I am only planning to play mostly in 1080P. Budget is not set in stone but I want the best bang for buck (below 1300) Can go up to 1500 if you see the value. Only need tower, dont need windows. I want to buy today or asap. I already have a psu 650w corsair so no need.

Planning to play mostly Apex, Fortnite, World of warcraft, etc.

Was planning on buying the MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Video Card RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 2X 8G OCV1 LHR for $579 for GPU. & ryzen 5600x for 220.

Please build me something! I will buy today

This post was edited by drew2128 on Apr 23 2022 01:23pm

Already have: WD_Black SN850 2 TB SSD, Corsair 650w PSU. I couldnt edit my post.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Drew2128/saved/jjzkf7


I started to build something. Few Questions
1. DO I need a motherboard that expensive?
2. That CPU cooler or a different one?
3. 3060 or 3060ti? for those price points? (i put 2 graphics cards on there)
4. Is there a better case for that price?
5. Is 16gb ram good enough or do i need 32?

6. any other recommendations?
7. In pcpartspicker it says something about incompatibility it that going to be a problem?

This post was edited by drew2128 on Apr 23 2022 03:00pm

Planning to stay at 1080? What is your likelihood of upgrading your monitor in the next 5 years?

Unless you're going high framerate for shooters, you can go even more budget with a 3600xt, a cheap MOBO ($80-$100 usd) and a 2070, 3060, 6600xt(AMD),

Stock cooler is fine for your use-case

For PC case I loved building in a thermaltake, cheap light case I found for around $40 USD

16gb is plenty

The warning is for Bios update. If you use a newer cpu on a mobo that's been around longer theoretically it may need a bios update (which may or may not be possible without an older CPU to update the bios with, which would be a giant hassle). That said, in my experience, manufacturers update their bios for newer CPUs pretty quick and if you're worried you can check it out on purchase, it will say "compatible with (whatever) generation"

My last recommendation is just my opinion but might not matter for you. I would go with a 3600xt or 5600 cpu and the 3060ti. It's overkill for 1080p gaming but I would recommend you consider 1440p, if not now then budget for it at some point in the future. 1440 is an amazing sweet spot right now for price/performance and looks amazing particularly for more cinematic games. This point is null if you're more into shooters where you just want speed and efficiency but I had a lot of love for my 3060ti on a 1440p 100hz ultrawide monitor. Great gaming experience

PM me or tag me here if there's anything else I can help with

You can close this now. I bought a 3080 graphics card and 240 hz monitor.

Sick. Hope you went better than 1080

yooo thought this was a budget build?! Hope you're enjoying your 3080!