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Hi everyone, I am planning to buy new GPU and CPU, so I would be grateful if you could help me to choose which one should I buy, strictly for only gaming. Thank you in advance.

GPUs:
1) XFX AMD Radeon RX580 8GB OC+ GDDR5,3xDP/HDMI/D-DVI-D/256bit/ RX-580P8DFD6
2) Asrock AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D OC 8GB GDDR6/HDMI/3xDP/128-bit RX5500XT CLD 4GO
3) Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB 192bit GV-N166SOC-6GD

CPUs:
1) AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
2) AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
3) AMD Ryzen 5 3600
4) AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
5) AMD Ryzen 7 2700x
6) Intel Core i5-9600K
7) Intel Core i5-9400F
 
Hi! I would say for most cost effective and stable Ryzen 5 3600 non-X (6/12) and GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER.
 
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what resolution are you playing at? 1080p?
 
First, you need to disclose what kinda budget you can spend & the region you are buying from.
 
Thank you pavl3. :) Btw why did why not Ryzen 5 3600x? Sorry. o_O

Hyderz: I guess 1080p (I really don't understand much about differences between 1080p and higher). Could you explain it a bit, or if it's problem I'll look up on internet. :D

Rei:
Region: the Balkans, Serbia. Let's say that budget is 500-600 euros in total (but not counting that i'll need to buy the motherboard and etc.)
GPUs:
1) XFX AMD Radeon RX580 8GB OC+ GDDR5,3xDP/HDMI/D-DVI-D/256bit/ RX-580P8DFD6 (212 euros)
2) Asrock AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger D OC 8GB GDDR6/HDMI/3xDP/128-bit RX5500XT CLD 4GO (186 euros)
3) Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB 192bit GV-N166SOC-6GD (254 euros)

CPUs:

1) AMD Ryzen 5 3400G (152 euros)
2) AMD Ryzen 5 3500X (169 euros)
3) AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (203 euros)
4) AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (212 euros)
5) AMD Ryzen 7 2700x (186 euros)
6) Intel Core i5-9600K (195 euros)
7) Intel Core i5-9400F (144 euros)

Ofcourse if you have any suggestions for other CPU/GPU in price range to 600 euros I would be grateful.
 
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1) AMD Ryzen 5 3400G - No
2) AMD Ryzen 5 3500X - overpriced compared to 9400f, only makes sense as a budget place holder CPU
3) AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - best all around CPU for the price
4) AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - not worth the the extra cost over the 3600
5) AMD Ryzen 7 2700x - by the time you would need the extra c/t, the cores will be too slow
6) Intel Core i5-9600K - if you plan to OC it will give you the best gaming performance, if you don't then pass
7) Intel Core i5-9400F - from a pure gaming perspective it's not a bad CPU for the price and it will offer the same ballpark performance as those above with a GTX 1660S (or the other two slower cards). If you plan to upgrade the GPU in a few years but also keep the CPU then look to the AMD 3600 / Intel 9600k.
 
3300X + 1660 Super would be the ideal combination. Spend some money on an after market CPU cooler like ID-Cooling SE 234 and high performance RAM (3600mhz and above).
 
1920x1080 is standard resolution these days.
if you have higher resolution say 2560x1440 or 3840x2160(4k) then you need a more powerful gpu.
 
So, I take it that you haven't chosen the motherboard yet and/or the monitor? Higher resolution monitor above 1080p makes the visual image (but not the graphics) looks smoother, clearer & crisper but demands more GPU power. The sweet spot is 1440p. If you already have a 1080p monitor and/or don't care about resolution, keep the monitor. I think you should invest more on better GPU. Don't get the GTX 1660 Super. Instead, get the more powerful RTX 2060 or RTX 2060 Super. I'm not picky with CPU but any CPU would go well with that but a good GPU will carry you far on the long run.
 
Rei said:
So, I take it that you haven't chosen the motherboard yet and/or the monitor? Higher resolution monitor above 1080p makes the visual image (but not the graphics) looks smoother, clearer & crisper but demands more GPU power. The sweet spot is 1440p. If you already have a 1080p monitor and/or don't care about resolution, keep the monitor. I think you should invest more on better GPU. Don't get the GTX 1660 Super. Instead, get the more powerful RTX 2060 or RTX 2060 Super. I'm not picky with CPU but any CPU would go well with that but a good GPU will carry you far on the long run.
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I was just going to recommend the 5600XT if it's not too expensive. If you want to Game those and the 5700 are probably the best price/performance cards to buy but new cards are coming later this year that might push those cards lower in price too.
 
kapone32 said:
I was just going to recommend the 5600XT if it's not too expensive. If you want to Game those and the 5700 are probably the best price/performance cards to buy but new cards are coming later this year that might push those cards lower in price too.
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I was gonna recommend RTX 3060 but i dunno if OP is willing to wait that long.
I'm also a GeForce player so I dunno much about Radeon cards & specs to recommend him/her.
 
