ATTENTION: Prices of many components have gone up by 25% on average over the last few days.
>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
>NEWSLG 27GR95QE announced; flat 27" 1440p 240Hz OLED $1000
Recent releases: Intel 13th gen; RTX 4090 (AD102) + RTX 4080 (AD103); AM5 / Zen 4; Intel Arc GPUs A770 and A750
RTX """4080""" 12GB (AD104) snuffed, likely reincarnated as a 4070 Ti releasing early Jan
RX 7900 XT/X (Navi31) $900/$1000 Dec 13th release
>CPUS**HTPC(4K60)/Web Browsing: i3 10105
Gaming: R5 5600, 12400/F; budget: i3 12100/F; extreme: i5 13600K
Multicore: R9 7950X; budget: i5 13600K/F
**Existing AM4 board with an old chip? A Zen 3 CPU is likely the best option
>GPUS1080p: RX 6600; budget: used GTX 1660 Super
1440p: Just WaitTM; budget: RTX 3060 Ti; ultra budget: RX 6700 XT, RTX 3060
2160p: RTX 4090; budget: RTX 3080 12GB
Amateur production: RTX 3060 (VRAM), RTX 3090, RTX 4090 (compute+VRAM)
>RAM2x 8GB (consider 2x 16GB) DDR4 3600 MT/s CL18
2x 16GB DDR5 6000 MT/s CL30
>COOLERShttps://linustechtips.com/topic/891730-cpu-cooler-performance-tier-list/>PSUSAim for 50-75% PSU utilization at full system load
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/>SSDSStandouts: Kingston KC3000, WD SN770, Crucial P5 Plus
Avoid: Samsung 970 EVO Plus
https://ssd.borecraft.com/>MOTHERBOARD INFO:AM4 B550/X570 - CPU-less BIOS flash feature advisable if pairing with Ryzen 5000
LGA1700 B660/Z690 - CPU-less BIOS flash feature required if pairing with Core 13th gen
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-600-series-boards-for-raptor-lake>GAMING MONITORShttps://pcpartpicker.com/user/pcbg/saved/dP3v4DPrevious:
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