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Djjohnson
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Building my sister and husband a home PC. was trying to keep the price under $500 .not meant for any heavy duty gaming only the occasional CS-GO. I tried to leave room for him to upgrade if need be. This is the first PC im planning to build so any advice is appreciated.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JYHpRk

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I was planning on using integrated graphics to keep the cost down and from what I've seen its not terrible performace.

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3 minutes ago, Djjohnson said:

I was planning on using integrated graphics to keep the cost down and from what I've seen its not terrible performace.

Give me a min - you're overpaying way too much for that board. Save the money and get a Ryzen 5 APU.

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor $149.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $99.99 @ B&H
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Allian 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $63.99 @ Newegg
Storage Silicon Power 128 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $27.99 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $50.99 @ Amazon
Case Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case $45.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $74.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $513.91
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-17 10:45 EDT-0400  

much better cpu, cheaper and decent motherboard

 

 

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Main PC:

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|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

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| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: Asus TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ B&H)
Case: HEC HX210 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($36.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $509.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-17 10:47 EDT-0400

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I know the board was a little over kill i just didn't want to run into any issues with the BIOS

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this will give much better performance overall in both cpu and gpu

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor $85.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $85.86 @ Amazon
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $67.98 @ Amazon
Storage TCSunBow X3 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $56.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB GAMING Video Card $119.99 @ Newegg
Case HEC HX210 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $36.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $62.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $515.78
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-17 11:08 EDT-0400  
 

 

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