/pcbg/ - Pc Building General

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>Learn how to build a PC
Search youtube for a guide w your socket

Want help?
>State your budget & CURRENCY
>List your uses eg Gaming, Video Editing, VM Work
>For monitors include purpose and GPU pairing
>NO Speccy. Use HWinfo
>For Win7 in Ryzen pastebin.com/TUZvnmy1

CPU
>CPUs with less than 8 threads have trouble delivering a consistent 60fps+ in some games
>Athlon 200GE - Bare minimal desktop/gaming
>R3 2200G - Light gaming(dGPU optional)
>R5 2400G - Consider IF on sale
>R5 2600/X - Good gaming & multithreaded work use CPUs
>i7-9700k/8700k/8700 - If you have a $2000+ budget
>R7 2700/X - Best value high-end CPU on a non-HEDT platform
>Threadripper/Used Xeon - HEDT

RAM
>8GB - Light desktop use / if you don't mind closing web browser to free up RAM for games
>16GB - Standard amount
>32GB - If you have to ask, you don't need this
>CPUs benefit from fast RAM; 2933MHz+ is ideal. Check "more" for true latency formula

Graphics cards
>RTX 2000 cards are worse performance per $ than previous gen
>Avoid cheap MODELS ie MSI Armor (Mk2 is ok), Gigabyte G1/Wf, ASUS dual, and others w/ small heatsinks and low quality fans
1080p
>RX 570/580/590 w/ Freesync or 1060 6GB - standard 1080p 60fps+ options
>1050 3Gb or RX560 4Gb - lower settings and/or older games
>Vega 56; 1070Ti if you already have Gsync - for higher FPS w/ a high hz monitor
1440p
>Vega; 1070Ti if you already have Gsync
>Waste money - for higher FPS w/ a high hz monitor
4K
>Upscale from 1620-1800p. Or 2080Ti, but awful value
OpenCL use
>Vega 64

Storage
>Backup before using StoreMi
>Consider a larger SSD (better GB/$) instead of small SSD & HDD
>2TB HDDs are barely more $ than 1TB
>M.2 is a form factor, NOT a performance standard

Display
>Consider 75hz minimum; 60hz are mostly old models
>Always consider FreeSync w/ AMD cards
>START YOUR BUILD WITH A MONITOR FIRST, then make a build to drive it appropriately

More
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What is the ideal RAM speed for the new 9th gen CPU's and a Z390 mobo?

I believe it's 2666Mhz

Is there any benefit to purchasing 3000Mhz or 3200Mhz? Or do I need to enable XMP to use those speeds?

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you'll be stuck at 2666 without enabling xmp

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2666? What do you need 2400 for. 2133 is already generous.

Currently have an i5 4690k and thinking about upgrading. Should I upgrade to the current gen Ryzen or just wait for Ryzen 2?

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K, so there's no point in buying anything above 2666?

From what I can tell the prices are pretty similar for 2x8 or 2x16. And I just don't really have a budget limit so why not 2666?

You could at least price out good but cheap RAM ahead of time.

Imo, you don't need to upgrade.

I have the 3570k and it still handles everything find without OC.

Spend the money on upgrading everything else.

Ryzen 2 I would say, but if not, then a Ryzen 5 2600 offers a good deal.
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i'm a monitor brainlet so need some help with this
would the ViewSonic XG2402 be a good 144hz monitor for my rx 580?