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Budget PC build. Cannot decide if I should go for a better CPU or a GPU.

Sep 2, 2018
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Hello Everyone,
I am on a tight budget of ~60k INR. I want to build a pc and after some research, I found that the following would be ideal for my purposes.
Ryzen 5 1600 - ~12100
nvidia gtx 1050-ti - ~13500
kingston 120gb SSD - ~2100
seagate barracuda 1tb HDD - ~3100
corsair vengeance 2400 Hz 8gbram - ~6000
Asus prime b350m-a mobo - ~7500
Asus vp228h monitor - ~9000
corsair or cooler master cabinet - ~4000
corsair cx430m PSU (430 w power) - ~4000
Total - ~ 61k INR
Benchmarks on userbenchmark
Gaming- 41% desktop - 67% workstation - 55%
But, however, when I did the following the gaming benchmarks changed.
If I switch the processor to ryzen 3 2200g and the GPU to gtx 1060 - 3gb, the benchmarks change to
Gaming - 62% desktop - 63% Workstation - 40%
And the total changes to - ~ 63k. Also, I am afraid that by changing the CPU and GPU there might be a chance of bottlenecking
Now I am in a huge dilemma and I am unable to choose between the two builds.

P.S. This will be my first build ever. And I am gonna use this desktop for gaming (weekly) and full-time programming.
So, please help me out, guys. Tell me if I should go for a better CPU or a better GPU. Also please tell me if there is something wrong with my build.
 
Hard work mate , honestly I'd stock with the ryzen 1600 & 1050ti out of the 2 choices above.

The 1600 is just way way way better than the 2200g. & the 1050ti is still a decent 1080p medium/high setting gpu.

The ryzen 1600 will likely never need upgrading for at least 5 years.
 

Thank you for the reply. I also want to know if there would be any bottlenecking issues if i go with 2200g. I read about that in this thread.
 
Bottlenecking ? No ,notq a term I'd use anyway .

Some games can use more than 4 threads , bf1, hitman, ac origins - all scale up to 8-10 threads.

There will be certain titles where a straight quad like the 2200g will become a limitation hitting 100% usage.
That doesn't mean games will be unplayable, it's still a decent cpu & will pair well with a 1060.

The fact is though a 1060 3gb is maybe 25-30% better than a 1050ti whereas the ryzen 1600 has probably double the processing power of the 2200g - while that extra headroom may be unnecessary for the majority of titles now the fact remains it's way way more,futureproof than a straight quad core.

I would still take the ryzen 1600 combo any day of the week.