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Hi all,
I've been waiting for a reason to upgrade my computer and opportunity can knocking during the quarantine. I don't consider myself a heavy or even moderate gamer. Weekend warrior at best, I play older games most of the time (see below list). Mostly this a budget build, something fun to do, yet I'd like to have a build something that is mid-level. Here's what I have thus far, thank you very much and appreciate input, and here's my questions:
Budget Range:~$650/$700
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Halo MCC, GTA V, Doom, CSGO, Bioshock, TF2). I'm not interested in newer games honestly. Red Dead Redemption 2 would be the exception. That and surfing, work, movies.
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, and Asus CD/DVD drive.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Ebay and Amazon.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: (limited understanding on this) Crossfire since AMD?
Monitor Resolution: 1080p, 1440pm, 1920p
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I've been waiting for a reason to upgrade my computer and opportunity can knocking during the quarantine. I don't consider myself a heavy or even moderate gamer. Weekend warrior at best, I play older games most of the time (see below list). Mostly this a budget build, something fun to do, yet I'd like to have a build something that is mid-level. Here's what I have thus far, thank you very much and appreciate input, and here's my questions:
- Is the Ryzen 5 2600 worth it over the 1600 with what I have? I could save $40 if I switched.
- Is the mobo a good choice and will it work out-of-box with the Ryzen 2600?
- Opinions needed on if anything bottlenecks (CPU to GPU) or if some part doesn't work well or doesn't make sense with the rest of the build.
- Any part I should reconsider to save money?
Budget Range:~$650/$700
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Halo MCC, GTA V, Doom, CSGO, Bioshock, TF2). I'm not interested in newer games honestly. Red Dead Redemption 2 would be the exception. That and surfing, work, movies.
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, and Asus CD/DVD drive.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Ebay and Amazon.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: (limited understanding on this) Crossfire since AMD?
Monitor Resolution: 1080p, 1440pm, 1920p
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| Selection | Base | Promo | Shipping | Tax | Price | Where | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor From parametric selection: Show | FREE | $125.00 (newegg) | Buy | |||||
| Motherboard | ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard | FREE | $69.99 (newegg) | Buy | |||||
| Memory | Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | FREE | $68.00 (newegg) | Buy | |||||
| Storage | ADATA SU630 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch | FREE | $37.00 (newegg) $43.63 (newegg) | Buy | |||||
| Video Card | PowerColor Radeon RX 570 4 GB Red Devil Video Card | $115.00 (ebay/new) | Buy | ||||||
| Case | Cougar MG130-G MicroATX Mini Tower Case OR Fractal Design Focus G Mini Black MicroATX | $51.00 (newegg) $63.00 | Buy | ||||||
| Power Supply | Thermaltake Smart BX1 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply | FREE | $59.99 (newegg) | Buy | |||||
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit | FREE | $35.00 (ebay) | Buy | |||||
| Monitor | Pixio PXC243 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor | $120 (newegg) | Buy | ||||||
| Drive Base Total: | Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer | Preowned | |||||||
| Total: | $724 | $724 |
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