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Absolute beginner here, a little overwhelmed. Can someone take a look at this build and tell me how to improve it? Trying to keep it sub $1000 (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by pm_me_your_happiness@lemmy.one to c/buildapc@lemmy.world

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https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yqgLVw

EDIT: Here's what I ended up going with: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/j3VDbK

I decided to stick with the stock cooler for now, if I need to upgrade later then I will. I was going to downgrade the CPU to the 5600 as recommended to save some money, but the prime day sale kicked in and the X ended up being cheaper. I also switched to the 980 Pro rather than the Evo 970, once again courtesy of our capitalist overlord's Bezos day. I managed to snag a new RX 6700 XT for $310 on Amazon a few days ago, but it's shipping from Portugal so we'll see if that sticks.

Really appreciate all the advice, yall made it a lot less intimidating.

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[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, I think you did a pretty good job overall with managing cost/parts.

Do agree with the others saying the 5600 is a better buy than thr 5600X (the difference is stock boost clocks, and X moniker cpus also have XFR boost, whoch bumps clocks by 100Mhz, neither are really worth the cost difference between the models)

[–] pm_me_your_happiness@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think I’m going to end up going with the 5600 after all the recommendations. Appreciate it!

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have built about four machines running on AM4/R5 5600, they still crush at 1920x1080p and can handle discord/game multitasking.

[–] pm_me_your_happiness@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s awesome, I’ve got the parts coming in the mail now. Excited to start building

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have fun with it!

My only advice would be that your CPU isn't going to be running high enough to really require a tower cooler. The stock wraith that comes with the processor should be good enough if you want to save the 40 bucks.

Other than that good job picking things out on a budget!

[–] pm_me_your_happiness@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

I ended up not ordering the cooler based on the recommendations here. I should be able to start building sometime next week. Thanks!

[–] babboa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The 5800x3d cpu is under $280 on Amazon today. Well worth it if you're going am4 to just go ahead and buy once and cry once to max out your utility of the platform. It's a great CPU. Really shines on poorly cpu optimized games like almost anything made in unity.

[–] pm_me_your_happiness@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I saw that, I was considering it. I ended up picking up the 5600x today instead, as it’s cheaper than the 5600 that I’d budgeted for.