Build Upgrade

[Michael Dionne]

Hi everyone!

 

I just signed up to this forum so I could have your opinion for an eventual build upgrade. Nothing fancy here. I'm an occasional gamer and I simply want a smooth experience at 1080p.

 

Actual build (built in 2015)

CPU: AMD FX-8320 (overclocked at 4.6GHz) (w/ Corsair H100i Water Cooling)

MB: MSI 970 Gaming

RAM: G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3-1866MHz 16GB (4x4GB)

GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB

PSU: Corsair CS750M

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

HDD: Western Digital WD Caviar Blue 1TB

 

Here is what I came up with after doing some research.

 

Upgraded build

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (w/ Wraith Stealth Cooler)

MB: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4-3600MHz CL16 16GB (2x8GB)

GPU: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB

SSD: Western Digital WD Black SN750 500GB NVMe M.2 (w/o Heatsink)

 

To save some money, I could reuse the power supply, SSD and HDD from the previous build. I could also deal with the stock Ryzen CPU cooler since they are apparently way better than the previous ones.

 

Questions:

• Is this build just right for 1080p gaming?
• Could I simply replace 1 or 2 components in my actual build to achieve the same goal?
• Could there be a more budget-friendly equivalent AMD GPU for the GTX 1660 Super?

Thank you in advance for your answers!

Michael

 

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27 minutes ago, Michael Dionne said:

• Is this build just right for 1080p gaming?

It depends on the game and what frame rate you would want (most games should run fine with your upgraded parts list), although I would pay the extra 20 to 30 dollars for the Ryzen 5 3600X.

 

27 minutes ago, Michael Dionne said:

• Could there be a more budget-friendly equivalent AMD GPU for the GTX 1660 Super?

Yes, I would recommend this graphics card if you don't need ray-tracing capabilities offered with RTX cards:        https://www.bestbuy.com/site/xfx-amd-radeon-rx-590-fatboy-oc-8gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card/6315898.p?acampID=633495&cmp=RMX&loc=QDjxeKUAexyOWd70MdV3iVCmUkiz1S0xywZq3U0&ref=198&refdomain=pcpartpicker.com&skuId=6315898

 

 

27 minutes ago, Michael Dionne said:

• Could I simply replace 1 or 2 components in my actual build to achieve the same goal?

 Would purchase a good price to performance GPU (such as the RX 590 linked within this post) and add it to your current system, if you aren't satisfied with the performance (most likely CPU bottleneck), you can always move it to another build in the future.