Hello everyone
Hope you all are safe and in best of health.
I have posted a thread one month back asking whether its good to buy a new PC or wait, at that time the opinion was to wait to see the new parts that will be released later this year, however, now after the release of intel 10th gen I got disappointed that it does not make that huge upgrade compared to the 9th gen and it also requires a different MB other than the one that is being used for the 9th Gen, and that new motherboard is not expected to serve for long maybe 1 more gen ahead like 11th gen only, for these reasons, I have made up my mind for the first time in my life to build up my new rig using AMD CPUs. I have read a lot of good reviews about Ryzen, so I doubt that I will regret such a decision.
Now to get to the point, I recently have this built which I bought in 2015:
CPU : Intel I5 6600K 3.5Ghz (Oc'd to 4.5)
MB: Asus Z170-A
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR4 2400MHz
GPU: Asus Strix 980ti with AIO liquid cooler
SSD: 2X 500Gb and 250GB
HDD: 1X WD 3TB
PSU: EVGA Supernova 750W B2 80+
SFX: Sound BlasterX G6
I am using my PC mainly for gaming around 75% of its use is for gaming I have 1440p 144hz G-sync monitor and seek to fully utilize that I don't game @ 1080p.
I am thinking to have this new PC using these parts, (Will include the prices from Amazon so that you can advise whether prices are fair or became higher due to the pandemic):
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C/12T (for $172.34) (I picked this one for its good price and good results in Benchmark, and later might upgrade it to Ryzen 4000 when needed).
MB: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero X570 (for $351.78) (I picked this one for its design and features, and I want it to serve well specially that it will also support Ryzen 4000 later on)
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL16-19-19-39 1.35V (for $180)
GPU: For GPU I didn't decide anything yet as I am waiting for the release of RTX 3080 if it will be coming this year. Might just keep the 980ti til then.
SSD: 2X WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe Internal SSD (for $239.98)
PSU: Will use my same EVGA 750w B2 80+
SFX: will use the same SBX G6
Total will be $944.1 without GPU.
Later I might have VR device like Oculus Quest to play VR games using the same built but that will be later not anytime soon.
So what do you think? Please give me your advice!
Hope you all are safe and in best of health.
I have posted a thread one month back asking whether its good to buy a new PC or wait, at that time the opinion was to wait to see the new parts that will be released later this year, however, now after the release of intel 10th gen I got disappointed that it does not make that huge upgrade compared to the 9th gen and it also requires a different MB other than the one that is being used for the 9th Gen, and that new motherboard is not expected to serve for long maybe 1 more gen ahead like 11th gen only, for these reasons, I have made up my mind for the first time in my life to build up my new rig using AMD CPUs. I have read a lot of good reviews about Ryzen, so I doubt that I will regret such a decision.
Now to get to the point, I recently have this built which I bought in 2015:
CPU : Intel I5 6600K 3.5Ghz (Oc'd to 4.5)
MB: Asus Z170-A
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR4 2400MHz
GPU: Asus Strix 980ti with AIO liquid cooler
SSD: 2X 500Gb and 250GB
HDD: 1X WD 3TB
PSU: EVGA Supernova 750W B2 80+
SFX: Sound BlasterX G6
I am using my PC mainly for gaming around 75% of its use is for gaming I have 1440p 144hz G-sync monitor and seek to fully utilize that I don't game @ 1080p.
I am thinking to have this new PC using these parts, (Will include the prices from Amazon so that you can advise whether prices are fair or became higher due to the pandemic):
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6C/12T (for $172.34) (I picked this one for its good price and good results in Benchmark, and later might upgrade it to Ryzen 4000 when needed).
MB: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero X570 (for $351.78) (I picked this one for its design and features, and I want it to serve well specially that it will also support Ryzen 4000 later on)
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL16-19-19-39 1.35V (for $180)
GPU: For GPU I didn't decide anything yet as I am waiting for the release of RTX 3080 if it will be coming this year. Might just keep the 980ti til then.
SSD: 2X WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe Internal SSD (for $239.98)
PSU: Will use my same EVGA 750w B2 80+
SFX: will use the same SBX G6
Total will be $944.1 without GPU.
Later I might have VR device like Oculus Quest to play VR games using the same built but that will be later not anytime soon.
So what do you think? Please give me your advice!