JEMC said: If gaming is secondary (or even less), but you still want a powerful enough PC so that it lasts as much as possible, you need to go with the newer and more powerful processor (I'm not going to say that it's twice as fast, but the 3600 is cleary superior to the first gen Ryzen). Based on your two setups, I'd go with:
Case isn't very important and depends more on a personal taste. Just make sure it has one or two fans. |
The Ryzen 1600 AF is not actually a first gen Ryzen, it's actually a second gen.
It's got more in common with the Ryzen 2600 than anything else... It's actually a *very* decent budget CPU all things considered.
SpokenTruth said: That's why I listed Seasonic. I don't advise any other brand until it's a Seasonic rebrand (Seasonic designed and made but with a different company label slapped on it - happens a lot with PSUs). |
I've used Corsair, Seasonic, Antec, ASUS, XFX, EVGA all been decent units.
Corsair for instance is more than happy to use CWT/Channel Well Technologies for some PSU's... But still drop a 7-10 year warranty on them.
BraLoD said: About cooling options if I stick with the more expensive setup. I read 3600 heats up real easy, so getting a case with frontal airflow and 2 coolers, and 1 pumping hot air away from the back and 1 from the top should be more than enough... right? My friend that got the setup 1 said the Ryzen default cooler is good too, tho. |
That will be fine. What have you nailed your components down to exactly? Just so we can see your current line of thinking.
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