Is this ryzen 5 1600x Build fine or i should go Intel?

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Echoceres

Echoceres

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Btw this is Philippine peso. Either this build or going with the i5 8400.
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Mainly for gaming and some casual video editing. Im planning on doing unboxing videos for youtube but i wont be doing 4k videos because philippine internet is shit.

EDIT : does ryzen needs 3xxx memories?
 
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its 2400 ram fine tho? ive read some that suggest 3xxx.

Thanks for your answer. Im planning on gaming as well but only pubg dota 2 and overwatch. i dont play AAA games.
 
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Thanks the only problem here is the GPU im not sure if i can get one because its pretty pricey on my country because of the demand lol (bitcoin)

 
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I'd go for 3 gigglehutz RAM, too. That's one of the perks the Ryzen has on Intel on this price point.
Also, maybe consider looking into an M.2 NVMe drive instead of a SATA SSD, if it's possible with your budget. The performance difference is quite massive as the SATA interface is one of the bottlenecks in current PC's.
 
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Thanks totally forgot that M.2. never used one before.
 
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The build looks good, but unless you are willing to hunt a used video card then you are stuck. You might be able "stalk" your local brick and mortar store, if you have one, and bug them for inventory delivery dates and try to get one at a better price. I run my ram at 3200mhz, but you might get lucky and be able to oc that ram to 2933mhz. Anyone building a system currently needs a few prayers said for them that the ram and gpu prices do not increase from selection of the item to check out.
 
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Okay , i dont know why Rams became pretty expensive. i bought my 2133 8gb corsair for 66USD and the new 8gb ones 3xxx or 24xx or 26xx cost double.
 
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Just use the 2133 for now and when you have the extra money and when prices normalize then grab a larger kit such as 2x8gb @2666mhz+. Going from 2133 to 3200 can make up to a 20 FPS difference in gaming, also with Ryzen you'll want to overclock and the stock Wraith cooler is sufficient enough for a decent OC.
 
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The Ryzen series is more sensitive to ram speed and so if you go with an AMD, I would suggest faster ram. The Ryzen is likely to be fractionally faster and video encoding due to hyper threading and fractionally slower at gaming due to lower instructions per clock cycle. Which one is the most important to you should tell you which one to get.

 
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does Gigabyte AB350 decent for OC ?
 
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I feel your pain Echoceres. I bought my ram for 150$ usd Aug of last year and now it is 250 usd. Heck my graphics card was 400 usd new and now I can sell it for over 800 usd. Things are a bit out of hand atm.
 
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so you mean if i focus more on gaming i should get coffee lake instead? cos im only doing video editing casually not regularly. but i play all the time.
Maybe i should get the i5 8400 instead. its cheaper by 40 and is faster on gaming correct?
 
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regret selling my rx 480 8gb last year below srp not is highter by like 40-60 usd
 
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Yes.

The AMD isn't bad at gaming, but there are circumstances and games where the Intels better IPC give it an advantage. The video card plays a bigger role, so if getting a coffeelake means getting a lower end GPU get the best GPU you can afford and whatever CPU best fits your budget (for max ROI in gaming).
 
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Choosing i5 8400 over 1600x will give me atleast 60$ more savings that i can invest in other parts! so im thinking if 8400 or the 8600k now.
 
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It's about $30 difference here between a 1600X and a b350 board vs a 8400 and the cheapest board you can find. With Intel you don't have so much of a issue with RAM support. That LPX you picked wouldn't have worked on the Giga board, that particular RAM doesn't work on to many RYZEN boards at all.

A 8400 soon to be replaced by the 8500 is quite nice and will do everything you want. A K chip would only be better if your overclocking at a cost though.
 
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It's worth pointing out that there isn't really any reason to go with the 1600X over the 1600, unless you're not planning to overclock it. The 1600 is really the same CPU, just clocked lower by default, and can be overclocked on the included cooler to 1600X-like performance. Some 1600X chips might overclock slightly better, but the difference should be negligible.

The cooler that comes with the 1600 is for CPUs with up to 95 watt TDPs, while the 1600 itself is a 65 watt CPU, so the cooler has a good amount of headroom for overclocking. The 1600X, on the other hand, doesn't even include a stock cooler.
 
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If the i5-8400 is cheaper and fractionally better at what you value the most, it would seem an easy choice. The 8600k is better if you plan to overclock. If you don't, stay with the i5-8400.
 
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cryoburner beat me to it. I was just about to make that very point. I use a 1600 in my main rig at 3.7 with the stock cooler and I never see it go above 63c. It does a fine job of gaming and editing even when everything is at stock clocks. It multi tasks very well and no you will not get an exact 3000mhz on a Ryzen rig because the profiles are different so it would end up with 2933mhz as I mentioned earlier. You cannot go wrong with either Ryzen or Intel these days and that is nice to be able to say that. Get the set up that will allow you get the best gpu possible. Either red or blue you will be happy and I imagine will see a nice performance increase over your current rig.
 
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I don't know exactly how the prices compare where you are, but at least here the Ryzen 1600 costs about the same as i5-8400. The RAM might be slightly more expensive to get the most out of it (about a $10 difference), but since Intel has only released their high-end chipset for Coffee Lake so far (Z370), you're required to buy a much more expensive motherboard, at nearly double the price of AMD's B350 mid-range boards. Because of this, a Ryzen 1600 system will likely cost a fair amount less. And unless your game performance is CPU limited due to you having a high-end graphics card and a high-refresh rate monitor, performance should be quite similar with either CPU. Either CPU is arguably good, but at least until Intel releases their lower-cost motherboard chipsets, Coffee Lake is going to be more expensive.
 
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i5 8400 is 200 and 1600 is 260. Doesnt coffelake use the same socket as previous ones? I see going with 1600 seems like the best choice for now. considering 8gb of ram is like 100 right now.
 
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