Need help building new system

[GustavoH]

Budget (including currency): $2000+ USD

Country: USA

Games, programs, or workloads that it will be used for: Will mainly be used for gaming, I might start dabbling into doing edits, not too sure yet

Other details: current build is from this yt video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zt1P41pjE4&list=WL&index=5&t=753s 

Okay so i want to upgrade to a 5080, my current gpu is a 2060. I just don't know what is the best cpu, ram, mobo, and psu to get. i will be keeping the same peripherals i have rn. As for the case i would just like to know what size case i would need and i can decide from there. The goal is to buy all the parts this black friday/cyber monday. if yall have any other question or need more info please let me know. Also if i need anything else as well

 

 

[Why_Me]

7 hours ago, GustavoH said:

Budget (including currency): $2000+ USD

Country: USA

Games, programs, or workloads that it will be used for: Will mainly be used for gaming, I might start dabbling into doing edits, not too sure yet

Other details: current build is from this yt video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zt1P41pjE4&list=WL&index=5&t=753s 

Okay so i want to upgrade to a 5080, my current gpu is a 2060. I just don't know what is the best cpu, ram, mobo, and psu to get. i will be keeping the same peripherals i have rn. As for the case i would just like to know what size case i would need and i can decide from there. The goal is to buy all the parts this black friday/cyber monday. if yall have any other question or need more info please let me know. Also if i need anything else as well

 

 

The price of RAM is insane atm.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/64gb-of-ddr5-memory-now-costs-more-than-an-entire-ps5-even-after-a-discount-trident-z5-neo-kit-jumps-to-usd600-due-to-dram-shortage-and-its-expected-to-get-worse-into-2026

https://www.techpowerup.com/343335/hp-to-raise-prices-cut-specs-due-to-memory-cost-surge 

https://www.techpowerup.com/343301/skyrocketing-dram-prices-hit-cyberpower-prebuilt-pcs 

 

 

What's your resolution? If it's 2560 x 1440 then I would consider a RTX 5070 Ti. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($449.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($344.19 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: *PNY OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card  ($949.00 @ Walmart) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.90 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2342.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-27 02:21 EST-0500

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($449.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($344.19 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: *Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  ($749.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.90 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2133.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-27 04:07 EST-0500

 

[GustavoH]

14 hours ago, Why_Me said:

The price of RAM is insane atm.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/64gb-of-ddr5-memory-now-costs-more-than-an-entire-ps5-even-after-a-discount-trident-z5-neo-kit-jumps-to-usd600-due-to-dram-shortage-and-its-expected-to-get-worse-into-2026

https://www.techpowerup.com/343335/hp-to-raise-prices-cut-specs-due-to-memory-cost-surge 

https://www.techpowerup.com/343301/skyrocketing-dram-prices-hit-cyberpower-prebuilt-pcs 

 

 

What's your resolution? If it's 2560 x 1440 then I would consider a RTX 5070 Ti. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($449.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($344.19 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: *PNY OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card  ($949.00 @ Walmart) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.90 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2342.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-27 02:21 EST-0500

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($449.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($344.19 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: *Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  ($749.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.90 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2133.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-27 04:07 EST-0500

 

thx for the lists i will take the 5070ti in consideration. i will probably upgrade to a better monitor as well if i do get the 5080. JESUS RAM prices man, kinda the reason i want to upgrade now because who knows when the prices will drop. Thanks again for helping me out

 

[GustavoH]

On 11/27/2025 at 2:21 AM, Why_Me said:

The price of RAM is insane atm.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/64gb-of-ddr5-memory-now-costs-more-than-an-entire-ps5-even-after-a-discount-trident-z5-neo-kit-jumps-to-usd600-due-to-dram-shortage-and-its-expected-to-get-worse-into-2026

https://www.techpowerup.com/343335/hp-to-raise-prices-cut-specs-due-to-memory-cost-surge 

https://www.techpowerup.com/343301/skyrocketing-dram-prices-hit-cyberpower-prebuilt-pcs 

 

 

What's your resolution? If it's 2560 x 1440 then I would consider a RTX 5070 Ti. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($449.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($344.19 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: *PNY OC GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card  ($949.00 @ Walmart) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.90 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2342.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-27 02:21 EST-0500

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($449.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($344.19 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: *Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  ($749.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.90 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *ASRock Steel Legend SL-850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2133.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-27 04:07 EST-0500

 

quick question about this i got pretty much everything except obv the ram  but my question is do i really need the 48 gb of ram or will i be fine with 32 gb as long as its still 6000 CL30?

[Why_Me]

5 hours ago, GustavoH said:

quick question about this i got pretty much everything except obv the ram  but my question is do i really need the 48 gb of ram or will i be fine with 32 gb as long as its still 6000 CL30?

32GB will work fine ^^