re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

Kind of disappointed in the Ryzen 3rd gen XT announcements, hopefully they are discounted heavily right away:

3900XT - $500
3800XT - $400
3600XT - $250

I can get a 3900X for $400 right now, a 3800X for $310 and a 3600 for $160 (or 3600X for $190). With mild clock speed bumps, those XT versions are way overpriced unless they can finally overclock very well or something. They are only 100-200mhz bumps in clocks from current X versions. Not that it matters for most people, but the 3800XT and 3900XT do not come with coolers, so AMD saved some money there for sure. If these were all $50 lower, AMD would sell them like hot cakes till 4th gen came along.

Yeah will be interesting to see how it maintains clocks while gaming, I see a 3900x in benchmarks usually only do about 4.2ghz while gaming. Maybe if the new 3900XT can hold 4.7ghz (or even 4.5ghz), that'd be pretty sweet.

Yeah 500MHz isn't gonna happen. Maybe 300 on the best binned?

I'd just wait until September at this point, not like it's far away. I never understood this refresh with 4th Gen so close to begin with. I guess just to frick with Intel so I'm okay with it.

Heard good things on the PCPer podcast.

Will give it a shot.

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maybe a little but not worth a CPU upgrade for a midrange gpu.

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I wouldn’t consider a 2070 that mid range. It’s pretty much right in par with 1080ti in terms of performance. I’m gonna play it by ear and if I don’t see a CPU upgrade necessary or worth it, I won’t do it. The calculator I used showed about 8% bottlenecking from the CPU at 4.8 and about 24% at 4.2.

Idk what kind of bottlenecking there will be on a game like Warzone but I’ll monitor my CPU load and compare it to what it is now with my 1060.

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What did you do with the 1060?

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I plan on selling it.

In the BR area? I might be interested in picking it up

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, RTX 3080 & Titan RTX Graphics Cards With Ampere Gaming GPUs Alleged Specifications Detailed

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Alleged specifications of NVIDIA's next-generation GeForce RTX 3090, RTX 3080 & Titan RTX with Ampere Gaming GPUs have been detailed. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series will be featuring a brand new graphics architecture and other key driving features for faster gaming performance in next-generation AAA titles.

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I've been debating on whether I should build a PC to transition from the original PS4 to have better framerate while playing FPS and finally decided to pull the trigger. The PC components have been extremely hard to find in stock, but my local MicroCenter had a bunch of stuff come in today and I decided to go for it.

Wasn't sure what to get for the GPU. Originally thought about the 1660S, but didn't think that was going to be enough of an improvement or future proofed. Settled on the 2060 KO Ultra, but it wasn't in stock so I had to upgrade a bit....

[PCPartPicker Part List](LINK )

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor](LINK ) | $166.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard](LINK ) | $129.99 @ Best Buy
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory](LINK ) | $65.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Western Digital SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive](LINK ) | $79.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card](LINK ) | $499.99 @ Newegg
**Case** | [Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case](LINK ) | $106.98 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply](LINK ) | $94.99 @ Best Buy
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$1144.92**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](LINK ) 2020-06-19 18:58 EDT-0400 |


Already built it and installed windows this afternoon. Any other things I need to be doing?

This dude wants an 8 year old gpu to crossfire? Da frick.