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For australian pricing, that appears to be a difficult budget. If I go with the cheapest decent parts, you're still stuck with a dual core CPU, but you can make it work with that RX 570. half of the budget on a graphics card doesn't seem to be possible here. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor $79.00 @ Computer Alliance Motherboard MSI B350M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $99.00 @ JW Computers Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $79.00 @ BudgetPC Storage Crucial BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $45.00 @ PC Byte Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card $80.00 Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $65.00 @ PCCaseGear Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $447.00 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-23 13:41 AEDT+1100

Is the $450 budget for the entire PC?

I run my defective GPU at a super low clock seed, but since you said it's intended to be part of your SLI setup, that would hurt your performance a lot.

General wisdom for modern CPUs seems to be that anything under 80 degrees Celsius is safe for long term operation. I recently added a fan to my case to make sure of this on my own setup.

From what I can see, it looks like you might have got your Ryzen 5 1600 at launch, which would mean the BIOS is definitely too old for third gen Ryzen. You can go to the web page for that motherboard and follow the instructions to update there. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AB350-Gaming-rev-1x/support#support-dl-bios Looks like you have to update the BIOS in a certain order for it to work. Also, you can save some money with the 3700X instead of the 3800X, reviewers like Gamers Nexus seem to have shown an almost identical performance between the two,

it's a good looking list, you can get an RTX 2070 if you prefer more stable drivers. Also, here is some DDR4 3600 that is lower latency, so it's better. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor $199.99 @ B&H CPU Cooler be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler $86.46 @ B&H Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard $189.99 @ B&H Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $69.99 @ Newegg Storage Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $119.99 @ Newegg Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB TRI FROZR Video Card $382.99 @ Newegg Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $99.98 @ Newegg Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Corsair Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $1289.38 Mail-in rebates -$15.00 Total $1274.38 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-22 21:37 EDT-0400

Any of the MSI motherboards with MAX in the name will be able to run with 3rd gen Ryzen out of the box, for sure. They make MAX versions of the Tomahawk, Mortar, Gaming Plus, and a few others. Although, if you put it in pcpartpicker.com, it doesn't know that.

If you do video editing, like you mentioned earlier, the difference should be quite noticeable. Also you have to quote people so that we can see when you respond, or use @ShinRamen to send a notification.

Additional cooling attached for the benefit of these poor cards! It appears to have dropped temps by at least 5 degrees.

Signs of life!

I like to think of it as a gateway experience, start folding with Covid and maybe you won't stop!

I know it looks like the RX 570 will be starved for air, but the undervolting and underclocking required to keep it from crashing results in the fans almost never spinning. If the work unit situation improves, hopefully my setup will get put to good use.

I was tempted by the bargain value of a sub $3 CPU

A buddy of mine had a spare GTX 1060 that I'm allowed to borrow to help with the Folding @ Home effort against Covid-19, it'll be running alongside my gimped RX 570. What are some other things I might be able to toss into my system, should I come across some other spare parts? I also ordered a Xeon X5550, super cheap from ebay. I was reluctant to replace a perfectly good CPU but I decided that it was worth it for the cause to get a hyper threaded CPU. Also, Im assuming 650 watts is enough to hold this baby together?

I went ahead and made some changes. The Ryzen 5 2600 seems to be fairly close in performance to the 2600X, so the cheaper of the two would seem to be better. The motherboard has no VRM heat sink, so I picked one that does, and also has built in WiFi. The single stick of ram is no good, so I added two instead. The power supply is rated really low on the forum's PSU tier list, you should check that out. I replaced it with a higher rate unit. Since the WiFi adapter was cut out, I threw in a more powerful GPU. PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yF9JTC CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($124.99 @ B&H) Motherboard: ASRock B450M/AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($84.99 @ Amazon) Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card ($229.99 @ B&H) Case: Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($54.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($43.98 @ Newegg) Keyboard: Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($27.99 @ Amazon) Total: $705.91 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-21 21:19 EDT-0400 Looks like you save money and get a better PC. You can afford more storage, or an RTX 2060. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QjtQzy/asus-geforce-rtx-2060-6-gb-tuf-oc-video-card-tuf-rtx2060-o6g-gaming

Looks like you forgot to copy the parts list, you need to use this little text icon and copy it in. The URL in your original post is just to pcpartpicker.com.

Then you should be served quite well by the Ryzen 5 3600. It appears to be very similar in performance to an i7-8700. Also, in order for people to see when you respond to their post, you need to use the quote button

You can probably find a cheap Vega 64 on eBay Catalina beta 2 and up supports Navi graphics cards so the RX 5700 is a good call if you are updated.

this is the cheapest current gen i7 on german pcpartpiker, is the german market relevant? https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/W4848d/intel-core-i7-9700f-3-ghz-8-core-processor-bx80684i79700f a used i7 for that price actually looks really good. If you go with a cheap B365 motherboard, assuming overclocking doesn't matter to you, then you should be good to go.

There are two sides to every story. There's nothing wrong with using really old hardware, but if your tech support questions are "I should be getting 60 fps in this new game" and your specs are super old, then yes, most people will be saying that your PC is too old and that you need to upgrade. There are a lot of legitimate reasons to suggest that the age of your PC is the source of a problem.

The parts list is pretty good. However, the Samsung 970 Evo is more of a professional product than a gaming product, so I think you can save money with a cheaper SSD. Since you're worried about the BIOS update problem, you can get any of the MAX motherboards from MSI. PCPartPicker.com doesn't know that they're updated for third gen Ryzen, but they are. Saving money with those two will probably give you enough money for something like a 2060 super.

I don't know the best mouse and keyboard to get, but this parts list should be pretty decent, considering your budget. It leaves some room for some decent options for peripherals. PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WR8hYH CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($298.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Amazon) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($114.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card ($683.98 @ Newegg) Case: NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.98 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($102.98 @ Newegg) Monitor: Acer VG271U Pbmiipx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor ($349.99 @ Amazon) Total: $1835.89 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-20 15:04 EDT-0400

The 1600 AF, which is the 12nm refresh, is about the same as a 2600.