Gaming PC for B'Day Present

KingJuf on 25/02/2019 - 11:41

Hey Guys,

Its my little brother's birthday today and apparently he is keen to get a new GPU (RX 580).

He currently has a sunday market find PC with an asus p8h61, i5 2400, 8gb ddr3, nvidia gtx 750ti and ssd. Some parts of which he has upgraded over the years.

Considering an RX 580 is around the $300-350 alone is it worth sinking more money in his current setup (if its even compatible) or just getting something like this:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ryzen-5-2600-RX-580-8GB-120GB-SS…

Also considering paying $40 extra for the 27inch monitor package

Thanks,

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Comments

  • Twodogs on 25/02/2019 - 11:52

    Hmm whats the budget and is it a gaming pc ? add another 8gb of ram and upgrade to the best GPU you can afford .

    • KingJuf on 25/02/2019 - 11:58

      well initially he had budgeted around $350 from birthday money, I just don't want him dropping money into a pit. Yeh sorta gaming PC its a full size case not an office SF or anything.

    • Diji1 on 25/02/2019 - 12:22
      +2

      Adding RAM beyond 8GB will do almost nothing for most games. And RAM is very expensive ATM.

      • Presence on 25/02/2019 - 14:30

        Pretty sure thats DDR3 which is fairly cheap second hand.

  • qwerty on 25/02/2019 - 11:54

    I dont know how long the backlog is at techfast now but people were waiting a month or more for their comps

    • KingJuf on 25/02/2019 - 11:59

      I dont think he will be to fussed on waiting for it especially if he gets more than he has asked for.

  • dcep on 25/02/2019 - 12:04

    if he's playing 60fps on 60hz monitor at 1080/1440p, then the i5-2400 won't bottleneck much at all and still perfectly fine to pair with rx580.

    just take note there's price cut coming due to the launch of gtx1660/Ti

    last gen gtx1060-6gb (rx580 level) can be had under $280 at https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/440274

    gtx1660Ti (gtx1070 level) just launched with price premium so it'll come down to $450 level when dust settles, same price as price cut on Vega-56.

    gtx1660 vanilla will launch in 2 weeks around $300+ (plus whatever premium at launch)

    8gb ddr3 ram is fine. No need upgrade to 16gb.

    • KingJuf on 25/02/2019 - 12:44

      Yeh he doesn't have any high spec monitors or anything, that GPU you linked seems like a good option as well.

      I guess it depends how much money we spend on him now so GPU only is the preferable option providing it will last him a while.

      • sghetti on 25/02/2019 - 15:20

        A 1060 would be plenty fast for gaming. I've got a GTX 970 pair with a 9600k and 16gb of RAM. The 970 is playing Apex maxed out at 1080p with no problems whatsoever.

        My father in-law was running an i5-750 (the i5-2400 shows about 25% faster than a 750 model) and a GTX 970 and was running Battlefield 4 ok with 4GB of RAM.

  • iforgotmysocks on 26/02/2019 - 07:26
    +1

    https://www.jw.com.au/manufacturer-refurbished-asus-rog-stri…

    $233 for a refurb 8gb card

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