AMD has recently been found to be lying about fixing their CPU boosting problems for the ryzen 3000 series. In the USA, due to price cuts, intel provides better value at the sub $200 market and $300+ market.
>Assemble a part list
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>How to assemble a PC
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>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
>Athlon 200GE - HTPC, web browsing, bare minimum gaming
>R3 3300G - Minimum 30-60fps gaming.
>i5 9400g - 60fps+ gaming CPU
>i7 9700k - Perfect gaming CPU for ultra settings 1080p and higher resolutions
>R7 1700 - Budget production
>i9 9900kf - Multithreaded version of the 9700k, perfect for gaming/streaming/productivity
RAM
>Do NOT use a single DIMM. 2 sticks for a typical dual channel CPU
>>Since zen2 does not benefit much from faster ram, 3000 CL15 is fine for both intel/amd builds.
GPUs
1080p
>RX 570/580 8GB - Can be found on sale/used for cheap. Look for 570s which are >1240MHz boost
>GTX 1660/TI / 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 - higher FPS
2160p (4K)
>RX 5700XT/2070S - budget option. Upscale with RIS/CAS
>2080Ti - best for 4K, but poor value
>RX 570/580 stock is becoming limited as RX 5600 launch approaches
General
>Yes, adaptive sync (g/free-sync) is important for gaming
>HDD are defunct except for servers, NAS, and sub-$400 builds; SSDs are cheap now
>Beware sites which rank CPUs by arbitrary, obfuscated scores (eg userbenchmark, passmark, cpuboss), and comparisons which only use averages and not 1% minimums nor framegraphs
>AM4 VRMs, Monitors & Storage/SSD guidelines under "more"
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