Just another recommendation request thread

Liinge · March 23, 2021

Hello,

My current PC from 2014 (only GPU updated last year) is getting old and I`m looking for a new one. With current GPU prices I`m thinking of staying with current GPU for a year or so and update the rest.

Current GPU: Radeon RX 5600 XT GAMING OC 6G

Location EU and budget up to ~1200 € tops. PC is used daily for work and some mid-range gaming. Going with 32GB of RAM as sometimes I need to have 1-2 small Linux VMs for testing purposes.

Plan is to buy something which would be efficient for another 5 years ( considering GPU update at some point ).

At first thought about 10700KF + Z490 motherboard, but after some reviews I wonder would it be better solution for 10600KF+Z590 motherboard? Would this allow M.2 SSD for me and possible upgrade to 11^th gen CPUs later ?

I.E: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/nnss/saved/tNWygs (parts selected based on what I can buy locally).

This setup is about ~1100€.

Some open questions I hope you can help with:

1. Is it worth waiting for 11600KF? Comparing prices, it`s about 20% more in price. Or maybe just stick to 10700KF?

2. Whatever motherboard I go with (Z490 or Z590) I see prices various from 200 to 350€. Is it worth going to top-tier if I don`t intend to go high CPU cloaking?

3. Maybe I should drop everything and take B550 + AMD Ryzen 5 5600X? Assuming X570 would be overkill for my needs...

Many thanks for any comments!

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