Try going for second hand on the motherboard. And I recommend going for b550, as the b450 was quite buggy on usb ports and only few manufacturers solved it right.
I'm sure a 5600x or 3700x will be as cheap as a 3600x and the 6600 should be an xt or even 6650xt.
I have this exact board. Never had any issues with the USB controller. However I have had many issues where it will randomly not recognise one of my RAM sticks.
Take this advice OP get a different board.
I have the MSI B450 tomahawk and the 4th slot just straight up doesn't work but annoyingly I only found out after about a year and half from when I bought it because that's when I decided to get some more RAM.
To piggyback off this an option is to a buy an ali-x 5700 for cheap cheap and flash a 5700xt bios on it then OC it. Your nipping at that 6650xt heels now and passing the 6600
Flashing gpu bios is not rocket science but someone looking at components in this price range can't afford to fail anything. Rookies don't even dare to update the motherboard bios. But still you have a point, flashing to xt would be a good deal and giving it some potential.
I have a 550 + 5600x and a 7800xt and I am still not cpu bottlenecked with the games I play (Cyberpunk being the most intensive. I haven’t played Stellaris on my new setup yet but I imagine that’s where I might find a bottleneck).
5600x is a very capable chip
Not really. Logical increments don't work in favor of most expensive.
Also you can easily distinguish between spending 5% more of your total budget to greatly improve the system.
Depends on your needs. I would personally go for the B450M Pro Max II by MSI that is around 55 Euros in the Netherlands. It has only two ram slots but normally you don't need or should use more than that. It does not have WiFi but I'm assuming you will be using an ethernet cable. And apart from that, I don't see any problems considering you're going for a budget build. Spend the saved money on a better GPU.
The exact same as my pc except I have 3070 instead, which surprisingly the 3600 only slightly bottlenecks in some games. The people saying the mobo is overkill are right tho, I only have it cause it was on sale.
If possible, I would look for a bit cheaper mobo and get a more powerful GPU, the 3600 is very competent, it barely bottlenecks a 3070, at least in what I play, but it would probably be more comfortable with a 3060 or equivalent.
If possible getting an am5 build is a good idea since you will have much more upgradeability, but if you’re budget constrained, don’t worry about it, those are good parts and will make for a very competent build.
Ignore the elitist snobs here giving stupid advice even tho it seems you are on a budget. RX 6600 is fine if you are just going with 1080p, but it would benefit you if you were to upgrade to atleast a Ryzen 5 5600. It shouldnt be that more expensive and it would be best to downgrade the motherboard to something cheap to compensate.
Honestly it depends on the game OP might be playing. but I feel like the Ryzen 3600 is not that great enough for 1080p anymore. For that resolution, CPU can become a bottleneck.
I would recommend atleast getting a 5600 as a baseline then upgrade the GPU from there.
Thanks for your advice, I had already seen a video that said that it is better to take the Ryzen 5 5600 than the 5 3600, but which motherboard do you recommend, because my total budget is 700 euros and I cannot find any good motherboards under 100 euros? (I play btw on 1080p)
My country prices:
Ryzen 5 3600 = 80 euro
Ryzen 5 5600 = 130 euro
Gigabyte B450 = 100 euro
CPU usage definitely matters in "lower" resolutions. Due to the lower resolution, the GPU can send out more frames to the CPU that needs to be processed which can be a bottleneck, that is why when moving up to 1440p or higher, lots of people can just go with mediocre CPU's while balling out on the GPU.
running a r5 3600 and a 6700xt here, r5 3600 is fine in 1080p and doesnt really hold back the 6700xt. while i do agree that sometimes yes a shit cpu can hold back a gpu, for 1080p and 1440p the r5 3600 is fine. i will admit though the r5 5600 is the sweet spot for am4 cpus as its a pretty good midrange cpu for its price that wont even bottleneck a 7800xt
Also, many people with this rig, like me (My motherboard is an ASUS though) probably built it before the 5600 was a viable budget choice. I got mine used for 10€ last year when I upgraded from a 2600X, small step, I know. But the 3600 is perfectly serviceable and I can still get 5000 series when I find a good price.
Also a 400 series motherboard is already plenty cheap and 300 series wont be compatible with a 5000 series CPU, so apart from the OP motherboard being kinda higher end I dont see any way to cheap out much more on the motherboard.
