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 2600/X - Great gaming or multithreaded use CPUs >i7 8700/K or i7 9700K - Extreme setup with RTX 2080/Ti >R7 2700/X or i9 9900K - VM Work / Streaming / Video editing
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 >8GB RX 570, RX 580, and GTX 1060 are standard choices >GTX 1660Ti or RTX 2060 for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match 1440p >RTX 2060 is standard >RTX 2080 for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match 2160p (4K) >RTX 2080 is standard >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
>Well to be fair, it's B-die AND a 2x16GB kit. Well, you get what you pay for. I just wouldn't pay that much, personally. you posted exactly after I posted , but thank you for the feedback. >msi-finally-added-offset-mode Well, that's a bit disappointing. It's a voltage offset, rather than a clock speed one. I've managed to get my 2600 "stable" at 4.0ghz @ 1.275V. It crashed once it goes up to 85-90% usage, so I've been running it at stock speeds for some time now. Performance decrease is measurable but it's not that dramatic. What offset should I set up if I want 20-30W TDP at idle? It went to 100W TDP when at 70-90% load when OC and I'm fine with that. >they won't help with automatic frequency scaling with manual OC That's fine as long as I don't see a 60W TDP at idle with 4.0ghz at 1.275V Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a go. Pic related is my ram. I'll post the recommended Ryzen Dram Calculator settings in another post, and I'll mark the settings that need to be changed. Could you help me with that? Thanks, again!
Got a leftover Kaby Lake board, what to do with it? (B250 mITX)
Jayden Mitchell
What kind of fps difference would a 2600x have vs a 2600 at 3.9v. Talking 1440p 60fps here.
Ryder Gonzalez
Yeah, with that RAM do try the timings I posted in the other thread, I had an similar kit that ran fine with those. Also forgot to mention that you can not just up those timings I mentioned, but also try running the RAM at 3333MHz for example. But do it by steps, try timings first, check with memtest86 if they are okay and than try upping the frequency.
You already have the kit, there's no point in not trying to get the most out of it. Plus I ran it at 1.360V, on my MSI motherboard, I needed to manually put it to 1.370V so that it will actually be 1.360V once booted. That's the XMP voltage for most memory anyways, so it won't hurt it.
Ian Mitchell
At 60 fps, none, except in ass creed because its a shit port
Isaiah Hughes
>at 3.9v What are you doing? I hope you meant GHz. Clock by clock the 2600X and 2600 are identical. X is tested to be higher yield silicon and supports PBO.
