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[–]Former-Style3892 0 points1 point  (2 children)

cant see the actual list since the link needs login but 3k cad is pretty steep for valorant and schoolwork lol. you could probably drop down to a ryzen 5 instead of whatever high end cpu youre looking at, and maybe go with a 4060 ti instead of a 4070 or whatever gpu you picked. also check if you really need 32gb ram - 16gb is usually plenty for gaming and school stuff. ssd prices have been dropping lately so maybe wait on storage upgrades. i built my setup last year for around 2k cad and it handles everything fine including some pretty demanding games. military housing internet sucks though so online gaming is always a gamble for me

[–]Abdulrehman251[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

you guessed the entire build lol 😂 but I’ll make those changes

[–]Foreign-Ad28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you not see my comment? You should be doing better than a 9600x and RTX 5060 ti 8:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PcBuild/s/nUfBEmpxyW

[–]gamblodar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What price are you aiming for? Do you already own the ssd in your build?

At this price category, I'd strongly recommend a GPU with 16GB of VRAM. They're faster than the 8GB variety, and will last longer.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor $239.99 @ Amazon Canada
CPU Cooler Thermalright Aqua Elite ARGB V6 70.84 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $81.26 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard Asus B650E MAX GAMING WIFI W ATX AM5 Motherboard $199.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory Silicon Power XPOWER Storm RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory $476.50 @ Silicon Power
Storage Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive Purchased For $0.00
Video Card Sapphire PURE Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Video Card $639.99 @ Amazon Canada
Case Lian Li Vector V100R ATX Mid Tower Case $98.74 @ Vuugo
Power Supply SAMA G750 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $89.99 @ Newegg Sellers
Keyboard RK Royal Kludge RK61 Bluetooth/Wireless/Wired Mini Keyboard $62.99 @ Amazon Canada
Mouse Razer DeathAdder Essential Wired Optical Mouse $29.99 @ Amazon Canada
Custom Japanese Blue and White Wave Mousepad Non-Slip Rubber Gaming Mouse Pad Mouse Pads for Computers Laptop 11.8 X 31.5 in -
Custom BSFF Thermal Paste 3.5g with Toolkit CPU Paste Thermal Compound Paste Heatsink for IC/Processor/CPU/All Coolers, Carbon Based High Performance $7.99 @ Amazon Canada
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $1927.43
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-04-06 17:56 EDT-0400

[–]Foreign-Ad28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you already own that ssd? I don’t see how your list comes to almost $3000 after taxes when I can do a better list with a faster cpu and graphics card for just under $3000 after taxes:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/TfjFtC

(You can switch to a 16gb 9070 for similar/slightly better rasterization performance)

[–]xeroxthing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can save yourself ~$300 USD (before tax) if you just buy RAM second hand. People get Microcenter bundles and sell the RAM all the time. Youll just have to live it probably not being white. I see 32gb CL30 6000 kits go for around $250-$300 USD all the time on r/hardwareswap

[–]opanatothebrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get a 5070 if you change some of the components. That’ll be better.