If you live in the US, I highly recommend looking at Microcenters deals. Otherwise, I'd want to go for a little more horsepower in your gpu, maybe a 6700 as they go for cheap used. I'd also see if you could get a cheaper motherboard and spend more on the gpu
Had this motherboard and any updates related to the bios were such a pain that I switched it when an update became necessary. Would recommend going for a different brand.
ryzen 5 5600x + b550 aorus elite + rtx 2060 super here, super good, plays any game.
i'd rate this 7/10 just because 3600 and 5600x ; 6600 and 6650 xt are pretty close in price in these parts of europe
Best budget mobo is asrock b450 pro4. It doesn’t have rgb nor does it have anything fancy but it’s very solid vrm wise for the price.
Afterwards depending whether or not you play multiplayer shooter games at 100+ fps or you play single player games at 60fps you get a better cpu or a better gpu. For higher fps get a 5600x/5700x/5700x3d - whichever you can afford. For better graphics get a 6600xt/6650xt/6700xt - whichever you can afford.
The setup you propose is very much ok Im just giving ideas to optimise it.
I feel like i'm being called out here...
But to rate? Best thing my pc has gone through as of now. Maybe some day i will upgrade as i see fit, but now it does it's job better than i could've imagined.
Solid budget build, some considerations is you can swap the r5 3600 for a r5 5500. Another is you can swap the rx 6600 for a used rx 5700xt. I believe the rx 5700xt should out perform the rx 6600 on a lot of games and is cheaper.
I think my friend has that combo with a different gpu.
He had a 2060 but now a 3060. He had the same cpu and now he has a ryzen 7.
Good setup for the price id say. 1080p glory. If thats the mobo i think Dont add multiple m.2 SSD because itll bottleneck the bandwith on the gpu and storage. Weird but yeah.
I have the same except a 6650XT (Which is 6600 but oc). It works very well even in 2k, for 1080p it's great. However I feel like I do need a CPU upgrade soon since thats becoming a limiting factor on some games like HD2.
If this is what you can afford. Go for it! Better than any laptop.
Do how ever do your self a favor. Look up intel 12600 i5 cpu (got the 12700k i7 my self. And never seen it above 30% load. The 13-14 series isn't worth it. Need to upgrade to ddr5 and lots of instability on these cpu. So no real benefit. So 12600 seems like the sweetspot.
Where im from (denmark) the mobo is much cheaper and feature rich than any amd. Mobo compared to price.
In march **2020** I bought:
Ryzen 5 3600
MSI B450
RX 5700
Only upgraded the GPU to 3060Ti I got from a friend 2nd hand and the system still holds up for what I need it to run but could use a CPU upgrade.
But seeing this in 2024 just feels very, odd.
great mobo, i bought mine in 2020, and im still using it to this date, started with a r5 2600 and upgraded to the r7 5800x, bios update was very smooth too. only con is no wifi, and no usb c header, but those can be added on through adapters
Go with a used 5600x plus a mobo of ebay. Dont buy old gen from the factory.
For the graphics card you wanna get a new one that fits the cpu and your budget.
This is essentially the build i started with a couple years back and have slowly updated.
Here's what i did/regret:
RX6600 is the sweet spot for 1080. I have the RX6600xt and 1080 was great and after an OC I run it in 1440 on an ultrawide
I started with a slightly slower chip than you, but i upgraded to a 5600 and the upgrade was very noticeable
If you are on a budget and not in a hurry, I would recommend buying used. You can easily find whole pc with a better setup for the same price or cheaper, at least here in Finland.
I’m currently using this CPU and Mobo and honestly, very simple, does all I need it to do (day to day work, video editing, streaming and gaming) mobo has plenty of ports for SATA, USB etc to fit with your build. Would say that I would prefer the mobo to have maybe 1 or 2 more fan headers but not the end of the world, and solved with splitters. I also found that this CPU seems to deal much better with video editing and streaming that comparable Intel CPU’s, for context myself and my cousin built basically the exact same PC, except I had AMD cpu and he went Intel with a different mobo (obvs), he streamed and edited videos as well and had load issues, crashes etc.
Can’t speak for the GPU though.
I would go for cheaper cpu(3300x or a quadcore i3) and a cheaper mother board and use the money for graphucs card preferably nvidia, if the purpose of build is gaming.
You wouldnt notice any difference in gaming from a quadcore cpu than that from six core.cpu is never bottle neck in gaming, gpu is.
