I'm thinking of building a pc to play a few demanding games (e.g. PEAK, Satisfactory, Stellaris) at 1080p@60. It'd be under Proton/DXVK on Linux.
GPU prices in Australia are kinda fucked atm so that would probably have to be a used card, but would anyone have any advice on what I have so far?
I'd agree with going for AM5 like other posters have said, though it does look like you have a tight budget?
I've only ever run Intel so continued platform support is kinda foreign to me lol, and yeah I'm on a pretty tight budget.
I just had a look at an AM5 equivalent build, but it's another $140 (which is 2/3 of the cost of a future am4->am5 platform upgrade) and I'm not sure I'd be upgrading that soon. I'd have the option to upgrade to a 5800x3d anyway.
Is my thought process cooked?
If you're happy hunting down a used 5800X3D or 5700X3D when you do want to upgrade, I'd say that makes sense to a degree. Just that they're both end of life so finding one might be tricky when the time comes.
I'd almost suggest going straight for one of those CPUs now even if that will require more time to save up then just upgrade your GPU in a few years. That'll make a much bigger difference even in games that benefit most from the v cache