Came into some money, my bottleneck has always been my graphics card and though this PC was top of the line once, it's time to upgrade. What's good these days?
I think max I would want to spend might be $3000 but there's wiggle room.
Edit: we're getting a little distracted by what's on the outdated newegg list, so here's what you need to know
Processor : AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core 3.4 GHz
Gpu: ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING WIFI II AM4
if you feel like graphics are outdated upgrade that. it's still a nice machine.
Not pressuring but why windows? That's 120 you can use else where. Is there anything work or play that makes windows a requirement, because you could probably upgrade your GPU a bit more for 120?
And if you are diy enough to build a PC you are more than diy enough to run Linux.
My man this list was created years ago, don't worry about that
Oh gosh sorry misread. Thought these were your current proposed spec a and I was very confused.
No no my bad, I don't have access to my PC currently so I used an old list, I'm hearing PC part picker might be better for this anyways
5950x is still solid. I'd just buy a new GPU and save the rest for upgrading again in a few more years.
AMD for about everything except AI (and its not far behind on AI, I run AMD with AI loads)./
most important thing these days is RAM. lots and lots of it. unfortunately its also expensive as fuck now.
Suripisingly the ram I have 16gb x 2, is something like $250, so I could feasibly get another set and have a solid 64gb
yeah 64 is about all im willing to run with these days but I'm a developer who has a bunch of heavy RAM loads.
Is this a gaming computer, or a computer for work?
If you're doing some heavy CPU intensive tasks for work the 5950 is still a great CPU. But if you're gaming then it's usually worse than the single CCD 5800x, and MUCH worse than the 5800x3d which is the best gaming CPU for AM4.
Also a hard drive and no SSD? That's going to be a painful computer to use in 2026. Skip the HDD, get the cheaper (and better) CPU and get a cheap NVME SSD.
Also why are you buying windows 10 in 2026? It's EOL. Pirate it if you're going to use 10, or if you want fully legit buy 11. Don't pay full retail for an EOL pproduct.
Someone didn't read the full description. I have a NVME. This is for work and gaming, I do graphic design and video editing on the regular as well as gaming