PC Build Ideas - $1,200 Budget

Looking for some build advice (excluding peripherals) for roughly $2667.

Budget—it's fine if spending an extra couple hundred bucks gets us a noticeable jump in performance 🙂

It’s for a young civil engineer to use for work—mostly 3D modeling and stuff—plus a bit of gaming on the side.

Thanks in advance 🙂

ASUS ROG Strix X570-E gaming AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.60GHz AM4 BOX Wraith Stealth Cooler
DDR4 32GB (2x16) G.Skill 3600Mhz Ripjaws V, F4-3600C18D-32GVK
PowerColor RX5700XT Red Devil 8GB GDDR6 , AXRX 5700XT 8GBD6-3DHE/OC
Adata SSD 512GB SX8200 PRO PCIe M.2 2280 NVMe
Pure Black 600 Window
Corsair CX650M 650W, 80 PLUS Bronze

There’s really no need to go out and grab an X570 board; the ASUS ROG Strix B450-F is more than enough. I’d suggest putting that extra cash toward a bigger Samsung SSD or a better GeForce RTX instead.

Saw he meant a GeForce RTX board. I thought he was talking about something cheaper like $333, but clearly not 😁😁😵

ROG Strix is the move for an Intel Core i5-10400 👍

Also, 32GB of RAM is overkill for most people. Better to stick with 16GB and just upgrade later if you actually need it

For instance, Lumion recommends having 32GB of system memory for optimal performance.

Alexander Moore67 said:For instance, Lumion recommends having 32GB of system memory for optimal performance.

My mistake. I thought we were talking about gaming specs.

Thanks a lot 🙂 Just wondering—is there a specific store where you’d recommend picking that up?

Intel Core i5-10400 3.60 GHz box
MS midi tower Corsair K70 gaming silent
Samsung SSD 1TB SX8200 PRO PCIe M.2 2280 NVMe, ASX8200PNP-1TT-C
ASUS ROG Strix B450-F, AM4, 7C02-020R
Corsair 650W CX650, 80 PLUS Bronze, CP-9020122-EU
DDR4 8GB (4x8) Corsair Vengeance 3200MHz, PVS48G320C
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Windforce 8G, 8GB

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Alexander Moore67 said:Intel Core i5-10400 3.60 GHz box
MS midi tower Corsair K70 gaming silent
Samsung SSD 1TB SX8200 PRO PCIe M.2 2280 NVMe, ASX8200PNP-1TT-C
ASUS ROG Strix B450-F, AM4, 7C02-020R
Corsair 650W CX650, 80 PLUS Bronze, CP-9020122-EU
DDR4 8GB (4x8) Corsair Vengeance 3200MHz, PVS48G320C
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Windforce 8G, 8GB

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This will be my last one—thanks a lot, everyone. 🙂