Upgrade / New Build

[cwheel]

Budget & Location

In the U.S., was originally looking to spend ~$800, but of course I want to save as much as possible.

 

Aim

Trying to game at 1080p 144 fps, but I would really love consistent 100+ fps. Games include Modern Warfare Warzone, Rainbow Six Siege, LoL, Pubg. I will also be doing some software development on this machine, mostly in Visual Studio.

 

Monitors

1 1080p monitor for now, will probably add a second in the future.

 

Peripherals

Already have

 

Why are you upgrading?

Better performance. My current systems is pretty old (i5-4460, R9 290x, mechanical hard drive)

 

PCpartpicker

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hkzm7T

 

Questions

1. Could I get consistently high fps with a cheaper cpu, like a 2600 / 2600x?

 

2. I chose this motherboard since pcpartpicker gives me a warning about requiring a BIOS update when I try to use a B450 motherboard (specifically the ASRock B450M PRO4). If I did stick with the 3600, would a B450 be fine or should I stick with the X570?

 

3. I'll be re using my case and HDD from my current build. Do you think I could get away with re using my 600w PSU as well? I've been using it since about 2015.

[Ryzen4Life]

It's highly unlikely you're going to hit 100+ fps on any of those games beside LoL on 1080p high on that budget but if you're ok with that let me know

[Donut Dan]

The parts list is pretty good. However, the Samsung 970 Evo is more of a professional product than a gaming product, so I think you can save money with a cheaper SSD. Since you're worried about  the BIOS update problem, you can get any of the MAX motherboards from MSI. PCPartPicker.com doesn't know that they're updated for third gen Ryzen, but they are. Saving money with those two will probably give you enough money for something like a 2060 super.

[Fasauceome]

5 minutes ago, Donut Dan said:

Since you're worried about  the BIOS update problem, you can get any of the MAX motherboards from MSI. PCPartPicker.com doesn't know that they're updated for third gen Ryzen, but they are.

Same goes for the ASRock B450M/AC, which was created after 3rd gen Ryzen was released so all of them are compatible.

 

Edit: here's a revised version of your parts list

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B450M/AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$84.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$82.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$64.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB SC BLACK GAMING Video Card	$373.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$71.95 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$873.89
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$853.89
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-20 15:36 EDT-0400

 

Edited March 20, 2020 by Fasauceome

[Daniel Z.]

11 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Same goes for the ASRock B450M/AC, which was created after 3rd gen Ryzen was released so all of them are compatible.

 

Edit: here's a revised version of your parts list

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B450M/AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$84.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$82.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$64.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB SC BLACK GAMING Video Card	$373.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$71.95 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$873.89
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$853.89
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-20 15:36 EDT-0400

 

That SSD is DRAMless, would not use that

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B450M/AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$84.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Team L5 LITE 3D 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$57.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB TRI FROZR Video Card	$382.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$71.95 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$857.90
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$842.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-20 15:44 EDT-0400

 

[Fasauceome]

13 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

That SSD is DRAMless, would not use that

 

benchmark have shown it not to be a problem, pretty sure it uses system memory for dram related tasks.