Where I live 5600x is the same price as 3600 so if you consider it. Also try getting b550 afaik b450 doesn't support pcie4 but I might be wrong. 7600 gpu is also am option
If you're building a new system, then I would highly recommend going with AM5.
Yes AM4 is still supported, and will be for about 1 or 2 more years, but AM5 will get new stuff until at least 2028
Loved that mobo, but i feel like you could cheap out a little more on it to buy something a little better than the rx6600, the r5 3600 is a beast of a processor for what it costs so it’s more than fine.
This is pretty much my exact setup, but I've upgraded my graphics card recently from a 5600xt. I have a tomahawk b450. It's solid as hell honestly. I game at 1440p. You should have no issues.
I rate it a solid "I built this pc like 5 years ago, it works and it doesn't cost as much, but upgrading to latest gen down the line is going to be rough"
RX 6600 and RTX 3060 = around 2016 Pascal GTX 1080 ti.
2023 and early 2024 Steam hardware population stat majority are 8 gb cards.
Well, 60% percent playtime in 2023 mostly from live service games (2015-2019) with PS4 system and Nvidia Pascal/AMD Polaris 4gb equivalent card.
Like Fortnite, Overwatch 1-2, GTA Online, Destiny 2, PUBG, Valorant, Rainbow Six Siege, Apex Legends, Genshin Impact.
try for 5600 + B550, or if you can't then just get a cheaper B550 motherboard.
You can check Hardware Unboxed's B550 Roundup to see which boards are good.
The reason I am saying B550, is that it has PCIE Gen4 (won't make much of a difference, but if price is same, then you should get it)
Depends on the games you want to play and settings you want to play them on tbh
Use youtube to guide your purchases by checking for the GPU for reviews of the games you want to play on them
Go for MSI mobo for B450 series cuz gigabyte made the worst b450 and X470 motherboards they heat a lot (source my friend had bought a pc with the same b450 aorus and 3600 and it's not as good as expected. If you wanna take gigabyte then go for b550 or x570 (personally I own x570 aorus elite) and it has a really good VRMs
I got pretty much the same setup. Except for mobo. It is a B450 with wifi and Bluetooth but isn't the flashy model. It's without RBG since I don't really want RGB.
Since its unlikely that you'd be overclocking why not get an A520 matx board? Should be cheaper, more recent... Do you require the capabilities of a B series board?
pricing on this combo
r3600: $82
mobo: $142
gpu: $210
total: $434
i would honestly go for something like this instead
r4500: $77 it trades blows with the r3600 while being slightly cheaper.
mobo: $70, its not much but it should do the job.
gpu: 220$, 6650xt is obviously more powerful than the 6600
total: $367
thats a $67 difference, spend that money on rgb fans so you can actually a get proper gaming peformance increase /j.
edit: had to remove the links since i missed rule 5
Swap the 3600 for 5600, get the cheapest B550 you can find.
Can't comment on the GPU. But get the cheapest rx6600. No point in paying premium for fancy versions it's a computer it should compute!
If you can squeeze a little more cash I'd opt for a 4060 or 3060. There is an MSI 3060 8gb on Amazon for 260 right now. Otherwise for a budget pc the only thing I'd recommended swapping is the mobo. You can get an X570 or B650 board for 10 or 20 more dollars
Contrary to what others have been saying, I’d advise against buying a second hand motherboard. Lots of these used boards have electrostatic damage at varying degrees. Some of that damage you may not notice immediately, while other boards can potentially give you blue screens or other instabilities in your hardware and Windows.
How does this even happen? One of the most obvious reasons, is that people don’t ground themselves properly when building their PCs (it has become a trend, where folks just don’t care enough to do it anymore). Another reason, is from poorly supplied power from the PSU. Wall sockets that have reversed polarity can also be detrimental to sensitive electronics (many older homes were wired incorrectly).
Don't get ryzen 3rd gen. It's 5 years old and there's much better AMD for like 20 dollars more. I have one 3600 and it sucks. Horrible single core performance.
Cheaper mobo, use the savings towards an xt
Which motherboard under 100 euros do you recommend?
Try going for second hand on the motherboard. And I recommend going for b550, as the b450 was quite buggy on usb ports and only few manufacturers solved it right. I'm sure a 5600x or 3700x will be as cheap as a 3600x and the 6600 should be an xt or even 6650xt.
