AdviceUpgrading after 11years, let's see what i can do!
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First of all sorry for not posting links but it seems like i can't

Budget (including currency): 1500 can go over budget and willing to buy used

Country: Italy

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, mostly guild wars 2 (from what i know heavy on cpu more precisely on single thread), but would finally like to play alot more of those heavy games.
Monitors: I already have one 1080p 60hz asus monitor and was looking at one 1440p 144hz monitor to use as primary: Benq Mobiuz Ex2710Q. So i would run 1 1440p and one 1080p.
Peripherals: I should be good with the ones i already have, but will need OS.

Hello everyone! This is a build i made doing a little bit of research in forums ecc, hope i did a good job and can get some optimization done!
I'm not very good with tech so this is the maximum i could do with a week's worth of research ahah.

PCPartPicker Part List: Yxwnzf

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (252.15 @ Amazon Italia)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock B650 PG LIGHTNING ATX AM5 Motherboard (218.18 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: Patriot Viper Black 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-5200 CL36 Memory (82.90 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (224.22 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING X TRIO 16G Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB Video Card (899.00 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case (115.79 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: Corsair HX850 Platinum 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (228.47 @ Amazon Italia)
Monitor: BenQ MOBIUZ EX2710Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Monitor (409.90 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: 2430.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-20 21:43 CET+0100

I already have the following so don't look at the total price:
SSD
PSU
CPU cooler

Also for the GPU i'll wait until mid april and snatch a used 6900xt at 500
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Great choices. 7600x is a strong performer. Good idea buying a 6900xt pre-owned. GPU prices are still whack. Also the LanCool case is a great buy with excellent airflow and features.

I recommend 32GB of ram over 16GB. You can definitely get by with 16GB, but new games tend to use more and more RAM in my experience. Kingston DDR5 32GB.

Your motherboard supports up to two M.2 storage drives if you need more storage. I suggest one or two of these Crucial 1TB M.2 SSDs.
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I would probably go for a 13th gen i5 over an R5 7600X to be honest. An i5-13500 would be a good shout, or spend the extra for a 13600K + Z790 motherboard if you want to overclock. 7600X is a perfectly good alternative if you'd rather go with AMD though. I would definitely steer away from AsRock motherboards though, personally. MSI or Gigabyte would be my go to if you don't want to pay the Asus tax lol.

I would probably be aiming for 32GB RAM, and definitely faster than 5200MHz @ CL36. That's a fairly slow kit of DDR5.

1440p high refresh rate monitor is a good choice, but maybe not that specific BenQ model for that price. There are plenty of good 1440p 144-165Hz monitors in the 250-325 euro price range. When you're spending over 400 euros, you're in high refresh rate 3440x1440 (ultrawide) territory, or even getting close to 4k144Hz monitors. It would probably be worth taking a look at "Monitors Unboxed" YouTube channel before making a purchase though.


PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (272.07 @ Amazon Italia)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For 0.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (149.49 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: Patriot Viper Black 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory (132.90 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 319 CORE Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card (599.00 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case (109.89 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: Corsair HX850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For 0.00)
Monitor: LG 32GN600-B 31.5" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Monitor (319.00 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: 1582.35


7600X alternative I'd be looking at;
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (252.15 @ Amazon Italia)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (Purchased For 0.00)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B650-PLUS ATX AM5 Motherboard (210.08 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: Patriot Viper Black 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory (132.90 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 319 CORE Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card (599.00 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case (109.89 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: Corsair HX850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For 0.00)
Monitor: LG 32GN600-B 31.5" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Monitor (319.00 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: 1623.02


If you get a 6900XT for 500 euros instead, then you save 100 and get a faster GPU. Otherwise, 6800XT for that price is still a solid option.

If you're needing more storage and/or have the extra cash, maybe look at adding something like this as well;
it.pcpartpicker.com/product/7nXJ7...000p5pssd8
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