RX 5600XT still good for todays standard or sell and make a good budget build?

[Memes]

Want to make my sister a PC build cause shes gaming on a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ GTX 1050 laptop playing Baldurs Gate 3 at 3 FPS so wanted to make her a decent budget build. I still have my old Ryzen 3600XT and RX 5600XT should I stick with that or sell those two and a RX 580 that I got from a friend and probably get $200 back and make a new build? My sister isnt really a avid gamer so just want a setup that can play 75+FPS on a 144hz 1080p. Made this hypothetical pc build [pcpartpicker.com] if I can buy a used RX 6600XT locally for $135 thats what I got one of the gpu for one of my friend and would look into those used asus motherboard on Amazon too I can save $40 from it. Also is there any best bang of the buck GPU I should look into preferably used or new under $165? Was thinking to go for an 5600X+6600XT cause it would benefit from SAM and she FPS wouldnt be a huge deal for her she mostly plays Baldurs Gate 3 and probably some other newer games that might come out.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

RX 6600 XT or RTX 3060 would really be minimum to aim for these days.
Preferably RX 6700 XT or 6750 XT if you can get it for good price.

[C1REX]

I would avoid 8GB GPUs even for budget gaming when there is 3060 12GB and even better 6700XT 12GB.
Second hand 2080Ti 11GB is also a nice option.

[Memes]

Originally posted by C1REX:

I would avoid 8GB GPUs even for budget gaming when there is 3060 12GB and even better 6700XT 12GB.
Second hand 2080Ti 11GB is also a nice option.

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

RX 6600 XT or RTX 3060 would really be minimum to aim for these days.
Preferably RX 6700 XT or 6750 XT if you can get it for good price.

My sister is not a hardcore gamer so she probably wont be able to tell with 144+fps so any good budget 1080p cards you guys would recommend? Would be down for the 6600xt but any other good cards out their that would be better than the 6600xt under $175?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Originally posted by Memes:

Originally posted by C1REX:

I would avoid 8GB GPUs even for budget gaming when there is 3060 12GB and even better 6700XT 12GB.
Second hand 2080Ti 11GB is also a nice option.

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

RX 6600 XT or RTX 3060 would really be minimum to aim for these days.
Preferably RX 6700 XT or 6750 XT if you can get it for good price.

My sister is not a hardcore gamer so she probably wont be able to tell with 144+fps so any good budget 1080p cards you guys would recommend? Would be down for the 6600xt but any other good cards out their that would be better than the 6600xt under $175?

Pretty much anything I would recommend would be around $300. Guess 6600 XT would be your safest bet for lower price then that.

[UserNotFound]

yep, an RX 6600XT 8GB or RX 6700 10GB (non-XT) would be good starting points, or RTX 3060. Good cards for use in games for immediate future, and perhaps longer if your sis doesn't mind toning down in-game graphics for newer games.

[Memes]

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

Originally posted by Memes:

My sister is not a hardcore gamer so she probably wont be able to tell with 144+fps so any good budget 1080p cards you guys would recommend? Would be down for the 6600xt but any other good cards out their that would be better than the 6600xt under $175?

Pretty much anything I would recommend would be around $300. Guess 6600 XT would be your safest bet for lower price then that.

Originally posted by UserNotFound:

yep, an RX 6600XT 8GB or RX 6700 10GB (non-XT) would be good starting points, or RTX 3060. Good cards for use in games for immediate future, and perhaps longer if your sis doesn't mind toning down in-game graphics for newer games.

I would probably get a used 6600xt cause I got it for one of my friend for $135 and the gpu is still fine til today.

[Tonepoet]

Folks, we're not talking about Allen Wake II, Starfield or even Cyberpunk 2077/Hogwarts Legacy. We're talking about Baldur's Gate III. It's a relatively low spec game.