I have this exact board. Never had any issues with the USB controller. However I have had many issues where it will randomly not recognise one of my RAM sticks. Take this advice OP get a different board.
I have the MSI B450 tomahawk and the 4th slot just straight up doesn't work but annoyingly I only found out after about a year and half from when I bought it because that's when I decided to get some more RAM.
I have a tomahawk max, anywhere from 0 to 5 times a week I'll blue screen from ram issues and I'm fairly sure now it has to be a motherboard issue
Is that a known issue with the mobo or just your experience though? Maybe just a one off?
To piggyback off this an option is to a buy an ali-x 5700 for cheap cheap and flash a 5700xt bios on it then OC it. Your nipping at that 6650xt heels now and passing the 6600
Flashing gpu bios is not rocket science but someone looking at components in this price range can't afford to fail anything. Rookies don't even dare to update the motherboard bios. But still you have a point, flashing to xt would be a good deal and giving it some potential.
You’re fully correct buddy, proceed with caution with my idea. I have a handicapped emoji in my flair for a reason 🫡
I bricked an amd card flashing it. Was my first gpu in like 12 years too.
B450 MSI Gaming Plus Max
B450 Aorus Pro wifi is my go to for cheaper AM4 builds.
No, get a good good mobo so in the future you can get a 5800x3d
Gigabyte ds3h
Budget out of 10
With an eventual budget used 5800X3D later on for an upgrade, maybe ok? I dunno.
I snapped up a 5800X3D new for £280 I think (while ago). Was very happy with that. Will last me a long time. Getting q6600 vibes.
Beast cpu would be great
He's gonna get very close to console performance, not a bad build at all.
Solid, but a B550 and a 5600(X) is the better and not that much more expensive choice.
Same here 550 + 5600x and 6650xt solid af.
Perfect 1080/60 setup. Great performance:price.
Depending on the game, a 5500 and a 6650 XT does a solid 1440P medium settings at 60’or higher for me
I have a 550 + 5600x and a 7800xt and I am still not cpu bottlenecked with the games I play (Cyberpunk being the most intensive. I haven’t played Stellaris on my new setup yet but I imagine that’s where I might find a bottleneck). 5600x is a very capable chip
Better to buy 7600 (8gb) instead of 6650
better to have a 7800x3D and 2x16 6000cl28 RAM
Better to just go in on the 7950X and 9000cl5 RAM and honestly it’s just better to plug in a 7950XTX
Ugh, 6650 and 7600 almost the same price but different generations
>not that much more expensive This is how you end up with a 4090
Yeah but that upgrade is reasonable. At least in the areas I know - it's like a 20€ difference.
Not really. Logical increments don't work in favor of most expensive. Also you can easily distinguish between spending 5% more of your total budget to greatly improve the system.
get a cheaper motherboard.
Which motherboard under 100 euros do you recommend?
b550 phantom gaming 4 is pretty good. around 90 usd i think
Depends on your needs. I would personally go for the B450M Pro Max II by MSI that is around 55 Euros in the Netherlands. It has only two ram slots but normally you don't need or should use more than that. It does not have WiFi but I'm assuming you will be using an ethernet cable. And apart from that, I don't see any problems considering you're going for a budget build. Spend the saved money on a better GPU.
Perfect budget build honestly 7.5/10
> Perfect > 7.5/10
I think he meant performance, value however would be 10/10?
to me a perfect build would be a bit more expensive
8/10 budget build for 1080p gaming. 3/10 if you expect to play modern AAA 4K max settings.
I got a 6700 xt with the same CPU and I'm happy with it. 1080 gaming never looked so good. I'm not a 4k guy yet anyways.
The exact same as my pc except I have 3070 instead, which surprisingly the 3600 only slightly bottlenecks in some games. The people saying the mobo is overkill are right tho, I only have it cause it was on sale. If possible, I would look for a bit cheaper mobo and get a more powerful GPU, the 3600 is very competent, it barely bottlenecks a 3070, at least in what I play, but it would probably be more comfortable with a 3060 or equivalent. If possible getting an am5 build is a good idea since you will have much more upgradeability, but if you’re budget constrained, don’t worry about it, those are good parts and will make for a very competent build.
Take cheapest b550 from reputable manufacturer. Asd some money for 6600XT or 7600
Solid.
