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Thanks!

Pretty much as cheap as can be while still being decent.

Hi all, I am putting together a budget build for a friend of mine. It's been a while since I built my system and I don't have great knowledge of budget stuff. This was what I came up with: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor $57.44 @ Amazon Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $59.99 @ Amazon Memory Kingston HyperX Fury 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory $44.57 @ Amazon Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $69.98 @ Amazon Video Card MSI Radeon RX 580 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card $141.00 @ Amazon Case Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case $41.99 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $44.99 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $479.96 Mail-in rebates -$20.00 Total $459.96 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-22 20:39 EST-0500 Biggest cost is the RX 580, which I think may be overkill, but I can't find stuff for much cheaper. My friend will be playing Rust, Rainbow 6 Siege, and Unturned at 1080p. Where can I slim down the price? Thanks!

Well, they were for charity.

Funny story- There was a competition for who had the most pieces of LTT merch. I went up and would have won, if not for them not counting all of my 11 pins due to some of them being duplicates. The clip is on floatplane if you want to see it! I'd also like to say to @RILEYISMYNAME and @James: Those pins were totally valid, you assholes! /s

I’ll give it a shot if I get the chance. I’ll let you know what I get!

Which day? Thanks for the generous offer to the community!

Interesting, thanks.

Curious about the G3 being in the "budget" tier- the 750w model is still $129, and it has excellent reviews from everywhere that I can see. Why the downgrade?

XMP is definitely on.

Yes, they are.

These are my results: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15844581 Everything seems to be smooth, except the RAM. I know UserBenchmark can be unreliable, but I'm still wondering about it. I have Dual Channel XMP on, as well as "enhanced" mode, whatever that is. Any thoughts on why this might be?

Nope. It should be fine. However I will point out that Corsair Dominator Pro has better lighting control if that matters to you. Otherwise you're all good.

Well, which specs do you want? Those are 4 different monitors so it's impossible to compare specs and get some kind of price/performance graph. In my experience, Strix stuff is good but you're paying a lot for the brand name. If budget is a concern basically the same stuff can be had for cheaper from other brands.

I doubt they could be modernized using any original components, but I agree that a sleeper build inside the chassis would look awesome.