Upgrading Budget Gaming PC

[Tessarai]

Hi guys,

don't know if I do it right, but I want to be sure about this because it is not a small investment and because it's for a friend, i don't want to f it up

My friend right now has a budget gaming PC from 2 years back with specs:

• MB: Gigabyte B350M-Gaming 3
• CPU: Ryzen 3 1200
• RAM: 1x8GB Kingston HyperX 2133 MHz (I think, maybe its 2400)
• GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti Windforce 4GB
• PSU: EVGA 550B or 650B (not sure there)
• SSD+HDD: 250GB WD Blue SATA M.2 + 1TB SATA HDD 7200rpm
• Case: Fractal Design Core 1100
• Monitor: Single 1080p 144Hz

It was sufficient up until know, but with the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 (I know, it was delayed) he wants to upgrade.

Goal is AAA titles on 1080p High-Ultra details with 80+ FPS with possibility of 1440p 60+ FPS at least High details.

Budget is around 1200€ (1300 USD).

 

Right now the things in shopping cart are:

• Ryzen 7 3700X - 390 USD
• 2x8GB Kingston HyperX 3200MHz - 88 USD
• Gigabyte Geforce RTX 270 Super 8GB Windforce 3X - 615 USD
• Phanteks Eclipse P350X - 79 USD
• Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 - 70 USD

Right now I am thinking about giving him a few bucks more so he can upgrade the MB for something like Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite (107 USD) or lowering the budget with Ryzen 5 3600 (233 USD), but I am kinda worried it would be a potential bottleneck.

 

What are your thoughts about this?

[Bombastinator]

The dark rock 4 will do little good with the 3700x. Ryzen2 clocks very poorly.  If the climate is cool the 3700x comes out-of-the-box with a fan that is sufficient.  Might be a bit louder.  Dumping the dark rock and spending the money saved on faster memory is perhaps more money efficient.

 

do you mean a 2070super? $615 seems a bit high.  I’m seeing $499 listed here. Might be a National difference though.  https://pcpartpicker.com/product/tTCFf7/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2070-super-8-gb-windforce-oc-3x-video-card-gv-n207swf3oc-8gd

 

One possible option might be an AMD 5700xt instead.  It’s not quite as fast and it doesn’t do streaming with the ease the Nvidia card does.  It could be cheaper though.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3YTzK8/sapphire-radeon-rx-5700-xt-8-gb-pulse-video-card-11293-01-20g

Edited January 23, 2020 by Bombastinator
5700xt link added

[Stu_Bear]

That's a LOT of money for a RTX 2070 Super...is it gold plated?

[Tessarai]

Well I live in Czechia in Central Europe so I guess the 100+ USD is part of the taxes and margins of the resellers here, but for the love of god I could not find it cheaper ...
About the cooler I was worried if the box cooler would be enough ... it this is the case, I would go with it and see, I do not plan to overclock it for him now, maybe later

About graphics, I was able to found 5700 XT (Gigabyte Gaming OC model) for around 483 USD (guess the taxes are picking up again).

How big is the difference between RTX 2070 Super and 5700 XT ? I don't care about streaming now, just raw gaming performance

 

To Stu_Bear: Not really, just a plain normal RTX 2070 that doesn't look like it would not cool itself ... I guess taxes are the real a-holes

[boggy77]

I would go with r5 3600, keep the mobo, gen new ram and the 2070 super and a new PSU. A corsair or bequiet or bitfenix gold rated unit. 550w should be enough.