CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 6c12t 4.0GHz

RAM: 24GB DDR4 3000MHz (2x8GB XPG Z1(New); 2x4GB Samsung)

GPU: AMD Radeon RX6600 8GB (Asus Dual)

MB: B450 Gigabyte Aorus Elite V2 (New) Updated to latest BIOS for security

SSD: 1.5TB total - Teamgroup MP33 256GB Gen3x4 NVMe (New), Micron 2200 256GB Gen3x4 NVMe, 1TB Teamgroup AX2 SATA SSD (New)

PSU: EVGA 500W BR 80 Plus Bronze

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 R SE (New)

Fans: Thermalright TL-C12C-S 120mm ARGB. 3 Front, 1 Rear, 1 CPU Cooler (New)

Case: Zalman S2 (New)

Rear I/O: 4xUSB 3.2 Gen 1, 4xUSB 2.0; 1xHDMI, 3xDP; 3.5m Line Out, Line In, Mic, Center/Sub, Side, Rear; PS/2 Port; RJ-45

Front I/O: 1xUSB 3.2 Gen 1, 2xUSB 2.0; 3.5mm Headphone and Mic

Audio: Realtek ALC 892 with Dolby 7.1 Surround support

Networking: Gigabit Ethernet; Wi-Fi adapter included.

This PC was built by a master builder with nearly 30 years experience building gaming PCs. It is suitable for high refresh rate AAA gaming at 1080p or 1440p at 60+ fps in most titles and ultra high framerate 1080p e-sports gaming. 3D Mark Estimated Game Performance is as follows:

BF5 – 1440p Ultra 75+ fps

Apex Legends – 1440p Ultra 105+ fps

Fortnite – 1080p Ultra 235+ fps

RDR2 – 1080p Ultra 95+ fps

Observed results:

Cyberpunk 2077 Benchmark – 1080p High, FSR Quality 66.05 avg, Max 84.91. 1080p High, FSR Auto, RT Reflections, RT Sun and Local Shadows, RT Med Lighting 31.59 avg, 41.00 max.

Far Cry 6 Benchmark – 1080p Ultra RT, Res Scale 1.0, 57 avg, 84 max.

Starfield - 1440p Low FSR66 maintained at least 60fps in New Atlantis (slowest area of the game). Framerate will be much higher in combat. Quality settings can be raised to High on 1080p with similar framerates.

AW2 - 1080p Low FSR Quality 50fps average.

RX 6600 with 75 games in 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-7Jdbh-gu4

This PC has been extensively benchmark and stress tested. It runs cool and quiet. Even with an overclock, it only draws around 250W total. Results in 4 3D Mark benchmarks were at or above average for the hardware combination with the GPU running at stock settings. On the Passmark test, the PC ranked above 2/3s of submitted scores.

Overclocking the GPU using the AMD software did result in some performance improvement. I tested with a VRAM OC to 1900MHz at 100%, 110% and 120% power. At 120%, there was a 11.2% improvement in the Furmark results. The 6600XT is only 15% better. CPU is tuned in BIOS to run at 4.0GHz. It improves the performance to that of the 2600X. This also seems to result in more consistent frame pacing than with the stock boost profile. Past experience with this CPU has revealed substantial overclocking headroom and I have had it up to 4.4GHz before, tuning with Ryzen Master. And that was just with a Wraith Max cooler. The Thermalright cooler that is now on it is a fair bit better.

During a stress test with both CPU and GPU running at 100%, the GPU topped out at 57C and the CPU topped out at 50.8C. A repeat with the GPU at 120% power saw the CPU at 52.0C and the GPU at 60C. As the power limit is increased, so too is the GPU clock speed.

This PC has been built with a combination of new and used components. The used components in this PC were purchased new by me within the past couple of years and have seen an average amount of use.

The CPU was purchased in the summer of 2020 and was used in a primary gaming rig for a little over a year. I put the CPU and GPU together a couple of months ago and also purchased the case at that time to test them out and, aside from playing Starfield for 150 hours, using a different GPU, RAM and SSD, the MB was new.

I purchased the RX6600 in the spring of 2022 and used it for around 8 months before getting a more powerful GPU. It has been recently disassembled, inspected, cleaned and thermal paste and pads have been replaced. I used long life MX4 paste for trouble free and maintenance free operation for years to come.

Windows 11 Pro is installed and activated.