So folks, my son wants to build himself a PC. He has about 600 to play with, has already got a 1080p monitor and keyboard...
Hardware-wise he is getting my RX580, and 24gb RAM in 4 sticks (two 8gb ballistix 3200 and some older 8gb ripsaw stuff, probably leave it out tbh)..
So without looking at the countless opportunities, I could do with bang for buck really...~
He will get a graphics card but the games he plays will be ok on the 580 for now, as I have been using it and it's held up well...
Thinking of
Ryzen 5 5600X
M̶S̶I̶ ̶B̶4̶5̶0̶M̶ ̶P̶r̶o̶ ̶V̶D̶H̶ ̶M̶A̶X̶ ̶(̶w̶a̶n̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶4̶ ̶s̶l̶o̶t̶s̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶i̶c̶e̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶c̶h̶e̶a̶p̶!̶)̶
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB PCIe NVMe M.2
Corsair RM650 or 650X for future-proofing...
If anyone has any bang-for-buck alternatives they could advise that would be appreciated!
Hardware-wise he is getting my RX580, and 24gb RAM in 4 sticks (two 8gb ballistix 3200 and some older 8gb ripsaw stuff, probably leave it out tbh)..
So without looking at the countless opportunities, I could do with bang for buck really...~
He will get a graphics card but the games he plays will be ok on the 580 for now, as I have been using it and it's held up well...
Thinking of
Ryzen 5 5600X
M̶S̶I̶ ̶B̶4̶5̶0̶M̶ ̶P̶r̶o̶ ̶V̶D̶H̶ ̶M̶A̶X̶ ̶(̶w̶a̶n̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶4̶ ̶s̶l̶o̶t̶s̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶i̶c̶e̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶c̶h̶e̶a̶p̶!̶)̶
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB PCIe NVMe M.2
Corsair RM650 or 650X for future-proofing...
If anyone has any bang-for-buck alternatives they could advise that would be appreciated!
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