RX590, Vega 56 ?

[coconut_pie]

Planning a new build to replace my Phenom II X4 955 and 750ti setup. 

Budget isn't too big because I need to buy a new monitor as well, that's at least 150 quid.

 

So, the RX590 and Vega 56 are both more or less in the same price range on eBay and gumtree. Not sure which to go with.

For CPU I'm probably going with either a 1st or 2nd gen Ryzen 7 or a 2nd or 3rd gen Ryzen 5. Definitely 16GB of RAM minimum, I need the ram for some of my CAD work.

 

The GPU and CPU will be both be used together for rendering in Blender with Cycles.

As for games, I'm not an AAA nut really but I plan to play both Forza Horizon 3 and 4 preferably on high to ultra settings, still play JC3 somewhat but not much, also planning to pick up TpF2 later this year, as it's unreleased don't know how much a resource hog it will be but TpF1 was enough to cause problems on my Phenom and 750ti. I also play Beamng drive on low, would like to play on high to ultra settings with dynamic lighting enabled for once, new traffic update will also be pretty resource intensive albeit more on the CPU.

 

My baseline requirements would be to play all the above with the stated quality at 1080p 60fps, I might be able to afford a 1440p monitor though, still, 60fps requirement but more is always nicer.

 

Any opinions and feedback appreciated, will post a PC part picker list once I complete it down in the comments.

 

Budget for the entire PC is about £700 max, will aim to buy most things secondhand except for storage drives.

[Draconid]

Go for the Vega 56

 

[Draconid]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£187.50 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	£106.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Storage	Kingston A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£47.97 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card	£253.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 11 CM 600 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£73.90 @ More Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£669.83
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-25 11:09 BST+0100

 

[TomvanWijnen]

19 minutes ago, coconut_pie said:

I need to buy a new monitor as well, that's at least 150 quid.

You could also buy a second hand monitor! All of my monitors are second hand (and I have many), and it's great; so much more for so little money.

[coconut_pie]

Thanks Draconid for that part list, will base mine on it. 

Totally didn't realise I could buy a used monitor, why didn't that come to mind. Though some Dell monitors are effing gorgeous ngl.

[EpicWaffles449]

Vega 64’s are about the same price used, I'd suggest a 64 cause why not.

[Epimetheus]

The Vega 56 is significally faster than the 590

[coconut_pie]

This is the current part list I've put together for now. I may also slap in my current 1TB WD Blue HDD if I decide it isn't about to die but not totally necessary as have 1TB of one drive capacity. Single stick of RAM also allows me to add another one in the future if I so desire.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor	£180.00
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED Turbo (Black) 66.3 CFM CPU Cooler	Purchased For £0.00
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£43.98 @ Aria PC
Memory	Patriot Viper Elite 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	£59.75 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Kingston A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£47.97 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB PULSE Video Card	£253.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Case	Cooler Master SILENCIO S400 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£78.11 @ More Computers
Power Supply	Cooler Master MasterWatt 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£54.99 @ Box Limited
Case Fan	Corsair SP120 PWM High Performance Edition - Twin Pack 62.74 CFM 120 mm Fan	Purchased For £0.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£718.27
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-25 13:55 BST+0100