Help me build a new PC

[OoAIDoO]

Hello good people, I would really appreciate your suggestion about configuring a new PC that I am planning to build hopefully during this Black Friday.

Budget is not a hard constraint.

The PC will be used for productivity and casual gaming (mostly Dota 2). I want a very good (if not best) experience in terms of productivity. I do not plan to overclock anything unless I have to.

I already have the following items:

Primary display: LG CX 48
Secondary display: Pavilion 32-inch QHD
PSU: CORSAIR HX850i, 850 Watt, 80+ Platinum Certified
Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 750D

I need to figure out at least the following:

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x
MOBO: GIGABYTE B550 AORUS PRO AC
GPU: MSI X Trio RTX 3070
RAM: 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 (G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series)
NVMe: 1TB Samsung EVO Plus

Thank you for reading all this. Looking forward to your suggestion!

[Mohiuddin]

Well do u need a strong cpu? How multithreaeded ur most works would be?
How much emphasis should u put on the gpu raw performance? Is the software using any proprietary tech from a specific gpu vendor? What about vram.

[OoAIDoO]

Well do u need a strong cpu? How multithreaeded ur most works would be?
How much emphasis should u put on the gpu raw performance? Is the software using any proprietary tech from a specific gpu vendor? What about vram.

Bro, thank you for the prompt response.

As I mentioned, this PC is for basic productivity and casual gaming. There is no special purpose such as training artificial intelligence or deep learning models.

For CPU Ryzen 5800X or 5900X should be fine I guess and for GPU maybe 3070 or 3080? Or maybe something from AMD's new series?

[Mohiuddin]

Vaia, i think at this point, u should wait for independent reviews of both zen3 and rx6000 serires cards.

[OoAIDoO]

Vaia, i think at this point, u should wait for independent reviews of both zen3 and rx6000 serires cards.

I agree.

[OoAIDoO]

I am planning to go with Ryzen 5600x and GIGABYTE B550 AORUS PRO AC.

For the GPU, I am considering Radeon RX 6800 XT.

Any comments?

Also, can someone suggest me best value (performance/price) 32GB RAM and 1TB NVMe for this build?

[Sybaris Caesar]

RAM maybe this: https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/bl2k16g36c16u4b

As for SSD refer to this list: https://www.anandtech.com/show/9799/best-ssds
Sadly ADATA did a bait-and-switch: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ad...troller-change

Which brand of GPU you'll be getting? Sapphire gonna bring back Toxic model finally. Although tbh reference model looks nice.

[OoAIDoO]

RAM maybe this: https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/bl2k16g36c16u4b

As for SSD refer to this list: https://www.anandtech.com/show/9799/best-ssds
Sadly ADATA did a bait-and-switch: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ad...troller-change

Which brand of GPU you'll be getting? Sapphire gonna bring back Toxic model finally. Although tbh reference model looks nice.

Thank you for the suggestions.

I will try to get the reference model. Not sure if there will be enough stock though.

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I did some research and thinking to go with a gen 4 NVMe (Corsair MP600 or Sabrent 4.0) instead.

Any comments on the build?

[Sybaris Caesar]

You're gonna need aftermarket cooler. Although reviews say 5600x is a little cooler than 3600x, if it's anything like 3000 series you're gonna need an aftermarket cooler for the boost algorithm to stretch its legs.

You also need a HDMI 2.1 cable for Freesync to work. The TV itself is 40Gbps but I don't think any such bandwidth cable is selling. Buy any 48Gbps cable. Although I'm not sure if the TV supports Freesync out-of-the-box, since they were certified for Nvidia G-sync Compatible mostly. But if they don't, LG will very well drop a firmware update imo.

[OoAIDoO]

You're gonna need aftermarket cooler. Although reviews say 5600x is a little cooler than 3600x, if it's anything like 3000 series you're gonna need an aftermarket cooler for the boost algorithm to stretch its legs.

You also need a HDMI 2.1 cable for Freesync to work. The TV itself is 40Gbps but I don't think any such bandwidth cable is selling. Buy any 48Gbps cable. Although I'm not sure if the TV supports Freesync out-of-the-box, since they were certified for Nvidia G-sync Compatible mostly. But if they don't, LG will very well drop a firmware update imo.

Thank you for the feedback again.

I will stick with the stock cooler for now and upgrade later depending on the circumstances.

I forgot to add HDMI 2.1 cable to my shopping list. Thank you for reminding.

LG CX series has native FreeSync variable refresh rate (VRR) support.