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I am currently trying to decide on parts for my first pc and have come to ask for recommendations on what to buy. My budget is $600 USD ish, I can go over a little but would prefer not too. I have a case already and all peripherals minus a monitor which should be included in the $600. I also don't need an operating system. This build will be mainly for gaming (ultra or max @1080p if at all possible) and some school on the side. All suggestions will be appriceated and put too good use. A note, I am slightly hesitant to use AMD Cpus, but I am willing to deviate from Intel if someone has some conveying information. So please, help me enter the PC master race.

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Drop the motherboard down to a Asrock Pro4 if you want to save on the budget, though I wouldn't necessarily recommend that if you can afford the MSI Tomahawk as its probably the best value AMD board right now in terms of OC-ing capability (good VRMs) and features like BIOS flashback that can let you update the BIOS without a CPU if needed.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($132.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8 GB NITRO+ Special Edition Video Card  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $642.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600  Heatsink: ID-Cooling Frostflow X GPU: Zotac GTX 1060 Mini 6GB RAM: KLEVV Bolt 3600Mhz (2x8GB) Mobo: ASUS B550-F ROG Strix (Wifi)  Case: Fractal Design Meshify C PSU: Deepcool DQ-M-V2L

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1 minute ago, BigRom said:

Drop the motherboard down to a Asrock Pro4 if you want to save on the budget, though I wouldn't necessarily recommend that if you can afford the MSI Tomahawk as its probably the best value AMD board right now in terms of OC-ing capability (good VRMs) and features like BIOS flashback that can let you update the BIOS without a CPU if needed.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($132.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8 GB NITRO+ Special Edition Video Card  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $642.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Is Ryzen better then the somewhat low-medium end Intel Cpu? I've heard some good stuff about the i3-9100f so I was just wondering.

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Just now, Heirloom said:

Is Ryzen better then the somewhat low-medium end Intel Cpu? I've heard some good stuff about the i3-9100f so I was just wondering.

Single-core speed is about even, but once you overclock the 2600 it edges ahead on that while leaving Intel in the dust when it comes to multi-threaded workloads that favor more cores/threads

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600  Heatsink: ID-Cooling Frostflow X GPU: Zotac GTX 1060 Mini 6GB RAM: KLEVV Bolt 3600Mhz (2x8GB) Mobo: ASUS B550-F ROG Strix (Wifi)  Case: Fractal Design Meshify C PSU: Deepcool DQ-M-V2L

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46 minutes ago, Heirloom said:

Is gaming multi core reliant?

Depends, certain games favor more cores but in general single-core speed is still king.

If you want to go Intel, the 6-core 9400F would be a better choice.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600  Heatsink: ID-Cooling Frostflow X GPU: Zotac GTX 1060 Mini 6GB RAM: KLEVV Bolt 3600Mhz (2x8GB) Mobo: ASUS B550-F ROG Strix (Wifi)  Case: Fractal Design Meshify C PSU: Deepcool DQ-M-V2L

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1 hour ago, Heirloom said:

Is gaming multi core reliant?

the 9100F will perform worse than the 2600.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.00 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 590 8 GB GAMING 8G Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $608.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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5 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.00 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 590 8 GB GAMING 8G Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $608.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Will this be able to play 1080p at close to max settings? Or if I got a Ryzen 5 2600 and a RX 570 8th, do you think that it could handle 1080p at close to max and or max settings? 

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25 minutes ago, Heirloom said:

Will this be able to play 1080p at close to max settings? Or if I got a Ryzen 5 2600 and a RX 570 8th, do you think that it could handle 1080p at close to max and or max settings? 

I have a GTX1060 which is about equal to the RX580 and I run pretty much all my games at max for 1080p.

 

The RX590 is really just a RX580 with a permanent OC tacked on, even the RX570 would be enough for 1080p gaming.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600  Heatsink: ID-Cooling Frostflow X GPU: Zotac GTX 1060 Mini 6GB RAM: KLEVV Bolt 3600Mhz (2x8GB) Mobo: ASUS B550-F ROG Strix (Wifi)  Case: Fractal Design Meshify C PSU: Deepcool DQ-M-V2L

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I'll recommend something like this instead..

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($104.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: V-Color SKYWALKER 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($63.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: HP EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8 GB PULSE Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Acer SB220Q bi 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $608.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-31 05:03 EDT-0400

SSD TIER LIST

 

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

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

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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