This is based off the “Great tier” AMD build, but I’m waffling a bit on the price. I don’t really know a whole lot about PC specs, but I read this is supposed to be a good long-lasting build based on the DDR5 and something newer in the CPU or Video card. That being said, I’ve only really ever build mid-tier and while I do want something nice, I’m just not sure it’s necessary for me? I tend to stick to Indie titles and the most demanding game I’ve played lately was BG3 (which my current PC has to be on med-low settings to run).
Also, if anyone has a good 22" monitor recommendations I’ll take them.
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor | $218.98 @ Amazon |
| CPU Cooler | Thermalright Peerless Assassin 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler | $37.90 @ Amazon |
| Motherboard | *Gigabyte B650M K Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard | $119.99 @ Amazon |
| Memory | *TEAMGROUP Elite 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-4800 CL40 Memory | $37.99 @ Amazon |
| Storage | Intel 670p 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive | $79.99 @ B&H |
| Video Card | *PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card | $319.99 @ Amazon |
| Case | Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case | $104.99 @ Adorama |
| Power Supply | *Thermaltake Toughpower GX2 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply | $66.98 @ Amazon |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total | $986.81 | |
| *Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria | ||
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-06 20:02 EDT-0400 |
Heyo! Your question led me to check some stuff since my wife wants to upgrade at some point as well.
Since we are slowly moving away from the intel/nvidia/windows ecosphere towards amd/linux/open source, we figured she should go with am5 when she changes her motherboard.
The b650-s and ryzen 5 7600 combined with gskill ripjaws s5 32gig. All together was roughly 500 bucks. The cooler needs to go on top obviously. We already have a gpu but if we needed one I‘d probably go with the amd 7600 since it is fairly new and pretty cheap.
Just so you know, I have put in quite some reaearch on gpus recently but nothing else so I‘m fairly positive about the gpu, a little less certain on the rest. The 7600 is not far from the 6700 xt imo and better in terms of fps per dollar/euro.
The nvidia 3060ti is pretty much the same but I think amd is the better decision going forward since nvidia is being a dick about their drivers forever and amd is more futureproof if you leave windows.
Good luck with your build.