help $450 Build List Help

[kurtstir]

Hello,

I am working on designing a parts list for my friend and am having some trouble. He needs it to be $450, have an i5 or amd equivelant, and both a pcie x1 and pcie x16 MOBO slot. And preferably a mini tower or similar size.

 

This build will be for gaming and capturing with an elgato game capture pro card.

 

Ive been working on this for about a week so please dont suggest pc partpicker searching.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, kurtstir said:

Hello,

I am working on designing a parts list for my friend and am having some trouble. He needs it to be $450, have an i5 or amd equivelant, and both a pcie x1 and pcie x16 MOBO slot. And preferably microatx or similar size

For what purpose? Gaming?

[Houndz199]

use pcpartpicker and check the build guides there. In saying that, I recommend your friend saves another 150$ and then goes for it. 450$ isn't that much and the extra money would go a long way in performance.

[aries757]

7 minutes ago, kurtstir said:

Hello,

I am working on designing a parts list for my friend and am having some trouble. He needs it to be $450, have an i5 or amd equivelant, and both a pcie x1 and pcie x16 MOBO slot. And preferably microatx or similar size

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/FbdnGf just tell uir friend to save for this, it is best bet.

[kurtstir]

6 minutes ago, Energycore said:

For what purpose? Gaming?

Gaming and capturing

[Energycore]

3 minutes ago, kurtstir said:

Gaming and capturing

I would definitely advise waiting until your friend can spend $700 on the computer, but if it can't be helped.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8300 3.3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($114.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 970A-G/3.1 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($34.83 @ OutletPC)
Storage: *Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: *PowerColor Radeon RX 460 2GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($99.98 @ Newegg)
Case: *Thermaltake Versa H25 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: *Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($25.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $422.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-24 18:44 EDT-0400

[gtx1060=value]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($151.98 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock 970A-G/3.1 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($34.83 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: *Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 460 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: *Thermaltake Versa H25 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: *Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($25.00 @ Newegg) 
Total: $451.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-24 20:02 EDT-0400

 

no cooler needed because the wraith cooler on the 8350 is actually very good for overclocking

Edited October 25, 2016 by gtx1060=value

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8300 3.3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($36.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($35.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: *Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 470 4GB Triple X Video Card  ($174.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: *Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($25.00 @ Newegg) 
Total: $449.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-24 20:15 EDT-0400

[EminentSun]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/wKz64C

 

It seems everyone is recommending fx 8000 series cpus because your freind wants to record gameplay. From first hand experiance a stock fx8320 can only handle a soft 720p output without sh*tting itself. Thankfully both nvidia and AMD have solutions to utilise the gpu for this(shadowplay for nvidia and plays.tv for amd)

 

The build came in at $500 not including the OS, but there are plenty of ways to get that cheap/free. If your freind can scrap together another $50 this will be a very good entry build. However as I seem to be telling everyone; used gtx 780s go for $100-$125 dollars on ebay, so if you are willing to go used you can bring down the cost right to budget.

[EminentSun]

Oh crap just noticed the elgato. Yeah your not going to have a problem with recording, since you have a hardware encoder the video will always look good, as long as you are playing on mid-high game settings no-viewer will be able to tell.

[kurtstir]

Does this look like a good build? The budget is $450. This will have a Elgato Game Capture Pro PCIE x1 Card in it which requires i5 or equivalent card.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/kurtstir/saved/2tyXLk

[Oswin]

its decent, by no means bad 

[xephoneration]

4 minutes ago, kurtstir said:

Does this look like a good build? The budget is $450.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/kurtstir/saved/2tyXLk

I personally would save up a bit more. like $700 or $800 also its coming to the end the year and ZEN as well Kabylake are coming out very soon. 

[Oswin]

might get a strix 460

[MrImnotMLG]

I would replace the APU with the newest Athlon(880k, no iGPU) and put the money towards getting a better GPU(Not saying the 460 is bad, just there are stronger cards out there.)

[belfouf]

no

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-A10-7850K-APU-vs-AMD-FX-8350/2937vs1489

 

change motherboard and CPU, buy FX 8350

[Herman Mcpootis]

why a10 when you're using an rx 460? 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($35.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.77 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($25.00 @ Newegg) 
Other: Zotac gtx 1050ti mini ($139.99)
Total: $442.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-25 09:45 EDT-0400

[vtecf20c]

i think there is a lot to change..

 

880k is cheaper than A10 and a litte bit faster

 

for 110 $ you can go for the I3 6100, in games it's A LOT faster than the 880K

 

and i will just wait the 1050ti, it's only 10$ more expensive, but  faster.

 

 

[DogeOfTech]

47 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($35.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.77 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($25.00 @ Newegg) 
Other: Zotac gtx 1050ti mini ($139.99)
Total: $442.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-25 09:45 EDT-0400

This is what I'd recommend, especially since it will leave room to upgrade to Kaby Lake since it uses the 1151 socket.

[kurtstir]

39 minutes ago, vtecf20c said:

i think there is a lot to change..

 

880k is cheaper than A10 and a litte bit faster

 

for 110 $ you can go for the I3 6100, in games it's A LOT faster than the 880K

 

and i will just wait the 1050ti, it's only 10$ more expensive, but  faster.

 

 

 

49 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($35.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.77 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($25.00 @ Newegg) 
Other: Zotac gtx 1050ti mini ($139.99)
Total: $442.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-25 09:45 EDT-0400

 

57 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

why a10 when you're using an rx 460? 

 

1 hour ago, belfouf said:

no

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-A10-7850K-APU-vs-AMD-FX-8350/2937vs1489

 

change motherboard and CPU, buy FX 8350

 

1 hour ago, MrImnotMLG said:

I would replace the APU with the newest Athlon(880k, no iGPU) and put the money towards getting a better GPU(Not saying the 460 is bad, just there are stronger cards out there.)

I should have mentioned that this build will have a elgato game capture pro pcie x1 card in it which needs i5 or equivalent minimum cpu

[belfouf]

Just now, kurtstir said:

 

 

 

 

I should have mentioned that this build will have a elgato game capture pro pcie x1 card in it which needs i5 or equivalent minimum cpu

and you selected A10 for being equivalent ?????

[kurtstir]

4 minutes ago, DogeOfTech said:

This is what I'd recommend, especially since it will leave room to upgrade to Kaby Lake since it uses the 1151 socket.

alright but it needs atleast an i5

[kurtstir]

1 minute ago, belfouf said:

and you selected A10 for being equivalent ?????

is it worse?

[Herman Mcpootis]

3 minutes ago, kurtstir said:

 

 

 

 

I should have mentioned that this build will have a elgato game capture pro pcie x1 card in it which needs i5 or equivalent minimum cpu

brah, an a10 7850k can't even beat a pentium sometimes, no way its an equivalent cpu to an i5.