Is ryzen 5 2600x overkill with Rx 570 8gb

[fahd.shamel]

I'm planning a build(for gaming) and want to know if the ryzen 5 2600x is overkill when paired with a Rx 570(8gb) gpu and a msi a320 VH PLUS motherboard.
(Please add any other suggestions.it would be very helpful ),
Thx

 

[richiestang_78]

I would get the 2600 and put the savings towards a better cooler so You can reach the full potential of the overclock. If you don't want to overclock then get the 2600x and you'll get a small performance boost over the stock 2600.

Right now the 2600 beats the i5 8400 in price to performance, and the 2600x is slightly better in performance but not cost.

 

[josephpelton4thewin]

The Ryzen 5 2600x will bottleneck the rx 570 quite a bit. The 2600x would do much better with something in the 1070-1080ti range. Your pc fps will be limited to what the rx 570 is capable of. If you have the budget i would reccomend going with a 1070ti, with a ryzen 5 2600. I would say to go with the 2600 over the 2600x because it's $30 cheaper, is only about 6% slower, and will (theoretically) use less power:
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-2600X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-2600/3956vs3955

 

[mdd1963]

Most folks are GPU limited; just because wealer CPUs can saturate a GTX1050 is no reason to intentionally start off cpu-limited so that you can't upgrade GPUs later...

2600/2600X will still allow good gains once a better GPU GTX2060 is installed later....(It's not like we are pondering pairing a 9900K with a GTX1030....)