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Hey everyone. I'm helping my brother build a PC slowly throughout this year, and we could use a little advice. We were originally looking at an R5 5600X, but Micro Center recently raised prices on them significantly, so we've mostly ruled it out. Plus, discounts for 10th generation Intel makes the 10700K too good to pass up on. Anyways, we're trying to find a good motherboard match for the 10700K, and I know very little about Intel chipsets. He doesn't plan on overclocking, so Z490/Z590 isn't necessary, but I want the VRMs to still be sufficient. Would a decent H470/H570 board be good enough? Could we get away with B460/B560? Or should we just eat the costs and get a Z490/590 board?

I'm looking at the 2600x mainly because of the higher base speeds, but since I'm upgrading the power supply, I'll look into overclocking a 2600. Especially if I can get the same performance out of it, while maintaining stability. The SSD is a cheap one, with only 240 GB of storage. I use it for the OS mainly because it's more reliable than my 4 year old hard drive. As to the ram, I'm not an RGB person, it doesn't appeal to me. I can definitely afford to get a faster set.

I'm not very competitive, but I'll definitely take that all into account. I honestly don't play many modern AAA games because of the lower frames. Even R6 Siege slows down on me quite often with medium settings.

Thanks for the input!

No, I honestly haven't considered selling my old parts, so that might help me out. The only thing I can think of about that is that an older processor like mine wouldn't be very easy to move. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I was looking for some advice regarding an upgrade I'm considering making sometime in the next couple of months. I'm currently running an AMD FX 6120 (or something extremely similar, I can't completely remember) with 24 GB of ram, and a factory overclocked GTX 970. I also have windows booting on an SSD, but that's not relevant. I'm looking into upgrading either my processor and components that relate to it, or my GPU. Either way, I'll be spending roughly $400-500 US, depending on exactly which components I end up choosing. If I go for a new CPU, I'll also need a new motherboard, and DDR4 ram, since my current computer only has DDR3. I was looking at the Ryzen 2600X, the MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard, and 16 GB of ram, probably G.skill, or a similar brand. If I go for a new GPU, I'd be mainly looking at an RTX 2060, but if I could find a really solid deal on a 1660 Ti, I'd also consider it. I'm mainly looking at the upgrade for gaming. I understand that would normally call for a GPU upgrade, but with my processor being so old, I'm afraid of a potential bottleneck hurting my performance when paired with a modern GPU. Either way, I'll also be upgrading my power supply, since mine is a non-modular, proprietary HP power supply, and it couldn't be able to handle the increased power input from either option, judging that it already isn't too happy with the overclocked GPU. I don't need advice for that, as I already have one lined up. Long story short, which choice would be better? Should I worry about potential bottlenecks on either the CPU or GPU depending on what I upgrade? Thanks in advance!