I'm making a new budget build that will do a little light gaming (not competitive, I don't give a flip about fps, or playing on max settings, etc, just dad gaming after hours once in a while). I currently have
How much lower down the GPU chart can I go before the integrated video is a better option, and the card is redundant? Is it always better to have a card just for the extra dedicated memory? Any thoughts? I really do want to keep this build under $500, and I still need a case, so I'm pretty firm on that $100 goal for the card.
- AMD Ryzen 5 2600x ($129 at Microcenter)
- AsRock B450M Pro4 ($59 at Microcenter)
- 16 gb pc3200 TForce Vulcan Z DDr4 ($60, Newegg)
- 500gb Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD ($60, cna't remember where)
- 3 TB traditional hard drive (free, existing drive)
- Corsair CX650 PSU (free, existing 1 year old PSU)
How much lower down the GPU chart can I go before the integrated video is a better option, and the card is redundant? Is it always better to have a card just for the extra dedicated memory? Any thoughts? I really do want to keep this build under $500, and I still need a case, so I'm pretty firm on that $100 goal for the card.