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Please help me select parts for a "competent" gaming PC (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by C4d@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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I haven't built a gaming PC for over fifteen years; I defected to PlayStation in '08 when the constant upgrading got too expensive to really justify, but now I'm looking to come crawling back.

I am finding it easy enough to find build ideas for very capable (and expensive) machines but I am that out of touch with "what's good" that I no longer have any idea of what would be "good enough" (to play most modern games at "high" settings and at 60fps).

Basically, I would like help in avoiding an attempt at going back to my old ways and building some kind of pie in the sky setup like this:

CPU AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

CPU fan NZXT Kraken 360 RGB

MB Asus Prime X670E-Pro WiFi 6E

GPU Gigabyte Aero GeForce RTX 4090 24GB

RAM G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB Series 64GB DDR5-6000

SSD Samsung 990 Pro 2TB

PSU Corsair RM1000x Shift 1000 W

Perhaps the could serve as a starting point - what could you cut from the above build and what would you substitute?

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[–] C4d@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, I should have specified; I already have the 4K monitor that I would like to use.

[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah that changes things a bit. What type of games do you plan on playing? 4K or not, if you're playing eSports or strategy games, it still will be overkill. My wife's rig is a 5800X (not 3D), and a GTX 1070, and she plays SIMS 4 and Diablo IV at 4K 60+ FPS.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Another data point: I have a Ryzen 5900x and an RTX 3080. In BG3 I average 80-90 fps with 1% lows over 60fps on a 4k screen with ultra settings and DLSS quality setting.

[–] C4d@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve got my eyes on AC Mirage.