NEW BUILD FOR SON!

[MadAnt250]

1 minute ago, TTV BigRecoiilz said:

All of those settings seem to be already in place.The output res is the only thing that he has different. I'll just upgrade his CPU, thanks.

Maybe the GPU is not the best for encoding, IDK. The i7 8700k or 9700k should be good.

[Guest]

7 hours ago, TTV BigRecoiilz said:

He complained that when he's streaming for example Fortnite with StreamLabs then he opens up the browser to show something on stream, his usage peaks almost at 100% lagging his stream for everyone then the minimum is about 90% after that.

I think that means he just needs more RAM and more CPU cores.

You won't build a better PC than what he has for that budget, not with the prices of hardware now and the lack of availability.

 

I would suggest 8 cores /  16 Threads (Maybe a Ryzen 2700X and a solid B450 motherboard)

And take the RAM to 32GB, doesn't need to be any faster than 3600MHz

[Dedayog]

I'd drop a 9900K on that board and up the RAM, and be done.

 

Sure, swap to Ryzen but you already have the board and can sell that CPU for a bit.  The 9900K is very stout still.

 

[BigRecoiilz]

1 hour ago, Dedayog said:

I'd drop a 9900K on that board and up the RAM, and be done.

 

Sure, swap to Ryzen but you already have the board and can sell that CPU for a bit.  The 9900K is very stout still.

 

@DedayogYou're saying I can sell his i5 9600KF to get a 9900K for him? I don't want him to spend too much on the upgrade so we'll just stick with Intel @Shabba

[Dedayog]

12 minutes ago, TTV BigRecoiilz said:

@DedayogYou're saying I can sell his i5 9600KF to get a 9900K for him? I don't want him to spend too much on the upgrade so we'll just stick with Intel @Shabba

That's exactly what I am saying.  A 9900K is 8/16 and will run 5GHz all cores with a slight overclock.   More than enough for his needs.

 

Moving to 32GB of RAM will also give him more headroom.

[BigRecoiilz]

10 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

That's exactly what I am saying.  A 9900K is 8/16 and will run 5GHz all cores with a slight overclock.   More than enough for his needs.

 

Moving to 32GB of RAM will also give him more headroom.

How much $USD should I put the i5 up for in order to accommodate that? Oh also, he never reaches near his 16gb of ram. The highest he's used at once is 12gb maybe? A ram upgrade is definitely coming fairly soon though.

Edited February 17, 2021 by TTV BigRecoiilz

[Dedayog]

11 minutes ago, TTV BigRecoiilz said:

How much $USD should I put the i5 up for in order to accommodate that? Oh also, he never reaches near his 16gb of ram. The highest he's used at once is 12gb maybe? A ram upgrade is definitely coming fairly soon though.

I'd do $175 on Ebay, or Facebook Marketplace.  Slide to $150 if having trouble.

 

Do you have a Microcenter anywhere near you?  The 9900K is $299 there.   $370 on Newegg.  Might get lucky on Ebay, that's up to you.

[BigRecoiilz]

15 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I'd do $175 on Ebay, or Facebook Marketplace.  Slide to $150 if having trouble.

 

Do you have a Microcenter anywhere near you?  The 9900K is $299 there.   $370 on Newegg.  Might get lucky on Ebay, that's up to you.

Yes there is a store in my city and oh my gosh it is really cheap there. Just checked the website. That will definitely be an option.

[BigRecoiilz]

18 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I'd do $175 on Ebay, or Facebook Marketplace.  Slide to $150 if having trouble.

 

Do you have a Microcenter anywhere near you?  The 9900K is $299 there.   $370 on Newegg.  Might get lucky on Ebay, that's up to you.

Also, if he doesn't want to spend the extra cash to get to $299, the i7 9700k is there for $219. We'll work out the numbers and think about it.

 

Oh the 9700k is sold out.

Edited February 17, 2021 by TTV BigRecoiilz

[BigRecoiilz]

20 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I'd do $175 on Ebay, or Facebook Marketplace.  Slide to $150 if having trouble.

 

Do you have a Microcenter anywhere near you?  The 9900K is $299 there.   $370 on Newegg.  Might get lucky on Ebay, that's up to you.

Is his 550w 80+ Gold (Seasonic Focus Gold) enough for the 9900K as well?

[Dedayog]

Just now, TTV BigRecoiilz said:

Is his 550w 80+ Gold (Seasonic Focus Gold) enough for the 9900K as well?

Yes, it is.  He'll be fine with that wattage and his setup.  If he does upgrade the RX580... then look into a heftier PSU depending on what he upgrades to.

 

Keep checking, they restock pretty often.

 

Don't get the 9700K, it's a 8/8 so while slightly better than the 9600k it still lacks hyperthreading and isn't a viable upgrade for him.

[Downkey]

13 hours ago, rowdyjosh02 said:

seriously those parts are already great, the thing i would recommend would be just to save up and upgrade the graphics card as that 9600kf is a really good cpu even today

yes but why would you buy a 6c/6t CPU in 2021 or $200

[BigRecoiilz]

1 minute ago, Downkey said:

yes but why would you buy a 6c/6t CPU in 2021 or $200

the 9600kf was purchased about a year ago as my son's first build

[Downkey]

Just now, TTV BigRecoiilz said:

the 9600kf was purchased about a year ago as my son's first build

oh

[BigRecoiilz]

@Dedayogi'm looking at recently completed orders on ebay for the rog strix rx580 he has and it's sold for as high as $600. i could sell that, get a 2060 for him. Sell the cpu, put some of the GPU $ towards that and have an almost-new system.

[Dedayog]

3 minutes ago, TTV BigRecoiilz said:

@Dedayogi'm looking at recently completed orders on ebay for the rog strix rx580 he has and it's sold for as high as $600. i could sell that, get a 2060 for him. Sell the cpu, put some of the GPU $ towards that and have an almost-new system.

Yeah the GPU market is a mess right now.  If that's something you can do, go for it.  The 2060 should be 40-50% faster from what I can tell.

 

Tho be careful, I don't see a 2060 for cheap anywhere.  If the RX580 is going for that much, I am sure the 2060 will be overpriced as hell too.

 

 

[BigRecoiilz]

4 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Yeah the GPU market is a mess right now.  If that's something you can do, go for it.  The 2060 should be 40-50% faster from what I can tell.

 

Tho be careful, I don't see a 2060 for cheap anywhere.  If the RX580 is going for that much, I am sure the 2060 will be overpriced as hell too.

 

 

I found a 2070 on ebay for $600 so i'll definitely think about that or a cheaper 2060.

[Guest]

he just needs some extra cpu cores and threads and more ram. 9900K would be awesome and 32GB ram. That means when he's gaming plus streaming or browsing or whatever else he wants to do while gaming he'll have threads and RAMs galore. He doesn't "need" a GPU upgrade right now based on what you've described.

[Guest]

31 minutes ago, TTV BigRecoiilz said:

I found a 2070 on ebay for $600 so i'll definitely think about that or a cheaper 2060.

That is way overpriced. He would be better off just keeping the RX 580 until pricing returns to normal. The games mentioned don't need a super high end gpu anyway,

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

That is way overpriced. He would be better off just keeping the RX 580 until pricing returns to normal. The games mentioned don't need a super high end gpu anyway,

^^^ +1 on this.
Also a new GPU won't help at all with his streaming / lagging issue.

[BigRecoiilz]

@Shabba @lee32uk I agree. But I just was thinking that he can put some of the gpu money towards the new cpu and get a new gpu but that's kind of stretching it.