Ryzen or intel

[dirtybageled]

Hi I'm on a budget and wondering which one was better. I was going to take 1 of these routes:
1. Ryzen 3 or i3 or Pentium . If I choose this choice I might be able to buy and ssd or a better gpu which was going to be the rx 570 or gtx 1060 3gb
2. Ryzen 5 or i5 6400. If I choose this i can't get an ssd, I might stick to the 1060 3gb or go down and change the case to look bad. With this one the Ryzen and i5 were the same price so wondering what to do

 

[sizzling]

I'd get Ryzen 5. Its easier and cheaper to add an ssd later. Unless looking at an i7 for a high fps build Ryzen looks the better investment. Also can you get the 580 4Gb instead of the 1060 3gb?

 

[mdd1963]

With current levels of performance available from the R5-1600, I'd fight very hard hard to start there if at all possible....; in light of R5 pricing, I consider the i3/i5 to be non-players frankly...

For bargain basement rigs, the newest R3's seem to fare well against i3/i5 in games as well, but...prioritize on R5-1600!

(Unfortunately, a few days ago, the price listings on GTX1060's on Amazon shows them still a bit overpriced currently, overpriced by at least $100 in fact...darn miners!)

 

[dirtybageled]

Where i am I can get 1060 3gb brand new for 220 dollars and the rx 580 where I am is another 100 more because the rx570 I was looking at was the less than the 1060 by 15 dollars and it was aorus

 

[sizzling]

Then Ryzen 1600 & 1060 3gb

 

[Seanie280672]

Then Ryzen 1600 & 1060 3gb

the 1600 with a 1060 3gb would cause a big bottleneck in gaming.

Save yourself some money and get the 1500x with the 1060 or a 1070 with the 1600.

 

[dirtybageled]

How will it be a bottleneck

 

[dirtybageled]

Also with ryzen do I need specific ram or just use normal ram

 

[jays2pence]

I'd go for the R3 and put and RX470, Ryzen CPU are already great value for money and once you are on the AM4 chipset upgrading the CPU in a couple of years down the line will be dirt cheap, this way you can get your SSD also and set it up with windows and you wont have the trouble of migrating further down the line, R3 and RX470 is an awesome combo for the price, by the time you'd need to upgrade you could probably pick up a 1070 and ryzen5 uber cheap

 

[dirtybageled]

Which ryzen 3 and how much ram and where would I get the ram and cpu because I think the gpu isn't out yet and i think I need a specific ram

 

[jays2pence]

are you looking to buy all your parts from one online shop?

 

[sizzling]

Then Ryzen 1600 & 1060 3gb

the 1600 with a 1060 3gb would cause a big bottleneck in gaming.

Save yourself some money and get the 1500x with the 1060 or a 1070 with the 1600.

How is that a bottleneck? Usually a single CPU lasts 1 or 2 gpu upgrades, personally Id take the 1600 with the 1060. The 1500X is going to need you to buy a decent cooler too.

 

[jays2pence]

what is your budget? and do you have a motherboard in mind? i'd recommend going for a b350 board as this will be great for any overclocking you may wish to do now or in the future. choosing the RAM isn't too difficult once you know which Motherboard you want, there are compatibility lists available, out of the two Ryzen 3 CPU's there isnt a huge amount of difference, if you are comfortable overclocking i'd go for the cheaper option.

 

[dirtybageled]

I don't have a particular shop and if needed I can buy from multiple shops

 

[jays2pence]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/

this is an example of a compatible build, if it's within your price range of course you should jump up to R5 but this can always been done in the future if needed, the R3 would be a good match with the RX570

 

[sizzling]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/

this is an example of a compatible build, if it's within your price range of course you should jump up to R5 but this can always been done in the future if needed, the R3 would be a good match with the RX570

Wrong link

 

[jays2pence]

Link works for me, you can try out pcpartpicker for an idea of price and compatibility, I've always bought my hardware from Ebuyer, good prices, arrives fast reliable. they also have RX570 in stock. are you buying everything for a new build?

 

[dirtybageled]

Link doesn't work so I don't know what your showing me

 

[sizzling]

Link works for me, you can try out pcpartpicker for an idea of price and compatibility, I've always bought my hardware from Ebuyer, good prices, arrives fast reliable. they also have RX570 in stock. are you buying everything for a new build?

You need to use the permalink, that first link is the list link and is different for each person using it.

 

[dirtybageled]

Mostly buying new because ram these days are really overpriced and used ram usually work unless I can find a good deal on new ram and that's not very likely.

 

[Seanie280672]

How will it be a bottleneck

How is that a bottleneck? Usually a single CPU lasts 1 or 2 gpu upgrades, personally Id take the 1600 with the 1060. The 1500X is going to need you to buy a decent cooler too.

1500X comes with a stock cooler, I know its unlike the X series to come with one, but the 1500X does. Bottleneck: http://imgur.com/S1wH3B4

Sorry, just had an enginerr over to swap my broadband provider, so ive not seen your replies, any bottle neck queries you have just have a look here, just put in the CPU and GPU your interested in and calculate, http://thebottlenecker.com/

 

[dirtybageled]

Ok I will

 

[sizzling]

Please dont take that website seriously, its utter BS and completely inaccurate.

 

[dirtybageled]

Ok