Need help for a $900 Build (2060 or 5700?)

clyeong · June 21, 2020

Budget (including currency): Approximately USD900

Country: Malaysia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: AAA games, DotA, tons of chrome tabs.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I am upgrading from a Phenom II X4 955BE proc with GTX750Ti. Planning to get a new 1080p 144Hz monitor (AOC 24G2) so building my rig to be able to take advantage of the high refresh rate. Most probably going to buy it in the next 2 months, I am aware that the new RTX3000 series will be out in September though. No need for other peripherals, only the desktop itself.

I have came up with the build below:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - ~190USD
Asrock B450 Pro4 - ~90USD
G.Skill Aegis 8GB DDR4-3200 X2 - ~80USD
Zotac RTX 2060 6GB Twin Fan E - ~340USD
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB - ~100USD
Thermaltake GX1 Gold 600W - ~75USD
Phanteks P400A case - ~75USD

The thing that is keeping me from making a decision is the GPU. I am aware that the RX 5700 has better performance over the RTX2060, but the price of RX 5700 in Malaysia is around USD380, compared to the ZOTAC RTX 2060 6GB Twin Fan E (or even the Gigabyte RTX 2060 6GB OC). I am wondering does the increase of about USD40 in price worth the extra performance for a RX 5700 compared to a RTX 2060? I am aware that AMD cards have some issues with the drivers as well but have read that the newest drivers fixed most of the black screen issues. If it is a RTX 2060 that I should go for, which one would be better in terms of cooling and performance?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!