Any consideration for starting with a budget option while waiting out the shitstorm? RX570 (8GB) is the current budget king. Skip the 1650. Polaris held up well and even gained a little performance from driver updates over the years. Cheapskate done right.
Regarding Ryzen CPU options. The goldilocks option for cost cutting is the R3 3300X. Comparatively the 3100 can't keep on top of minimum frame times and the R5 3500 lacks multithreading of the 3600. That multithreading is a large part of what makes the 3600 the beast it is. It's not worth sacrificing for the price difference. Especially when the 3300X beats in in that regard.
Honestly apart from me wanting to not have to upgrade and some 2021 title FOMO a lot of what I play is ancient; the most modern one is a 2016 title and I'm replaying Portal 2 haha.
Def AMD all the way, and I might pick up a B550 board for upgrade path. B450 tempting cuz significant difference.
Ideally landing R5 3600 (screw the X and XT vers) and Sapphire Pulse RX 5600 XT, but most of what's available is the crud MSI variants. Friend suggesting 1660 Ti for a bit less here but doesn't seem a good balance IMO.
Thanks! Yeah I picked a fun time to get my first desktop in over a decade lmao. The tariffs on GPUs roasted prospective 30-series buyers but seems 20-series ones aren't too bad off thankfully. AMD good too which is why I'm flying team red for now.
@Senorx12562 massive price hikes for loads of already-expensive computer parts because China-USA are having a lovers spat resulting in tariff exemptions getting cut. Not really affecting me but I just find it hilarious that I picked now of all times to get a desktop.
Asus and pretty much all manufacturers had to raise prices yesterday because of tariffs exemptions expiring. Newegg did a drop yesterday and Best Buy today but notably it both dropped at old MSRP. Small retailer I spoke to, got stock in right before the price hike and said he was going to keep old MSRP but if his cost increases he will increase his prices to new MSRP.
Buying PC parts is so shitty right now. Nvidia raised their prices on AIBs and then AIBs also are getting hit by the tariffs again, so a double whammy. The end result has been the consumer quite quickly overpaying for gear that may end when the next administration comes in and revokes tariffs.
@netforce excellent summary. I'm somewhat glad that I wasn't aiming for a "modern" build to begin with on account of this but it's pretty much a lose/lose scenario for consumers anyway because this seems to have empowered scalpers.
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