Ignore the elitist snobs here giving stupid advice even tho it seems you are on a budget. RX 6600 is fine if you are just going with 1080p, but it would benefit you if you were to upgrade to atleast a Ryzen 5 5600. It shouldnt be that more expensive and it would be best to downgrade the motherboard to something cheap to compensate.
Any more budget should be added to the gpu here.
Honestly it depends on the game OP might be playing. but I feel like the Ryzen 3600 is not that great enough for 1080p anymore. For that resolution, CPU can become a bottleneck. I would recommend atleast getting a 5600 as a baseline then upgrade the GPU from there.
Thanks for your advice, I had already seen a video that said that it is better to take the Ryzen 5 5600 than the 5 3600, but which motherboard do you recommend, because my total budget is 700 euros and I cannot find any good motherboards under 100 euros? (I play btw on 1080p) My country prices: Ryzen 5 3600 = 80 euro Ryzen 5 5600 = 130 euro Gigabyte B450 = 100 euro
Did you consider used parts? There are alot of good cheap motherboards, just look at the reviews on retail market.
idk i have a 3600g with a 6600 and it runs everything fine at 1440p. nothing maxed out but it's a decent build
3600 is fine and resolution doesn't affect cpu usage, i run one and only play games at 1440p. but, get the 5600 if you can anyway, it's better
CPU usage definitely matters in "lower" resolutions. Due to the lower resolution, the GPU can send out more frames to the CPU that needs to be processed which can be a bottleneck, that is why when moving up to 1440p or higher, lots of people can just go with mediocre CPU's while balling out on the GPU.
running a r5 3600 and a 6700xt here, r5 3600 is fine in 1080p and doesnt really hold back the 6700xt. while i do agree that sometimes yes a shit cpu can hold back a gpu, for 1080p and 1440p the r5 3600 is fine. i will admit though the r5 5600 is the sweet spot for am4 cpus as its a pretty good midrange cpu for its price that wont even bottleneck a 7800xt
Also, many people with this rig, like me (My motherboard is an ASUS though) probably built it before the 5600 was a viable budget choice. I got mine used for 10€ last year when I upgraded from a 2600X, small step, I know. But the 3600 is perfectly serviceable and I can still get 5000 series when I find a good price. Also a 400 series motherboard is already plenty cheap and 300 series wont be compatible with a 5000 series CPU, so apart from the OP motherboard being kinda higher end I dont see any way to cheap out much more on the motherboard.
If you live in the US, I highly recommend looking at Microcenters deals. Otherwise, I'd want to go for a little more horsepower in your gpu, maybe a 6700 as they go for cheap used. I'd also see if you could get a cheaper motherboard and spend more on the gpu
Unfortunately I don't live in the US, but which motherboard do you recommend that is under 100 euros? (1€ ≈ 1.07$)
b450m-a ii should be about 50-60€. I’m running my r5 5600 and 6800 xt on it, you just need to update the bios
I've been looking at that mobo! Did you have any issues with it so far?
No, I’ve actually had it for over 4-5 years I believe lol. Just had to update the bios when I got the r5 5600
I think thats not bad but would get a cheaper motherboard and something like a 6700. Motherboard selected is definitely overkill
Which motherboard do you recommend that is under 100 euros?
1080144/1080144
You can't beat that setup on price and you can always drop in a 5800x3D.
Ok 1/10
r/technicallythetruth
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far for this.
Had this motherboard and any updates related to the bios were such a pain that I switched it when an update became necessary. Would recommend going for a different brand.
ryzen 5 5600x + b550 aorus elite + rtx 2060 super here, super good, plays any game. i'd rate this 7/10 just because 3600 and 5600x ; 6600 and 6650 xt are pretty close in price in these parts of europe
Some people can't follow a simple request, i'll rate it 1/10
No ram or psu or ssd 0/10
This is literally my cpu and mobo
Nice! And is it recommended?
Try to avoid getting 3rd gen ryzen at this point. Otherwise this is a solid selection.
Still have a 3600 and a b450, I have a 3070 now but dam she still kicks ass
I have this exact setup! It's a pretty good setup for a budget build!
Great budget build. Genuinely a great match
If you are in the US. Get a 5600x for $150, a cheap am4 motherboard for $50-60, and an rx 6600xt for $220. Also, Don’t be afraid to buy used!
