I would say a 13600k would be the best fit, but if you want to try AMD then 7700x or if you can wait 7800x3D should be the best of both gaming and such. Generally speaking, if your just doing programming and such you dont really need a 7950x. 13th gen has done a bit better with them. If you ever want to go to a 4x16 stick, your gonna want to go intel as Ryzen 7000 has been quite unhappy when dealing with 4 sticks of ram. I will be buying two more monitors in the future likely adopting the OLED technology, potentially investing into 4k. I currently run two monitors: one 27 inch 1440p 144hz monitor and another 24 inch 1080p 60 hz monitor. I do see myself upgrading these RAM sticks in the future when they are a significant performance improvement at a reasonable price and of course RGB.

Just wanted to make sure I got a good Mobo for as low as possible without losing higher quality audio chipset, onboard wifi/bluetooth, and a bit of futureproofing. Did a lot of research and felt this was the best build I could come up with. I do have access to Micro Center near me and I found the CPU/RAM/Mobo combos they were offering and really wanted to take advantage of the deals. GPU is bottlenecked with about 70% usage but I figured at this point I might as well go for a full upgrade. I have the system overclocked pretty hard but still struggles to hit my monitor's refresh rate of 144hz at 1440p in both Valorant and Apex Legends.

Hey guys, I am upgrading from my i7-3820, 16GB DDR4 1800 ram, and GTX 1060 3gb build.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Programming for work, android emulators such as LDPlayer, mostly competitive shooters like Valorant and Apex Legends, Genshin Impact, Tower of Fantasy, and will start playing AAA titles in the future. Budget (including currency): $2,600 USD but can be flexibleĬountry: United States with access to Micro Center

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