PC setup needed to achieve my target level of performance?

Recapitated

Bustincapps wrote: »

I would recommend building a machine that will last you 3-5 years if not more. The 3600 would make a solid foundation for a gaming rig. The GTX 1650 would allow you to run med-high gfx settings @ 1080p in most modern games (it performs similar to 970 and a 1060 for reference).

Upgrading the cpu in a few years is never really worth doing IMO. In 2-3 years there will be new socket types for mother boards and probably DDR5 RAM requiring the purchase of 3 main components unless you are comfortable with a used CPU. The ryzen 5 3600 is much faster than previous gen models and is 6c/12t vs 4c/8t of the APUs.

Get a good CPU that has wiggle room and you can upgrade the GPU in a few years to keep the computer gaming ready without having to almost completely rebuild.

I guess the questions you need to ask yourself is if you will be playing other games next year if not this fall/winter?

Is it worth buying an entry level CPU now and reselling in hopes of buying a used 3600/3700 later or possibly an upcoming 4xxx if your motherboard is at least a b450/470 - 550/570 chipset?

Thanks, that clears things up. In my mind, if I do upgrade the CPU it would be in about 6 months; there's no need to wait a couple of years. I'm using a b450 chipset, so I don't feel I'm too locked in. I think of this build as tiding me over until about Christmas.

Katahdin

I think you are going to have a hard time buying a computer that will run this game for $600.

I have an i7 laptop with a 2GB Nvidea card that wont run the game at all any more.

I suggest you save your money and try to get something a bit more powerful and newer technology