building a 300-400usd pc for my work

[ernan]

im planning to build a pc for  graphics design and my budget is only 300- 400 dollars roughly around 20k pesos here in the phillipines i need a pc who can handle corel draw since its the app that i used in my work

thanks for your help in advance

[Motooo]

What kind of work do you mean exactly? E-mail, web surfing, 3D modeling, ...?

[Fasauceome]

For 20k pesos, you might be able to put together a decent Athlon 3000G system.

Athlon 3000G

Cheapest B450 MAX motherboard available

2x8GB DDR4, 2666 or higher 

Check out out PSU tier list to compare models that are available to you

[minibois]

8 minutes ago, ernan said:

im planning to build a pc for  graphics design and my budget is only 300- 400 dollars roughly around 20k pesos here in the phillipines i need a pc who can handle corel draw since its the app that i used in my work

thanks for your help in advance

Something like this is probably the best sort of PC you can build for this purposes for (around) 400 USD:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$94.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$64.99 @ Newegg
Memory	GeIL EVO SPEAR 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$63.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$39.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Case	Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case	$45.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	EVGA BR 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$49.99 @ ModMyMods
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$414.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-29 12:01 EDT-0400

In my opinion, an SSD, but also HDD is a must to have (unless you have a NAS at your disposal). As you will want the speed, but also space to save your files.

16GB is also a must, as digital art files - especially the larger one - will need such room.

 

If it is at all possible though, I would suggest saving up just a bit more. While the build mentioned above is alright, it does lack proper room to expand and especially the CPU is a part which could be much better, if you just have like 50 USD to spend more.

 

So perhaps a second hand computer might be a better deal. Not sure what the market in the Philippines is like, but perhaps you could look into purchasing a second-hand computer from someone and maybe upgrading the RAM or something?

Where I live, I see Ryzen 5 1600 + GTX 1060 builds for 500 euros. Just add some more RAM (for about 40 euros) and you have a competent build.

3 minutes ago, Motooo said:

What kind of work do mean exactly? E-mail, web surfing, 3D modeling, ...?

Corel Draw is mentioned in the original post, which is a digital drawing program.

But it would be helpful to know OP's scope of these project (e.g. resolution).

[Motooo]

32 minutes ago, ernan said:

im planning to build a pc for  graphics design and my budget is only 300- 400 dollars roughly around 20k pesos here in the phillipines i need a pc who can handle corel draw since its the app that i used in my work

thanks for your help in advance

I mean, I would go for the used market. Maybe if you will give us some links for Filipino sites with used goods, we could help you out better.

[ernan]

On 3/30/2020 at 12:05 AM, Motooo said:

What kind of work do you mean exactly? E-mail, web surfing, 3D modeling, ...?

Im using corel draw... designing layouts for textile prints

[ernan]

On 3/30/2020 at 12:08 AM, minibois said:

Something like this is probably the best sort of PC you can build for this purposes for (around) 400 USD:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$94.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$64.99 @ Newegg
Memory	GeIL EVO SPEAR 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$63.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$39.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Case	Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case	$45.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	EVGA BR 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$49.99 @ ModMyMods
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$414.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-29 12:01 EDT-0400

In my opinion, an SSD, but also HDD is a must to have (unless you have a NAS at your disposal). As you will want the speed, but also space to save your files.

16GB is also a must, as digital art files - especially the larger one - will need such room.

 

If it is at all possible though, I would suggest saving up just a bit more. While the build mentioned above is alright, it does lack proper room to expand and especially the CPU is a part which could be much better, if you just have like 50 USD to spend more.

 

So perhaps a second hand computer might be a better deal. Not sure what the market in the Philippines is like, but perhaps you could look into purchasing a second-hand computer from someone and maybe upgrading the RAM or something?

Where I live, I see Ryzen 5 1600 + GTX 1060 builds for 500 euros. Just add some more RAM (for about 40 euros) and you have a competent build.

Corel Draw is mentioned in the original post, which is a digital drawing program.

But it would be helpful to know OP's scope of these project (e.g. resolution).

thank you so much some of the hardware you mentioned is already on my list and the rest i would try to find here if its available im pretty sure pricing would  be different here bcoz of the tax.....again thanks