Cheap pc build project

[marcemarc30]

Hi guys, i was going to help my step son build a pc, i have some spare parts left over from my old pc, i have a case, corsair 450vs psu, a cpu air cooler, and a rx480 gpu, i didnt want to spend a alot of money on a motherboard, cpu and ram as he will mostly be using the pc for homework and internet browsing, so does anybody have any suggestions for a cpu, motherboard and ram? It would also be useful if the cpu didnt completely bottleneck the gpu if he wanted to play games even if i had to turn the setting down

Thanks for any help

[ELSknutson]

Budget?

[jerubedo]

36 minutes ago, marcemarc30 said:

Hi guys, i was going to help my step son build a pc, i have some spare parts left over from my old pc, i have a case, corsair 450vs psu, a cpu air cooler, and a rx480 gpu, i didnt want to spend a alot of money on a motherboard, cpu and ram as he will mostly be using the pc for homework and internet browsing, so does anybody have any suggestions for a cpu, motherboard and ram? It would also be useful if the cpu didnt completely bottleneck the gpu if he wanted to play games even if i had to turn the setting down

Thanks for any help

For a case like this I'd go with:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$74.22 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$69.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Patriot - Viper 4 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$44.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$209.10
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$189.10
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-23 14:37 EDT-0400

 

It's the cheapest you can do and it won't bottleneck a 480 much. This is what gameplay would look like:

 

 

[ch3w2oy]

If you live near a Micro Center get your ass there and pick up a Ryzen 1600 for $80 and a motherboard minus $30 for a combo discount.. Then just get some cheap 3000mhz RAM..

 

If not.. You can do something like this.. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	$116.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$69.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$77.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$284.77
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$264.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-23 14:23 EDT-0400

 

[Fasauceome]

The VS PSU is not great, not really worth keeping.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	$116.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI - B450M BAZOOKA V2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$84.99 @ Amazon
Memory	GeIL - EVO POTENZA 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$52.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$45.29 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$300.15
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-23 14:23 EDT-0400

 

[lmaobadatmath]

This guy lives in the UK, you guys should check his profile before posting. 

[lmaobadatmath]

12 minutes ago, marcemarc30 said:

Hi guys, i was going to help my step son build a pc, i have some spare parts left over from my old pc, i have a case, corsair 450vs psu, a cpu air cooler, and a rx480 gpu, i didnt want to spend a alot of money on a motherboard, cpu and ram as he will mostly be using the pc for homework and internet browsing, so does anybody have any suggestions for a cpu, motherboard and ram? It would also be useful if the cpu didnt completely bottleneck the gpu if he wanted to play games even if i had to turn the setting down

Thanks for any help

I would get the 2600, a decent B450 motherboard and RAM that are all on sale on amazon right now. What cooler do you have?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XNPT8J9/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B078KBKFZ6/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07B41WS48

This would total at 270 pounds

 

[marcemarc30]

5 minutes ago, lmaobadatmath said:

I would get the 2600, a decent B450 motherboard and RAM that are all on sale on amazon right now. What cooler do you have?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XNPT8J9/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B078KBKFZ6/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07B41WS48

This would total at 270 pounds

 

hi thanks, thats a bit more than i wanted to spend i was thinking more along the lines of a amd athlon for a cpu lol

[jerubedo]

1 minute ago, marcemarc30 said:

hi thanks, thats a bit more than i wanted to spend i was thinking more along the lines of a amd athlon for a cpu lol

See my build above for $189, then Is that more in the ballpark?

[marcemarc30]

8 minutes ago, jerubedo said:

See my build above for $189, then Is that more in the ballpark?

That actually looks pretty good

[Oalei]

why not go a little bit more extreme and go for the A8 series something (that below athlon but still uses AM4 idk what its called)

[trevb0t]

2 hours ago, jerubedo said:

For a case like this I'd go with:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$74.22 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$69.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Patriot - Viper 4 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$44.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$209.10
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$189.10
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-23 14:37 EDT-0400

 

It's the cheapest you can do and it won't bottleneck a 480 much. This is what gameplay would look like:

 

 

Great general computing build. I doubt there would be any noticable bottleneck on a 480...

[trevb0t]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£55.97 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£52.73 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£48.50 @ Aria PC
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£27.00 @ PC World Business
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£184.20
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-23 23:08 BST+0100

Here's one in UK pricing. The board is less awesome than the Pro 4 previously suggested, but for general computing it's fine. (The pro4 is on a less awesome sale over there.)

 

I did throw a Solid State Drive in there as I view them as almost necessary these days. Kingston is cheap, but reasonable quality. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

7 hours ago, marcemarc30 said:

Hi guys, i was going to help my step son build a pc, i have some spare parts left over from my old pc, i have a case, corsair 450vs psu, a cpu air cooler, and a rx480 gpu, i didnt want to spend a alot of money on a motherboard, cpu and ram as he will mostly be using the pc for homework and internet browsing, so does anybody have any suggestions for a cpu, motherboard and ram? It would also be useful if the cpu didnt completely bottleneck the gpu if he wanted to play games even if i had to turn the setting down

Thanks for any help

what's your budget for the upgrade?

[marcemarc30]

On 4/23/2019 at 11:09 PM, trevb0t said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£55.97 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£52.73 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£48.50 @ Aria PC
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£27.00 @ PC World Business
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£184.20
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-23 23:08 BST+0100

Here's one in UK pricing. The board is less awesome than the Pro 4 previously suggested, but for general computing it's fine. (The pro4 is on a less awesome sale over there.)

 

I did throw a Solid State Drive in there as I view them as almost necessary these days. Kingston is cheap, but reasonable quality. 

Hi thanks, looks good but i dont really need the ssd, he wont be bothered about the system boot time etc, but the rest looks good

[marcemarc30]

On 4/24/2019 at 3:04 AM, Herman Mcpootis said:

what's your budget for the upgrade?

hi, originally i thought under £100 but with the suggestions looks like it will be around £160 minimum

[trevb0t]

2 minutes ago, marcemarc30 said:

hi, originally i thought under £100 but with the suggestions looks like it will be around £160 minimum

With the new parts prices so choice, it may not be a great savings, but people do sell used CPU/MOBO combos on ebay from time to time. A 1200 and B350 board combo could probably be found at a savings. (But this way, you've got factory warranties and know exactly what you're getting.)

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 hours ago, marcemarc30 said:

hi, originally i thought under £100 but with the suggestions looks like it will be around £160 minimum

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£67.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£38.39 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £162.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-25 23:48 BST+0100

[trevb0t]

15 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£55.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£67.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£38.39 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £162.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-25 23:48 BST+0100

Same as previously suggested, BUT don't ever do single channel with Ryzen!

[Herman Mcpootis]

21 minutes ago, trevb0t said:

Same as previously suggested, BUT don't ever do single channel with Ryzen!

The single 8gb is in there so that he doesn't have to worry about choosing between maxing out his ram slots to maintain dual channel, getting a single 8gb stick later and breaking dual channel or spending extra to get a 2x8gb kit in a future upgrade.