Is Ryzen 3 good enough for 1080P gaming with rx 580 8 gig

[Rock04]

Spent budget on gpu now thinking of upgrading from old Xeon 5450 to new. Not big on overclocking unless easy and I believe ryzen is

[Streetguru]

10 minutes ago, Rock04 said:

Spent budget on gpu now thinking of upgrading from old Xeon 5450 to new. Not big on overclocking unless easy and I believe ryzen is

Ryzen Master makes Overclocking on Ryzen fairly easy

 

but I'd probably suggest you get an R5 1600 + ASrock Pro 4 at minimum for a decent upgrade. Only issue is insane DDR4 pricing.

The R3 2200G will be fine for 60hz gaming though.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zyXZyf
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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($174.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $334.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-19 19:23 EDT-0400

[Taf the Ghost]

It's the Memory prices that are the issue.