Costco computer deal

As he mentioned, your use case is going to be very important. That PC has a large percentage of its budget spent on the CPU, which may or may not actually be useful to you.

I didn't realize the socket AM4 X3D CPUs were so much cheaper than the AM5 versions. You can get an AM4 5700X3D for like $200. Any reason you feel you need/want an AM5 platform over the AM4?

I would update the SSD to either Lexar NM790 or the teamgroup MP44 as they have higher durability ratings and faster performance for little more cost (typically).

What is your goal with the graphics card? You can get a lot of gaming out of cheaper cards depending on what you play and what settings you like.

Do you have an optical drive you can pull from an older PC?

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Ok, thanks for the info. The X3Ds look pretty expensive. How does something like this look:

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I haven’t seen someone spec out a PC with an optical drive in years

And it depends. What are you using it for? If gaming, which games at which resolution at which graphics settings and at what target FPS?

If I select that cpu you mentioned in pcpartpicker will it make sure I get an appropriate mobo for it? Someone else helped me spec out the one in my previous post.

If $1100 isn't too much for your budget, nothing wrong with your original list if you just want to run with it. I'd make that SSD change but everything else is OK. The AM5 platform is newer so you'll have more upgrade options down the road.

BUT if you are not the incremental upgrade type and you just get completely new every time, what you'd be getting now is a mid-range AM5 (new platform) setup but you would get very similar performance from a high-range AM4 (old platform) at a lower price but then your future upgrade options maybe limited. But does that matter if you dont do incremental updates?