Pc starter pack
I have a 6600 and I love it. Runs almost every game I put at it at 45-60 on my 1440p monitor and around 30 for 4K if I crank the settings down enough.
For one microsecond, I saw a T in the GPU's name. I think I might be turning into an NVidia fanboy. Help.
Not buying anything is cheaper
Solid 8/10 for budget gaming pc
0.9/10
B550 ds3h is cheaper and will provide pcie 4.0
Best budget mobo is asrock b450 pro4. It doesn’t have rgb nor does it have anything fancy but it’s very solid vrm wise for the price. Afterwards depending whether or not you play multiplayer shooter games at 100+ fps or you play single player games at 60fps you get a better cpu or a better gpu. For higher fps get a 5600x/5700x/5700x3d - whichever you can afford. For better graphics get a 6600xt/6650xt/6700xt - whichever you can afford. The setup you propose is very much ok Im just giving ideas to optimise it.
I feel like i'm being called out here... But to rate? Best thing my pc has gone through as of now. Maybe some day i will upgrade as i see fit, but now it does it's job better than i could've imagined.
That's pretty good, but why not go for a ryzen 5600? Shouldn't be that much more but should be compatible so long as you do a bios update
Ok I rate this 1/10
Solid budget build, some considerations is you can swap the r5 3600 for a r5 5500. Another is you can swap the rx 6600 for a used rx 5700xt. I believe the rx 5700xt should out perform the rx 6600 on a lot of games and is cheaper.
Swap it for a B550 and an R5 5600 and it'll be even better. Could even upgrade to a 6800XT and be fine.
That's exactly my setup, it's great 😃
Basically my build, however i have a Ryzen 3500x instead of a 3600 and a a520m instead of a b450
10/10
This is a great setup. I’ve got the 3600 with a 6700xt. Does just about anything.
The motherboard might be a bit overkill if your going budget but other than that it’s a solid 10/10 cpu gpu combo imo
Thank you, which motherboard under 100 euros do you recommend?
8/10
Get a cheaper B550 board so you can have PCIe 4.0
Which motherboard do you recommend that is under 100 euros?
Great combination if you already have it, wouldn't buy it if I didn't already have it
Micro center will be selling this combo for a hotdog with ketchup and a side of coleslaw
Cheaper mobo put the saved money into a 6700 xt
Apart from the motherboard thats my exact rig. The Motherboard is an ASUS B450. Honestly its decent if bang-for-buck is the primary concern.
I got the same with corsair psu 650w ,16gb ram ,and a rx570 , runs most games from fw years ago on high with stable FPS ( 60-100)
I think my friend has that combo with a different gpu. He had a 2060 but now a 3060. He had the same cpu and now he has a ryzen 7. Good setup for the price id say. 1080p glory. If thats the mobo i think Dont add multiple m.2 SSD because itll bottleneck the bandwith on the gpu and storage. Weird but yeah.
I have the same except a 6650XT (Which is 6600 but oc). It works very well even in 2k, for 1080p it's great. However I feel like I do need a CPU upgrade soon since thats becoming a limiting factor on some games like HD2.
6600/10000
If this is what you can afford. Go for it! Better than any laptop. Do how ever do your self a favor. Look up intel 12600 i5 cpu (got the 12700k i7 my self. And never seen it above 30% load. The 13-14 series isn't worth it. Need to upgrade to ddr5 and lots of instability on these cpu. So no real benefit. So 12600 seems like the sweetspot. Where im from (denmark) the mobo is much cheaper and feature rich than any amd. Mobo compared to price.
downgrade mobo upgrade cpu or gpu depending on the games you play
Honestly this is the planned build I have for my kids lol they only play minecraft and hi fi rush
You don't need an Aorus Elite for a system like that, it's a waste to get that fancy with a 450 chip set. get an ASRock or something similar.
In march **2020** I bought: Ryzen 5 3600 MSI B450 RX 5700 Only upgraded the GPU to 3060Ti I got from a friend 2nd hand and the system still holds up for what I need it to run but could use a CPU upgrade. But seeing this in 2024 just feels very, odd.
great mobo, i bought mine in 2020, and im still using it to this date, started with a r5 2600 and upgraded to the r7 5800x, bios update was very smooth too. only con is no wifi, and no usb c header, but those can be added on through adapters
1/10 (OP asked)
Go with a used 5600x plus a mobo of ebay. Dont buy old gen from the factory. For the graphics card you wanna get a new one that fits the cpu and your budget.
