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Christmas Present -- PC upgrade

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Hi everyone!
The PC (Motherboard/CPU) from my brother broke down and I would like to help him in deciding which parts he should buy to upgrade.

 

He has:

- GTX 1060

- 1080p Monitor (would like to upgrade to 1440p at some point next year)

- relatively new BeQuiet 450W PSU

 

As either the motherboard or CPU died (both were very old) I am looking for a new Motherboard & CPU & RAM for him.

 

He is not a professional/competitive gamer but does enjoy playing his favorite games. He doesn't do any video editing

or professional stuff and is not running a lot of things in parallel. Most of the time he is playing his games and listening

to music. As far as I can tell, I would say that the core count/parallel performance isn't that important.

 

His favorite games are:
- Skyrim (only with some minor mods)

- Dead Island 2

- For Honor 

 

And he is also looking forward to playing

- Destiny 2: Shadowkeep

Which seems to be a huge game with 165GB.

 

I was thinking of giving him an 1TB SSD for christmas, as he only had an SSHD. But if the games are that big I don't know

if maybe an Intel Optane stick would make sense...
 

I am living in germany, so if anyone wants to go the extra mile amazon.de would be the primary choice. :)

The budget is kinda flexible, with the goal of hitting a price to performance sweet spot, given his "basic" needs.

 

I only use PCs for work-related things and hope that I can get valuable "gamer" information from you guys. :)

 

So working backwards I first looked for RAM:

RAM - Simply because it is a 16GB stick for future upgrades if necessary (72 Euro)

 

Now for the big question... What CPU and motherboard should we buy?

Here I am thinking about the Intel Core i5-8400 for 225 Euro or the Ryzen 5 3600 for 250 Euro.
I haven't looked for specific motherboards yet, as I don't know if the components are a good choice to begin with.

The motherboard could be rather simple, as I can't think of any "important" features that he needs.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

PS: I hope a new thread is fine.

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4 minutes ago, noisehater said:

 

 

So working backwards I first looked for RAM first:

RAM - Simply because it is a 16GB stick for future upgrades if necessary (72 Euro)

 

Now for the big question... What CPU and motherboard should we buy?

Here I am thinking about the Intel Core i5-8400 for 225 Euro or the Ryzen 5 3600 for 250 Euro.
I haven't looked for specific motherboards yet, as I don't know if the components are a good choice to begin with.

The motherboard could be rather simple, as I can't think of any "important" features that he needs.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

PS: I hope a new thread is fine.

I would go for a ryzen 2600 or 3600 with a msi b450 motherboard and 2x8gb ram kit (3000MHz +). even the 2600 is better than the intel 8400.

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You didn't say if you want to keep your current case or not so i included one.

If you think that 2TB SSD would be too expensive then get Corsair MP510 1TB.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (€199.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/Yellow) CPU Cooler  (€19.98 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€78.90 @ Alternate)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  (€67.90 @ Alternate)
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (€244.90 @ Alternate)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB ROG Strix Gaming Advanced Video Card  (Purchased For €0.00)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€74.90 @ Alternate)
Power Supply: be quiet! Straight Power 11 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For €0.00)
Total: €686.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-29 16:18 CET+0100

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Wow, these are some very fast replies! :D
So the Ryzen 5 3600X seems to be a fitting choice?

Would you say that this is a good price to performance compromise?

The B450 motherboard looks like a good choice.

I forgot to mention that he has a Noctua NH-D15 cooler, so we would only need to buy fitting mounting brackets

(like this one). Or are there any problems known with these mounting brackets?

 

This is the current setup I have in mind.

I would like to avoid updating the BIOS as we don't have a CPU lying around, so I may get a list of possible mobos and see if one of them will be on sale.

 

Case is a good question. He does have one, but it is pretty beat up, so thanks for including it!

Why do you prefer the Corsair MP510 1TB? Because it has higher read/write speeds?

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor €250.28 @ Amazon Deutschland
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D15S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler Purchased For €0.00
Motherboard Asus PRIME B450-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard €79.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory €70.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €105.56 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For €0.00
Storage Seagate Barracuda 500 GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For €0.00
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card Purchased For €0.00
Power Supply be quiet! 530 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply Purchased For €0.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €506.64
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-29 17:36 CET+0100  

 

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12 minutes ago, noisehater said:

Wow, these are some very fast replies! :D
So the Ryzen 5 3600X seems to be a fitting choice?

Would you say that this is a good price to performance compromise?

The B450 motherboard looks like a good choice.

I forgot to mention that he has a Noctua NH-D15 cooler, so we would only need to buy fitting mounting brackets

(like this one). Or are there any problems known with these mounting brackets?

 

This is the current setup I have in mind.

I would like to avoid updating the BIOS as we don't have a CPU lying around, so I may get a list of possible mobos and see if one of them will be on sale.

 

Case is a good question. He does have one, but it is pretty beat up, so thanks for including it!

Why do you prefer the Corsair MP510 1TB? Because it has higher read/write speeds?

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor €250.28 @ Amazon Deutschland
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D15S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler Purchased For €0.00
Motherboard Asus PRIME B450-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard €79.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory €70.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €105.56 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For €0.00
Storage Seagate Barracuda 500 GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For €0.00
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card Purchased For €0.00
Power Supply be quiet! 530 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply Purchased For €0.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €506.64
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-29 17:36 CET+0100  

 

Just get the 3600 and overclock it to 3600x levels.

The Tomahawk Max from MSI is ready for 3rd gen Ryzen.

 

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/9nm323/amd-ryzen-5-3600-36-thz-6-core-processor-100-100000031box

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/jcYQzy/msi-b450-tomahawk-max-atx-am4-motherboard-b450-tomahawk-max

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Ok, that seems like a reasonable choice.

I really like the motherboard!

So I've included the 2TB NVME drive, but I will see if it will be on sale.

This is the current version:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor €199.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D15S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler Purchased For €0.00
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard €105.95 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory €70.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €265.74 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For €0.00
Storage Seagate Barracuda 500 GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card Purchased For €0.00
Power Supply be quiet! 530 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply Purchased For €0.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €642.58
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-29 18:16 CET+0100  

 

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