Help with son's PC for Christmas - CPU/GPU combo

[SpandexBaldrick]

I am going to build my first PC which will also be my son's (and mine) Christmas present. I have spent a few weeks researching and deciding on parts but I cannot decide what route to take and hope people will offer their thoughts and advice. 

 

I have a Dell 60Hz 1080p which is fine for now (plan to upgrade in the next 12 months), obviously that will restrict how far I take this, along with the budget which is around £800. He wants to play minecraft and make mods etc. I would like to play AAA games - Red Dead 2, Ghost Recon, Driving sim games.

 

Do I:

Go all out and blow the budget - Ryzen 5 3600 and RX 5700 XT (seems overkill for the monitor and way over budget but maybe worthwhile in the long run as my son gets older and in to more demanding titles..) 

 

2600 and GTX 1660 ti (or RX equivalent?) - Middle ground

 

2600 and RX 590 AND upgrade the monitor to 1440p 144Hz then upgrade the GPU when we can.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gctNq3 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£174.78 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£114.31 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  - Bought
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive - Bought
Case: NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case  - Bought
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £584.51

[19_blackie_73]

if you want to play read dead; 5700XT
allows you to go fulllboard with the settings and later get a 1440p and have no problems

[Stormseeker9]

I would go with the 5700XT. Will defo last you a few years 

[Bacon soup]

If you need to save some money the 2600 is really cheap (while its still in stock). I got a 2600 and a 5700XT. They are well matched. I also have RDR2. I can do some tests if you like. My day off work is in two days. If I remember to, I can publish the FPS & CPU/GPU load graphs.

[SpandexBaldrick]

1 hour ago, Bacon soup said:

If you need to save some money the 2600 is really cheap (while its still in stock). I got a 2600 and a 5700XT. They are well matched. I also have RDR2. I can do some tests if you like. My day off work is in two days. If I remember to, I can publish the FPS & CPU/GPU load graphs.

Thanks that would be good. I was worried the 2600 might bottleneck the 5700XT...

[Bacon soup]

43 minutes ago, SpandexBaldrick said:

Thanks that would be good. I was worried the 2600 might bottleneck the 5700XT...

Depends on what your settings are. I predict it could block on counter strike but haven't played it yet. I'm still waiting on a new psu so I haven't been using it much

[Bacon soup]

21 hours ago, SpandexBaldrick said:

Thanks that would be good. I was worried the 2600 might bottleneck the 5700XT...

NOPE. Medium to low settings here

[TrainFan475]

You should probably go with the 3600 and the 5700xt. You'll be thanking yourself later if/when you upgrade your monitor.