I'm looking to upgrade to a decent gaming setup for 1080p without running into any CPU or GPU bottlenecks. My current build includes an AMD Ryzen™ 7 7800X3D (8 cores, 120W TDP, 4.20GHz base clock, 5.00GHz turbo, 96MB L3 cache) paired with an MSI PRO A620M-B motherboard (m-ATX, PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2, 1x M.2). I also have a GeForce RTX™ 5060 with 8GB of GDDR7 memory. I don't have a ton of knowledge about PC builds, so any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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It really depends on what kind of gaming experience you're after. Are you into high-refresh-rate competitive games or do you prefer a more balanced setup? If you're going for competitive gaming, this build will work fine, but you'll want to set all your graphics to the lowest to maximize frames. If you're looking for a balanced gaming experience, your CPU is solid, but that GPU is on the lower end. Consider downgrading the CPU to something like a Ryzen 5 9600X and upgrading to a GTX 5070 or better.
I'm probably leaning toward competitive gaming. This was actually a prebuilt template, and I adjusted it since I didn't have time to build my own.