Hi all.
About once every 6+ years I come out of "retirement" to build myself a gaming PC. My GTX 970 build from 2014 is chugging now and with Cyberpunk, Assassin's Creed, etc. coming soon, I guess it's time to build. This will be a gaming machine only - I don't stream or anything. I'm also - for now at least - only doing 1080p gaming at the best settings possible. I guess my eyes aren't what they used to be, so... I don't really have an interest in 4k gaming. I'm the USA - if that matters. Budget - basically depends on the graphics card. Below are my planned parts and thoughts - I'd really appreciate input; mostly because I have to "relearn" everything since my builds are so far apart!
Motherboard - MSI B450 Tomahawk Max. Dated; doesn't support PCI 4.0. I figure by my next upgrade DDR5 will be the hot new thing and I'll need a new motherboard anyway. This seems more "trustworthy" and "better reviewed" that the newer X570s until I go up a price point. I only used wired connections.
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Reviews are great. Seems like a high recommended "standard buy" in many gaming builds. Since I use my computer for gaming and internet I don't feel that getting into the "new generations" will get me that much benefit vs cost.
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws or Corsair Vengeance 16 GB. Thankfully RAM has went down in price quite a bit, so I'll just make the call on the day. 32GB isn't that terribly much more, but I'm going on the assumption 16GB is still plenty for gaming only?
Graphics Card -???. I could use some advice on this. Graphics card is where I usually blow the bank. I'm not opposed to just getting a RTX 3080 (whenever you can find them) and calling it good. 3070s are "coming soon" - but who knows how long it will be before I could actually find one to buy that's not price gouged to hell. Compared to my 970 even a RTX 2070 Super would be quite the upgrade, but since it sounds like the 3000 series is the greatest thing since the 3.5" floppy... I'm guessing waiting for a 3000 series makes the most sense? It's not like my current rig is - hopefully - going away any time soon, and I have plenty of games it'll still run like a boss while I wait.
Power Supply - Corsair RM 750. My current build uses an RM 650 and I've never had a single issue with it. I'd like something a little beefier as my only "horror story" came from running too low of a power supply years ago. I think 850 would be overkill?
The Rest. I'll probably switch a couple of my hard drives between machines. I'll finally get an SSD. I'm not worried about cases - I might just reuse my current one.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Recommendations?
About once every 6+ years I come out of "retirement" to build myself a gaming PC. My GTX 970 build from 2014 is chugging now and with Cyberpunk, Assassin's Creed, etc. coming soon, I guess it's time to build. This will be a gaming machine only - I don't stream or anything. I'm also - for now at least - only doing 1080p gaming at the best settings possible. I guess my eyes aren't what they used to be, so... I don't really have an interest in 4k gaming. I'm the USA - if that matters. Budget - basically depends on the graphics card. Below are my planned parts and thoughts - I'd really appreciate input; mostly because I have to "relearn" everything since my builds are so far apart!
Motherboard - MSI B450 Tomahawk Max. Dated; doesn't support PCI 4.0. I figure by my next upgrade DDR5 will be the hot new thing and I'll need a new motherboard anyway. This seems more "trustworthy" and "better reviewed" that the newer X570s until I go up a price point. I only used wired connections.
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Reviews are great. Seems like a high recommended "standard buy" in many gaming builds. Since I use my computer for gaming and internet I don't feel that getting into the "new generations" will get me that much benefit vs cost.
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws or Corsair Vengeance 16 GB. Thankfully RAM has went down in price quite a bit, so I'll just make the call on the day. 32GB isn't that terribly much more, but I'm going on the assumption 16GB is still plenty for gaming only?
Graphics Card -???. I could use some advice on this. Graphics card is where I usually blow the bank. I'm not opposed to just getting a RTX 3080 (whenever you can find them) and calling it good. 3070s are "coming soon" - but who knows how long it will be before I could actually find one to buy that's not price gouged to hell. Compared to my 970 even a RTX 2070 Super would be quite the upgrade, but since it sounds like the 3000 series is the greatest thing since the 3.5" floppy... I'm guessing waiting for a 3000 series makes the most sense? It's not like my current rig is - hopefully - going away any time soon, and I have plenty of games it'll still run like a boss while I wait.
Power Supply - Corsair RM 750. My current build uses an RM 650 and I've never had a single issue with it. I'd like something a little beefier as my only "horror story" came from running too low of a power supply years ago. I think 850 would be overkill?
The Rest. I'll probably switch a couple of my hard drives between machines. I'll finally get an SSD. I'm not worried about cases - I might just reuse my current one.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Recommendations?