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 >R5 2600/X - Great gaming or multithreaded use CPUs >i7 8700/K OR 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
>ATTENTION: Ryzen 3000 series CPUs (and possibly Navi GPUs) will be announced in a few days at Computex.
You mean in less than 24 hours.
Daniel Cox
>1440p >RTX 2060 - standard
Would a 1070/1080 used be better? they can be found for 200/300 bucx respectively
Parker Rogers
who here 1660 ti?
Lucas Myers
Really up to you
Yep, I just copied from my file without bothering to update. The point is.. just waitTM
Chase Ward
I live within 25 minutes of a Microcenter, hence I'll be using them for my upcoming Zen 2 purchase to get that sweet, sweet bunduru on an X570 mobo.
Do they do pre-orders for the bundle, or how does that work? This is my first time buying a CPU on launch.
Austin Thomas
Just purchased a 2070 and I’ve got a shit monitor. Any recommendations for something that goes on sale often? $150-300 range. I game and do art related work. 1440p, 144hz. Just needing the color not be all that noticeably different from camera to monitor.
Or any suggestions thinking I could do better with purchasing.
Ayden Moore
i just bought this for 60 bucks because I have an I7-6700 non-k (6th generation). i've been having ethernet/lan/wifi issues; never able to establish a connection with the internet, even with an ethernet connected. i'm guessing it's the motherboard, which is an old B150 Bazooka MSI.
before I spend $300+ on a new motherboard and a new processor (maybe AMD since Intel seems to be shitting the bed lately) I wanted to at least get a motherboard upgrade that can host my current CPU so I can see if that was truly the issue. and if not, we'll see about further troubleshooting or doing the upgrade.
