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[MigasTigas]

Hi a tech newb here,

 

I'm considering in upgrading from a laptop to a desktop due to performance cap at the moment. I'm a bioinformatics student and atm have a Asus A541U (i5-7200u, GeForce 920m and 8gb) and at the internship i'm going through now I will need more power due to the applications I'm using.

 

Right now I was thinking going with a budget of 700~800€ for the machine and probably 200€ for one or two monitors that I'll need (the rest I have it now). The main idea of this build is to buy now something better and then upgrade when needed. I'll also play games on it (like Borderlands, GTAV, Minecraft, etc.) but don't really care the high end specs, i'm ok with 60fps and 1080p (FHD?) resolution and graphics.

 

The "default" specs I am looking for is 16GB ram, an half decent CPU( I'm looking towards AMD 2600 or 3600 but still hesitant about it because of lack of research), a half decent GPU( been looking around the GTX 1050 all the way until 1660Super and comparing with each other and such) and at least a SSD for OS and an HDD for regular storage (docs, games etc). The monitors also don't need to be that OP, just one or two simple FHD monitors capable to handle 60FPS without any issue for multitasking during work. I haven't looked at any yet.

 

I've been searching around this forum and youtube for the last couple days and came up with the following specs right now:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (€134.90 @ Globaldata)
Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€100.90 @ Globaldata)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€79.90 @ Globaldata)
Storage: Crucial BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€44.90 @ Globaldata)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€62.90 @ Globaldata)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB AERO ITX OC Video Card  (€252.90 @ Globaldata)
Power Supply: EVGA BR 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Total: €676.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-24 17:35 CEST+0200

 

Note all prices are for Portugal( Where I live), and in this site there isn't any PSU nor cases with listed prices( as far i've searched) so i'm considering that this will go to around 750€

 

[boggy77]

i would definitely push for a 3600

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	€182.90 @ Globaldata
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	€74.89 @ Globaldata
Memory	Team T-Force DARK 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	€78.90 @ Globaldata
Storage	Team L5 LITE 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	€41.90 @ Globaldata
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	€62.90 @ Globaldata
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB AERO ITX OC Video Card	€252.90 @ Globaldata
Case	Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€694.39
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-24 18:01 CEST+0200

 

[MigasTigas]

3 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

i would definitely push for a 3600

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	€182.90 @ Globaldata
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	€74.89 @ Globaldata
Memory	Team T-Force DARK 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	€78.90 @ Globaldata
Storage	Team L5 LITE 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	€41.90 @ Globaldata
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	€62.90 @ Globaldata
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB AERO ITX OC Video Card	€252.90 @ Globaldata
Case	Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€694.39
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-24 18:01 CEST+0200

 

My biggest concern is the BIOS issue that is showing on the site, as i don't have another CPU to flash it

 

I just remembered another thing. Since this AMD's CPU lineup don't have integrated graphics how do I can receive image from the GPU if no drivers are installed before hand?

[boggy77]

2 minutes ago, MigasTigas said:

My biggest concern is the BIOS issue that is showing on the site, as i don't have another CPU to flash it

 

I just remembered another thing. Since this AMD's CPU lineup don't have integrated graphics how do I can receive image from the GPU if no drivers are installed before hand?

the MAX motherboards form msi come with the correct bios, so don't worry about the warning.

windows come with some "stock" drivers, you'll get signal, don't worry.

[MigasTigas]

4 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

the MAX motherboards form msi come with the correct bios, so don't worry about the warning.

windows come with some "stock" drivers, you'll get signal, don't worry.

Well that's a relieve then
About the dual monitor setup the GPU won't have any bottlenecks? Either from using two monitors or from the CPU? (I'm sorry about this dumb questions but i'm new into this)

[boggy77]

it will work perfectly fine. just know that the gpu has 1 dp port, 1 hdmi port and 1 dvi port.

[MigasTigas]

1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

it will work perfectly fine. just know that the gpu has 1 dp port, 1 hdmi port and 1 dvi port.

True, do you have any recommendation for a monitor? I'm looking around and it's all around 100~200€

[boggy77]

1 minute ago, MigasTigas said:

True, do you have any recommendation for a monitor? I'm looking around and it's all around 100~200€

get a cheap ips 1080p 60hz and one that has freesync and it's 1080p 75hz for gaming.

[MigasTigas]

4 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

get a cheap ips 1080p 60hz and one that has freesync and it's 1080p 75hz for gaming.

Alrigthy I'll dig around and when i find something I'll create a new thread if needed, thanks for the help!