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Honestly, I think you did a pretty good job overall with managing cost/parts.
Do agree with the others saying the 5600 is a better buy than thr 5600X (the difference is stock boost clocks, and X moniker cpus also have XFR boost, whoch bumps clocks by 100Mhz, neither are really worth the cost difference between the models)
I think I’m going to end up going with the 5600 after all the recommendations. Appreciate it!
I have built about four machines running on AM4/R5 5600, they still crush at 1920x1080p and can handle discord/game multitasking.
That’s awesome, I’ve got the parts coming in the mail now. Excited to start building
Have fun with it!
My only advice would be that your CPU isn't going to be running high enough to really require a tower cooler. The stock wraith that comes with the processor should be good enough if you want to save the 40 bucks.
Other than that good job picking things out on a budget!
I ended up not ordering the cooler based on the recommendations here. I should be able to start building sometime next week. Thanks!
The 5800x3d cpu is under $280 on Amazon today. Well worth it if you're going am4 to just go ahead and buy once and cry once to max out your utility of the platform. It's a great CPU. Really shines on poorly cpu optimized games like almost anything made in unity.
I saw that, I was considering it. I ended up picking up the 5600x today instead, as it’s cheaper than the 5600 that I’d budgeted for.