/pcbg/ - PC Building General

!!CES Jan. 8 - 11. Strong advisory to buy after CES announcements!!

>Assemble a part list
pcpartpicker.com/
>Example gaming builds; click on blue titles to see notes
pcpartpicker.com/user/pcbg/saved/
>How to assemble a PC
youtube.com/watch?v=69WFt6_dF8g

Want help?
>State the budget & CURRENCY
>Post at least some attempt at a parts list
>List your uses, e.g. Gaming, Video Editing, VM Work
>For monitors, include purpose (e.g., photoediting, gaming) and graphics card pairing (if applicable)

CPUs based on current pricing:
>Athlon 200GE - HTPC, web browsing, bare minimum gaming (can be OC'd on some MSI mobos)
>R3 2200G - Recommended minimum gaming
>R5 2400G - Consider IF on sale
>R5 2600/X - Good gaming & multithreaded work use CPUs
>i7-9700k/8700k - Extreme setup with RTX 2080/Ti
>R7 2700/X - Best value high-end CPU on a non-HEDT platform
>Threadripper/Used Xeon - HEDT

RAM:
>Always choose at least a two stick kit; 2x 8GB is recommended
>CPUs benefit from high speed RAM; 3000CL15 or 3200CL16 is ideal
>AMD B and X chipsets and Intel Z chipets support XMP

Graphics cards based on current pricing:
>Used cards can be had for a steal; inquire about warranty
1080p
>GTX 1060, RX 570, RX 580 are standard choices
>GTX 1070/Ti if you're looking for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match
1440p
>GTX 1070/Ti and Vega 56 are standard choices
>RTX 2080 if you're looking for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match
2160p (4K)
>RTX 2080 is the standard choice
>RTX 2080Ti is better for 4K but expensive

General:
>PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING
>A 256GB or larger SSD is almost mandatory; consider m.2 form factor
>Bottleneck checkers are worthless
>rentry.co/pcbg-more

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I fell into the Ryzen meme but now I kinda regret it because of DDR4 rip-off cartel and Ryzen platform instabilitiy issues in Linux even in most recent kernels.
Talk me out of returning my 2200G build for a used Xeon meme.

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Why is OP shilling so hard for AMD?

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I got this monitor without the stand for 199 off amazon, no warranty.

best buyed.

I am using a x79 used Xeon meme ATM since I had way too much ddr3 ECC memory to just throw out. It's also cheap as chips if you are buying it.
It's comfy as fuck tbqh.

Yeah I also have that in mind though X79 boards cost double. On the other hand registered DDR3 is cheaper than udimms.

Xeon is only going to be worse as time goes on
AM4 will continue to be supported, and linux bugs will be fixed unless you are using the most obscure distro

It's like 100 AUD for a Chinese x79 if you're fine with running only 4 dimms. I have 4*16 in mine since that's all I had. E5-2680v2 since they used to be cheap. Prices have gone up on them and I'm not sure what's best now. 1660v2 and over locking used to be a viable option but isn't really now.

Fuck a duck. My paypal account is limited so I can't buy it.

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Does 1080p look acceptable on a 1440p monitor?