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.

PCPartPicker Part List

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
  • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Hey OP,

    https://www.tomshardware.com/news/possible-raptor-lake-refresh-launch-date-leaked

    It sounds like Intel is releasing mid-October. I don't know if Intel is of interest to you, and these are described as flagship cards. I also have no idea if this will effect prices on other cards or not.

    Because I'm on Linux I have no interest in Intel / Nvidia, though Intel can have amazing performance on Linux when they give it the proper firmware updates.

    Intel's previous release was not great, by the way. This does throw doubt in my mind this next one will do anything for you other than potentially reflect in the prices of other products. 🤷‍♀️

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      1 year ago

      Nice!
      I've always been an Intel guy. But I have owned two AMD computers over the years. Both of those gave me a very unstable experience.
      High performance, but unstable.
      My latest pc is a Ryzen 9 3900x computer, and im definitely going back to Intel next time.
      My ryzen is very warm (which makes the fans become loud, first time I've had to switch to liquid cooling to be able to be in the room) and I've had a very unstable experience overall. Had to fiddle with energy settings and stuff to get it running properly.
      There has been several new games where I had to wait to even be able to play them due to crashes or inexplainable low performance.
      Darktide for example, still crashes for me, while my buddies old Intel pc's runs it great and no issues. Totally missed out on that game as they are now done with it.

      Sorry for rant, but Im quite frustrated with this pc.

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        1 year ago

        No hey this is valuable added input. Sorry you've had a rough experience, and I'll take this as a warning that I will most likely have to learn some new skills in dealing with the issues you're describing.