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Got a final version here for any interested parties: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($154.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($110.47 @ B&H) Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB)...

I had a build a little bit inferior to this one, and it ran Fortnite just fine, so I'd say you're good to go. I'd watch that SSD though, 96GB will fill up faster than you might think.

This used to happen a lot to me with Minecraft, and it's usually independent from your computer's ability or what you're doing in game. Reinstalling the driver worked for me, so I'd say you're right on that one.

Hi all! I just put together a basic gaming setup so I can get back to my glory days of recording and streaming on YouTube (without using a mac this time lol). I'd like to be able to record the usual like the new Battlefield and Red Dead on good settings and 60 fps preferably at 1080p (but I'll...

For your purposes and your setup I'd go for the Gaming Plus, and keep in mind that the two are very similar. And I wouldn't say overclocking is necessary. I don't feel confident answering your other questions, but I would recommend an SSD for how cheap and powerful they are in general.

Hi everyone! I'm Belle, full time student at SCU and lurker on Tom's hardware for a good few months. I always go here first for information, so I don't know why I haven't joined before now. I still know depressingly little about PCs and such but I still want to save money and optimize stuff for...