My first pc spec ideas

[russ362]

I want to see if I have put together a good plan for building a pc and get some GPU advice. My goal is to build one that can handle AAA titles on at least medium and achieve 45 FPS at 1920x1080.
CPU- I5 2500K oc to 4.5
Motherboard- Asus P8B75-M/CSM
Ram- 2 sticks of Samsung 4gb ddr3 1600. upgrade to 4 sticks if necessary.
Case- DIYPC Solo-T2-BK.
CPU cooler- Cooler master liquid 120mm with fan.
Power supply- 600 watt Corsair.
Hard drive- cruicial MX200 250gb SSD.
So the only thing I’m missing is a GPU. What one do I need to compliment my hardware to achieve my goals?
(Note) I know my ram isn’t the best and for my cpu I could get a board that supports up to ddr4 but I don’t feel that would give me any significant advantage when I can run 4 stick of ddr3 for less money.

 

[asoroka]

what is your budget?

Any reason why you are going for old technology?

 

[zoltan.boese]

Neglecting the fact, that you are planing to use older generation processor ...
for AAA titles on at least medium and achieve 45 FPS at 1920x1080 I would recommend a gtx 1060 6GB or an AMD RX 480/580 graphics card.
You may also wait for Nvidia´s latest line-up and buy a 1150 / 2050 when announced.

Keep an eye on CPU bottlenecking:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q7lIYRK5T0ABLvAkgbM_2jJGvbhlep27mR-eRcCy4FA/edit#gid=0
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qSkGtqIXpBBFwidUxl2LlWpIh3CQQGTrfc4WySMe14o/edit#gid=0

 

[russ362]

what is your budget?

Any reason why you are going for old technology?

I have the i5 and ram. I think it has enough power to be relevant in gaming for this build and it keeps the budget down. For my first build I’m not wanting to spend a lot.
Don’t really have a budget though. I know they say to buy the most powerful GPU you can afford but at the same time I don’t want to spend $350 on one if I could get by with something cheaper.

 

[zoltan.boese]

"NVIDIA is expected to launch the GTX 1660 Ti some time in Spring-Summer, 2019, as a sub-$300 successor to the GTX 1060 series."
Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/251740/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-put-through-aots-about-16-faster-than-gtx-1060