Upgrade to newer PC from available parts + some cash!

[Mel_P]

I am trying to help my 16 year old Grandsons ambition to "upgrade" to a PC (from an X-Box) with limited funds.

He has inherited an out of date PC which has a useable case, power supply and SSD for OS use. Graphics card is probably "outdated" - Radeon RX580

I asked him what he wants to do with it and he said - current favorite game "RAINBOW 6 SEIGE". He is using a 1920 X 1080 Screen and needs (?) a frame rate of 120-144 fps

He has about £400 to spend from his collected birthday funds.

I have a spare Ryzen 5 3600 CPU which is AMD Socket AM4.

As a "1st Step Upgrade" I could see us getting:

- DDR4 memory - 2 x 16GB?
- B550 Tomohawk AM4 motherboard - new or secondhand?
- Graphics card ? Radeon 7600 ? What is needed to run the type of game he has indicated?

Prob get these with available funds - is the Ryzen 5 3600 man enough?

He has talked about "the latest kit" but I think the an AM5 set up is way beyond his budget!

HELP / Guidance - I build my own PCs but an in the Photoshop / database / excel line of use where graphics performance is not so important!. Mel

 

[Tetras]

As a "1st Step Upgrade" I could see us getting:

- DDR4 memory - 2 x 16GB?
- B550 Tomohawk AM4 motherboard - new or secondhand?
- Graphics card ? Radeon 7600 ? What is needed to run the type of game he has indicated?

Prob get these with available funds - is the Ryzen 5 3600 man enough?

That sounds fine.

Alternatives:
- RX 6600 (100%)
- Arc B580 (+35%)
- RX 7600 8GB (+26%)
- RX 7600 XT 16GB (+30%)
- RTX 4060 (+27%)
- RTX 3060 12GB (+7%)
- RX 6750 XT (+50)
- RX 7700 XT (+73%)

Note that if you get the Arc, it requires rebar.

The 6600 and 4060 have the best power consumption (~130 watts), but 8GB is reaching the point of being obsolete, so I'm not sure I'd want to dump £250+ into 8GB anymore.

He has about £400 to spend from his collected birthday funds.

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He has talked about "the latest kit" but I think the an AM5 set up is way beyond his budget!

Yeah, he could do one (CPU/motherboard/RAM), or the other (GPU), but not feasibly both.

I asked him what he wants to do with it and he said - current favorite game "RAINBOW 6 SEIGE". He is using a 1920 X 1080 Screen and needs (?) a frame rate of 120-144 fps

GN still include it in their benchmarks for CPU reviews (timestamps in the description), from what I can see that's no problem at all for the 3600.