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Qui1zy
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Budget (including currency): $600 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, Gta 5, BeamNG, Sons of the Forest, Astroneer, etc

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): 

Monitor: 1080p

Upgrading From: Intel 7600k, 16gb ddr4, GTX 1070

 

 

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26 minutes ago, Qui1zy said:

Budget (including currency): $600 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, Gta 5, BeamNG, Sons of the Forest, Astroneer, etc

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): 

Monitor: 1080p

Upgrading From: Intel 7600k, 16gb ddr4, GTX 1070

 

 

What speed is that RAM?

I'd say you can go am4 and get a used 

What games are your friend playing?

Also what is their PSU's wattage and model/brand?

Are they alright with their storage? is their storage nvme, sata ssd, sata hdd etc.

If they don't want to change storage or psu

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3 70.84 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.90 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($42.97 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Case: Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.90 @ Amazon) 
Custom: Used R5 5600 ($94.00)
Custom: RTX 2080 Ti ($300.00)
Custom: Used B550 UD AC  ($75.00)
Total: $610.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-01 14:14 EDT-0400

 

But if they have low storage sata ssd's or sata hdd's then try this

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3 70.84 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.90 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($42.97 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP44L 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.49 @ Amazon) 
Case: Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.90 @ Amazon) 
Custom: Used R5 5600 ($94.00)
Custom: Used B550 UD AC  ($75.00)
Custom: RTX 2080 Super ($234.00)
Total: $604.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-01 14:13 EDT-0400

Edited by filpo

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Current parts list: PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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3 hours ago, filpo said:

What speed is that RAM?

I'd say you can go am4 and get a used 

What games are your friend playing?

Also what is their PSU's wattage and model/brand?

Are they alright with their storage? is their storage nvme, sata ssd, sata hdd etc.

If they don't want to change storage or psu

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3 70.84 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.90 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($42.97 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Case: Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.90 @ Amazon) 
Custom: Used R5 5600 ($94.00)
Custom: RTX 2080 Ti ($300.00)
Custom: Used B550 UD AC  ($75.00)
Total: $610.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-01 14:14 EDT-0400

 

But if they have low storage sata ssd's or sata hdd's then try this

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V3 70.84 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.90 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($42.97 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP44L 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.49 @ Amazon) 
Case: Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.90 @ Amazon) 
Custom: Used R5 5600 ($94.00)
Custom: Used B550 UD AC  ($75.00)
Custom: RTX 2080 Super ($234.00)
Total: $604.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-01 14:13 EDT-0400

It's 3000mhz 2x8gb ddr4
500w evga

they have 1tb sata SSD

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A410 SE 55.2 CFM CPU Cooler  ($22.49 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B760 Pro RS/D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($42.97 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($65.00 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A650BN 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.98 @ Amazon) 
Total: $414.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-01 18:29 EDT-0400

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