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Been having trouble with my current PC and considering biting the bullet and doing a major upgrade rather than repairing.
My computer is for general browsing and office use, but I do game, for example the Tomb Raider games, and just got Ace Combat 7, but only at 1080P. I like them to run well but not fussed whether they are at ultra high graphics or at the highest refresh rate, just as long as it plays and looks good enough.
But if I am going to spend a few hundred, I want to see a decent step up for my money, no point paying a little less and barely seeing a difference.
My current is a Phenom II 955, GTX 1060 and 16GB RAM, I would not be changing the graphics card at this point.
I haven’t built PCs since around 2012 so I’m quite out of touch.
So CPU-wise, I’m thinking the Ryzen 5 3600 as that seems to be the ‘best bang for the buck’ from what I have read, is that correct.
But a little unsure on motherboards. I’ve always been guilty of buying more than I need, gaming boards with the top chipset and support for SLI which I will never use. With the Ryzen MoBos I’m a bit bewildered by the choice, I can see A320, B450, X370, X470, X570.
The only reason that I have bought higher cards in the past is for overclocking but in reality I have never overclocked so all those high-end boards, big heatsinks and Black and K-class CPUs in the past have been a bit of a waste.
Does the Ryzen 5 3600 overclock, if so does it need more than the wraith stealth for cooling?
What is the ‘best bang for the buck’ MoBo to go with it? I’d probably rule out the X570 but why would I choose an X470 over a B450.
And I understand that some of the B450 and X470s need a BIOS update to support the Ryzen 5 which means that they need to be flashed before the CPU is even installed - how can I tell whether a motherboard supports that.
Cheers,
Nigel
My computer is for general browsing and office use, but I do game, for example the Tomb Raider games, and just got Ace Combat 7, but only at 1080P. I like them to run well but not fussed whether they are at ultra high graphics or at the highest refresh rate, just as long as it plays and looks good enough.
But if I am going to spend a few hundred, I want to see a decent step up for my money, no point paying a little less and barely seeing a difference.
My current is a Phenom II 955, GTX 1060 and 16GB RAM, I would not be changing the graphics card at this point.
I haven’t built PCs since around 2012 so I’m quite out of touch.
So CPU-wise, I’m thinking the Ryzen 5 3600 as that seems to be the ‘best bang for the buck’ from what I have read, is that correct.
But a little unsure on motherboards. I’ve always been guilty of buying more than I need, gaming boards with the top chipset and support for SLI which I will never use. With the Ryzen MoBos I’m a bit bewildered by the choice, I can see A320, B450, X370, X470, X570.
The only reason that I have bought higher cards in the past is for overclocking but in reality I have never overclocked so all those high-end boards, big heatsinks and Black and K-class CPUs in the past have been a bit of a waste.
Does the Ryzen 5 3600 overclock, if so does it need more than the wraith stealth for cooling?
What is the ‘best bang for the buck’ MoBo to go with it? I’d probably rule out the X570 but why would I choose an X470 over a B450.
And I understand that some of the B450 and X470s need a BIOS update to support the Ryzen 5 which means that they need to be flashed before the CPU is even installed - how can I tell whether a motherboard supports that.
Cheers,
Nigel
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