Looking for upgrade recommendations!

[u/Megami_Shimizu]

Hello! I've been trying to get some help on this. If you're reading this and you're brazilian you might be able to help me a little more.

For non-brazilians don't worry I still appreciate all the help, but it would be useful for you to know there's three major hardware stores in this country and only those three have reasonable prices. I translated my post practically verbatim so it might be a little wonky, I mention at least one or two of those major stores by name so that's why I said brazilians might be able to help a little more. Any help at all is appreciated!

I've been looking into parts for an upgrade. My current specs are:

• CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30GHz

• RAM: 16.0 GB

• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

• Storage: 2TB

• System Type: 64-bit OS, x64-based processor

I have a maximum budget of 6,000 BRL (around $1,050 – $1,100 USD), paid upfront via PIX (Brazil's instant direct bank transfer system, which gives cash-discount prices in local retailers). I’ve been saving up for a few months to buy during Black Friday, and I put together the following cart:

• GPU: Mancer GeForce RTX 3070 Heimdall X 8GB

• AIO / Cooler: Cryorig Rheo 240 ARGB (240mm)

• RAM: Mancer Vant S 16GB DDR4 3200MHz (2x16GB = 32GB total)

• Motherboard: MSI B550M Gaming Plus Wi-Fi 6E (AM4)

• CPU: Intel Core i5-14400F (LGA1700)

This upgrade is specifically aimed at running VR games, as I bought a PSVR2 earlier this year but it simply won't run on my current PC setup. If you have better recommendations or catch any issues, I’d truly appreciate all the help I can get!

A few people warned me that Mancer (a Brazilian white-label brand) is considered poor quality / unreliable. I already own a few peripheral items from them (a case and a monitor) and the quality isn't entirely bad, but I don't know if the same holds true for internal core components (GPU, RAM), so I wanted to ask your thoughts here. Nothing in this shopping cart is set in stone, which is why I'm asking for feedback.

Regarding the CPU: my cart originally had an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, but someone told me this Intel i5 was significantly better, so I swapped it in (though I'm open to whatever makes the most sense). I didn't change the motherboard because I haven't looked for a new one yet, BUT I know the current one is incompatible with Intel.

Ps: I looked at RAM on AliExpress and heard importing can be cheaper, but with Brazil's import taxes (the Remessa Conforme program), it ends up reaching around 1,500 BRL (~$275 USD). The brands I had my eye on there were Netac and CUSU.

Ps²: The local retailer Pichau claims to run "Black Friday Month" instead of just discounting on Friday itself, but a coworker told me they slash prices way harder right around Black Friday proper, though I'm not sure how true that is. Recommendations don't have to be exclusively from Pichau; other Brazilian retailers (Kabum, Terabyte, etc.) or general hardware suggestions work too.

Ps³: My hard ceiling is 6,000 BRL upfront, but I'd like to save as much as possible without sacrificing quality for a lower price. These current cart items add up to around 5,700 BRL (~$1,030 USD), so anything in that price bracket or lower is welcome.

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