Tell me what I need, fight what I want.

[kewtz]

Budget (including currency): Up to $3,000 USD, but if it's cheaper I can do it sooner kind of thing.

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Routinely: Spotify, FF (8+ tabs at any time), TS, Discord, Telegram, Notepad++, Rocket League, GTA V / FiveM, multiple desktops, MS Teams, OBS/Streaming, Cyberpunk2077, No Man's Sky, WoW, maybe CoD, and standard YouTube/Twitch/Netflix stuffs...

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 have keyboard, mouse, 2x Dell U2412M monitors but I'd like to replace one for 1440p gaming, preferably a Dell because of setup aesthetic but that's not required.

I'd prefer an ITX build (NCase M1) or a very small mATX case because this build will be going on my desk.

 

I have an overkill 3900x + 3080 FE build specced on PCPP (https://pcpartpicker.com/user/kewtz/saved/#view=NdQKpg)

...but the reality is the 3900x is probably overkill and I could likely manage a 3700x (or new equivalent) and a B550 mobo just fine. 

My real concern right now is gfx, reviews do show a nice performance gain with a 3080 but they won't be generally accessible for another 2-3 months at the earliest.

I'm coming from a GTX 760 though so even a 2060 SUPER is going to be a huge gain for me.

 

What should I do knowing that:

1. AMD announcement on 5xxx is next week

2. Nvidia 30xx won't be easily accessible for another few months

3. My PC stutters watching Twitch

 

[svmlegacy]

2 minutes ago, kewtz said:

What should I do knowing that:

1. AMD announcement on 5xxx is next week

2. Nvidia 30xx won't be easily accessible for another few months

3. My PC stutters watching Twitch

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 || GPU: nVidia GTX 760

This setup is plenty powerful enough to watch twitch. Clean up your OS and remove bloatware.

 

3900X is way overkill for pure gaming. More than 8 cores is not reccomened from a value point of view, especially when aiming at 60 Hz.

3080 FE is also major overkill for 1080p/1440p gaming.

 

My advice is to clean up/reinstall your OS, and wait.

[jtmoseley]

7 minutes ago, kewtz said:

Budget (including currency): Up to $3,000 USD, but if it's cheaper I can do it sooner kind of thing.

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Routinely: Spotify, FF (8+ tabs at any time), TS, Discord, Telegram, Notepad++, Rocket League, GTA V / FiveM, multiple desktops, MS Teams, OBS/Streaming, Cyberpunk2077, No Man's Sky, WoW, maybe CoD, and standard YouTube/Twitch/Netflix stuffs...

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 have keyboard, mouse, 2x Dell U2412M monitors but I'd like to replace one for 1440p gaming, preferably a Dell because of setup aesthetic but that's not required.

I'd prefer an ITX build (NCase M1) or a very small mATX case because this build will be going on my desk.

 

I have an overkill 3900x + 3080 FE build specced on PCPP (https://pcpartpicker.com/user/kewtz/saved/#view=NdQKpg)

...but the reality is the 3900x is probably overkill and I could likely manage a 3700x (or new equivalent) and a B550 mobo just fine. 

My real concern right now is gfx, reviews do show a nice performance gain with a 3080 but they won't be generally accessible for another 2-3 months at the earliest.

I'm coming from a GTX 760 though so even a 2060 SUPER is going to be a huge gain for me.

 

What should I do knowing that:

1. AMD announcement on 5xxx is next week

2. Nvidia 30xx won't be easily accessible for another few months

3. My PC stutters watching Twitch

 

You should really wait until Ryzen 5000 series releases before building but if you absolutely need it now I would say to buy a good x570 motherboard, a 3600, and a 1060. You can sell the 3600 and the 1060 as soon as the 3080 and ryzen 5700x are in stock.

 

Also, the 3080 is super overkill for 1080p and 1440p. Just get a 3070 or something. A used 2080ti can also be had for around $600 right now if you wanted something right now for 1440p.

 

Additionally the 5700x is probably your sweet spot. the 5900x would be overkill for you since you don't plan on doing multicore workloads

[kewtz]

1 minute ago, svmlegacy said:

Clean up your OS and remove bloatware.

I did an OS reinstall maybe 2 months ago?

Video plays but audio stutters.

[Senzelian]

Considering that you want to play Cyberpunk at 1440p you should go with a 3070 at least. Yeah, even a 2060 might get you by, but I don't think that's going to be a whole lot of fun.

 

CPU wise, I'd wait for the Ryzen 7 5700(x). You seem to be heavily multitasking and I think you can make use of the cores and games will only use more cores in the future. Upgrading to a 6 core if you got the budget for an 8 core seems kinda pointless.

[svmlegacy]

1 minute ago, kewtz said:

I did an OS reinstall maybe 2 months ago?

Video plays but audio stutters.

If my i7-640M and iGPU can stream twitch, then your hardware is more than capable. Maybe Windows was updating in the background?

[kewtz]

2 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

Maybe Windows was updating in the background?

Maybe, seems to happen too often for it to be updates.

It's odd because YouTube is fine.

4 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

I'd wait for the Ryzen 7 5700(x)

Outside the rumored 20% IPC increase over what's currently available, wouldn't a 3600x or 3700x be fine?

My logic for getting stupid like a 3900x was more for "future proofing" but that doesn't seem like a realistic goal.

[Senzelian]

2 minutes ago, kewtz said:

Outside the rumored 20% IPC increase over what's currently available, wouldn't a 3600x or 3700x be fine?

My logic for getting stupid like a 3900x was more for "future proofing" but that doesn't seem like a realistic goal.

Yup, it would be fine.

I still recommend you wait at least until the reviews are out for the new CPUs and then decide. They are right around the corner.