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Second on @hconverse02's response... The AMx+ series are just not worth it for today's use... if your dad isn't gaming would suggest a current gen ryzen 2200g or 2400g on a B450 board. Get at least DDR4-3200 speed memory. The onboard video should be good enough for FB/Youtube use, and mild gaming... from there can get a nice video card later, and upgrade the CPU next generation if desired. If you do 16gb ram and an SSD, I'm pretty sure he'll be ecstatic over the improved performance, with a decent upgrade path.

Frankly, they overlap a lot... I would generally suggest Ryzen if you're doing stuff other than gaming... next year is the Ryzen 2 platform release (not to be confused with Ryzen 2000), it's the second generation of their architecture. Which should improve single core speeds by 1.2-1.5x. As it stands, they're quite a bit better for multicore, and stand close to toe to toe on price for single core. The Ryzen 2600 in particular is nice if you don't plan to overclock. The 2200-2400g are nice too, but wouldn't use the onboard for longer than you had to (your 1060 is a nicer card than the onboard there). If you want to shell out more cash, then the Ryzen 2700x is really nice, but the i7-8700k or 9700 might be better options if your main concern is gaming, but that's still more cash than I'd spend gaming centric. I tend to build well rounded... did the following build a few weeks ago for my GF's daughter: https://secure.newegg.com/Wishlist/PublicWishlistDetail?ID=31395592 I tend to sacrifice a little on the CPU and Video card in order to ensure an SSD and a bit more RAM. I find 1TB SSD works out great and as well as 16GB ram. I also am fine with the mATX motherboards, as I've not had to fill one in a very long time as multi-gpu has rarely been worth it for me. The computer itself is dead silent and about as fast as my personal desktop for most things.

Won't do it for you, but would go with the latest gen TR motherboard, with a 1st gen 1920 for now... max out the ram (compatible unbuffered ECC will be the difficult part). Many MBs only support a single NVME and one M.2 SSD. That said, depending on your workloads, you'll rarely notice the difference between the two. I would go 1-2TB NVME and classic SATA SSD for 2-6TB of additional storage in one or more drives. If you want more NVME could get an adapter for 1-2 NVME over 4-8 pcie lanes, again, you're unlikely to notice. There are builders you can work with, and a 5btc budget should get you what you want.

What are your resolution/quality settings... should probably set the resolution to 720p, and the quality to medium/high. If you're trying something like 1080p or 1440p it will run slower. Also, video cards under 4gb will not be able to do high detail in some games as the textures will be too big in memory. As to Win10, if you're running 3rd party antivirus, unload it and go back to built in windows defender, or at least disable it while gaming. Disable all the telemetry options, and also disable any 3rd party apps. While 8GB of ram should be plenty, it's easy for background applications you don't really need to get installed and sit there taking up space. The 750k isn't actually that great... unfortunately you're in for cpu + mb + ram when you are ready to upgrade. https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-2400G-vs-AMD-Athlon-II-X4-750K/m433194vs1548 I wouldn't suggest lower than a Ryzen 2400g, generally speaking... you are probably CPU bottlenecked, see above on suggested quality settings. If you keep an eye out on ebay, you may be able to get a 4000+ i5 or i7 relatively cheap, possibly with a motherboard, and ddr3 memory that you can upgrade to. The userbenchmark site I referenced isn't the whole story, but does give you a good comparison baseline. If you aren't using an SSD, you'll be amazed at the difference in upgrading to one for your primary drive. That would be my second upgrade from where you are, if you aren't already using one for your main drive(s). Third would be to bring the RAM up above 16GB, it's actually going to be more useful in browsing than gaming as if you have many tabs open, resource usage can build up relatively quickly. Fourth would be the Video Card... I'd hold on to what you have with is a decent low-mid range card. The landscape will probably change a lot in the next year here. In any case, what you have should work well enough. And you don't need to break the bank, just be a bit frugal and discerning in an upgrade strategy over time. You don't have to do it all at once either. Also, you're often better going a generation or two back for the top of the line, used than current low-mid options. My current system is nearly 6yo, thinking of upgrading early-mid next year, last upgrades about 2yr ago.

Kind of in the same boat... been running an i7-4790K, 32GB, 1TB NVME, gtx 1080 (CPU is 5.5yr old now, nvme and 1080 about 2+ yo now). Thinking of pulling the trigger on TR3 (ryzen 2 platform) when they come out... was really tempted by the sale prices on the 1st gen TR with the newer chipset, but holding off for now. I swear in 25 years this is by far the longest I've ever had the same computer, used to be a 1-2 year upgrade cycle. Harder part for me, get an RTX, or keep my 1080 and put like an RX 570 in the computer when I pass/sell it off. I don't game, been running macOS/hackintosh. Will probably give Linux (Ubuntu or Elementary) another try.

Depending on your needs, you may be best off with a NAS centric distribution... if you are comfortable setting up drives (RAID) etc under linux, I'd say go for that route... Windows Home Server was a pretty nice product, but really hasn't been well maintained, and depending on your needs Linux (or BSD) may be a better route. I decided to go back to a purpose built NAS (Synology) as that's been as pain free as possible for me.