Help me put together an AM5 budget PC!

[Alyks the Sage]

Budget (including currency): $1000 USD

Country: the United States of America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Black Mesa, Castle Crashers, Counter-Strike 2, DOOM + DOOM II, DOOM (2016), DOOM Eternal, Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, Helldivers II, the Henry Stickmin Collection, Portal, Portal 2, Psychonauts, Psychonauts 2, Sea of Thieves, Starfield, Team Fortress 2, Turok, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, Minecraft, Old School Runescape, Diablo, Diablo II Resurrected, Path of Exile, Path of Exile II, Various Emulators, WinRAR, GZDoom, Firefox, Facebook Messenger, Discord, Steam and Battle.net

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): 

every time i try to make a parts list people tell me that i'm either picking too expensive parts or i'm cheaping out too much on important parts so i'm leaving it up to recommendations. my target Resolution is 1080p/1440p 60fps, and i may need a new monitor because my current monitor only has VGA output, no hdmi, no displayport, just VGA I have to use a VGA to HDMI adapter to get it to work. this is what i'm upgrading from: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dJTtGP my only stipulations are that ONE No used/Secondhand parts and TWO it has to be something I can reasonably attain at places like the Micro Center, Amazon, Best Buy, or Newegg.

[Tetras]

11 minutes ago, Alyks the Sage said:

this is what i'm upgrading from: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dJTtGP 

That's not a bad PC at all for 1080p!

 

1440p, eh, not so much.

 

Would you be open to only upgrading the graphics card, or maybe the CPU and memory?

[Alyks the Sage]

1 minute ago, Tetras said:

That's not a bad PC at all for 1080p!

 

1440p, eh, not so much.

 

Would you be open to only upgrading the graphics card, or maybe the CPU and memory?

sure, what did you have in mind?

[Why_Me]

RX 9060 XT

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-official-299-for-8gb-and-349-for-16gb-model-launching-june-5

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B840-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($124.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750BN PCIE5 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: *MSI G244PF E2 23.8" 1920 x 1080 180 Hz Monitor  ($109.00 @ MSI) 
Total: $615.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-23 16:29 EDT-0400

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A410 SE 55.2 CFM CPU Cooler  ($22.49 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Klevv BOLT X 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750BN PCIE5 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: *MSI G244PF E2 23.8" 1920 x 1080 180 Hz Monitor  ($109.00 @ MSI) 
Total: $391.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-23 14:44 EDT-0400

[Tetras]

22 minutes ago, Alyks the Sage said:

sure, what did you have in mind?

It depends on how much you want to spend, but at 1440p, something like a 9070 or 5070 would be a big upgrade on your RX 6600 (subject to GPU length restrictions on your case).

 

After doing that, I'd check if you're happy with performance and if you're not, either upgrade to a 5700X3D/5800X3D, or AM5.

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, Alyks the Sage said:

Budget (including currency): $1000 USD

Country: the United States of America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Black Mesa, Castle Crashers, Counter-Strike 2, DOOM + DOOM II, DOOM (2016), DOOM Eternal, Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, Helldivers II, the Henry Stickmin Collection, Portal, Portal 2, Psychonauts, Psychonauts 2, Sea of Thieves, Starfield, Team Fortress 2, Turok, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, Minecraft, Old School Runescape, Diablo, Diablo II Resurrected, Path of Exile, Path of Exile II, Various Emulators, WinRAR, GZDoom, Firefox, Facebook Messenger, Discord, Steam and Battle.net

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): 

every time i try to make a parts list people tell me that i'm either picking too expensive parts or i'm cheaping out too much on important parts so i'm leaving it up to recommendations. my target Resolution is 1080p/1440p 60fps, and i may need a new monitor because my current monitor only has VGA output, no hdmi, no displayport, just VGA I have to use a VGA to HDMI adapter to get it to work. this is what i'm upgrading from: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dJTtGP my only stipulations are that ONE No used/Secondhand parts and TWO it has to be something I can reasonably attain at places like the Micro Center, Amazon, Best Buy, or Newegg.

First thing, no one should ever buy a 5700G with a dedicated GPU when the 5600 exists.  On top of that, the 9600X is sub $200 as shown above.

 

That RAM is twice the price of others that speed, do you need RGB that much?

 

 

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, Alyks the Sage said:

Budget (including currency): $1000 USD

Country: the United States of America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Black Mesa, Castle Crashers, Counter-Strike 2, DOOM + DOOM II, DOOM (2016), DOOM Eternal, Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, Helldivers II, the Henry Stickmin Collection, Portal, Portal 2, Psychonauts, Psychonauts 2, Sea of Thieves, Starfield, Team Fortress 2, Turok, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, Minecraft, Old School Runescape, Diablo, Diablo II Resurrected, Path of Exile, Path of Exile II, Various Emulators, WinRAR, GZDoom, Firefox, Facebook Messenger, Discord, Steam and Battle.net

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): 

every time i try to make a parts list people tell me that i'm either picking too expensive parts or i'm cheaping out too much on important parts so i'm leaving it up to recommendations. my target Resolution is 1080p/1440p 60fps, and i may need a new monitor because my current monitor only has VGA output, no hdmi, no displayport, just VGA I have to use a VGA to HDMI adapter to get it to work. this is what i'm upgrading from: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dJTtGP my only stipulations are that ONE No used/Secondhand parts and TWO it has to be something I can reasonably attain at places like the Micro Center, Amazon, Best Buy, or Newegg.

You don't need to upgrade the case nor PSU, so can get that, which will be very good at 1080p 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Speedster QICK 319 BLACK Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($449.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: *MSI G244PF E2 23.8" 1920 x 1080 180 Hz Monitor  ($109.00 @ MSI)
Total: $1010.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-23 15:58 EDT-0400

 

[Alyks the Sage]

1 hour ago, Dedayog said:

First thing, no one should ever buy a 5700G with a dedicated GPU when the 5600 exists.  On top of that, the 9600X is sub $200 as shown above.

 

 

 

that's the thing, i originally didn't have a gpu, the 5700g was to hold me over until i could afford a dedicated gpu and the reasson i chose the 5700g was because i assumed the higher number meant it was better.