Budget build

[MartoFINE]

Budget (including currency): 800 USD

Country: Czech Republic

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Hi, I need some advice on what components I should choose for my computer. I'm choosing between RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 4060 and I'm not sure which one because 3060 Ti is more powerful, but 4060 is newer so it will be supported longer. And I still need a processor either a ryzen 5 3600 or a ryzen 5 5500. And ze it's exactly the same situation. ryzen 5 3600 is faster and even cheaper but 5500 will be longer supported.

[RONOTHAN##]

6 minutes ago, MartoFINE said:

3060 Ti is more powerful, but 4060 is newer so it will be supported longer.

Neither has enough VRAM to last longer than 3-4 more years for AAA games at most (arguably they don't have enough now), so the fact that the 4060 might last till 2032 rather than 2030 for driver support isn't really relevant. You'll have long upgraded by the time drivers aren't supported anymore. 

 

6 minutes ago, MartoFINE said:

ryzen 5 3600 is faster and even cheaper but 5500 will be longer supported.

The 3600 isn't faster though, but CPU manufacturer support doesn't really matter, the major vulnerabilities like Spectre and Meltdown will be patched regardless of how old a chip is, and by the time they aren't it'll be missing necessary instruction sets that it isn't usable in modern titles anyway. I'd still get the 5500 though, it is the better CPU overall. 

[SorryBella]

10 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

You'll have long upgraded by the time drivers aren't supported anymore. 

To add, this applies for EVERY nvidia and AMD cards out there basically. Android devices are a piece of shit anomaly in the context of software update with how they only have 2-3 year at best.

 

10 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

The 3600 isn't faster though, but CPU manufacturer support doesn't really matter, the major vulnerabilities like Spectre and Meltdown will be patched regardless of how old a chip is, and by the time they aren't it'll be missing necessary instruction sets that it isn't usable in modern titles anyway. I'd still get the 5500 though, it is the better CPU overall. 

I mean not necessarily, the cut down on the cache do kneecaps 5500 somewhat in the titles that mattered, but if you want to tweak the 5500 would have better headroom to play with because the IPC advantage could pick up the slack.