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 - Good gaming CPU with great value >R5 3600 - Great gaming CPU >R7 2700 - Budget video editing >R9 3900X - Professional tasks >I9 9900K king of gaming
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
1080p >RX 570/580 8GB - Can be found on sale/used for cheap. Look for 570s which are >1240MHz boost >GTX 1660TI / Vega56 - higher fps / more demanding games; only worth it on sale as normal cost is overpriced >RX 5700 - higher FPS 1440p >RX 5700 - standard, 70-100FPS+ gaming >RX 5700XT - high FPS >RTX 2070Super - higher FPS with the ability for ray tracing 2160p (4K) >RTX 2070Super - budget option. >2080Ti - best for 4K, but poor value
>RX 570/580 stock is becoming limited as RX 5600 launch approaches
General: >PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING >Don't bother buying a new monitor for gaming unless it's high refresh with adaptive sync >A 250GB or larger SSD is almost mandatory; consider m.2 form factor >Bottleneck checkers are worthless
will the 9900ks be worth it or should I just get a 9900k now?
Cooper Howard
if you're going i9 9900 territory might as well go big or go home
Alexander Walker
It's literally just a pre-overclocked K, which can already do these clocks easily. It would be like buying a 3600X or 3800X on the Ryzen side.
Henry Ramirez
I'm not located in the US, so every dollar saved is worth a more.
How about running an R5 3600 on an A320 motherboard? On youtube it says its fine. But can you tweak memory settings on A320? I'll be pairing the cpu with cheap 3000/3200 cl16 memory so being able to tune the ram would be great.
Blake Murphy
if money is an issue get a b450 gaming plus or b450 tomahawk with a r5 2600 or r5 1600 don't shoot yourself in the foot with a shitty mobo that'll prevent you from being able to upgrade your CPU in the future
Nicholas Nelson
Im deciding between Sapphire pulse 5700 and EVGA 2060 super SC ultra. Im more inclined towards the 5700 but its a brand new architecture, I heard the drivers are really bad and I just want to play some games. Does anyone have experience with it?
Does anyone have experience with it? the only two problem i ran into with my 5700xt pulse is the inability to turn on some settings in kotor1 and a font glitch in witcher 1 but the card runs very hot when on load so get a 3 fan model or put it on water
