grand steppe
More expensive alternatives to the current GPU:
ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 V2 Gaming Graphics Card- PCIe 4.0, 12GB GDDR6 memory --- $287 (amazon)
GIGABYTE WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 x16 ATX Video Card GV-N3060WF2OC-12GD --- $269 (newegg)
MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 x8 ATX Video Card RTX 4060 Ti VENTUS 2X BLACK 16G OC --- $500 (newegg) (also seriously this is a 4.0 x8? How?)
Deskmeet x300 (8 Liters) ($689 Budget build)
[Deskmeet x300][8 Liters][$689 Budget build]
grand steppe
This is flat out stupid, but you could feasibly bring the price down to $635 : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kMmvVW
Gods have mercy on your soul...
molten oasis
wouldn't recommend it, 5500 is quite ass compared to the 5600 
willow jay
I would keep a 5600 , 5500 performs like a R5 3600 but on Zen 3
grand steppe
@willow jay @molten oasis
Oh no I absolutely wouldnt do a 5500, but I mean, if the pure end goal is cheap and based on the other profile of parts... I dunno. As it says "Gods have mercy..."
I wouldn't trust it for anything demanding though.
molten oasis
it is pretty much a transplanted laptop chip