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The 7950X has slightly better productivity performance and the difference in gaming is not significant.

 

There doesn't seem to be any point in a 360 A-RGB AIO in the North. Besides, the GPU will not fit with a 360 front mount AIO. Consider instead an air tower cooler.

 

Consider all SSD storage.

 

Consider an ATX 3.0 PSU. They are able to better handle transients.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($541.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($246.30 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($184.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($79.68 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($249.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($334.29 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($919.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case  ($139.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX-850 ATX 3.0 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2893.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-20 19:55 EST-0500

 

 

Budget (including currency): Around 3000$ at most

Country: Switzerland

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:
I plan on dual booting Arch Linux and Windows, where Arch is my main daily driver and windows a fallback for games and software that simply cannot be made functional with say proton or wine under Linux. Primarily plan on using it for running devtools like Intellij/compiling software from the AUR and gaming. Most recently been playing games like Minecraft (Both vanilla and heavily modded), Sea of Thieves, It takes two but want to leave the option open to be able to play most games at a solid 60 frames. Ideally I want to be able to spend a bunch of money now and be set for like a solid 8-10+ years with no major upgrades required.
 

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): 
Parts list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tHhm34
I've made a rough parts list already which covers around what I want but am unsure about compatibility details like space inside the case itself and whether or not my picks for cooling, memory and motherboard especially make sense. I would really like to use the fractal north case and onboard wifi would be a nice convenience to have. For storage I'm looking into having two M2 SSDs, one for windows the other for linux and then just getting a larger hard drive to store miscellaneous files between both. Looking to possibly take advantage of black friday deals so I might end up making small adjustments if it makes sense but I'm more looking to get a list of general stuff together now for compatibility & what to expect.

I'm upgrading from a build with an Intel i5-7500 and a Radeon RX 480 with 24gb of ram, so this will be quite the jump in specs 🙂

 

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The 7950X has slightly better productivity performance and the difference in gaming is not significant.

 

There doesn't seem to be any point in a 360 A-RGB AIO in the North. Besides, the GPU will not fit with a 360 front mount AIO. Consider instead an air tower cooler.

 

Consider all SSD storage.

 

Consider an ATX 3.0 PSU. They are able to better handle transients.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($541.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($35.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($246.30 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($184.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($79.68 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($249.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($334.29 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($919.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case  ($139.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX-850 ATX 3.0 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2893.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-11-20 19:55 EST-0500

 

 

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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