Pc part advice

[Ksulli12]

Budget (including currency): 1200-1500 CAD

Country: CANADA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Black ops 3, minecraft, 3d printing programs like cura and meshmixer. Virturalbox. I use Ubuntu. 

 

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): 

Upgrading from an Alienware X51 R2 from 2014 I believe. I have dual monitors both 144hz 

[Fasauceome]

High core count CPU for 3D programs, decent amount of ram as well.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/3sNBt3

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($469.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X SE 32.77 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($174.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Elite 5 RGB TUF GAMING ALLIANCE 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($149.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($75.95 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($419.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: NZXT H5 Flow (2024) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2023) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $1478.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-20 14:40 EDT-0400

If you want to go a bit cheaper, you can opt for the Ryzen 7 instead

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/WfqPxr/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-45-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000591wof

[strange13930]

1 hour ago, Ksulli12 said:

Budget (including currency): 1200-1500 CAD

Country: CANADA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Black ops 3, minecraft, 3d printing programs like cura and meshmixer. Virturalbox. I use Ubuntu. 

 

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): 

Upgrading from an Alienware X51 R2 from 2014 I believe. I have dual monitors both 144hz 

 

10 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

High core count CPU for 3D programs, decent amount of ram as well.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/3sNBt3

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($469.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X SE 32.77 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($174.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Elite 5 RGB TUF GAMING ALLIANCE 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  ($149.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($75.95 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($419.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: NZXT H5 Flow (2024) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2023) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $1478.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-20 14:40 EDT-0400

If you want to go a bit cheaper, you can opt for the Ryzen 7 instead

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/WfqPxr/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-45-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000591wof

I changed the gpu, case, and psu from @Fasauceome's list. its $40 over budget.https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Y2svQd

@Fasauceome I swapped the psu because its a d tier psu and for about the same price you can get a psu that's the next tier up and a higher wattage.

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($259.00 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B850 Pro-A WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($245.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($114.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: *TEAMGROUP MP44L 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($146.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: *Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($489.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.95 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: *FSP Group VITA-750GM 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($124.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $1541.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-20 15:13 EDT-0400