First-timer: Ryzen 5 9600/7600 + RX 9060XT

[EmeraldBoa]

Hey all! About to upgrade from laptop to my first ever desktop (at the worst possible time) and would really appreciate some advice. I'm from Spain.

ETA: I used the template recommended in the pinned post, but I think the links got it marked as spam. Will comment below with build details.

Why Are You Upgrading: Laptop (GL502vs, with GTX 1080 8GB, and 16GB of RAM) is ten years old and I worry component prices will keep rising. Certain games cause a hard graphics crash with artifacts, which may be drivers or a hardware issue.

Budget: 1500-2000€ after shipping

Approximate Purchase Date: before the end of April
Use Case: Solo gaming (big games with pretty graphics, see below), occasional video editing/converting (which my current rig can already handle), general browsing.
Parts to Upgrade: Full build
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Your Monitor Resolution and desired frame rate: 1920x1080, 60+ FPS (never played on higher Hz so don't know if I will notice the difference)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts? Will try to avoid Amazon if poss, but only within the range of sanity. Working with Amazon prices for now.
Parts Preferences:

• AMD CPU (more energy/heat-efficient, I believe); AMD graphics card (cost-efficient).
• I picked 1 stick of 16GB DDR5 as I believe most games do fine with just that, and I can buy a second stick when/if sanity returns. Also don't want to lock myself into DDR4 and then have to resell CPU / motherboard next time I want to upgrade.
• 5.25" drive bay to potentially install a CD/DVD/Bluray drive
• I/O panel: at least 2 USB ports (3+ ideal but damn near impossible to find), audio out, USB-c ideal
• monitor no larger than 24", good colour accuracy and blacks

Overclocking: Always been scared to do it. Would appreciate an explanation on what you gain (or lose) from it.
Additional Comments:
Heat management is paramount. Spain and my town especially have been getting a lot hotter in the past 10-15 years and our buildings are not equipped to handle the new summers. This is about my OWN comfort: I spent all last summer with a headache, so I'll spend a little more if it means the system acts a little less like a radiator.
Quiet is nice, if I can get it.

I play a lot of older/indie games, but also want to catch up on the last 7-8 years of big games with pretty graphics (had to delete the specific names because the post was marked as spam). Couple of strategy/sim games but not my main focus.
...but I'm patient enough to skip games that my system can't handle.
Older software and freeware, mostly. Adobe PS CS5, Sony Vegas HD Platinum, MS Office 2010 yes really.

 

[EmeraldBoa]

NOPE still marked as spam. Sorry, no links allowed:

PCPartPicker Part List: es.pcpartpicker DOT com/user/EmeraldBoa/saved/hcQYQ7

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (€192.90 @ Amazon España)

OR AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (€160.22 @ LIFE Informática)​

OR AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (€168.79 @ LIFE Informática)​

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€40.90 @ Amazon España)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850 EAGLE WIFI6E ATX AM5 Motherboard (€163.41 @ LIFE Informática)
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast RGB 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€246.80 @ Neobyte)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€284.95 @ Amazon España)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Video Card (€468.95 @ Amazon España)
Case: be quiet! Pure Base 600 ATX Mid Tower Case (€93.84 @ reichelt elektronik)
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€85.69 @ Coolmod)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - Download 64-bit
Monitor: LG UltraGear 24GN60R-B 23.8" 1920 x 1080 144 Hz Monitor (oh balls it's gone - was 246€)
Total: €1577.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-04-07 17:58 CEST+0200


p.s. may be a little slow to reply as I slept all of 4h today, but I'll get there

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Hi thats a pretty good list. Personally Id grab a bit bigger PSU for future proofing. Upgrading GPU down the line is easier, and the best PSUs have 10 year warranties now so its worth it. This place does the best PSU reviews now, if they have a review and recommend it you can trust its a good one. I'd go with a 750 watt at least.

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Also grab 2x8 RAM, going single channel is a bad idea. You lose a good amount of performance by doing it as you can see here. If you want to go up to 32 in the future just sell the 2x8 kit locally and put the money towards the new kit.

https://www.techspot.com/article/3066-single-stick-vs-dual-channel-ram/

Grab an extra fan especially as youre in a hot climate. 2 in at the front and one out at the back is a good start point.

Overclocking is pretty much pointless these days. Especially in your situation as it creates a lot more heat for not much benefit.

Someone else might suggest a better build yet, but theres my thoughts for now. Good luck!

 

[EmeraldBoa]

Ooh, good catch on both counts, thanks. The case I listed has its own fans, I believe - think that's enough?

Could you (or someone else) help me clarify the difference between the three CPUs I listed? There's also the 9500f, which os about 180€ and I believe lacks integrated graphics.

 

[Colif]

I picked 1 stick of 16GB DDR5 as I believe most games do fine with just that, and I can buy a second stick when/if sanity returns. Also don't want to lock myself into DDR4 and then have to resell CPU / motherboard next time I want to upgrade.

@Kaamos_Llama , looks like he already has ram but I agree that 2x8 is the better choice currently anyway.

I tried to link OP's list but its listed as private anyway

OR AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (€160.22 @ LIFE Informática)OR AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (€168.79 @ LIFE Informática)

thats same CPU 🙂

 

[Colif]

Difference between 9600x and 7600x is power draw, the newer one uses less

ignore clock speed, the 9600x boosts to 5,4 whereas the 7600x only does 5.3
The 9600x is more efficient and achieves more with similar speed.

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Ryzen 5 7600X [cpubenchmark.net] by PassMark Software

Ryzen doesn't run CPU at max speed all the time, it prefers to allow most of the cores to sleep and only wakes them long enough to run a task and then rushes to idle, saves power and makes PC run cooler

There's also the 9500f, which os about 180€ and I believe lacks integrated graphics.

9600x also lacks igpu, I should have mentioned that as a difference. But if you using a 9060 XT, its really only handy at the build stage if GPU isn't installed at same time.