Red inside and out

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zohandoggo
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Red inside and out

Ultimate value for money. Originally built in early 2017 with an i5-6500 4c/4t 3.2GHz processor. However, it aged really badly for a $200 processor and recently it got so bad it was bottlenecking the crap out of my graphics card and was causing very rapidly changing and low framerates. Around 50-70 in most games no matter what the graphical settings. While it doesn't sound too bad, the inconsistency made the experience quite painful, so I upgraded to ryzen. My GPU now runs at 100% unless my framerate is limited to 75 which I do in a lot of games to take advantage of freesync. My framerates have also vastly improved and it now feels very smooth and consistent even when it's occasionally hitting the same number as before. I could have accomplished the same by buying a 7th gen i7-7700 or i7-6700 used for much less especially considering the new motherboard and RAM cost, but this way I have a more versatile platform that can be upgraded in the future. I'm probably not going to do so very soon though and when I do it'll be the graphics card first.

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Ryzen 5 2600 @stock 3.4GHz
Vengeance LPX 3000MHz overclocked to 3200 CL16
RX 480 @stock 1291 MHz, -18mV
Color(s): Black Red
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: Color
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: Micro-ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 140.00
AMD - Ryzen 5 (2600)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 6
Motherboard
$ 328.68
MSI - B450M MORTAR TITANIUM
Chipset: B450
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: Micro-ATX
Memory
$ 18.99
Corsair - Vengeance LPX (3000MHz) (Black)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Graphics
$ 159.99
MSI - RX 580 Armor 8G OC
Chip Manufacturer: AMD
Chip: RX 580
Storage
$ 74.47
ADATA - SU800
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 256 GB
Storage
$ 27.94
Western Digital - WD Blue Desktop (WD10EZEX)
Form Factor: 3.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 69.35
Corsair - CX550M
Wattage: 550
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Bronze
Case
Tecware - Tecware F3 - micro ATX case
Type: Mini-Tower
Side Panel: Window
Cooling
$ 17.50
AMD - Wraith Stealth
Type: Air Cooler
Monitor
$ 99.12
LG - 24MK430H-B
Size: 24 Inch
Panel: IPS
Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
Keyboard
$ 129.99
Logitech - G Pro
Interface: Wired
Key Switch Type: Romer-G
Type: Tenkeyless
Mouse
$ 124.99
Logitech - G Pro
Interface: Wired
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