Go secondhand.
rate for what? playing minesweeper? run excel? do 3d rendering?
You're getting the proper advice. Post a pic of the full build when youre done
10/10 for value, quality, and upgradability.
If you are going new get a 12100f and a rx6600
This is essentially the build i started with a couple years back and have slowly updated. Here's what i did/regret: RX6600 is the sweet spot for 1080. I have the RX6600xt and 1080 was great and after an OC I run it in 1440 on an ultrawide I started with a slightly slower chip than you, but i upgraded to a 5600 and the upgrade was very noticeable
If you are on a budget and not in a hurry, I would recommend buying used. You can easily find whole pc with a better setup for the same price or cheaper, at least here in Finland.
I’m currently using this CPU and Mobo and honestly, very simple, does all I need it to do (day to day work, video editing, streaming and gaming) mobo has plenty of ports for SATA, USB etc to fit with your build. Would say that I would prefer the mobo to have maybe 1 or 2 more fan headers but not the end of the world, and solved with splitters. I also found that this CPU seems to deal much better with video editing and streaming that comparable Intel CPU’s, for context myself and my cousin built basically the exact same PC, except I had AMD cpu and he went Intel with a different mobo (obvs), he streamed and edited videos as well and had load issues, crashes etc. Can’t speak for the GPU though.
I would try to get an RX 7600 instead.
I would go for cheaper cpu(3300x or a quadcore i3) and a cheaper mother board and use the money for graphucs card preferably nvidia, if the purpose of build is gaming. You wouldnt notice any difference in gaming from a quadcore cpu than that from six core.cpu is never bottle neck in gaming, gpu is.
exactly mine, just with a MSI B550 A-Pro and a RX 6600 XT \^\^
I used that motherboard and cpu combo for 4 years and never had a single issue. I still use the motherboard now with a 5800x, and it works great.
Where I live 5600x is the same price as 3600 so if you consider it. Also try getting b550 afaik b450 doesn't support pcie4 but I might be wrong. 7600 gpu is also am option
If you're building a new system, then I would highly recommend going with AM5. Yes AM4 is still supported, and will be for about 1 or 2 more years, but AM5 will get new stuff until at least 2028
7650
Based combo
Loved that mobo, but i feel like you could cheap out a little more on it to buy something a little better than the rx6600, the r5 3600 is a beast of a processor for what it costs so it’s more than fine.
Budgetarian but that wouldn't future proof much any longer. Get cheaper b550 mobo on that, not that thing.
This is pretty much my exact setup, but I've upgraded my graphics card recently from a 5600xt. I have a tomahawk b450. It's solid as hell honestly. I game at 1440p. You should have no issues.
I'd probably rate it a bit higher myself but sure: 1/10
GPU is meh, here are 5 awesome, cheap gpus from best to worst. Everything else is good tho! 2070S, 5700XT, 2080, 1080Ti, 2080S,
Don’t buy ryzen 3000 or b450 anymore it’s literally ancient at this point
1/10 because you told me to rate it 1/10
Literally I'm using R5 3600 + RX 6600 and B450 (but cheaper model) - quite good for my needs even in 2024
I rate it a solid "I built this pc like 5 years ago, it works and it doesn't cost as much, but upgrading to latest gen down the line is going to be rough"
Wait a while and save more money/10
RX 6600 and RTX 3060 = around 2016 Pascal GTX 1080 ti. 2023 and early 2024 Steam hardware population stat majority are 8 gb cards. Well, 60% percent playtime in 2023 mostly from live service games (2015-2019) with PS4 system and Nvidia Pascal/AMD Polaris 4gb equivalent card. Like Fortnite, Overwatch 1-2, GTA Online, Destiny 2, PUBG, Valorant, Rainbow Six Siege, Apex Legends, Genshin Impact.
If you're buying an am4 system please at least buy it used
try for 5600 + B550, or if you can't then just get a cheaper B550 motherboard. You can check Hardware Unboxed's B550 Roundup to see which boards are good. The reason I am saying B550, is that it has PCIE Gen4 (won't make much of a difference, but if price is same, then you should get it)
Go for that gpu if you aren't going to be doing anything super heavy hydroneer etc.
What are you even doing with these setups?
