Build a PC / gaming & streaming

$3,500 streaming PC, part by part

An AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D with the GeForce RTX 5080, and the 6 parts around them that fit it: $3,784 all in.

1440p gameplay with a live encode running beside it. Every part here was checked against every other for fit, and picked for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat. A price marked Amazon US is ScoutPrices' reading of the listing its button opens, dated; the rest are typical prices. Not a checkout total: no operating system, shipping, tax, screen, keyboard or mouse.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and the GeForce RTX 5080 are well matched at 1440p.

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The ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi goes onto the Lian Li O11 Dynamic Evo RGB's tray: ATX, B650, nine standoffs.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D drops into the AM5 socket, lever down: 16 cores, up to 5.7 GHz.

The Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360's block sits on the chip and its 360 mm radiator bolts to the roof; rated 330 W against 230 W.

Two sticks of TeamGroup T-Force Delta RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 click into the second and fourth slots: 32 GB at 6000 MT/s.

The Crucial T705 1TB screws into the first M.2 slot under the card.

The GeForce RTX 5080 slides into the x16 slot and latches: 310 mm in a case that takes 422 mm, 16 GB of memory.

The MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 goes into the basement, 850 W for a build that draws about 800 W flat out, one native 16-pin cable to the card.

Side panel on, 7 case fans spinning. Fit for the job: 85 of 100.

Build order

Eight steps, the way a builder works through the case. $3,483 all in.

ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi on the tray
Ryzen 9 9950X3D in the socket
Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 on top
2 sticks of memory
Crucial T705 1TB on the board
RTX 5080 in the x16 slot
850 W supply in the basement
Panel on, power on

Illustration built from this build's parts: the case's card and cooler clearances, the board's size, the card's length, the cooler, the memory sticks, the supply. Shapes are generic, not the products' own.

PartScore for the jobPrice

ProcessorAMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Highest gaming & streaming score the budget allows next to this card: 16 cores, boosts to 5.7 GHz.

2 swaps that still fit