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[steeltoon]

Hello,

I been rocking a gtx 1080 and a amd r5 2600 for the better part of 2 years now. Never really had any problem with this system running any of the games i play. My sister is interested in getting a system for herself, i suggested that i sell my system to her since i was really interested in getting a new cpu and gpu to future proof for up coming games (like cyberpunk) and personal projects. I am going to way out scalper pricing and was wondering how do people decide which ryzen 5000 cpu to buy and which gtx 3000 series to buy.

 

Thanks for the help.

[bellabichon]

Depends on your budget, but the gaming sweet spot right now seems to be the Ryzen 5 5600X and an RTX 3070/3080 or Radeon 6800/6800XT. 

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1 hour ago, steeltoon said:

I am going to way out scalper pricing and was wondering how do people decide which ryzen 5000 cpu to buy and which gtx 3000 series to buy.

If I wanted a 6-core / 12-thread processor today for gaming (primarily) I would choose the Ryzen 5 3600 (or even 2600) or Intel i5-10400. The 5600X is nice but far too high-priced for what you get (to me). The funds are far better spent elsewhere in the system, I reckon. Or simply saved.

 

I would also consider an Intel i9-9900K (on a less memory-finnicky Intel platform) and similar Intel 8-core models if I wanted to spend around the same money as that Ryzen 5 5600X. Just some thoughts, CPU-wise.

[LogicalDrm]

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