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I'm building a gaming PC, to play games like Overwatch 2, Valorant, Genshin Impact, CoD, Battlefield, Death Stranding. All at great resolution, high FPS.

I wan't to also stream on twitch,discord, and edit/render videos.

Is this CPU a good option in 2023?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I should've mentioned I currently have this CPU, I got it for free lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But is it only the CPU or is it the CPU+ everything you need?

Since if you only got the CPU,

but no Motherboard, RAM already etc...

there is really no point at all in buying such old components.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have the B360 DS3H Gigabyte MOBO.

The CPU comes with built in Graphics. Someone said I can buy a good GPU and be set.

But what If I need to upgrade my CPU and MOBO later on? Do I have to buy one thats compatible with that GPU?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'd just buy a used 2080ti and you'll be ok for a bit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone said I can buy a good GPU and be set.

Yes. It'll play games now, and a good GPU will still play games when you upgrade the CPU/motherboard years down the road.

But what If I need to upgrade my CPU and MOBO later on? Do I have to buy one thats compatible with that GPU?

No, GPUs only need a PCIe 16x slot which is on every motherboard. It'll work with any future upgrade.

There are newer versions of PCIe coming out that are faster, but all of them use the same slot and are fully backwards compatible (both ways, newer PCIe on GPU works with older PCIe on motherboard, newer PCIe on motherboard works with older PCIe on GPU)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So what's the best GPU you can Recommended me for the MOBO+CPU i'm currently using.

It needs to be strong enough that I can stream and I want minimum 60FPS on all those games I listed. Maybe even 120FPS?

My budget for a GPU is $400