It’s a Ryzen 1600 actually. I wanted to build something for around $500 while still being above entry level in terms of performance, so I made some compromises. You’re right though, the nice thing about these parts is that they’re easily upgradable. Especially with this motherboard. I got a lot of these parts with longevity in mind.
So far, I’m fucking loving it. It’s ran everything at max or near max settings. Killer Instinct max settings, Tekken 7, Sekiro, Dark Souls 1&2, Street Fighter V… All flawless. Sekiro in 60FPS is just… 
The only game I can tell it’s working pretty hard on is Resident Evil 2, but even that game seems pretty well optimized. I don’t have to tone down the settings very much, it practically looks like it does on my PS4 Pro. I’d like to try something a little more intense like Witcher 3, or that shiny new Crysis Remaster that’s supposed to be coming out…
Even emulation runs great. Pretty much every other PC I’ve ever owned has struggled a lot with GameCube emulation, but this feels damn near flawless. I mean shit, some games run even better than they did on the system itself. Areas that get framerate drops on gamecube actually maintain stability on this thing.
I can see it struggling to play next Gen stuff at max settings tho. Eventually I’d like to get that 3700 processor and either a RX 5700 or a RTX 2070. As it stands right now though, it’s doing everything I want and then some. It just feels good to use, period. Everything loads quickly, menus and interfaces are responsive. Never had the pleasure of using a PC with so much power at its disposal.
Biggest hurdle right now is getting used to K&M. It’s really just movement. WASD feels weird as opposed to using my thumb, and my fingers aren’t quite familiar enough with split second key presses yet. It’s like transitioning from pad to stick all over again, lol.
EDIT: Got it looking a little nicer finally… Whoever in the PC thread sent me that wallpaper creator on Steam, thanks a bunch. 
