So my current system is:
AMD Phenom II x6 (3.2Ghz)
ASUS M4N98TD EVO
8Gb Dual Channel DDR3
AMD Radeon R9 280x …(I think; CPUID isn’t giving me the full model)
and some storage
It’s pretty clear it’s time to start looking toward building something new…hopefully by May. Here is the list I have the plan was to build this as a starting point then make upgrades as I can afford them.
I’d stay off the msi 580, and I’m still a little off base about msi mobo’s from my phenom and fx dream days. Tho the mobo is my personal bs, its probably fine.
Have you thought about a 1060 at all? Some of them have come down in price.
Two 140mm case fans in the front would be nice to get the parts cooled well. The case comes with two 120mm… one in the back and one in the front. The front one would be installed at the top as an exhaust. so two 140mm in the front (intakes), and a 120mm exhaust in the back and one in the top.
The case in this RTX 2060 example build has three 140mm fans included for $50:
I made some revisions. I added some case fans. I’m pretty set on the Meshify (I know I could cut some cost by swapping that. But I figured if it’s the one I really want I should get it since swapping a case is much more involved than swapping internal parts.)
Forgive me, but if you aren’t planning to build out until May, and you obviously prefer to have systems with long legs considering your time between builds, why is everyone suggesting 1-2yr old hardware?
The 3rd gen Ryzen (Zen 2) chips are due out in May and look to be a huge boost up from 1st gen Ryzen and the pure clock boosted minor refresh.
Additionally, I’m not happy about Nvidia’s piss poor price gouging behavior with upper tier 20-series, but the 1660/ti and 2060’s so far look to be good buys for their price to performance and will have general availability within the next month or two.
Of course, wait for final pricing and independent reviews, but I think that the pressure from actual competition in the lower tiers will keep things honest.
So from what I understand the gen 3 ryzen will continue to us AM4…so theoretically the part list would be nearly identical except the cpu…granted I guess as the time comes newer mobos in a similar price rang will also pop up.
My goal is gaming. But I want to make sure I have a viable upgrade path to get me through the next few years. This system has lasted me about 8 with upgrades along the way. So I guess:
Meshify
~$1000 budget (Lower is better)
Gaming (biggest bang for buck)
I have almost always favored the red team ever since my first 1.2Ghz Athlon build
2600x will be fine for that running a 1600x here at same resolution 144hz and doing well.
I would spend the money on a GTX 1070ti.
Edit. Mine is overclocked to 3.9