Planning an AMD Build (Blender 3D, video editing, gaming, screen capture)

[Katarn]

I am planning an AMD build.

I am looking for a mid-range system, built around a Ryzen 5 3600 and RX 5700. My budget is around $900 (regional equivalent).

I'll be using it for work in Blender 3D (modeling, texturing, animation), Unreal Engine 4, gaming (1080p), video editing, and screen capture.

I am not interested in overclocking for the time being.

 

I have some questions:

 

- Contrasting the RX 5700 with the RX 5700 XT, I can see that the XT is the superior card. But where I live, the XT costs 24% more. At that price, it seems like a sub-optimal deal.

How much do I miss out by choosing the RX 5700 over the RX 5700 XT?

Which one is the better upgrade to the GTX 1060 6GB (my current GPU)?

Is there any reason to opt for the Nvidia equivalent (RTX 2060)?

 

- Is the B450 a good motherboard for this system? If not, which one would you recommend?

 

- What kind of RAM is optimal? Is 16GB enough?

 

- Which case and PSU would you recommend, and what are the ideal PSU specs I should be looking for? (I am not interested in RGB, just a stable case with decent cooling)

 

- From what I've seen online, it seems as though the Ryzen 5 3600X is not worth the ~$50 difference over the vanilla 3600. Is it?

Tech Deals crowned the 3600X as the "New King", presumably dethroning the i7 9700K. So I can't be too sure if the X is not worth it.

 

This is the cost of the components so far (converted to US Dollars for convenience)

- Ryzen 5 3600 -- $239.87

- MSI Radeon RX 5700 -- $430.54

 

- Ryzen 5 3600X -- $299.65

- Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT -- $536.56

 

Finally, is there a reason to wait?

Is there a reason to believe there will be a price drop within the next month or two, and, conversely, is there a reason to believe that demand will eventually inflate the prices (like it happened with Pascal architecture and Intel's chips two years ago)?

 

 

Katarn

[Herman Mcpootis]

9 hours ago, Katarn said:

My budget is around $900 (regional equivalent).

 

This is the cost of the components so far (converted to US Dollars for convenience)

this only makes things harder for us, prices and availability is never the same in different countries.

[Katarn]

12 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

this only makes things harder for us, prices and availability is never the same in different countries.

How could the currency conversion possibly make it harder for anyone to tell if the B450 is a viable motherboard, to give their opinion on a suitable case and PSU (and/or specs), or to give information concerning RAM?

...or to advise on the price-to-performance benefits between the 3600 vs 3600X, and the 5700 vs the 5700 XT... I even offer the prices to show the difference between the parts, so users don't have to "guess".

 

More importantly, how in the world would my stating that my budget is "so-and-so" in a currency most people don't know (or care) it exists, make it easier for someone to respond to those same points?

 

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I find it ironic that, had I not mentioned that the units were converted, or had I omitted the price altogether, every question raised in the post would have allegedly become much more answerable:

"Hey guys do I miss out by a lot if I get the 5700 to save $100 dollars?"

"Oh, that's easy, I'll tell you right away!"

"Ah thanks; now I know if it is a good idea to save the equivalent of $100 in my Eastern European currency."

"Dude woah, no! That's very different, I have no idea how to answer this question if the currency was not originally in dollars, whew, almost walked into a trap, good thing I found out about it, performance varies with currency, you know! I'd need a PhD to answer it now!"

[Slottr]

2 hours ago, Katarn said:

 

Please keep the conversation civil, no one was attacking you. 

These factors are extremely important as the prices and availability for parts is very volatile country to country. It is dependent. 

 

 

Consider reading the community standards:

 

 

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