BUDGET
WE’RE IN THAT WEIRD in-between space right now where parts are coming in and out of circulation. Intel’s 14th gen has just landed, and new AMD chips and Nvidia GPUs are on the horizon, so the market is struggling to decide what goes on offer, and what the pricing of products should be. That puts us in an awkward position when it comes to selecting parts for our blueprints. Never theless, we’ve purged some of the more chaotic parts in favor of a few choice component upgrades instead.
Our AMD system had the biggest shake-up, with six new components, alongside a platform change. Yup, we blew away the Ryzen 5 5600, and replaced it with its successor chip, the 7600. This means a new socket and an AM5 motherboard, alongside some sweet DDR5. For tunately, they’re all good picks, and despite being on the bottom end of the budget spectrum, these will do you well in professional and gaming-oriented tasks. According to our testing, that RX 7600 is a pretty solid unit, more than capable of maintaining 60 fps and above on Ultra at 1080p.