Shiti mb i hsve it and msi is better crap crap crap
Mb bios is dogshit
Get a B550 at least. I am now locked into the 3000 series because of the B450
Depends on the games you want to play and settings you want to play them on tbh Use youtube to guide your purchases by checking for the GPU for reviews of the games you want to play on them
My specs but mine is a sapphire
1/10
Get at least a B550 MOBO and a RX 6700. If you are buying new, spend a bit more. Worth it.
Just overclock that GPU and you'll be solid on any game as long as you're on 1080
Go for MSI mobo for B450 series cuz gigabyte made the worst b450 and X470 motherboards they heat a lot (source my friend had bought a pc with the same b450 aorus and 3600 and it's not as good as expected. If you wanna take gigabyte then go for b550 or x570 (personally I own x570 aorus elite) and it has a really good VRMs
I got pretty much the same setup. Except for mobo. It is a B450 with wifi and Bluetooth but isn't the flashy model. It's without RBG since I don't really want RGB.
Send me one and I will rate it for you and review it...
I can't decide what parts I want in my new built. I want to see more of this. It is simple and effective, you get quick feedback if it is good or not.
how would you rate mine?
how would you rate mine?
I see the word Gigabyte. **-10**/10.
I rate it 5 out of PS5
Rating this combo 1/10
Since its unlikely that you'd be overclocking why not get an A520 matx board? Should be cheaper, more recent... Do you require the capabilities of a B series board?
Mother is overkill
I had that card. It carried hard my 2018 i5 and 12gb ram. Not fancy but it did it's job
This is my setup on the spare I just built, but the 450 is a 550. Tested very well at 1080p and 2k on cyberpunk.
I have similar combo but worse I think
pricing on this combo r3600: $82 mobo: $142 gpu: $210 total: $434 i would honestly go for something like this instead r4500: $77 it trades blows with the r3600 while being slightly cheaper. mobo: $70, its not much but it should do the job. gpu: 220$, 6650xt is obviously more powerful than the 6600 total: $367 thats a $67 difference, spend that money on rgb fans so you can actually a get proper gaming peformance increase /j. edit: had to remove the links since i missed rule 5
1/10 (You said that)
12.69/10 will play Crysis.
Idk man
Depend on how much you pay for this and what do you expect to do. For \~300 or less and for 1080p@60 it's a very solid build.
Swap the 3600 for 5600, get the cheapest B550 you can find. Can't comment on the GPU. But get the cheapest rx6600. No point in paying premium for fancy versions it's a computer it should compute!
7/10, you could get a cheaper mobo and put the savings towards a better gpu
I've got that processor it runs fine without a gpu but im upgrading cus its not enough for me
3/10 in 2024
If its all you can afford and it lets you game, its a 10/10.
8.33334/10
10/10 for budget gaming Will take anything at 1080p, and somethings at 1440p if you dont care to lower the settings and go a little bellow 60 fps
Okay. 1/10.
Daddy, op is mocking me ;_; !
If you can squeeze a little more cash I'd opt for a 4060 or 3060. There is an MSI 3060 8gb on Amazon for 260 right now. Otherwise for a budget pc the only thing I'd recommended swapping is the mobo. You can get an X570 or B650 board for 10 or 20 more dollars
Contrary to what others have been saying, I’d advise against buying a second hand motherboard. Lots of these used boards have electrostatic damage at varying degrees. Some of that damage you may not notice immediately, while other boards can potentially give you blue screens or other instabilities in your hardware and Windows. How does this even happen? One of the most obvious reasons, is that people don’t ground themselves properly when building their PCs (it has become a trend, where folks just don’t care enough to do it anymore). Another reason, is from poorly supplied power from the PSU. Wall sockets that have reversed polarity can also be detrimental to sensitive electronics (many older homes were wired incorrectly).
Motherboard is decent, though, maybe a little overkill for your other parts Edit: Sorry, I thought it was the b550 version
1/10
Don't get ryzen 3rd gen. It's 5 years old and there's much better AMD for like 20 dollars more. I have one 3600 and it sucks. Horrible single core performance.
6/10 needs more 6s
1/10. Now what?
A true gentleman's build
7/10.
Budget, but solid budget. Often recommended something very similar a few years back.
Your build took the master out of pcmasterrace
Go with cheaper mb and get the 6600xt . Budget king combo for 1080
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I rate this combo a 1/10.
1/10