Want help? >State 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 most mobos with the right BIOS) >R3 2200G - Recommended minimum gaming >i5-9400F/9600K - Great gaming CPUs >R5 2600/X - Great multithreaded use CPUs >i7-9700K - Extreme solution for absolute max FPS >R7 2700/X - VM Work / Streaming / Video editing
RAM: >Always choose at least a two stick kit; 2x 8GB is recommended >CPUs benefit from high speed RAM; 3200CL16 is ideal >AMD B and X chipsets and Intel Z chipsets support XMP
Graphics cards based on current pricing: >Used cards can be had for a steal; inquire about warranty 1080p >RX 570 8GB - good performance with great value >GTX 1660 - standard >RTX 2060 - high framerates (requires complementary CPU and monitor) 1440p >RTX 2060 - standard >RTX 2080 - high framerates (requires complementary CPU and monitor) 2160p (4K) >RTX 2080 - standard >RTX 2080Ti - better fit for 4K but expensive
General: >PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING >Don't bother buying a new monitor for gaming unless it's 144Hz with adaptive sync >A 256GB or larger SSD is almost mandatory; consider m.2 form factor >Bottleneck checkers are worthless
> I was planning my build around a 144hz 1080p monitor. Maybe I will look at AMD, seems like a 9700k is going to be overkill for 1080p.
Nolan Peterson
1080/144 is the most CPU dependent setup there is. Wait 3 weeks, see if zen2 delivers substantial IPC gains.
Carter Lewis
With zen 2 coming around Tue corner is now q good time for a 2600x or should I wait for zen 2? Pairing it with a 2060 will that be fine for 2560X1080p? 16 gb of ram. Aiming to get high settings on all games 60fps
Samuel Gray
Will the Noctua NH D-15 fit into my original NZXT Phantom without any issue?
Recommendations for new speakers, max I would spend is around 125 USD.
Zachary Wood
Apologies, I'm a dirty phone poster
Sebastian Bailey
I would say wait because once Zen2 has an official release date the prices should drop on a 2600x.
Nolan Barnes
Okay good point, would the performance increase be worth the costs for zen2?
Christian Howard
Ok I officially am putting my pc refresh on hold waiting for Navi(tm) and the next launches since for pic related not even a 1080ti is enough
We don't know what the official specs are yet. Computex starts May 28th and lasts tell June 1st. This is where AMD is going to reveal everything. Right now everything we have on zen2 is nothing but rumors like
