I'm planning a PC build with a budget of about €1,600. It will mainly be used for gaming, writing, video editing, coding, and some rendering in Manim. I'm based in France and don't need peripherals. Ideally, I'd like to buy everything from Amazon France, although I'm willing to use other retailers if the prices are significantly better. I'd also prefer the components to have a consistent color scheme. My current build includes a Ryzen 5 7500F and a Radeon RX 9060 XT, but I'd appreciate feedback on whether the parts are well balanced and if there are better alternatives within the budget.
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One suggestion was to replace a Ryzen 7 5800X with a 5700X3D or move to AM5, since the 5800X runs fairly hot and isn’t especially attractive at its current pricing. However, that advice doesn’t apply to this parts list: the selected processor is a Ryzen 5 7500F, which is already an AM5 CPU.
There’s currently a good deal on a 32GB kit of Corsair memory through Amazon France. A 2x16GB kit makes sense for this build, especially with video editing and rendering in the workload, so it may be worth checking while the discount lasts.
That’s the kit I’m planning to use.
The 16GB graphics card may be more than you need for 1080p gaming, since VRAM is used heavily for things like high-resolution textures. You could consider a faster 8–12GB card, or use the extra VRAM as a reason to target 1440p instead. That said, if the RX 9060 XT is outperforming the alternatives available in your price range, keeping the 16GB model is perfectly reasonable.
Do you have a specific 8–12GB card in mind that would still fit the budget? The options I found seemed slower than the RX 9060 XT. I’m also wondering whether the 8GB version of the same card would be enough.
I think there may be a mix-up—the build uses a Ryzen 5 7500F, not a Ryzen 7 5800X, and it is already based on AM5.