New components around 900$ budget

[rampage300493]

Hi im in mood to buy new pc coz my current pc cant even afford 50 fps in w3 low settings, my budget is around 900-1000$, i need mobo gpu cpu cooler and ram, my bets were i5 8600 msi gtx 1060 x gaming 6gb and ram with 3000 mhz frequencies so far thanks for help in advance.

 

[coozie7]

USA Dollars?

What are the exact specs of the current system? Depending on age it may be possible to just upgrade the CPU and keep the existing RAM/MB.

What display/s are you using and do you intend to upgrade it/them in the near future? For a 1080 display a GTX1060 is fine but if you have, or want to move up to a 144Hz/1080 or 144z1440 we'll need to put more of the budget towards the graphics card.

 

[rampage300493]

Current spec :
CPU: i5 2500k,
MoBo: Gigabyte P67A UD3-B3,
GPU : MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr
RAM : 1066 8gb
in the future i will be buying 120/144hz monitor when it comes to resolution it will be also 1920x1080

 

[rampage300493]

we may switch currency to euro if it helps, in my country i have currency called " złotych " and 811 euro in my country is about 3500 zł

 

[coozie7]

Not much we can do to upgrade the current setup...Still, it's always worth trying.
If you're going for that kind of display then Intel still have an advantage, although the updated Ryzen parts have caught up a lot, so much so that I'll ask two last questions: Do you regularly use multithreaded software, for example CPU rendering or video editing suites? Do you stream gameplay? If so you may want to trade off a little gaming performance against better rendering/editing/streaming performance, which is where an 8 core Ryzen part would shine.

 

[rampage300493]

1. I don't do video edits etc im completely against it.
2. I don't stream any games, im just into games alone,i want to play games with decent quality, that's all i expect from new setup besides, i dont see any point in upgrading partly my current spec, i just want to completely switch, it may cost a little but i will have a little beast in my case which is basically the target of the whole thread.

 

[why_wolf]

Well the absolute cheapest thing you can do is upgrade the CPU to either an i7-2700k or i7-3770K. That would move you from Witcher 3 (w3?) minimum requirements to their recommended. https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/12446

 

[coozie7]

1: OK, looks like we're looking at an Intel build.
2: Again, OK, no streaming, so we're still looking at an Intel based build then. Just asking about the old build, we often get people posting with fairly current hardware where just moving from, say an i3 to an i5 would be enough of an improvement.

With so much happening with graphics cards at the moment I'll suggest you hold off on this purchase, prices have been massively inflated for the best part of a year now and are only just beginning to drop to normal, also the current RX580 is plenty good enough for 1080 gaming so I'll suggest doing the CPU/MB/RAM upgrade first and add a faster graphics card when you upgrade the monitor.

And what is your budget in Euro?

 

[rampage300493]

Yeah seems like it's the most smart yhing to do for now, one thing really intrigue me, when the prices of gpu will be going down

 

[coozie7]

Test build, using French Euro pricing:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (€249.90 @ Amazon France)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (€31.23 @ Amazon France)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€119.90 @ LDLC)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (€183.50 @ Amazon France)
Total: €584.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-21 20:41 CEST+0200

This has <>95% of the above builds performance, at much reduced cost:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor (€175.72 @ Amazon France)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (€31.23 @ Amazon France)
Motherboard: MSI - B360M PRO-VH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€70.52 @ Amazon France)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (€151.04 @ Amazon France)
Total: €428.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-21 20:49 CEST+0200

 

[rampage300493]

also is passmark website a reliable information source?

 

[coozie7]

Which Passmark? Can you link it?

 

[rampage300493]

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/ for example, same site offers GPU benchmarks

 

[coozie7]

They seem fairly reliable, although full reviews are usually more accurate and detailed.