I've already ordered the following parts for a gaming PC with a budget of around $1,500, mainly targeting 1080p gaming: Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 2x8GB memory, an ASUS A620M-F Gaming WiFi motherboard, a Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 SSD, an ASUS Dual Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB graphics card, an AMD Ryzen 5 7600 processor, and an ASUS TUF Gaming 750B power supply. Do these parts work well together, and should I have bought more RAM?
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Your CPU, motherboard, SSD, and power supply should be suitable for this setup. The 16GB graphics card is also helpful for gaming at 1080p. The main concern is value: the RX 9060 XT may not be the best-priced option depending on where you live, so it would have been worth comparing it with competing cards before ordering. Since the parts are already purchased, I’d focus on testing the system and upgrading to 32GB of RAM later if you notice stuttering or memory usage getting high.
The build should be fine for 1080p gaming, and 16GB of RAM is still usable if you mainly play one game at a time without lots of other programs running. However, 32GB would give you more headroom for newer games, browsers, Discord, recording software, and multitasking. If possible, adding another matching 2x8GB kit or replacing the current kit with 2x16GB would be worthwhile.
The parts are compatible overall, but keep in mind that A620 boards are more basic than B650 boards and offer fewer upgrade and tuning features. That shouldn’t stop a Ryzen 5 7600 from working well, but make sure the motherboard BIOS supports the processor and that you enable the memory profile so the RAM runs at its rated speed. If Windows feels sluggish while gaming, reducing background applications or moving to a lightweight gaming-focused Linux setup could also help.
For 1080p gaming specifically, 16GB of system memory should be okay right now. It becomes more limiting when several applications are open in the background or when playing especially demanding newer titles.