TSIanL said: Greetings. Depends if you wanted to go the AMD or Intel route.At $300 for the CPU the best values for gaming are: Intel) https://www.microcenter.com/product/622907/intel-core-i5-10600k-comet-lake-41ghz-six-core-lga-1200-boxed-processor AMD) https://www.microcenter.com/product/608318/amd-ryzen-7-3700x-matisse-36ghz-8-core-am4-boxed-processor-with-wraith-prism-cooler For Intel motherboards, it would depend if you wanted Wi-Fi built in or not - they start at about $149 to support the new LGA 1200 Intel processors: https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntt=lga+1200&Ntk=all&sortby=match&N=39&myStore=falseFor AMD motherboards, AM4 motherboard stock is quite low right now, but there are plenty of choices that would be fine under $200 - https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntt=am4+motherboard&Ntk=all&sortby=match&N=38+39+37&myStore=falseFor a $250 video card you are looking at a 1660 Super in that price range, unless a 1660Ti drops to that price on sale. Any card like https://www.microcenter.com/product/615269/evga-geforce-gtx-1660-super-sc-ultra-overclocked-dual-fan-6gb-gddr6-pcie-30-graphics-card would be just fine.
Curlymike said: TSIanL said: Greetings. Depends if you wanted to go the AMD or Intel route.At $300 for the CPU the best values for gaming are: Intel) https://www.microcenter.com/product/622907/intel-core-i5-10600k-comet-lake-41ghz-six-core-lga-1200-boxed-processor AMD) https://www.microcenter.com/product/608318/amd-ryzen-7-3700x-matisse-36ghz-8-core-am4-boxed-processor-with-wraith-prism-cooler For Intel motherboards, it would depend if you wanted Wi-Fi built in or not - they start at about $149 to support the new LGA 1200 Intel processors: https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntt=lga+1200&Ntk=all&sortby=match&N=39&myStore=falseFor AMD motherboards, AM4 motherboard stock is quite low right now, but there are plenty of choices that would be fine under $200 - https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntt=am4+motherboard&Ntk=all&sortby=match&N=38+39+37&myStore=falseFor a $250 video card you are looking at a 1660 Super in that price range, unless a 1660Ti drops to that price on sale. Any card like https://www.microcenter.com/product/615269/evga-geforce-gtx-1660-super-sc-ultra-overclocked-dual-fan-6gb-gddr6-pcie-30-graphics-card would be just fine. That all sounds pretty good. I was torn on AMD vs Intel. Which would be a better choice? I see that AMD is usually cheaper and better at multithread applications, but I've always used Intel. And a 1660 was about what I was looking at. It looks like a really decent card for the money.
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