I’m thinking of building a pc to play a few demanding games (e.g. PEAK, Satisfactory, Stellaris) at 1080p@60. It’d be under Proton/DXVK on Linux.
GPU prices in Australia are kinda fucked atm so that would probably have to be a used card, but would anyone have any advice on what I have so far?
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I’d agree with going for AM5 like other posters have said, though it does look like you have a tight budget?
I’ve only ever run Intel so continued platform support is kinda foreign to me lol, and yeah I’m on a pretty tight budget.
I just had a look at an AM5 equivalent build, but it’s another $140 (which is 2/3 of the cost of a future am4->am5 platform upgrade) and I’m not sure I’d be upgrading that soon. I’d have the option to upgrade to a 5800x3d anyway.
Is my thought process cooked?
If you’re happy hunting down a used 5800X3D or 5700X3D when you do want to upgrade, I’d say that makes sense to a degree. Just that they’re both end of life so finding one might be tricky when the time comes.
I’d almost suggest going straight for one of those CPUs now even if that will require more time to save up then just upgrade your GPU in a few years. That’ll make a much bigger difference even in games that benefit most from the v cache
I don’t really feel your leaving anything on the table with am4 outside of forwards compatibility with an upgraded CPU, and even within am4 you’d still have options there.
What’s your budget?
Personally I would rather go for AM5/DDR5 instead of AM4/DDR4.I can get the other stuff sorted but cpu+gpu+mb should be < $500.
I’ve had a look at am5 but it seems pretty expensive?
Your combination of cpu and mb both only support pcie 3.0, so it’s not one but two generations behind there.
pcie 4.0 is twice the speed and what all benchmarks has used when testing the 6600 XT, so don’t expect full oomph from the gpu.
Same thing for the chosen m.2 disk, it also expect pcie 4.0.AM5 cost more, but will also last you longer then buying a dead platform.
Build using 7600 with B650 and 5200MHz DDR5:
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/Lyt3BLBuild using 9600 with B850 and 6000MHz DDR5:
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/QKzhQd
I can get the other stuff sorted but cpu+gpu+mb should be < $500.
I’ve had a look at am5 but it seems pretty expensive?
I’m running what OP is suggesting.
It’s fine, but yes a bit out of date. I’m considering upgrading soon, since it was already previous Gen when I built it a couple years ago
where are you having performance issues?
Honestly, nowhere. I just bought and installed a 9060 and it is fantastic. I was mired in an older kernel with Linux Mint, but Fedora is pretty nice.
My only complaint might be the singular NVME, but adding SATA SSD as a second drive won’t be at bad.
Increase your memory if you can. 16 will probably be fine for some time, but who knows what sudden innovation may result in a memory-dwelling behemoth.
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