Desktop build advice

[Josiah M]

Alright guys so long story short my ancient mobo died on me a couple weeks ago and I've been trying to figure out what to do. I see no point in buying old hardware to replace the mobo since its DDR3 ram and 1150 socket with an i5 4950. So that leads me to an upgrading mobo, cpu, and ram. I would like to upgrade those components within $600.00.

 

The stuff I'm hoping to carry over would be my current graphics card (msi gtx 1060 6 gig), a 1 TB sata and a 250 GB SSD. I have a Pallas 120 cpu cooler (new) a 700 watt Thermaltake PSU (new) and an NZXT H510 case as well that I would probably use.

 

So assuming that my 1060 isn't too out of date I'd like to sink the money into mobo, cpu, and ram. Ideally I would like to game and stream (720p is fine) on it however most of the time I'll just be gaming on it. Let's see some games I would play would be Skyrim, Battlefield 4, Sea of Thieves, Guild Wars 2, CoD War zone, CSGO, maybe PUBG. Of course id like to future proof it a little bit if possible. My last build went about 7 years with just a gpu and drive upgrades I believe and I'm very happy with that. 

 

I've done some research and it really seems like AMD is the way to go right now. I was thinking about going with the 3700x and the MSI B450 tomahawk atx mobo and G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory. 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Jmilligan/saved/tFmBcf

 

What are your thoughts ?

[SavageNeo]

you can buy a new gpu later this year. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$294.14 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$159.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$569.12
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-26 13:19 EDT-0400

2x sticks of ram is always better than 4 sticks. less load on the memory controller, easier to overclock etc.

 

 

[LauriHimself]

33 minutes ago, Josiah M said:

What are your thoughts

if you are only gaming there is little to no point in getting anything other than a 3600, unless you go for a 3950x.

there are nearly any fps gains.

also, stricktly for gaming you do not need 32 GB of ram.

the mobo is good

 

id go for something like this:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.15 @ Walmart
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card	$229.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$599.12
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-26 13:43 EDT-0400

 

if you can manage to sell your 1060 you could even fit a 2060 in that budget

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.15 @ Walmart
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO GAMING Video Card	$299.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$669.12
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-26 13:44 EDT-0400

 

EDIT:

 

if you are willing to go used for a gpu you could even get a 2070

[Josiah M]

1 hour ago, LauriHimself said:

if you are only gaming there is little to no point in getting anything other than a 3600, unless you go for a 3950x.

there are nearly any fps gains.

also, stricktly for gaming you do not need 32 GB of ram.

the mobo is good

 

id go for something like this:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.15 @ Walmart
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card	$229.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$599.12
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-26 13:43 EDT-0400

 

if you can manage to sell your 1060 you could even fit a 2060 in that budget

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.15 @ Walmart
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO GAMING Video Card	$299.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$669.12
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-26 13:44 EDT-0400

 

EDIT:

 

if you are willing to go used for a gpu you could even get a 2070

I would like to stream. Do you think the 3600 can stream while I play? Typically I play 1080p. I think I will upgrade my video card later this year.

[You_found_dom]

4 minutes ago, Josiah M said:

I would like to stream. Do you think the 3600 can stream while I play? Typically I play 1080p. I think I will upgrade my video card later this year.

YEs a 3600 can stream while you play. No point to not use nvenc though

[Josiah M]

What would be some other good viable video card options in the 400-500 dollar range?