What GPU with Strix b550-f mobo?

[Ynot1522]

What gpu should I use. I have the strix b550-f motherboard. I just don’t know what gpu to get.

[Mod edit: changed title for clarity from the unhelpful "Gpu help".]

 

[Brian Boru]

Welcome to the forum 🙂

Got any other parts, like PSU, Case, CPU?
Those rule some in and others out.

 

[Ynot1522]

For psu I ordered the rmx series rm850x. The case is a mid tower I believe it’s called aero cool cyclon. And for cpu I’m think on either the ryzen 9 5900x or maybe the ryzen 7. Im also new to the whole pc community but from what I was told the ryzen should fit in my motherboard cuz it’s a amd4 socket

 

[Foxhood]

Hmm. GPU is something i tend to choose based on my Monitor.
I mean going for the biggest baddest GPU sounds nice, but if the monitor is like a bog-standard low-refresh 1080p. That card is going to sit around twiddling its thumbs for YEARS...

I for example. Got a 1440p "Quad-HD" monitor with 144hz refresh. At that time the ideal GPU for that was the GTX1080. These days i guess that would make the RTX3080/RX6800XT. If you got a standard 1080p60hz monitor. You'd be perfectly fine with a RTX3060/RX6700XT.


CPU suggestion: I'd stick with Ryzen 7. Ryzen 9 is more if you are thinking about going into the heavy computing stuff like CAD, Rendering, Encoding, Streaming, etc. For just gaming i personally think it is overkill and better put to ensuring you got enough ram (16gb or bust!!) and the right GPU.

 

[Colif]

well, cross 4080/4090 off the list as they need too much power, and you would need a new PSU

Might want to look at the new AMD GPU but they not released until November. Use less power than the new Nvidia will.

CPU - https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d

 

[Ynot1522]

Hmm. GPU is something i tend to choose based on my Monitor.
I mean going for the biggest baddest GPU sounds nice, but if the monitor is like a bog-standard low-refresh 1080p. That card is going to sit around twiddling its thumbs for YEARS...

I for example. Got a 1440p "Quad-HD" monitor with 144hz refresh. At that time the ideal GPU for that was the GTX1080. These days i guess that would make the RTX3080/RX6800XT. If you got a standard 1080p60hz monitor. You'd be perfectly fine with a RTX3060/RX6700XT.


CPU suggestion: I'd stick with Ryzen 7. Ryzen 9 is more if you are thinking about going into the heavy computing stuff like CAD, Rendering, Encoding, Streaming, etc. For just gaming i personally think it is overkill and better put to ensuring you got enough ram (16gb or bust!!) and the right GPU.

My monitor I have rn runs 2560 x 1440 and 165hz.

 

[COLGeek]

What is your budget and from where do you purchase PC parts?

 

[Foxhood]

My monitor I have rn runs 2560 x 1440 and 165hz.

So a high-refresh 1440p monitor like mine. That does push one into probably wanting a heavier duty GPU if you plan to play bigger titles and don't want to worry about having to upgrade within the next few generations. It is the downside of having a higher-spec monitor: More pixels that need pushing.

I'm a bit out of the loop on hardware, but these days i'd reckon anything equal/higher than a RTX3070 ought to get the job done due to the prevalence of upscaling stuff like DLSS and FidelityFX.

Though shopping for a GPU atm is kind of madness with price premium, Nvidia's new RTX4000 series rolling out and AMD unveiling their newest generation fairly soon.

 

[Ynot1522]

Could I use a msi amd Radeon rx6600 gpu with the strix b550f gaming mobo

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

You can use any graphics card in existence with that motherboard.

What you might struggle with is if your case was too small, your PSU lacking in quality/capacity, or if your monitor was 4k or 1440p high refresh then a RX6600 might not cut it.

Much of that will also depend on what games you want to play, and also what CPU you are pairing the card with.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

For psu I ordered the rmx series rm850x. The case is a mid tower I believe it’s called aero cool cyclon. And for cpu I’m think on either the ryzen 9 5900x or maybe the ryzen 7. Im also new to the whole pc community but from what I was told the ryzen should fit in my motherboard cuz it’s a amd4 socket

Just found this.

I would drop down to a Ryzen 5600X and add that money into the GPU as that will get you a noticeably faster system overall, as GPU is most important.

Better to ask for a complete build IMO, the PSU is great, but the case is not and you would get a more balanced build ideas overall from people who are actively following hardware all the time.

 

[Colif]

merged threads since its same topic.