The list of components i’ve compiled is as follows:
-A corsair 4000D airflow case -Ryzen 5 3600 (might be a slight bottleneck, but i have a 3900X, which is basically the same but double the cores and it barely gets any load during gaming) -BeQuiet Pure Rock 2 cooler -Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2x8gb 3600mhz -BeQuiet System Power 9 CM 600W -ASUS Prime B550-M A -3060 TI, manufacturer doesn’t really matter -2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD (haven’t decided on a manufacturer yet, but likely to be crucial, corsair or WD)
for context, she’s going to be using a 1440p 144hz monitor and she’s planning to play games like Warzone or some of the newer CoD games
i have built multiple PCs roughly in this region of performance before, and they’ve run great so far.
appreciate any suggestions!
If you can afford it, the 5800x3d is a huge upgrade over both the 3600 and the 3900x. I had also thought that the lack of load during gaming meant I didn’t need to upgrade my 3900x, but it turns out you get a lot of lag in unoptimized games when the CPU runs out of L3 cache and has to talk to the RAM. And this is more common than a lot of us realized. I noticed 25 fps increases in Hell Let Loose just with that upgrade, for example.
yeah, we looked at getting a 5600 for this build, but it’s like 50 bucks more for like 5-10 FPS. plus my brother runs a 3600 in his rig and says there’s no problems. getting last gen hardware is always a bit sketchy, but she’s always able to just buy any AM4 socket cpu a few years into the future. thanks for the recommendation though.
Try to find a used 3600 or 5600. Tons of people have upgraded their CPUs once the 5800x3d came out. I’ve got my old 5600x just sitting unused in a box because I haven’t bothered with coming up with a project for it yet.
depending on who is buying it for holidays, it might be too late already. but that’s a great idea, i bought all of my graphics cards used, why not the CPU?