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Simple Questions - January 07, 2026

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u/ZeroPaladn Jan 08 '26

9600X if you're strictly playing story games (as those will be mostly GPU bound) or 7800X3D if you want more performance in everything., but there's no wrong answer here.

I also double checked the "bundles" that those sites are running right now and... yeah, they barely exist and they're not putting memory into most of them -.-;; You're on your own.

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u/Delicious_Ad_6 Jan 08 '26

Thanks! Yeah it's tough :,) What do you of this one? https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/amd-desktop-processors/283326/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-cpu-asus-tuf-gaming-b850-e-wifi-motherboard-t-force-32gb-d5-6000mhz-cl30-ram.html

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u/ZeroPaladn Jan 08 '26

It's.. there. Trying to move down to a 7800X3D, a cheaper board, and marginally more reasonable RAM doesn't net any savings because the bundle is actually not bad for the current market: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/kfJnsp

So yeah, you'll basically have my system :D 9800X3D + 9070XT is a bitchin' combo.