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009knives
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I'd go AMD, but you're going to be GPU bound once you do. Go with a Ryzen 5, and grab a used GPU for some more uplift.

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Budget (including currency): about $600 usd

Country: united states 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: light gaming like fortnite, and asetto corssa. 

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): currently have a i3-8350k and a gtx1060. Currently having cpu bound issues. wanting to know if I should upgrade the processes to the i7-9700k or do a switch to amd.?  Current mobo is the msi Z370 GAMING PLUS 

 

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I'd go AMD, but you're going to be GPU bound once you do. Go with a Ryzen 5, and grab a used GPU for some more uplift.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit

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CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

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CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

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CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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31 minutes ago, dizmo said:

I'd go AMD, but you're going to be GPU bound once you do. Go with a Ryzen 5, and grab a used GPU for some more uplift.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VT7m3w would this be better? I have also upgraded the ram I currently have 16gb of ddr4-3000. 

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9 hours ago, 009knives said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VT7m3w would this be better? I have also upgraded the ram I currently have 16gb of ddr4-3000. 

You still dont need 64GB let alone that overkill of a speed. 32GB 3200C16 is going to be a guaranteed boot and the sweet spot on Zen 3, 3600C16 is where the extra spending starts to diminish.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($115.73 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($73.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($314.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $594.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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