400 to 500 euro PC and monitor for my friend

[Fadednova]

Hello,

My friend recently finished saved up for a new gaming PC. It will be his first pc since he currently only owns a macbook. He is looking for a gaming pc and monitor in the price range of 400 - 500. I have already built one PC and am somehat adequate with it. Which parts should I get? I live in austria, thanks in advance!

[homeap5]

400-500 euro? For gaming PC with monitor? Using new parts?

It will be "gaming", but you must expand definition of "gaming" then. Like - games from 2010 are games too.

 

Cheap motherboard, cheap case, cheap AMD Ryzen 3 or Intel i3 and some good GPU and cheap monitor and MAYBE 500 euros will be enough.

[boggy77]

proper budget gaming

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	€103.80 @ Alza
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	€80.89 @ Mindfactory
Memory	Patriot Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	€81.89 @ Alternate
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	€69.80 @ Alza
Video Card	Asus Radeon RX 570 8 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card	€154.90 @ ARLT
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	€40.98 @ Alternate
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 11 400 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	€65.89 @ Alternate
Monitor	Asus VA24EHE 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	€129.90 @ Alternate
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€728.05
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-08 15:30 CEST+0200

 

 

really cheap "gaming"

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	€95.85 @ Mindfactory
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	€80.89 @ Mindfactory
Memory	Patriot Viper 4 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	€48.98 @ Alternate
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	€69.80 @ Alza
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	€40.98 @ Alternate
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 400 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	€48.74 @ Mindfactory
Monitor	Asus VA24EHE 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	€129.90 @ Alternate
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€515.14
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-08 15:32 CEST+0200

 

[Applefreak]

@Fadednova What games does he want to play? Maybe check on willhaben.at for a used motherboard with cpu. 

[Fadednova]

1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

proper budget gaming

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	€103.80 @ Alza
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	€80.89 @ Mindfactory
Memory	Patriot Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	€81.89 @ Alternate
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	€69.80 @ Alza
Video Card	Asus Radeon RX 570 8 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card	€154.90 @ ARLT
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	€40.98 @ Alternate
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 11 400 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	€65.89 @ Alternate
Monitor	Asus VA24EHE 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	€129.90 @ Alternate
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€728.05
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-08 15:30 CEST+0200

 

 

really cheap "gaming"

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	€95.85 @ Mindfactory
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	€80.89 @ Mindfactory
Memory	Patriot Viper 4 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	€48.98 @ Alternate
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	€69.80 @ Alza
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	€40.98 @ Alternate
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 400 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	€48.74 @ Mindfactory
Monitor	Asus VA24EHE 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	€129.90 @ Alternate
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€515.14
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-08 15:32 CEST+0200

 

Thanks

[Fadednova]

Just now, Applefreak said:

@Fadednova What games does he want to play? Maybe check on willhaben.at for a used motherboard with cpu. 

There are practically no listings on willhaben where I live and the ones that are listed are either very old or too expensive

[Applefreak]

Ok, so what games should run on this PC? Do you have any old hardware around that can be reused for this computer?

[Fadednova]

3 hours ago, Applefreak said:

Ok, so what games should run on this PC? Do you have any old hardware around that can be reused for this computer?

Minecraft, fortnite, GTA 5, terraria and maybe rocket league. I do not sadly

[Applefreak]

Ok here we go, the monitor is only a suggestion, there are others. I would highly recommend going for 16 GB DDR4 because you will need about 2 GB for the onboard GPU.