Should i ball?

[SorryBella]

Budget (including currency): 1000$ firm converted, as of 26th of February 2023 (15 million IDR)

Country: Indonesia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite at 1080p144hz (Zero Build hotdrop & elimination-focused, so a lot of activities at once), heavy edge and spotify multitask at 50+ tabs active, occasional OBS studio use

Other details: 

Im planning on sending a build plan for either my university graduation or birthday, and i come up with a plan to just skip upgrading the entire computer, so i can choke in the fastest GPU-CPU combo i can get.

 

Lighthouse:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard 
Memory: GeIL EVO Potenza AMD Edition 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 CL17 Memory 
Storage: SanDisk SSD PLUS 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: GALAX (1-click OC) GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB Video Card 
Power Supply: Corsair CX550 (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply 
Custom: Cubegaming Vred BLACK 
Total: $0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-25 21:21 EST-0500

 

2nd PC:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor	Purchased For $0.00
CPU Cooler	Deepcool ICE BLADE 200M 42.95 CFM CPU Cooler	Purchased For $0.00
Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard	Purchased For $0.00
Memory	Team Dark 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 CL9 Memory	Purchased For $0.00
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	Purchased For $0.00
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	Purchased For $0.00
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 460 4 GB DD Video Card	Purchased For $0.00
Case	DIYPC Solo-T2-BK Black USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Case	Purchased For $0.00
Power Supply	FSP Group HEXA+ 500 W ATX Power Supply	Purchased For $0.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$0.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-03 09:39 EDT-0400

(i also dearly miss the time we had that API to generate this table. Dont worry.)

 

Im thinking of transferring most of lighthouse guts into my 2nd PC (CPU, GPU, Motherboard, cooler) and upgrade to this. Do be noted that i am going to just 1 store to heavily cut down on shipping cost from Jakarta, Enterkomputer in particular.

 

PCPP link for the infamously lazy:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($0.00) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M GAMING Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard 
Memory: PNY XLR8 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($0.00) 
Storage: PNY CS1031 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($0.00) 
Video Card: PowerColor Red Dragon OC Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card 
Total: $0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-25 21:35 EST-0500

 

So my main question right now really besides for feedback, should i risk it with the PSUs i have right now? Im aware that ill have to undervolt, im very much comfortable with that. But the question would be more like a "should i" than "would i"? The Hexa+ is famously bad, im aware of that too.

[TetraSky]

19 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

should i risk it with the PSUs i have right now?

No, don't. Get a better, higher wattage PSU (at least 650W is recommended for the GPU, better get 750W for good measure, not that much more expensive and will last longer through more upgrades considering everything is on an upward power trend these days)

Even if you can undervolt, why go to that length just to keep a bad PSU. The GPU alone can peak in the 350W range. Barely leaving 82W anything for everything else on the 12V rail(CPU, for one thing). Assuming you undervolt it, you'd still be quite close to the limit. It might be fine just booting and doing a few tasks, but anything really demanding could just end up shutting the whole PC down to due lack of power and possibly(low chance) damage your other parts because of it or even overheat that poor PSU from being pinned near max all the time.

 

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[Crunchy Dragon]

18 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

No, don't. Get a better, higher wattage PSU (at least 650W is recommended for the GPU, better get 750W for good measure, not that much more expensive and will last longer through more upgrades considering everything is on an upward power trend these days)

Agreed. I would honestly just upgrade CPU, GPU, PSU, and motherboard only if necessary.

 

DDR4 is still plenty good, no reason for a DDR5 upgrade if the motherboard/CPU don't require it. If more RAM is needed later, RAM is the cheapest and easiest thing to upgrade.

[SorryBella]

51 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

The GPU alone can peak in the 350W range.

Im putting in the 6800XT inside of the 2600 rig not the FX one that has a Hexa+. I cant find any info of 1660Ti pulling transient power and all i can find is it being around 120W at stress load. Putting a PSU on the budget would mean i have to downgrade to a 6800 or go far overbudget than what i consider to be acceptable overspend in a budget. 

 

Im sorry that i forgot to add, but my little brother is using the 2nd PC, and that rig chugs in Valorant.

31 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

DDR4 is still plenty good, no reason for a DDR5 upgrade if the motherboard/CPU don't require it.

I have to get a new set of RAM anyway due to the FX rig running DDR3, the PNY kit is a DDR4.