I've been planning a whole platform upgrade for a while now and I think I've finalized the components, but I just want to do a quick check to make sure that what I'm buying actually makes sense with more people than just the immediate tech discords I am apart of
PCPartPicker Part List
Type
Item
Price
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
$259.50 @ shopRBC
Motherboard
Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard
$219.00 @ Canada Computers
Memory
G.Skill Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
$159.99 @ Newegg Canada
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total
$638.49
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-04 18:50 EDT-0400
I don't really have a set budget, I just want to get something that makes sense right now and also will make sense in the future. I only need a new motherboard, CPU and RAM; I already have peripherals, monitor, GPU, case, etc. I only want to buy from these vendors in Canada:
CPU - I chose this because it's the most price/performance CPU that makes sense for me. I plan on pretty much only playing Minecraft, a game that doesn't utilize more than a core at once. I don't video render, I don't video edit, I pretty much only play Minecraft and some other older AAA games (Witcher 3, Hitman 2, GTA V, Cities Skylines, Metro 2033) on the side sometimes. I'll be using the stock cooler that comes with it because my current cooler doesn't support AM4.
Motherboard - I chose this because of VRM quality concerns when I want to upgrade in the future, and because this has a higher chance of supporting Zen2+. Right now I want to use a 3600, but in the future if I want to upgrade, I want to be able to slot in a 4900x or a 4950x. I could probably go for a Asrock B450 K4 (100$) and that'll do my 3600 just fine, but apparently VRMs on budget motherboards are bad, and won't do well with a upgrade. I could also go for a tomahawk (150$) and that'll be fine for a 3800x, but that only has a 128Mb BIOS, the max revisions don't exist in Canada yet. I can step up again to the X470 Prime Pro for 200$ and it has 256Mb BIOS but I might as well step all the way up for a X570 for only 50$ more. I need to update the BIOS anyways to support Zen2 which is either waiting a week for the bootkit from AMD, or paying CC 25$ to update it for me.
RAM - Cheapest 2x16 that is faster than 2133/2400. I have some concerns with running 2x16 because dual rank dual channel high capacity high speed on ryzen but oh well. I really want to be able to go for 64GB in the future. 32GB now is a requirement.
I'm just mainly concerned with my motherboard choice and if it is sane. It feels very weird buying a 250$ motherboard with a 300$ CPU but I don't want to be locked into my 3600 choice in the future when I want to do a CPU upgrade again in the future like my 3770k.