Gaming PC at 1080p60 with AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and RX 580 8GB?

[amardilo]

I'm looking at getting my brother into PC gaming so he can join in some multiplayer/co-op games with me and some of our friends (he's not the biggest gamer and currently plays on a Xbox One S and Switch).

He doesn't have a monitor at his home so will most likely play with the PC plugged into a 1080p TV so I'd like to get a steady 60fps with most modern (mostly shooter) games on a highish preset (so he gets good frame rates and good details from his couch). Is this possible using an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and a 8GB RX 580?

 

I have a spare SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 580 8GD5 laying around and was planning on using a Ryzen 5 2600 (which is currently being used in my Unraid build but might upgrade that to a Ryzen 7 2700 so I can run more VMs).

I also have a spare 250GB SSD (for his boot drive) and lots of old 5200rpm hard drives (not great but I am trying to keep costs down). Which would leave me needing to buy a PSU, motherboard, case, RAM (again trying to keep costs down so might be a slow set 16GB DDR4 or just 1 8GB stick), keyboard, mouse and Windows.

 

Would this setup be enough to play games like Battlefield V, Destiny 2, Sea of Thieves, Titanfall 2, Gears of War 4, PUBG and upcoming games like The Division 2, Anthem and Crackdown 3 at 60fps at 1080p with highish presets?

[Danioki]

with that VGA only some games will run in high at that fps, and since ryzen benefits greatly from Ram speed you'll need at least 16 GB 3000mhz ram. 

[TH3R34P3R]

2 minutes ago, amardilo said:

again trying to keep costs down so might be a slow set 16GB DDR4 or just 1 8GB stick

just don't do that. get a nice kit of 3000mhz 16gb (2x8 array) some kits are as low as 90 dollars for that speed and amount of ram. 

 

also, yes, you should have no problem running at 1080p with that card and the 2600. 

[dizmo]

If you save money by going with 8GB (which, honestly, if it's just for gaming is more than fine) don't get a single stick. Single channel affects Ryzen performance just as much as slow RAM. Make sure it's a dual channel kit of a high speed. Also, don't leave a 5400rpm drive in there unless it's large capacity; it's going to be painfully slow.

 

The RX580 should be more than capable. That's what I plan to run for the next little while.

30 minutes ago, TH3R34P3R said:

just don't do that. get a nice kit of 3000mhz 16gb (2x8 array) some kits are as low as 90 dollars for that speed and amount of ram. 

 

also, yes, you should have no problem running at 1080p with that card and the 2600. 

He's trying to save money, and he's not in the US. So US pricing is irrelevant.

[TH3R34P3R]

Just now, dizmo said:

He's trying to save money, and he's not in the US. So US pricing is irrelevant.

but at what point does the idea to save kill the PC's ability to function to the degree it should? 

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/krPKHx/adata-xpg-spectrix-d41-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-ax4u300038g16-dt41 

 

99 pounds. there is a cheaper one (95) that also exists there too. 

 

its 80 pounds for a 8x2 array of 2400mhz (loss of performance is not worth those 15/20 pounds difference) 

[dizmo]

54 minutes ago, TH3R34P3R said:

but at what point does the idea to save kill the PC's ability to function to the degree it should? 

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/krPKHx/adata-xpg-spectrix-d41-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-ax4u300038g16-dt41 

 

99 pounds. there is a cheaper one (95) that also exists there too. 

 

its 80 pounds for a 8x2 array of 2400mhz (loss of performance is not worth those 15/20 pounds difference) 

8GB vs 16GB hardly kills it's ability to function.

[TH3R34P3R]

2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

8GB vs 16GB hardly kills it's ability to function.

i meant frequency. 

[amardilo]

Thanks for the info everyone.