What card to pick

mikehunt_ · June 24, 2019

What gpu should I pick for a Ryzen 3 2200g? I want to avoid bottlenecking as much as possible.

LukeSavenije · June 24, 2019

bottlenecking isn't really that much of a thing anymore

what's your budget for it?

mikehunt_ · June 24, 2019

Around 500$

berberries · June 24, 2019

Get an RTX 2060 and replace the 2200g with an R5 2600, will cost around $500

mikehunt_ · June 24, 2019

Oh... I was talking about the whole pc, sorry. I didn't calculate the budget just for the cpu and the gpu.

berberries · June 24, 2019

Then try this instead..

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: *ASRock - B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($32.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: *EVGA - GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB XC BLACK GAMING Video Card ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($48.98 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12III 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $528.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-24 04:55 EDT-0400

I hope this being slightly over 500 is still ok. Down the road, you can upgrade the cpu to any ryzen 2000 or 3000 series chip, and add a hard drive in there for mass storage as there is only a 240gb ssd now.

mikehunt_ · June 24, 2019

Thank you, so much! You helped a ton.

berberries · June 24, 2019

no problem

dgsddfgdfhgs · June 24, 2019

3 minutes ago, berwynhan said:

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor ($64.89 @ OutletPC)

4 cores in 2019?? better get 1600/ 2600 at all cost.

otherwise you will have need to upgrade which costs much more

berberries · June 24, 2019

Just now, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

better get 1600/ 2600 at all cost.

Thing is that if you put in a 1600/2600 it is way over his budget.

Buying any card under a GTX 1660 is IMO not worth it as he will be upgrading it real quick.

mikehunt_ · June 24, 2019

Evga cards in my country are unavalible. Does the manufacturer matter?

Mephi00 · June 24, 2019

4 minutes ago, mikehunt_ said:

Evga cards in my country are unavalible. Does the manufacturer matter?

No not really but its better to ask or read reviews of the specific model in order to know exactly what you‘re buying.

Aimi · June 24, 2019

3 minutes ago, mikehunt_ said:

Evga cards in my country are unavalible. Does the manufacturer matter?

Generally it doesn't

mikehunt_ · June 24, 2019

I have one more question. Does the motherboard matter? Can I just get away with a really cheap one? Like a B450m Ds3h, even for a ryzen 5 1600 and a gtx 1660.

Vejnemojnen · June 24, 2019

23 minutes ago, mikehunt_ said:

I have one more question. Does the motherboard matter? Can I just get away with a really cheap one? Like a B450m Ds3h, even for a ryzen 5 1600 and a gtx 1660.

If want cheap but reasonable board: Asrock B450M Pro4.

For CPU, you should consider the 1600, I'd wager, on the long run, it's more suitable than a quadcore.

For GPU, the 1660 is excellent choice, just stay away from asus Dual versions. A good 2fan version from GigaByte, MSI or Palit \Gainward will be sufficient. It's not very difficult to cool a 120tdp card, yet, asus managed to fck it up so bad, that dual 1660 cards can easily heat up to 80-84 degrees.

B450M Pro4

Ryzen 1600

GSkill Aegis RAM 2x8gb 3000Mhz

GTX 1660

a case with good airflow (so, not the Q300L...)

Tier A or similar PSU with 400-450watts. Refer to the PSU tier list

Shit, this would cost rather 600USD

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Vejne/saved/#view=nVVDxr

dgsddfgdfhgs · June 24, 2019

38 minutes ago, berwynhan said:

Thing is that if you put in a 1600/2600 it is way over his budget.

yes you do pay ~$60 more right now. (1600)

However you may never get a good cpu upgrade for just $60

berberries · June 24, 2019

45 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

yes you do pay ~$60 more right now. (1600)

yes if he can afford that extra $60 I would say just go for the 1600

mikehunt_ · June 24, 2019

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	$109.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$75.61 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$62.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital - Blue 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB OC Video Card	$219.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$57.88 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$611.25
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$571.25
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-24 06:56 EDT-0400

I'm not sure about the case.

RyzenDoctor · June 24, 2019

Do you need to build this PC today? Can it wait a couple of weeks? Are you in North America?

if you answered No, Yes and Yes, then I’d wait till July 7th. With the release of Ryzen 3000 and Navi, interesting things are bound to happen to the Ryzen 2000 series and lower tier Nvidia cards. You will likely get more for your money

Radioactive Snowman · June 24, 2019

27 minutes ago, mikehunt_ said:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor $109.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $75.61 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $62.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital - Blue 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB OC Video Card $219.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $57.88 @ OutletPC
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $611.25
Mail-in rebates -$40.00
Total $571.25
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-24 06:56 EDT-0400

I'm not sure about the case.

I would suggest swapping out that ssd for a hard drive, 250gb really isn't a lot of storage and you will run out fast. Could probably get a 7200rpm 1TB hard drive for the same price

mikehunt_ · June 24, 2019

I'm European, I don't think I'm intersted in the new CPUs, and the prices of old CPUs won't drop, becouse of the new CPUs. (At least for Europe)

Vejnemojnen · June 24, 2019

@mikehunt_ please specify Europe. You can even show your local "partpicker" website if You have one (for us, it's árukereső, where we can browse all available components and compare prices of retailers.)

450w would be more than enough for 1660-1660ti. Even 400 is perfect, those turing gpus are very economical in power consumption..

If youd be able to pick a 1tb HDD (wd blue ezex, Toshiba p300 or seagate barracuda for example) would be great. Though at least a 128GB ssd would be definitely a useful addition as your System drive. (crucial bx500, patriot burst, wd blue, kingston UV500 are good cheap units)

dgsddfgdfhgs · June 25, 2019

14 hours ago, mikehunt_ said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor $109.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $75.61 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $62.99 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital - Blue 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB OC Video Card $219.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $57.88 @ OutletPC
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $611.25
Mail-in rebates -$40.00
Total $571.25
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-24 06:56 EDT-0400