First Time PC maker

[YaBoyAttack]

Budget (including currency): 600 US Dollars without the cost of the Video Card

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Apex Legends, streaming for fun. 

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 own 2 3600 RBG 8 gb ramsticks 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Gigabyte A520 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard	$109.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$55.49 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 11 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$79.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$575.35
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-05-08 18:58 EDT-0400

I mainly want to change the CPU and the MotherBoard to something better

[curiousmind34]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PDsnTW/msi-b550m-pro-vdh-wifi-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b550m-pro-vdh-wifi

on the budget side, but atleast you get b550

[iMxmo]

Intel's I5 11400 outperforms the 3600 heavily, while also being cheaper/similar pricing. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-11400 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$188.99 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	ID-COOLING SE-224-XT 76.16 CFM CPU Cooler	$34.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B560M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$128.93 @ Amazon
Storage	Team MP33 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$74.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$552.87
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-05-08 20:11 EDT-0400

 

[Ar558a]

1 hour ago, iCypticx said:

Intel's I5 11400 outperforms the 3600 heavily, while also being cheaper/similar pricing.

I think Heavily is overegging it but it is a bit better. You do have to take into account the double + power requirements so a i5 will cost alot more than the upfront part cost going forward. 

 

I agree you want a B550 which you can get for not that much more than a B520.

[TudorF]

3 hours ago, Ar558a said:

I think Heavily is overegging it but it is a bit better. You do have to take into account the double + power requirements so a i5 will cost alot more than the upfront part cost going forward. 

 

I agree you want a B550 which you can get for not that much more than a B520.

Don't Ryzen 5 3600 and i5-11400 have the same TDP. Or were you making a different point

[iMxmo]

8 hours ago, TudorF said:

Don't Ryzen 5 3600 and i5-11400 have the same TDP. Or were you making a different point

TDP isn't an accurate number for power draw. Just some made up numbers manufacturers use for marketing, pretty sure methodology is still unknown on how they get that number. While the number can be in a ballpark of what the component actually use, it is not tied to wattage at all.

[dean_5234]

16 hours ago, iCypticx said:

Motherboard ASRock B560M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $128.93 @ Amazon

please dear god no not for that price

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ybjBD3/asus-prime-b560m-a-micro-atx-lga1200-motherboard-prime-b560m-a

get this instead

15 hours ago, Ar558a said:

I think Heavily is overegging it but it is a bit better

nope, its a decent jump. 

[iMxmo]

13 minutes ago, davemc said:

please dear god no not for that price

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ybjBD3/asus-prime-b560m-a-micro-atx-lga1200-motherboard-prime-b560m-a

get this instead

 

yep definitely agree. the post was made before B560M-A was availible for cheaper and the B560M-HDV was the cheapest board. B560 is always fluctuating at this time 

[dean_5234]

1 minute ago, iCypticx said:

yep definitely agree. the post was made before B560M-A was availible for cheaper and the B560M-HDV was the cheapest board. B560 is always fluctuating at this time 

ah, makes sense. true true, intel mobo prices are garbage one day then great the next