Never built anything. Need help :(

PenguinGirl

Hi y’all I’ve been gaming on a cheap laptop for the past few years, and that is crapping out on me! The consensus online seemed to lean towards building your own instead of prebuilts, so I’d really love some help and guidance!! I put together the list below (really is mostly the ‘most popular’ items under each section) and would love to know what’s bad/missing/incompatible! Thank you, gamers

Oh also! My original budget was meant to be around $1000, but it so quickly went over budget!!! If you see any items that aren’t worth the extra buck would love to know that too!!! But I am comfortable up to the $1750 range now that I’m over anyways haha.

PowerSpec_MikeW

@PenguinGirl

Replace your Mobo/CPU/RAM with this bundle: https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006645/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d,-gigabyte-b650-gaming-x-ax-v2,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

$450. Your motherboard prices is covered up, but I'm guessing $200. So You're looking at $600 for those components. Should save you $150 and upgrade you to an AM5 processor, DDR5 RAM with better performance all around.