Long post coming up, sorry !
Its actually not the best time to be building a system as stock levels are low on many components and pricing can be all over the place day by day. I'll say now that if you can wait a couple of months it
may settle down.
The I3 and the RX580 would work together perfectly. If you've heard something about
SAM then don't worry its mostly marketing. Scroll to the bottom of that article for a handy graph that shows its a small benefit and at times can actually make things slower it seems. For perspective, you can think of it as 10% better FPS then 30 FPS means 33 FPS. If your talking 100 vs 110 you probably still cant tell the difference.
Its true that you should have a balanced system, but with current pricing fitting in a Ryzen 3600 breaks that balance at your budget.
For example for gaming, at 1080p the I3 in TPU's suite of games is on average around 5% slower then the 3600.
Intel's Core i3-10100 is the most affordable Comet Lake "Core" processor. Unlike its predecessor, it finally has HyperThreading, which brings the core configuration to 4c/8t. Our Core i3-10100 review takes a close look at how Intel's new budget offering performs against AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X.
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Whereas the RX 560 vs the RX 580 is significantly less than half of the performance, on average in TPU's suite of games.
Today, we have for review the new MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2, which is an overclocked custom design variant of the RX 580. It comes with a dual-slot cooler and delivers excellent noise levels that match the quietest RX 580 cards. Overclocking is great, too; we reached 1540 MHz.
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If you have specific games you are going to play forever, then say and we can look into what performs better in that specific situation. I'm making recommendations based on averages, because I assume you'll want to play a bit of everything.
If video editing is something you will be doing a lot of and is the main focus of this PC, then the 3600 will probably be a better solution. AMD's chips are much better for productivity, even at the same core counts as Intel currently. I believe some video editing software does also require a powerful GPU? I dont know to be honest I just play games
It would be easy to Google about if you're planning on using a specific software package, or someone else here might know better about that.
STOP THE PRESS!
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (£141.00 @ Alza)
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£75.89 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory (£67.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£49.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 580 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card (£199.99 @ Currys PC World Business)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£50.94 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£67.98 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus VA24EHE 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor (£94.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £748.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-10 12:48 GMT+0000
Theres a deal on for a RX 580 at Currys for 199.99. I've paired it with a Ryzen 1600 AF here. This Ryzen 1600 (12nm) is actually the same as a Ryzen 2600 but slightly cheaper. Dont ask why they did that, but it happened.
You might notice I dont pick the absolute cheapest motherboards and power supplies, I try to pick the cheapest components that still look to be of good quality to still fit your budget.
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