If you want the latest & the greatest, not necessarily 8c or above, then you will have to pay a slight premium. So keep that in mind & preferably go for decent B550 boards. So wait for zen3 ~ afterwards pick a zen2 chip on sale :toast:


GPU ~ Ampere or RDNA2 cards will generally be better VFM since they're much better than their previous gen siblings, especially wrt efficeincy!
 
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Thank you pavl3. :) Btw why did why not Ryzen 5 3600x? Sorry. o_O
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Well only because for only 200Mhz less you get 65W processor (very little heat) and the same number of cores as 95W Ryzen 5 3600 X.
 
How about go for the 3500x or 9400f and put the saved money into a better gpu such as a 2060 or 5600 xt
 
@dirtyferret - thank you very much, I was hoping to get better GPU (for the game I want - WoW: Shadowlands, I need better graphics card). And I'm not planning to buy new GPU (after this one) soon, so I want some reliable one for future games.

@nguyen - thank you :)

@Hyderz - Oh I see, well I currently have some old monitor, but after I get these parts in near future I plan to buy this monitor: ZEUS 24" ZUS240MAX IPS VGA + HDMI MONITOR.

Rei - Oh I see, well I currently have some old monitor, but after I get these parts in near future I plan to buy this monitor: ZEUS 24" ZUS240MAX IPS VGA + HDMI MONITOR (I am planning to keep my monitor to 25 inches not higher, so do you think suggested GPUs can handle this resolution?) Thank you for suggesting GPU, yeah I agree I would focus more on GPU then CPU. But that GPUs you suggested are like 400 euros here, so do you think I should buy lower priced processor like Intel Core i5-9400F to make it work with my budget? Sorry for so much questions...

kapone32 - 5600 XT in my country costs more than rtx 2060, so what do you think is better idea to get? And 5700 is like +100 euros more expensive. xD

R0H1T - Thank you for the advice. :)

pavl3 - Oh I see, yeah you are right.

xman2007 - Yeah I was thinking that too, I need more powerful GPU. But I don't want to buy new CPU in near future, so do you think that one will go good with 2060? And also what do you think, how much time will it take for 2060 to drop in price? (kinda stupid question) Because I am willing to wait like 2-3 months, then I really want to play Shadowlands :D
 
Poloforo said:
@dirtyferret - thank you very much, I was hoping to get better GPU (for the game I want - WoW: Shadowlands, I need better graphics card). And I'm not planning to buy new GPU (after this one) soon, so I want some reliable one for future games.

@nguyen - thank you :)

@Hyderz - Oh I see, well I currently have some old monitor, but after I get these parts in near future I plan to buy this monitor: ZEUS 24" ZUS240MAX IPS VGA + HDMI MONITOR.

Rei - Oh I see, well I currently have some old monitor, but after I get these parts in near future I plan to buy this monitor: ZEUS 24" ZUS240MAX IPS VGA + HDMI MONITOR (I am planning to keep my monitor to 25 inches not higher, so do you think suggested GPUs can handle this resolution?) Thank you for suggesting GPU, yeah I agree I would focus more on GPU then CPU. But that GPUs you suggested are like 400 euros here, so do you think I should buy lower priced processor like Intel Core i5-9400F to make it work with my budget? Sorry for so much questions...

kapone32 - 5600 XT in my country costs more than rtx 2060, so what do you think is better idea to get? And 5700 is like +100 euros more expensive. xD

R0H1T - Thank you for the advice. :)

pavl3 - Oh I see, yeah you are right.

xman2007 - Yeah I was thinking that too, I need more powerful GPU. But I don't want to buy new CPU in near future, so do you think that one will go good with 2060? And also what do you think, how much time will it take for 2060 to drop in price? (kinda stupid question) Because I am willing to wait like 2-3 months, then I really want to play Shadowlands :D
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Well if you're waiting 2-3 months then you may be looking at a different performance class with something like the RTX 3060 or RX 6600xt etc which will perform better than 2060/5600 xt and hopefully cost around the same price, also as it's primarily for gaming, you would be upograding the GPU before the CPU's from what you listed.
 
Poloforo said:
@dirtyferret - thank you very much, I was hoping to get better GPU (for the game I want - WoW: Shadowlands, I need better graphics card). And I'm not planning to buy new GPU (after this one) soon, so I want some reliable one for future games.
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Not sure on which future games you want to play but WoW tends to perform better on Intel then the AMD alternative. You would have a hard time finding a better WoW focused CPU for your money than an OC 9600k. The Intel 9400 would offer similar performance to the AMD 3600/x & 3500x in WoW (all more than capable). I would avoid the 2700x and 3400G for a WoW build. Other games would obviously defer on their respective needs.
 
I think you should consider the cost of the whole platform. Do you have a website where we can check the rest of the component's price?

