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Posted by Revolutionary-Ant887@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 2 comments

I'm planning to build a PC with Ryzen 5 5500 + RX 7600 8GB OC, is this a good combination?

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Vegetable-Matter3953@reddit

Can you get a used RTX 3070 and switch the CPU to a Ryzen 5 5600? It would be more future proof, in my opinion.

For the motherboard, a B550 would be my suggestion for PCIe 4.0 support.

The RX 7600 isn't really worth its new price unless you get it at a good price used and the Ryzen 5 5500 will bottleneck the GPU somewhat due to PCIe 3.0. Like said on the other comment

Which I also agree on what he says.

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Yes, Ryzen 5 5500 + RX 7600 8GB is a decent budget 1080p gaming combo. It should handle most games well at 1080p high settings, especially esports and lighter titles. The only thing to know is that the Ryzen 5 5500 supports PCIe 3.0, while the RX 7600 uses PCIe 4.0 x8. It will still work fine, but you may lose a little performance in some games compared with a PCIe 4.0 CPU. If the price difference is small, I would consider a Ryzen 5 5600 instead because it has better performance, more cache, and PCIe 4.0 support. If the 5500 is much cheaper, it is still okay. Just pair it with 16GB or 32GB dual-channel RAM, a decent B550 motherboard, a good 550W or 650W PSU, and an NVMe SSD.