>UPGRADE & BUILD ADVICEPost build list or current specs including MONITOR:
https://pcpartpicker.com/Provide specific use cases (e.g. 4K editing, high FPS gaming)
State budget and COUNTRY or you will not be helped
>NEWSRTX 50 and RX 8000 announcements at CES in early Jan.
Arc B580 reviews live
>12VHPWRDO NOT USE ANGLED 12VHPWR ADAPTERS
Fully seat a 12VHPWR connector in its socket, otherwise the connection can melt.
>Intel Raptor Lake / RPL RefreshInstability reported with 13th and 14th gen, i5 K SKUs and above (incl non-K). Update BIOS and apply Intel Baseline settings. Avoid purchases.
>CPUSHTPC(4K60)/Web Browsing: i3 12100
Gaming: R5 7600; budget: i5 12600K; eXtreme: R7 9800X3D
Multicore: R9 7950X; budget: i5 13500
>Avoid iGPU-less CPUs>Existing AM4 board with an old chip? Consider a Zen 3 CPU>GRAPHICS CARDS1080p: RTX 3060 12 GB / Arc B580; ultra budget: RX 6700XT 12GB
1440p: RX 7900GRE; budget: RX 7800XT
2160p: RX 7900XTX; budget: RX 7900XT
Amateur production: RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, used RTX 3090, RTX 4090
>RAMDDR4: Zen3/AM4 - 2x 16GB 3600 MT/s CL18; for locked "non-K" 12th/13th/LGA1700 - 2x 16GB 3200 MT/s CL16
DDR5: Zen4/AM5 - 2x 16GB 6000 MT/s CL30; for unlocked "K" 13th/14th/LGA1700 - 2x 16GB 6400MT/s CL32
>COOLERSStandout: Phantom Spirit (or variant)
https://linustechtips.com/topic/891730-cpu-cooler-performance-tier-list/>PSUSA new PSU should be ATX 3.X compliant
Aim for 50-75% PSU utilization at full system load
https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-hardware-busters/>SSDSSamsung 990 Evo 2TB, Western Digital SN 850X, Sabrent Rocket 4, Crucial P3
Avoid: outdated Samsung 970 Evo Plus, cheapest NVMe SSDs
https://ssd.borecraft.com/>MOTHERBOARDSGood power delivery is required for Intel CPUs like the i5 13600K and above
Don't pair a K CPU with a B mobo chipset
>GAMING MONITORSAOC Q27G3XMN, MSI MPG 321URX, Dell G2724D
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