Looking at CPUs for WoW it seems that the Ryzen is actually doing better. See the link below:
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From the components you linked, i would actually go for the 1660 Super + 3600X. The difference is only 9 euros and you have extra boost and possibly more overclocking headroom
 
Poloforo said:
Hi everyone, I am planning to buy new GPU and CPU, so I would be grateful if you could help me to choose which one should I buy, *** strictly for only gaming*** . Thank you in advance.
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For gaming only with currently available hardware, if there's a reason not to get the 10400F (€152.40 ) I haven't seen it ....it outperforms every AMD CPU currenyly on the market


That leaves you with roughly €450 under your 600 CPU / GPU budget ... putting the 2060 Super, 2070, 2070 super well within reach.

However, AMD will annouce / release new cards and CPUs within 2 weeks. which will drive those prices down... AMD may even come out with better alternative, which in turn will spur new cards from nvidia .... Id wait till late November before making any choices.
 
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Rei - Oh I see, well I currently have some old monitor, but after I get these parts in near future I plan to buy this monitor: ZEUS 24" ZUS240MAX IPS VGA + HDMI MONITOR (I am planning to keep my monitor to 25 inches not higher, so do you think suggested GPUs can handle this resolution?) Thank you for suggesting GPU, yeah I agree I would focus more on GPU then CPU. But that GPUs you suggested are like 400 euros here, so do you think I should buy lower priced processor like Intel Core i5-9400F to make it work with my budget? Sorry for so much questions...
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For gaming only with currently available hardware, if there's a reason not to get the 10400F (€152.40 ) I haven't seen it ....it outperforms every AMD CPU currenyly on the market


That leaves you with roughly €450 under your 600 CPU / GPU budget ... putting the 2060 Super, 2070, 2070 super well within reach.

However, AMD will annouce / release new cards and CPUs within 2 weeks. which will drive those prices down... AMD may even come out with better alternative, which in turn will spur new cards from nvidia .... Id wait till late November before making any choices.
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That monitor is also 1080p? Then any modern GPU should be able to handle your monitor just fine. And don't worry about asking many questions. This is a tech forum where people help other people with these sorts of questions.

I also agree with @John Naylor 's suggestion post. Those are good deals.
 
@dirtyferret - Hm I see, but honestly I'm not fan of overclocking, idk does that decrease the life span of GPU (mainly for that) and how much it cost for someone to do it. I mean if it will cost too much, then I guess I better take better GPU right away.

@Outback Bronze - You were right, it costs under 200euros (190+). What do you think does it beat Ryzen 3600 for gaming (again focusing mainly on WoW)? Or do you know any other Graphics card (intel or whatever) that could be a bit more powerful than the one you suggested but in like same price range?

@krusha03 - Hey, thank you for suggestion.
Yeah I have the site but it pnly shows currency of my country (RSD), it's: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sr&u=https://www.eponuda.com/&prev=search&pto=aue (I tried to translate it in english) / https://www.eponuda.com/ (original site link). But I don't want to bother people to exchange currencies, that's just asking for too much lol.

@John Naylor - Yesss, I was thinking the same way, but did you mean 9400F? (I wrote that one, but then Outback Bronze suggested me 10400F and it's near 200euros). But then I read some forums on internet saying that Intels 9400F is not so good nowdays? :/ I mean If it's stronger than the ones I suggested (like for example 3600), I would obviously choose it because it's like 100euros cheaper lol.

@Rei - Thank you so much Rei. :) Yes it says 1920 x 1080 Full HD on the site. Yeah @John Naylor solution sounds like a smart choice, wait for a month, but save like couple hundred euros in return and get better GPU :D Then I guess I'll wait for 2060 to drop in price and probably go with suggested CPU. But I wanted to see what will other people tell me about 10400F vs 3600. :)
 
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striclty gaming only?
10400f or 3600

best bang4buck GPU RX 580 8GB (the 5500XT is not better and sometimes even worse than the RX 580)
 
krusha03 said:
I think you should consider the cost of the whole platform. Do you have a website where we can check the rest of the component's price?

Looking at CPUs for WoW it seems that the Ryzen is actually doing better. See the link below:
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From the components you linked, i would actually go for the 1660 Super + 3600X. The difference is only 9 euros and you have extra boost and possibly more overclocking headroom
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not sure how ryzen is doing "better" when the 3600 has the exact same performance as the 3950 and neither offer the same avg as the stock 9600k. All are very capable and if playing at anything below default FPS (FYI, at default settings WoW locks you to 100FPS) the whole point is moot.

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@dirtyferret - Hm I see, but honestly I'm not fan of overclocking, idk does that decrease the life span of GPU (mainly for that) and how much it cost for someone to do it. I mean if it will cost too much, then I guess I better take better GPU right away.
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I wasn't talking about OC the GPU which rarely translated to real world performance. I was talking about the OC CPU which can offer you soem performance benefits in WoW if playing on a high refresh monitor and you increase the default FPS settings.
 
dirtyferret said:
not sure how ryzen is doing "better" when the 3600 has the exact same performance as the 3950 and neither offer the same avg as the stock 9600k. All are very capable and if playing at anything below default FPS (FYI, at default settings WoW locks you to 100FPS) the whole point is moot.
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Low 1% and Low 0.1% is more important IMHO. Less stutters and more smooth gameplay
 
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