| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are you using the system for? | Mostly gaming. The hardware intensive games I play are "simulation" games (think Factorio) that are more CPU bound than GPU bound. I do not play the latest marquee games with the biggest and baddest graphics etc. |
| What's your budget? | $1300-$2000, although I doubt I need to go to the higher end of that range |
| What country are you in? | USA |
| Do you live near Microcenter? | About ~45 minutes away |
| Brand preference | nvidia GPUs are a hard pass. I have no judgments against anyone who buys and enjoys nvidia. |
| Vendor preference | Most of these links are Amazon right now, but I'm fine with others if their reputation is good. |
| Re-used parts | I have some magnetic storage drives sitting on a shelf. Extra peripherals too like mouse and keyboard. |
| What is your desired monitor resolution / refresh rate? | Gunning for 1980x1080@240hz I think. The games I play tend to use low resolution graphics. I'm more interested in refresh rate than high resolution. |
| What specialist / professional software do you need to use? | Not with this machine. |
| Bought | Slot | Description | Price (last checked) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☑️ | CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor | $325.99 |
| ☑️ | CPU Cooler | ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 Liquid CPU Cooler | $97.99 |
| ☑️ | Motherboard | MSI PRO B550-VC ProSeries | $139.99 |
| ☑️ | RAM | Mushkin Redline Lumina 64 GB (2) x 32 GB DDR4-3600 CL16 | $172.99 |
| ☑️ | GPU | AMD Radeon RX 6600 Graphics Card with 8GB GDDR6 Memory | $199.99 |
| ☑️ | PSU | Corsair RM750e 750 W 80+ Gold Modular ATX Power Supply | $99.99 |
| ☑️ | "Hot storage" | SK hynix Gold P31 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen3 M.2 2280 Internal SSD | $107.99 |
| 🔲 | Display | Dell S2522HG 24.5" 1920 x 1080 240 Hz Monitor | $201.90 |
| ☑️ | Case | Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL Black ATX Full Tower Case | $190.58 |