord

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@ImWillyI am aiming for 144HZ for 1440p for single player games and maybe 1080p for multiplayer if It would struggle to run it at the higher graphics quality on a 27-31 inch monitor. I typically don't play games that are too demanding performance wise, but am trying to future proof my pc for at least a couple years to come. Games that I feel would be most demanding that I play regularly would be Dead by Daylight or or Titanfall 2.

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44 minutes ago, ViperReflex said:

I typically don't play games that are too demanding performance wise, but am trying to future proof my pc for at least a couple years to come.

Well, the good news is that in years to come, these GPU will have some place to play, we just need to manage expectation and game settings

The bad news, no one can really guarantee the future proofing stuff. Who knows what upcoming new bleeding edge technology or rendering method that could make our current GPU obsolete into a thin air

So my a bit hot take, just enjoy the game and your built

 

46 minutes ago, ViperReflex said:

Games that I feel would be most demanding that I play regularly would be Dead by Daylight or or Titanfall 2.

Well, this game isn't super demanding, even a laptop with RTX 3060 (85W TDP) can run and play smoothly with either 1080p or 1440p at around 80-90FPS (I have tried)

So, RX 6800 is a good choice for your use case, even when you're aiming for 144Hz 1440p

My System: Ryzen 7800X3D // Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX // 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Silicon Power Zenith CL30 // Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT OC with mod heatsink on the metal plate  // Phanteks P300A  // Gigabyte Aorus GEN4 7300 PCIE 4.0 NVME // Kingston NV2 Gen4 PCIE 4.0 NVME // 

Seasonic Focus GX-850 Fully Modular // Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 Black V3 // Phanteks M25 140mm // Display: Bezel 32MD845 V2 QHD // Keychron K8 Pro (Mod: Gateron black box ink; Tape mode on PCB and Keycaps) // Razer Cobra Wired Mouse // Audio Technica M50X Headphone // Sennheiser HD 650 // Genius SP-HF180 USB Speaker //

 

And Laptop Acer Nitro 5 AN515-45 for mobility

Phone:

iPhone 11 (with battery replaced instead of buying new phone for long term and not submitting (fully) to Apple Lord

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Existing pc full specs?

Storage is almost always reusable

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wfMwqR

7900x + 7900xt + 32gb 5600c32

 

All around upgrade with am5 alongside a much better cpu + gpu

 

Id assume a 7900x would be more futureproof than a 7800x3d due to the extra cores but you can get a 7800x3d instead if the games you play happen to take advantage of the extra cache

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Don't invest into end of the road AM4. Get yourself a 7800X3D CPU, I'll stay far more relevant in the future than other CPU's thanks to it's 3D cache that games love to gobble up so I'll assume the trend will continue in the future, now that devs knows it's a recourse that can be taken advantage of even more.

 

Have a look:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($389.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROZN A620 BLACK 78.25 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Mushkin Tempest 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($74.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card  ($739.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GX3 850 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($85.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1639.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-14 04:35 EST-0500

 

We can drop to a 7800XT if $1.5k is max cap.

MAIN: Ryzen 7 5800X3D - Kraken X62 Rev 2 - STRIX X470-I - 3600MHz 32GB Kingston Fury - 250GB 970 Evo boot - 2x 500GB 860 Evo - 1TB P3 - 4TB HDD - RX6800 - Antec HCG Platinum - Manta - Silent Wings Pro 4's enjoyer

Setup: Zowie XL2740 27.0" 240hz - Roccat Burt Pro - OG Corsair K70 browns - PC38X - Mackie CR5X's - Mackie CR8S-XBT - 

Current build on PCPartPicker

 

 

HTPC: Ryzen 7 2700X - BeQuiet! Shadow Rock 3 - STRIX X570-F - 3200MHz 32GB Corsair Dominator - 250GB Exceria boot - 500GB SN730 - 1TB Sandisk 3D - 4TB HDD - Limited Edition Vega 64 - Corsair RM750x 80+ Gold - North - Alphacool Apex Stealth Metal - BeQuiet! Light Wings

Setup: Hisense 55E7NQ - Hisense HS205G

HTPC on PCPartPicker

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