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Try giving us some guidelines. Gaming/Workstation? 1080P/2k/4k? RGB to gain extra FPS?

or wait til the end, listen to everything they have to say before reading a book by its cover 0,o

if your ONLY going for gaming, have no interest ever in recording gameplay or streaming, the 8400 will probably be a bit bettter because of its higher IPC. the r5 2600 is a bit cheaper though, and the motherboards are usually cheaper as well, which would let you be able to afford the 16GB of RAM, and maybe a better PSU (550-650W gold rated PSU if you can) and it will still be more than enough for what you need and not really tons different than the 8400 performance in gaming.

single stick puts him at single channel, would advise just going with 16GB at the get go for dual channel or knowing he may have to get new RAM in the future to achieve the 16GB if he goes with 2x4GB

i would definately go with this build if you were to use one of ours. He's definately right the mx500 is a better SSD, and as i said in my post, having a bit better PSU would be recommended. the 650w he posted gives more than enough power for this system and room to expand, atx is big enough you could do SLI (or MGPU or whatever they call it in the future) if it starts becoming more mainstream and worth the money, and 8GB of Vram will help a ton moving forward. From personal experience, ive ran into many games just on 1080p that can utilize more than 4GB of Vram. 16GB of system RAM will keep you going for a very long time without hitting that cap, and if you do, you have 2 more unused RAM slots for expansion up to 32GB. One thing i could advise, is that later on, maybe upgrade the CPU cooler with something a tad better for some overclocking. One of my rigs uses same cpu on the wraith cooler (comes with CPU) and it does just fine, even with a bit of an OC across all cores, but i cant max out the OC using it as it cant cool it enough after a certain point. Can get better air coolers for 20-40$ and doesnt need to be an immediate thing whatsoever, or if your fine non overclocked, at all

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $164.99 @ Amazon Thermal Compound Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut 1g 1 g Thermal Paste $9.94 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $129.00 @ B&H Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $112.99 @ Newegg Storage SanDisk - SSD PLUS 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $69.10 @ Amazon Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $59.89 @ OutletPC Video Card Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 8 GB NITRO+ Video Card $199.99 @ Newegg Case NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case $71.99 @ Amazon Power Supply EVGA - BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $41.98 @ Newegg Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $119.98 @ OutletPC Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $999.85 Mail-in rebates -$20.00 Total $979.85 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-22 09:00 EST-0500 This would get the job done. CPU will get you into gaming/streaming/recording, GPU can play high end titles (maybe not ultra depending on game and resolution) but most games high 60+ FPS no problemo, You could go with a bit cheaper RAM, i selected LPX as i use that same kit with same CPU and MOBO in one of my RIG's, SSD could drop to a 250GB if you dont need the little bit of extra storage and wanna save a couple bucks, could buy a cheaper case (thats a moderate priced, good looking and decent airflow case, just make sure you get good airflow if anything), And if you could, id upgrade to a bit higher tier power supply for around 20$ more, get a gold certified reputable and you'll be set.

well if your uncle has a vega 56, you could always ask him to let you try it out and see if thats what your lookin for. Otherwise, it should run 4k, but i can't guarantee you that it will be as high as you want it, or at the settings you want it, or what games will run best =/ if i had to make a "guess" though, id say on high end titles, low/medium, average games mid-ultra and you should be fine for the 60FPS average mark. Of course actual results may vary from game to game. This video has some comparisons in each resolution (1080,2k,4k) for some high end titles, skim through it and look for the 1070TI on each of the 4k results for each game to see if you would be happy with it. Remember though, the settings they test on, are high - ultra usually so dropping settings can make it got a bit further, but your 2600 wont allow the GPU to run as well as the 8086k they are testing with, so there will be some variations.

If your wanting to game on it and you dont really care how high your settings are, yes it "can" run 4k. will it keep stable 60+ FPS? it depends on the game, the settings, what else your using in your PC, ETC. If you have a pretty decent CPU a 1070Ti will let you play 4k if your willing to sacrifice settings here and there. Just dont expect to see it hit that 75Hz cap across the board in all games

Sounds strange for sure. The only thing i can think of is that something is throttling somewhere or its faulty. Is the PSU overheating? do you see the cpu/gpu or anything dropping in speeds? Check all cables make sure they are snuggly connected. You shouldnt get that performance drop just changing PSU especially if its decently rated for efficiency and has the proper power output.

Honestly, i wouldn't really go 4k with less than a GTX 1080, and even with it id still choose 2k. I personally think 2k max settings at 144Hz/165Hz looks just as good/better and is much easier to maintain performance than 4k 60Hz/75Hz that could drop frames depending on your settings.

If the board doesnt have enough fan headers, you can always get splitters, fan hub's, or certain fans can daisy chain together so check that first. overclocking on first gen ryzen isnt great, but can a little bit, 2nd gen can give you a bit more beans =P the graphics card is good, an rx 580 will get you into some nice smooth gaming at very respectable settings, and most boards don't have onboard WiFi, so i would look into maybe a cheap PCI wifi card or something to go along with it. Honestly for that price, thats a pretty darn nice build. Though take the rest of your budget and put it into a better power supply =/ maybe go with a 550 and try to get gold certified? 550w gives a bit of headroom, and a higher tier better rated PSU will be more efficient, and could potentially last longer and have better warranties.

Im guessing theres not really any budget. If your buying a 2080TI i would definitely at least go 2k/4k. I agree with @BigDamn, having 2 2080TI's is extreme overkill. 16GB i would say is best minimum for system RAM, but 32GB isnt necesarilly a crazy thing to get if you have the money for it and you still want to get that. Personally i would go with a 500gb SSD and a 2-3TB HDD for storage's, and you can always add more HDD's down the road if necessary. In Terms of the CPU, i mean ya it is the very best out there right now for gaming, but for the price and since your not recording/streaming, you could even jump down to say an 8700k to save money and still get roughly the same output (More cores isnt always better or necessary) .If you still want it cause its the best then by all means it will do just fine. In terms of the Power Supply, 1200w isnt really needed either, especially with 1 card. If your gonna do some overclocking or think your gonna hit some sort of limit, i would be surprised if an 850w wouldnt be enough for your use case. Honestly, i would find out what kind of monitor your wanting first, watch some videos and comparisons on the CPU's / GPU's your interested in to get a "rough idea" of what you can get out of what you pick, and go from there.

start by letting us know what you want out of it. 1080p? 2k? 4k? ultrawides? knowing what monitor your planning on using and its limitations can help us help you. What kinds of games are you wanting to play? Are you going to be streaming/Recording?

do you have the proper drivers updated? maybe a clean install to get rid of old 950 drivers as well? in terms of power, the 1060 (especially the 6gb version) should at least be a very noticable difference higher.

in terms of price to ammount of storage, a 7200RPM drive is still great. If your just doing stuff like playing games and dont really care about the little bit of faster load times n such from having an SSD, then having the higher capacity drive might be better. However if your doing things that can utilize the speed of an SSD to save time then maybe opt for that. If you already have an SSD on hand, use that as boot drive, and use a 1-3TB 7200 RPM drive for storage/gaming. Look up some price comparisons to see how much more storage you can get (3tb 7200 seagate HDD VS 250 GB sata SSD)