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>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 40 Super refresh expected to be announced in early January at CES
AMD is expected to launch new AM4 X3D CPUs (R7 5700X3D and R5 5500X3D)
>12VHPWRDO NOT USE CABLEMOD 12VHPWR ADAPTERS, PARTICULARLY THE ANGLED ADAPTER
Fully seat a 12VHPWR connector in its socket, otherwise the connection can melt.
https://youtu.be/ig2px7ofKhQ?t=1345>CPUSHTPC(4K60)/Web Browsing: i3 12100
Gaming: R5 7600, 12600K; budget: R5 5600
eXtreme gaming: R7 7800X3D; budget: i5 14600K
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 4060; budget: RX 6600; ultra budget: used RTX 2060
1440p: RTX 4070; RT: RTX 4070 Ti
2160p: RTX 4080; budget: RTX 4070 Ti
Amateur production: RTX 3060 12GB, 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 5600 MT/s CL28; for unlocked "K" 13th/14th/LGA1700 - 2x 16GB 6400MT/s CL32
>COOLERSStandout: Peerless Assassin 120 (or variant)
https://linustechtips.com/topic/891730-cpu-cooler-performance-tier-list/>PSUSNot worth buying a new PSU unless it's ATX 3.0 compliant
Aim for 50-75% PSU utilization at full system load
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/>SSDSStandout: WD SN770 2TB
Avoid: outdated Samsung 970 Evo Plus, cheapest NVMe SSDs
https://ssd.borecraft.com/>MOTHERBOARDSGood power delivery is required for Intel CPUs like the i5 13500 and above
>GAMING MONITORShttps://pcpartpicker.com/user/pcbg/saved/dP3v4DPrevious:
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