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Shambles

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  1. Hi Everyone was hoping for some advice on my first build. I live in South Africa so the pricing structure of components is a little different. I am considering 2 builds. Both builds will use the same 500W PSU and Case. Excluding the PSU and case the builds are: Build 1: GPU: Gigabyte RX580 Gaming 8GB R2999 CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 (6C/12T) (Base 3.2GHz Boost 3.6GHz) (Wraith Stealth stock cooler) MB: MSI B450 Tomahawk RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2666MHz R4299 (Bundle of CPU,MB and RAM) Total: R7299 Build 2: GPU: Palit GTX 1660 Dual OC R3900 CPU: Intel i3-9100f (4C/4T) (Base 3.6Ghz Boost 4.2GHz) (Intel Stock cooler) MB: MSI B360M Bazooka RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 3000MHZ R3699 (Bundle of CPU,MB and RAM) Total: R7600 For Both builds I already have a 60Hz DELL S2718H AMD Freesync monitor. I do not have budget to buy a new monitor right now but in a year or two I could look into upgrading my monitor to get more frames. I would like the build to provide atleast for now 60fps at Ultra settings such that in the future I could simple buy a new monitor and optimize the settings to get higher frames. Here is where my lack of knowledge fails me. I would ideally only be using this to game and would have discord or steam chat open at the same time. I will not be streaming. Here are my main 3 concerns: 1) Build 1 provides lower fps due to the ryzen clock speed but less CPU usage. Build 2 provides higher fps due to the high intel clockspeed but the CPU usage is higher. I would not like to experience intense stuttering if my CPU usage is too high due to 1% lows. 2) Build 1 can take advantage of amd freesync but has lower fps. Build 2 has higher fps but I would need to use Vsync, however would it be able to achieve over 60fps consistently to overcome Vsync dropping my frames to 30fps and is the input lag/ stuttering worse? 3) Build 1 has a better CPU upgrade path and cooler than build 2 and build 1 can be overclocked on the CPU side to around 3.8GHz, Build 2 cannot. My basic thought process on these builds is will Build 2 be able to provide high enough yet constant fps (no stuttering) to overcome the need for freesync. Such that in the future I could keep the 1660 and swap out the MB and CPU and get a new monitor to get higher fps. OR is it better to stick with build 1 and swap out the CPU, GPU and Monitor to get higher frames in the future? Which build do you recommend if you had to choose between the two?
  2. So I'm new to the PC building scene and planning on buikding my first PC for gaming. I'd like to run games at 60fps or higher 1080p on ultra or high. I'm looking at getting an AMD RX580 8GB and pairing it with either a Ryzen 2200G or Intel i3 9100f. I understand that the Ryzen has integrated graphics which I won't need. My question is do I get a Ryzen 2200G with base clock of 3.6GHz and boost of 3.7GHz. Intel i3 9100f with base of 3.6GHz and boost of 4.2GHz or do I wait for the Ryzen 3200G to come out with base of 3.6GHz and boost of 4GHz? In terms of longevity when buying a motherboard now at this inbetween stage of the 2200G and 3200G will the AMD AM4 socket be better or the Intel 1151? I've heard something about an X570 motherboard and im not sure if I'll need that... Very confused on what to choose... Thanks for the help
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