Current Events > Would a Ryzen 5 3600 pair well with a 3070?

(+) Yeah! (+)

Its the only one readily available

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https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KHX7Mv

anyone want to help me clean this up. Need a different mobo and case

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You could get an i5 10600k instead, not sure how the price compares but that's basically Intel's (slightly newer) competitor

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Generally-speaking almost everything is GPU limited at 4K, and most things at 1440p as well (especially with a 3070).

CPU is way overrated for gaming unless you're into super high frame rates at 1080p (and that is legitimately, admittedly, a real thing)


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Mark_DeRosa posted...

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KHX7Mv

anyone want to help me clean this up. Need a different mobo and case

Go for a B550 instead of a B450 motherboard in case you want to ever upgrade your CPU. The B450 isn't compatible with the new Ryzen processors. B550 also typically has PCIE 4.0 and better m.2 slots.

Also try and get a gold certified PSU that's modular. What you have there is going to be a mess as far as cable management goes and that can have somewhat of an effect on your temperatures.

500 gb of storage isn't enough also. Dump that SSD and get an M.2 nVME SSD. I personally use the Samsung Evo plus series and it's fantastic. Pair that with a 3tb HDD to dump your pictures and games that don't need as fast loading into it and you're golden. It'll be more expensive but honestly if you're going to buy a SATA SSD at all then you might as well spring for at least 1TB of space.

And Get RAM that's frequency matches your CPU. A Ryzen 5 3600 should be paired with 3600 speed RAM. You can get Corsair Vengeance or Ripjaw DDR4 Ram sticks for the same price as what you have there.

Here:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/PsychicStardust/saved/#view=NXzKXL

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DarkRoast posted...

CPU is way overrated for gaming unless you're into super high frame rates at 1080p (and that is legitimately, admittedly, a real thing)

Heck yeah boi
1080p 144hz squad represent! even though I can hardly ever get that kind of framerate on my dinky 1060 3gb v_v

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Awesome info @FabIe . Ill probably follow that to a T.

Anything else I should look into? Like a specific type of monitor?

and what am I looking at with a 3070 in terms of games?

thanks

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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...

You could get an i5 10600k instead, not sure how the price compares but that's basically Intel's (slightly newer) competitor

Ryzen is still better in terms of price to performance.

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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...

1080p 144hz squad represent!

ayee

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Mark_DeRosa posted...

Awesome info @FabIe . Ill probably follow that to a T.

Anything else I should look into? Like a specific type of monitor?

and what am I looking at with a 3070 in terms of games?

thanks

Specifically anything with a 144hz refresh rate. With a 3070 you should be able to handle 1080p-4k. From what I've read, 1440p 144hz refresh with good HDR is that sweet spot. No specific brands but if you search within those parameters you should find something good.

And a 3070 should run literally anything out right now with ultra graphics at a steady 60+fps. I get 60+ in most games with a Radeon 5700XT which is comparable to a 2070 so you shoulf be able to tackle any game for the next several years.

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Depends on what you want to accomplish. If you're gonna do media creation stuff, you can up a bit to like 3700x, which is what I have. If it's just for gaming, you can go 3600 and wouldn't even lose out on going lower

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Just gaming

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Yeah then 3600 will fulfill all your needs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/khmowo/i_made_some_beginnerfriendly_guides_to/

Basically 3500 or 3600 would both be plenty

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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...

1080p 144hz squad represent!

Yeah man. I'm not interested in moving beyond 1080p. I'm happy with it. As long as I'm getting 144fps on the games I want them on.

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how do these look instead. My wife told me I need to bring the price down because Ive spent too much already with an Xbox and ps5 lol

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MOBO, RAM, and a good ass fan are pretty difficult to cut prices down on. You can technically try for used stuff but obviously that comes with a lot of risks and probably a hell of a longer shipping. You can just get a $20 fan to reduce the noise, but that's about it. You definitely don't necessarily need an $80+ one. You also need a Windows key, which is another 100 bucks.

But if you were gonna make a computer, having an Xbox is pretty pointless imo lul. I'd almost recommend selling that for a bit more, but I don't think the Xbox goes for ridiculous 2nd hand price like the PS5 is, don't really know.

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series x stays. We use it every day for cod gamebattles

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I got everything down to about 560 after taxes. Brings it to a total of 1160

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Fuck it i bought it. Do I need anything else. I have kb m, I have windows 10 ready already. Im scared of blowing it up

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i have that same case and wish i got a meshify c case or something different

e: i mean its not that bad, im using the stock amd cooler and the stock case fans and im getting highs of like 73 when gaming on my cpu and gpu, i've been wanting to upgrade every fan ive got lol

Mark_DeRosa posted...

I got everything down to about 560 after taxes. Brings it to a total of 1160

is this including the graphics card?

Yee the 3070

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oh lmao i totally missed the "total of 1160"

im def gonna get this chonky boy

https://www.quietpc.com/nh-d15-ch-bk

That thing looks cool. My Ryzen comes w that wraith stealth cooler thing

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yeah, its good enough even for me on a ryzen 7 3700x but its def louder than i want.

its a nitpicky upgrade

I didn't have much to spend, and I don't plan on OC'ing or anything, so I went with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo. $30, cool enough and quiet, can't complain.

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King Rial posted...

I didn't have much to spend, and I don't plan on OC'ing or anything, so I went with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo. $30, cool enough and quiet, can't complain.

i'm like 90% certain the CM 212 is the basis for the amd stock cpu cooler

Lanzol posted...

i'm like 90% certain the CM 212 is the basis for the amd stock cpu cooler

I have an Intel system. 9600.

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ya, amd licensed out cooler master to make a cpu cooler and they just put a 212 on an am4 bracket with amd's sticker and rgb and called it a day.

legendarylemur posted...

You also need a Windows key, which is another 100 bucks.

You can get a key from a non-Microsoft place for much cheaper

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