I agree with spending some time pinpointing the original problem before you bring anything over. That said is there any reason you picked the 3060? That's a lot of money for a two generation old GPU when you could get a 5060Ti or 9060XT for the same price and get much better performance in basically every scenario.
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Without having any info on why your current PC is crashing, you run the risk of bringing the issues forward. A failing PSU is absolutely a cause of random and unexplainable issues. Bad cooling (usually dried thermal paste) would also cause it.
I would spend some time on diagnosing the cause first. Memtest and Prime 95 are good and simple starting points.
I did replace the power supply is 2021 from the original Corsair Builder cx600 to the current Corsair RM650.
I have moved to Linux Mint with Windows support soon being discontinued, so I'm also learning how Linux works at the same time as dealing with crashes. I'll look into the themal paste as well since that is an easy thing to replace.
I’ll look into the themal paste as well since that is an easy thing to replace.
Just wanted to mention, because it's often overlooked, check the thermal paste on your GPU as well. My wife's system was crashing constantly in games and it was driving us crazy trying to figure out why. Then, I pulled the GPU cooler and found the thermal paste was more "powder" than "paste". Cleaned the old paste off, applied new paste, and the system ran like a dream for another year or so before she upgraded the GPU.
So I got a tube of thermal paste and redid the GPU and CPU. It was pretty crusty on both, so far after about 30 mins running 8 different tabs of YouTube concurrently the fans barely turned on versus that crashing the computer after 5 mins.
I'll run some proper tests over the weekend. Do a bunch of benchmark tests on beyond all reason to see how them temp goes.
Current build is this: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZrsFkf
I’d get a 5700X with DDR4 instead.
The motherboard and memory are way cheaper, and it’s plenty fast, which leaves you more budget for a bigger GPU (the most important part).
The only reason to go with a 7000 series platform is if you wanted to keep the motherboard and get a 9000 CPU later, but… as you can see now, usually you’d replace the motherboard when it’s time to upgrade anyway.
The 5000 X3D CPUs were a great sweet spot, but unfortunately it looks like they’re all OOS in Canada. Maybe there’s one Pcpartpicker isn’t covering though, like on eBay.
I gotta disagree here, the 5700X just isn't worth getting at this point. I wouldn't recommend any non-X3D AM4 chip to someone unless they were on an extreme budget because it really is that much worse and can be a noticeable bottleneck when gaming (exactly why I upgraded to a 5700X3D), but more so because prices are pretty bad. The 5700X is almost the same price as the 7600X (~$20 difference,) while performing worse. 9600Xs were on sale recently in Canada for as cheap as the 5700X, but even at their current regular price I'd say it's easily worth moving up to as it will perform similarly to the 5700X3D while being both cheaper and more power efficient. DDR4 prices have also gone up as companies try to cash in on the people staying on AM4. A good 32GB DDR4 kit is barely cheaper than a good DDR5 kit. Just doesn't make sense to spend $800-900 on a new AM4 build and be maxed out on parts when you could spend $900-1000 and have upgrade options later like going with a 9000X3D or getting a PCIE 5 NVME drive or actually having the headroom for a better GPU. Opening up the GPU budget and then holding it back with a 5700X would be silly.
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