Noob building first pc

[Shut_The_Foch_Up]

Right, so I want to upgrade my brother’s pc (old bday gift from me) for his bday next week and I want to get a ryzen 5 1600, so I’ll have to change the mobo(since he has an i3 6100 now), and upgrade from the 960 he has now to either a 1060 or 580 or 590.

 

My “problem” is this basically:

since I’m a noob in this and never installed a cpu before (installed everything else tho). I know that ryzen doesn’t have an igpu and won’t get any video output with just the cpu in, what i want to ask in short is, when I’ll put the new cpu, mobo and gpu together, will I get any video output from the gpu(even tho no drivers are installed) or not? (This might be a retarded question to some of you, but that’s me)

 

and 1 more (don’t hate me pls):

 

he already has 2x4gb ddr4 2133mhz cl15 1.2v crucial green pcb in his pc now, and I was thinking of getting another set of 2x4gb with exactly the same specs, but I only found a pair of black pcb ones from gskill (can’t even find the crucial ones for sale on their own god damn website), will these 2 sets work together if I put them in a mobo with 4 dimm slots?

[Aimi]

You'll get video output just fine, but obviously you'll want to update drivers once you reach the OS. You'll probably want to wipe any previous GPU drivers while you're at it.

[Mr Technician]

For your first question, yes you will get an output with just a graphics card and no iGPU.

[xg32]

you'll get video output, but zen 1 does not like 4 sticks of ram, and 2133 will be REALLY slow on a first gen zen chip, i'd recommend just looking at a 6700 in the existing motherboard.

 

If you have to buy a new motherboard and cpu to fit with the existing 2133 ram, it's not ideal.

 

As for the gpu, depending on your budget, a rx 570, 580 (2 "free" games), or a 1660 ti, rtx 2060 is best bang for buck atm.

[DragonTamer1]

Instead of switching to a whole new ecosystem why not just buy an i5 for his system? If he is getting buy with an i3, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to imagine that an i5 would be a bad choice. Save some money on the motherboard.

 

I would pass over the 590 as a GPU. If it is in your price range then a 1660ti would be a better buy, or if you can still get a Vega56 that is on sale. I don't know if that was a permanent thing though. You would also need double check that your power supply is up to a V56.

[Fasauceome]

11 minutes ago, Shut_The_Foch_Up said:

he already has 2x4gb ddr4 2133mhz cl15 1.2v crucial green pcb in his pc now, and I was thinking of getting another set of 2x4gb with exactly the same specs, but I only found a pair of black pcb ones from gskill

If you were to switch to Ryzen, you should get some higher speed ram or see how far you can overclock this current kit. Getting even to 2666 would be really nice.

[Shut_The_Foch_Up]

I was at first looking at a 6th or 7th gen i5, i7, but for “reasons” the prices are so stupidly high for those that it is cheaper to buy a ryzen and a mobo than a 6700...

[Shut_The_Foch_Up]

Right, so I had a look around and I can get a h310 mobo for £50, an i3 8100 for £113 and a gtx 1660ti from msi for £260...is that a good combo or will the i3 bottleneck the 1660ti? And I will just move the 2x4gb 2133mhz ram over on the new mobo, as unfortunately I’m a student and I don’t like my brother that much