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Well, the title explains it all. I'm tired of playing TF2 on 720p medium settings on my i3 6100 + GT 730 and I'm looking to make a new PC.

 

I have a LG Ultrawide (1440p, 60Hz) right now and I really want to game full screen on it.

 

I'm considering an AMD CPU since they're cheaper then Intel. Should I wait for 3rd gen or just go and buy 2nd gen?

 

What GPU is the best for 1440p/1080p?

 

Also question: Would an AMD CPU perform well on DirectX 9?

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What do you play besides TF2? If you play a lot more modern games then a 3rd gen Ryzen wouldn't be a bad choice.

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If you want new parts I'd wait for third gen Ryzen, it's only a few weeks away.

 

If you're fine with used, I'd look into a i7 6700/7700 as you'll only need to swap the CPU.

 

As for the GPU, it depends on what games you play, if it's light stuff like TF2 or you're willing to tinker with settings you'll be fine with an RX 580 at 1440p. If you want to max everything out I'd look into a Vega 56, or the upcoming RX 5700 XT depending on how well it actually performs in reviews.

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18 hours ago, System32.exe said:

If you want new parts I'd wait for third gen Ryzen, it's only a few weeks away.

 

If you're fine with used, I'd look into a i7 6700/7700 as you'll only need to swap the CPU.

 

As for the GPU, it depends on what games you play, if it's light stuff like TF2 or you're willing to tinker with settings you'll be fine with an RX 580 at 1440p. If you want to max everything out I'd look into a Vega 56, or the upcoming RX 5700 XT depending on how well it actually performs in reviews.

I need an entirely new setup, and I do want to make it by mid July.

 

I've been considering a RX 580/90, Vega 56 and RTX 2060. Obviously the RTX is the best choice in performance but is way too expensive

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18 hours ago, Aimi said:

What do you play besides TF2? If you play a lot more modern games then a 3rd gen Ryzen wouldn't be a bad choice.

I right now TF2 and nothing else, but I'm planning to buy Hitman and some other major titles.

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor $200.00
Motherboard MSI - B450M BAZOOKA V2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $79.87 @ Amazon
Memory V-Color - SKYWALKER 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $68.99 @ Amazon
Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $66.85 @ OutletPC
Video Card MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card $254.99 @ Newegg
Case Cooler Master - MB600L ODD ATX Mid Tower Case $45.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair - CSM 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $801.67
  Mail-in rebates -$25.00
  Total $776.67
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-22 07:45 EDT-0400  

 

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On 6/22/2019 at 8:45 PM, trevb0t said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor $200.00
Motherboard MSI - B450M BAZOOKA V2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $79.87 @ Amazon
Memory V-Color - SKYWALKER 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $68.99 @ Amazon
Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $66.85 @ OutletPC
Video Card MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card $254.99 @ Newegg
Case Cooler Master - MB600L ODD ATX Mid Tower Case $45.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair - CSM 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $801.67
  Mail-in rebates -$25.00
  Total $776.67
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-22 07:45 EDT-0400  

 

 

Looks very neat, thanks!

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17 minutes ago, realpetertdm said:

 

Looks very neat, thanks!

Is that within budget?

Really the 1660Ti is a fine entry level 1440p card. Especially since you've got a 60hz refresh on it.

The RTX 2060 would be a better choice if you could squeeze it.

 

I think at this point you'd be a fool not to see what Zen 2 looks like. We are so close.

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($145.74 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.83 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($299.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Thermaltake - Versa N24 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($57.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $727.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-24 09:06 EDT-0400

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On 6/20/2019 at 10:02 PM, realpetertdm said:

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Build this instead....

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($200.00) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Sniper X 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Intel - 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB Video Card  ($269.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.90 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $769.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-24 09:34 EDT-0400

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Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

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Just wait a couple of weeks. 

 

What is your current spec ? As you might be able to reuse some parts like the storage and maybe psu and ram etc.

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2 hours ago, lee32uk said:

Just wait a couple of weeks. 

 

What is your current spec ? As you might be able to reuse some parts like the storage and maybe psu and ram etc.

I have almost no parts that I can reuse. The only thing that could be reused is a 500GB Western Digital SSD. 

 

My previous setup was

i3-6100

GT 730

8GB DDR3

OEM mobo

500GB WD SSD

OEM Case (way too small form factor to reuse)

1 case fan (lol)

I don't even know what CPU cooler I have

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