Old Xeon or New Ryzen or Intel for low budget gaming

Skyh3ck said:

Hey guys

I have seen many videos where people build pc from used parts like Xeon .

How good it is considering price to performance ratio and also they are available in abundance in Ali express etc.
.is it worth to go for it or build a new Ryzen setup.

Please reply
Thanks

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Get new Ryzen instead. 1600 AF is good. You'll have issues finding compatible mobos in India and shipments from China are not going through most probably because of Coronavirus.

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What is 1600 AF which gen

Skyh3ck said:

What is 1600 AF which gen

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R5 1600 AF is basically a R5 2600 with a slight decrease in clock speed

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF Review

1600AF not available in India currently & my guess is whenever it is launched here,it will be priced close to ryzen 3500 making it not such a good choice.

I wish I can get my hands on i5 4 th gen at cheap or old Ryzen if anyone selling at good price

Skyh3ck said:

I wish I can get my hands on i5 4 th gen at cheap or old Ryzen if anyone selling at good price

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What's you budget,new ryzen 1600 is available for ~8.2k already while new ryzen 1200 which is a bit faster than i5 4400 is available for 5k.

Skyh3ck said:

I wish I can get my hands on i5 4 th gen at cheap or old Ryzen if anyone selling at good price

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Find a used R5 1600. Even a new one at 9k is a good choice in India. Try to get a used one for 5k as the new one goes for under 9k. Pair it with a used B450 mobo if you can.

Xeons were never optimized for gaming, so don't expect good fps. I can't say much w/o knowing which Xeon you are looking or if it even has some benchmarks & stuff online.

This is a great budget gaming rig:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 8.5k

Mobo - Asrock B450 Pro4 ATX - 7k*

RAM - 2x8GB DDR4 3000MHz - 4.7k

GPU - Asus RX580 4GB - 10.5k

SSD - Kingston A400 480GB 2.5″ - 3.8k

HDD - WD/Seagate 1TB - 3k

PSU - Corsair CX550 - 4.5k

Cabinet - Cooler Master/Antec/corsair mid tower ATX - 3k

Monitor - LG 24MP59G 24" 1080p 75Hz Freesync - 9.5k

Total - 54.5k

Also buy ssd fast as ssd prices going to increase this year.

whitestar_999 said:

Also buy ssd fast as ssd prices going to increase this year.

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Why what's happening.. I remember few years back due to Thailand flood.. Hard Drive price almost doubled .. what's happened now..

I am planning a system for home use may attach it to 32 inch TV home is very very small so no place to have a dedicated place for desktop table..

I will have a 32 inch monitor or TV attached on wall and hook an android tv box one game console and one cpu so I can use same screen and save some money and space.

I already have big antec cabinet and few hard drives lying around..

So my main focus is on a good 600 watts PasU. Motherboard processor ram and graphic card and a SSD
I am open to used items like graphic card and PSU and can go for new motherboard processor ram

Advice some option
I don't want to spend more than 15 to 20 k only on tower

Skyh3ck said:

Why what's happening.. I remember few years back due to Thailand flood.. Hard Drive price almost doubled .. what's happened now..

I am planning a system for home use may attach it to 32 inch TV home is very very small so no place to have a dedicated place for desktop table..

I will have a 32 inch monitor or TV attached on wall and hook an android tv box one game console and one cpu so I can use same screen and save some money and space.

I already have big antec cabinet and few hard drives lying around..

So my main focus is on a good 600 watts PasU. Motherboard processor ram and graphic card and a SSD
I am open to used items like graphic card and PSU and can go for new motherboard processor ram

Advice some option
I don't want to spend more than 15 to 20 k only on tower

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Buy an Xbox One S or PS4 for 20k & call it quits, a used Xbox One X for close to 20k is even better. Too much hunting for cheap parts if you go the PC route.

Used R5 1600 - 5k?
Used B350 mobo - 3k?
1x8GB 3000MHz RAM - 2.4k
Used RX480 - 6k maybe?
Used CX550 - 3k?
El chepo or used cabinet - 1k
Used 1TB HDD - 1.5k?
120GB Kingston A400 - 1.7k
Total - 22.6k

Use prices of new parts as a negotiating tool.

For reference, XB One X has GPU performance similar to a RX580 budget rig. XB One or PS4's performance is inferior to GTX 1050, but better than GT 1030.

Skyh3ck said:

Why what's happening.. I remember few years back due to Thailand flood.. Hard Drive price almost doubled .. what's happened now..

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Similar to what happened to ram 1-2 years back,the production is not keeping up with demand because of mobile devices & everything else(incl latest consoles,ps5 coming with ssd) all using nand chips(used for manufacturing ssd).