My first attempt at a gaming PC build. Aiming for a $1000 budget. Does anyone have recommendations on how to improve or save cost? Thanks!
Update: with the Newegg bundle deals, I was able to get a 7600x and a gigabyte B650 Eagle AX with a free Team Group MP33 M.2 2280 1TB X3 NVME. Dropped the 2TB. Swapped with a Montub AIR 309 MAX case and XFX Speedster SWFT 6800 and got the price to $1050
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor | $213.90 @ Amazon |
| CPU Cooler | Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler | $33.90 @ Amazon |
| Motherboard | MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard | $144.99 @ Amazon |
| Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory | $91.99 @ Newegg |
| Storage | Silicon Power UD85 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive | $107.99 @ Amazon |
| Video Card | XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB Video Card | $339.99 @ Newegg |
| Case | Montech AIR 100 ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case | $59.99 @ Newegg |
| Power Supply | MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | $89.99 @ Amazon |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total | $1082.74 | |
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-18 16:00 EDT-0400 |
What’s your long term goal with this machine?
Is it just this, and when you want a better machine in the future you’re going to build a whole new one? If you’re planning on upgrading, which components?
Basically, what I see with what you’ve got is a $400 worth of CPU and mobo, and not even a $400 graphics card. Your gpu is going to be your bottleneck on this system. Your CPU can handle way more than what that GPU is going to push. If you’re planning on upgrading GPUs in a year or so, then this is a good $600 base build to drop a $1000 video card into in a years time. But if you do that you’ve gotta figure out what you’re doing with the old card, and that’s a lot of money to drop on a GPU that’s from the previous generation while also knowing you’re going to replace it.
If you’re happy with the GPU and it’s going to be your primary card for the next 2-3 years, then you can save some more money by building an AM4 system instead of AM5. A 5600-5800 would pair nicely with the 6800 GPU.
I was hoping to use it for at least 5 years before it needs an upgrade (maybe an additional SSD), I haven’t noticed any bottleneck from the GPU so far but I only game at 1440p not 4k. If all goes well I’m hoping this build will work until the end of AM5 and I can upgrade once everything drops in price if I need to. Of course, I’m coming from a gaming laptop with only 8gb of Ram and 2gb in the integrated GPU lol.
Yeah, if you’re planning on doing quick swap CPU and GPU upgrades, you’ll definitely get 5 years out of it. If that’s the plan, AM5 was the right move.
Enjoy the gaming!