The recommended spec. on the store page is a Ryzen 3600 paired with a 5700xt, and minimum spec. is an RX 480 with an i5 4790. Ryzen 3600 matches Ryzen 5500, so either exceeds the i5 9600k[www.techspot.com]. A 3600 with a 5600 XT doesn't quite reach rec. spec., but it exceeds minimum by a fairly wide margin, and it'd be better in the long run for Sis. to take a rain check on parts that aren't needed for the immediate task at hand.

The parts will resell for less, but considering these parts are already fairly marked down in value, they won't depreciate as much as newer parts would, and you're not paying an off-the-lot tax or some ebayer's shipping costs either even if you were to try buying secondhand.

Even if it was Cyberpunk 2077 or Hogwarts Legacy, a ryzen 3600/5600, 5600 xt pairing exceeds minimum spec. by some fair amount (mostly due to the C.P.U.), so you could get by with dialing down the settings.

Also, let's nix a whole new AM4 build.

AM4 makes sense if you're going to handmedown the 3600, which is about as performant as a 5500, but if you're going to be building a whole new AM4 system, it just is not cost effective for the amount of processing power you get you're building past the Ryzen 5500, which is only about as strong as a 3600 at 1080p anyway. Even with the raptor lake problems, Alder lake is unaffected, so it'd simply be better to build on LGA 1700 because those costs are just as if not performant dollar per dollar.

If you want to be especially nice and build your sister a whole new computer right now, I think you can do this:

12400f beats 5600x for $30 less
That gives you the flex you buy her a Gigabyte B760M C Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard[www.amazon.com]

The upgrade path is trepidatious on LGA 1700 due to a manufacturing defect and a microcode bug, but that only affects later generation raptor lakechips, Oxidation defects only affect an unspecified period of chips manufactured in 2023 that Intel presumably fixed, and Intel is committed to fixing the bug sometime mid-august (which requires the application of a B.I.O.S. update). It's still a better upgrade path than what you get on AM4 (basically none).


Newegg also has a P.C. configurator sale going on where you get 10% off if you add at least four select components to the cart using their configurator tool. They're also throwing in a free 32 gigabyte thumb drive you can use to make O.S. installation media.


Throw a 12400f, a ASRock B760M PG Sonic WiFi LGA 1700 DDR5 Micro ATX, 16 gigabytes of Patriot Signature Line D.D.R. 5 (a future proofing measure against future motherboards), a Team Group MP44L S.S.D. and an EVGA 650 BP. I'd give links to the individual products, but because you have to add them to cart using the configuration tool to get the additional 10% discount, I don't really see the point.

That's Sonic as in The Hedgehog by the way.

Subtotal for everything is around $410, but they take about $41 off when adding the stuff to the cart, so the estimated total is about $369.

You're still short a case and a graphics card but sadly Newegg doesn't let you stack coupons, which means you'd have to pay separate shipping for the case if going through the configurator discount, and what I figure is you can loan her your 5600 xt as the graphics card with a raincheck contingent on the release Intel Arc Battlemage cards to maximize how far you stretch out your dollar.

As for the case itself, the Cooler Master Masterbox Q300L[www.amazon.com] is pretty slick and it'll only run you back $40 instead of $77, and with the tempered glass side panel, she'll be able to see Sonic. I didn't choose the board 'cause it had Sonic. I chose it because it was relatively cheap for an LGA 1700 mo. bo with included wifi. However odds are she'll think Sonic's cute so that'd be a bonus.

But also, really the most cost effective way to do it is to give her your handmedowns, because the odds are they will be adequate for the very specific game she's playing, then surprise her with newer components down the line after she's done with Baldur's Gate 3 and moving onto something more demanding. The only thing that really makes me weary of it is that AM4 is well and truly buried by the 12600kf in terms of overall value proposition. Not that we are considering a 12600kf, but it's about equal to a 5700x3D which kind of makes it the mid-range show stopper of the moment considering the price gulf.

[Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.]

5600Xt ist still good for 720p gaming with high settings.