Need help with my new pc

[Gidi6789]

Budget (including currency): $1500 aud

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: fortnite/valorant/cs2/doom/ final fantasy 7 rebirth

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): hi i am fairly new to pc gaming and building my second pc. I have done my due diligence but the gpu market is so shit rn that I dont know what to do. But magically today ebay showed me a ryzen 9 9950x3d for only $500 (aud) I was planning to get most of my parts now except the gpu but this seems like an incredible opportunity. Should I buy it?

 

[Millios]

Lets start you off with a basic question

Are you gonna do anything that will ACTUALLY makes use of that 9950x3d or are you just experiencing a sort of FOMO ie you are salivating at the thought of having it?

Probably the later and wonderfull deal or not, if you arent gonna use it for smt that needs it/actually benefits a tangible amount from it its money wasted/not that well spend (also doubt the validity of the seller considering the going price of it according to PCPP is nearly 3x that price)

An ACTUALLY valid and good option for you is a more mid tier CPU like a 7600 or 7500f which is 3/5s or 1/2 the price and a b580 which is still reasonably priced

So this if you go full atx

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/MgDVgn

This if you wanna go mATX to cut some costs

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/x7czjn

 

TL DR focus on what is gonna make the most of your budget not what you just like the idea of

[Gidi6789]

Great. Thank you for the advise and thank you for the part picker.

[Conza]

Hi did you buy the 9950X3D for $500? Here's a build without factoring that in just starting with $1500AUD

 

I would like to spend more and for an RX 6950 XT instead, it's about a 30% jump in performance for $300 more, but the rest of the build is a solid minimum everywhere else so no costs left to save, if you go AM5.

 

AM4 you might be able to, if you went for a 5600

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/Nwpvh7

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($324.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M GAMING WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($149.00 @ MSY Technology)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($169.00 @ Amazon Australia)
Storage: MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO HS 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($139.00 @ PLE Computers)
Video Card: XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($559.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: Silverstone FARA 515XR ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.00 @ PLE Computers)
Power Supply: Silverstone DA750R-GMA 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($125.00 @ Computer Alliance)
Total: $1529.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-01 08:13 AEST+1000

[Gidi6789]

Didnt buy it. Thank you for the build. 

[Conza]

Had a quick look, and the you're limited by about 20-25% on the CPU at 1080p if you drop down to a 5600, so overall, the AM5 built is the way to go, can upgrade GPU and CPU later, but this should run well for a long time, hopefully a solid 3-4 years.