[SOLVED] Best gpu and cpu combo for $550?

[commander_chair]

Hello!

I am currently building a new computer from scratch. I have made up my mind on most parts of the build I want, but have $550 left over in the budget for a cpu and gpu. I am going AMD Ryzen for this build. I already have 16gb 3600 RAM and a ASUS Prime X570 motherboard. If all I'm wanting to do is gaming, does anyone have any thoughts an what I should put my money into? I've thought about R5 3600, R5 2600x, and R5 5600x for cpu's and Rx 5600 and 5700 xt as well as the 2060 and 2060 super. Think I could get away with saving money on a 2600x and putting that all into a top of line 5700 xt (saphire) or 2060 super? Oh, and btw I have a 750w power supply. Thanks in advance!

 

[GarrettL]

What monitor are you using?

 

[geofelt]

One rule of thumb is to budget about 2x the cost of your processor for the graphics card.

 

[commander_chair]

What monitor are you using?

oh yeah, good question. I'm currently using an ASUS 27" 1080p 60hrz monitor I've had for awhile. I'd love to go 1440p but idk if the gpu I would buy now would be 60 fps + for more than 3 years, and i don't want to upgrade again soon to keep up. so I'm thinking of getting a higher refresh rate 1080p monitor.

 

[Zoel.fahmi]

Hello!

I am currently building a new computer from scratch. I have made up my mind on most parts of the build I want, but have $550 left over in the budget for a cpu and gpu. I am going AMD Ryzen for this build. I already have 16gb 3600 RAM and a ASUS Prime X570 motherboard. If all I'm wanting to do is gaming, does anyone have any thoughts an what I should put my money into? I've thought about R5 3600, R5 2600x, and R5 5600x for cpu's and Rx 5600 and 5700 xt as well as the 2060 and 2060 super. Think I could get away with saving money on a 2600x and putting that all into a top of line 5700 xt (saphire) or 2060 super? Oh, and btw I have a 750w power supply. Thanks in advance!

Specs wise Ryzen 5 2600 + 2060 super are good combo
You can update on cpu later on, as long as your mobo support

 

[commander_chair]

Specs wise Ryzen 5 2600 + 2060 super are good combo
You can update on cpu later on, as long as your mobo support

Any reason to not go for a 5700 xt? Seems like current drivers are stable (unless anyone wants to say otherwise) I'm not married to AMD, just seems its a lot cheaper for the same benchmarks.

 

[Zoel.fahmi]

Any reason to not go for a 5700 xt? Seems like current drivers are stable (unless anyone wants to say otherwise) I'm not married to AMD, just seems its a lot cheaper for the same benchmarks.

sure, you can go to 5700 XT
it's not like I'm against AMD or anything just my prefer choice
also most builder prefer RTX feature over raw power of AMD