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Okay, so I've got a couple options that's good. I've heard the Tomahawks have been problematic lately, is that still the case, or has there been an update?

Revisiting this a couple months later because there was something I wanted to clarify with AMD builds. Will the Asrock B450 Pro4 Motherboard present BIOS related issues and pains paired with the Ryzen 5 3600? Should I pick a motherboard that will bypass these issues?

Oh nice! I will give both of these studies a good read

I heard the 1660 is a slight step up from the RX 580, and even more so with the Ti version. I've heard good things about all 3 as budget verisons.

Are RAM speeds higher than 3200 MHz absolutely necessary for my needs? I hear that the net performance increase of the ryzen using higher speed RAM isn’t worth the extra cost. Also what is the difference between CL14, CL15, CL16 etc.?

Interesting food for thought. I bought a cooling pad for my laptop specifically because it does get quite hot when I game. So no doubt there's a problem there. In terms of streaming and gaming, all I really need is the bare minimum (that being the bare minimum required for 720P 60FPS @...

Thanks for the detailed response geofelt! More great stuff to think about. You can find the specs of my laptop below: HP Envy x360 Convertible 15-cn0xxx series CPU: i7-8550U 1.8 GHz (4 cores, 8 threads) Memory: AData 2400 MHz 16 gb DDR4 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX150 / Intel integrated...

This has been incredibly helpful WildCard thank you very much for your help.

Okay this is good to know. Just a couple follow up questions: 1. Why does the AMD CPU not need a cooler? Does it come with manufacturer fan? 2. I’ll likely need a second monitor for streaming purposes. Is it worth it to get a 144Hz monitor for my game and use the 75Hz monitor as the secondary...

Wow! this is a fantastic start, thank you so much. I will definitely look into the 3600 especially if it's equivalent to an i7-8700, since that was a great processor I was looking at in the first place. Out of curiosity, what would be the price difference/advantages (if any) if this were to...

I've been an Intel user since day 1 so making the change to an AMD build has me a bit hesitant. I'm unsure of the Intel-AMD equivalents, but I want to make sure my in-game performance doesn't suffer at all while maintaining the FPS range mentioned above. Right now, my max budget would be around...

Hello! I'm hoping this is the right place for this. I'm looking into building my first custom gaming/streaming pc. Although I do not want to stream professionally/full time, it would be fantastic to stream and not drop to 30-40 FPS while I'm playing. The current laptop I use runs anywhere...