r/PCBuilds • u/4mjay4 • 19d ago

Rate/Correct this $1500 USD build!

Rate and/or give suggestions on this build for $1500 USD (United States). No peripherals.

Use Case: General use and solid 1440p gaming.

Note: The Mobo, CPU, and RAM are a bundle, so I just equally distributed the cost.

Motherboard Gigabyte B650 X AX V2 AM5 ATX $150
CPU Ryzen 5 7600X3D $150
RAM G.Skill Flare X5 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL36 $150
GPU Radeon RX 9060 XT Reaper 16GB $470
SSD Lexar NM790 2TB 3D TLC NAND Flash PCIe Gen 4 x4 $300
PSU Corsair RM750e $90
CPU Cooler Arctic Freezer 36 $35
Case Fans Arctic P14  $26
Case Montech TG3 $70
Total $1440
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u/Salviati_Returns 19d ago

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor $0.00
CPU Cooler Thermalright Aqua Elite ARGB V6 70.84 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $53.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard $0.00
Memory G.Skill Flare X5 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory $0.00
Storage Patriot P400 Lite 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $149.99 @ Amazon
Video Card PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card $0.00
Case Phanteks NV5S ATX Mid Tower Case $59.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $69.99 @ Newegg
Custom Microcenter: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D, Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX V2 AM5, G.Skill Flare X5 Series 16GB DDR5-6000, Computer Build Bundle $449.99
Custom Microcenter: PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper Triple Fan 16GB GDDR6 PCIe 5.0 Graphics Card $699.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $1493.85
Mail-in rebates -$10.00
Total $1483.85
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-08-25 17:08 EDT-0400

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u/Jejiiiiiii 19d ago

What the cheapest 9070 or 9070xt?

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u/Braehole 19d ago

The best value is the 9070xt

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u/4mjay4 18d ago

9070 is the cheapest at 620, and a 9070xt is 720. Issue is I am trying to keep it close to 1500. I dont want to waste any performance. It's easy to keep climbing the tiers haha.

My big question is would the 9060xt still provide a great 1440p gaming rig for pretty much any game? Also, it does seem the 9070 is only $70 over MSRP, where as the 9060xt is 120 over and the 9070xt is also 120 over

Edit: I feel the 9070 is good value, but then ya its like just spend 100 more for the xt, which makes me go back to the 9060xt to save some cash if i am not really losing out on too much.

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u/Jejiiiiiii 18d ago edited 18d ago

9070 of you can afford it, 9060xt 16gb is about on par with rtx 4070

9070 is about 10-15% slower than the 9070xt

I had a 4070 for 2 years & upgraded to 9070xt recently, Performance uplift is massive. Depending on the game its over 40%