ATTENTION: Graphics card prices are excessive by historical standards; therefore, consumers should delay or completely forgo any midrange to high end graphics card purchases. The gouging has two root causes: lack of market competition and shortage/"new normal" pricing during the mining hayday.
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 >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
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: >AAA or multiplatform games: Radeon card appropriate for your montior >PC centric games or ray tracing: Nvidia card appropriate for your display >Used RX 570s can be had for a steal; inquire about warranty 1080p 16:9 >RX 570 8GB - good performance with great value >GTX 1660 - standard
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
Thinking about upgrading from 4690k/970. Been thinking about all 3 ryzens, currently most likely 3700X, and a 2070 or 5700xt, both of those have the same price here though. I want to game at 1080/144 and don't even mind lowering graphics if need be. Not sure I want to spend too much on the mobo though and I've read that 450s supported pcie 4 for a bit but they went back on that. Could someone explain this situation? I could just use an old bios right? Is there any downside to that?
Daniel Ortiz
Reminder that there is no need to ever waste money on meme thermal pastes again while GD900 exists
official amd announcement that the 3950x will have an announced release date and won't just go up for sale like epyc
Levi Thomas
Well, shit. I really want to finally have a PC. Should I just buy 1600 for the time being? Is it even compatible with X570 boards?
Jayden Adams
Would like to clarify I meant 1080p@144hz. I've also thought about buying used parts, but I can't help but just be anxious about doing that. Likely no 5700xts being sold out there either.
Aiden Brown
Any tips before i regret purchase? Im gonna buy an a320+3600 kit that comes bios updated around 300usd.
My previous option was a 1600+b450 for 290usd. I am from Brazil so importing would even more expensive.
Levi Hernandez
>I am actually in hell bros, i didnt spend 2000 syrup dollars on a pc to be finicky. welcome to the amd gpu experience
