TIPS for Building a budget PC rig (300-400$)

[BinhPhong]

Hey everyone, i am new memer here at linustechtips. 

I am struggle on building a RIG that at the budget price (300-400$) for my works and gaming 

I wanting to build a rig that at support 70% at illustration works (drawing on Photoshop , Clip Studio Paint , Medibang Paint , and other stuffs ) and 30% for gaming purpose (in worse case , that can play Overwatch smoothly )

I want some tip for finding the RIGHT components that in the budget range. Here's some parts that i choose but im not sure because ,im still new to these tech thing (amature )

Mainboard : MSI H110M 

CPU : Pentium G4600

SSD 128GB

CollerMaster 500W

An HyperX 4GB KINGSTON

 

Please give me some tips ,and illuminate me 

Sorry if my English were suck

[GrayTech]

I don't know your specific PSU but the Seasonic S12II is a good budget cpu. And get the G4560 with an B250 board. And maybe consider 8GB of RAM if possible.

[BinhPhong]

Just now, GrayTech said:

I don't know your specific PSU but the Seasonic S12II is a good budget cpu. And get the G4560 with an B250 board. And maybe consider 8GB of RAM if possible.

Im not planing on buy an PSU rightnow because im out of budget , And 8GB of RAM is something that i will upgrade in the future since i dont have plan on working multi-tasking with this PC just yet ^^

[Daniel Z.]

8 minutes ago, BinhPhong said:

Hey everyone, i am new memer here at linustechtips. 

I am struggle on building a RIG that at the budget price (300-400$) for my works and gaming 

I wanting to build a rig that at support 70% at illustration works (drawing on Photoshop , Clip Studio Paint , Medibang Paint , and other stuffs ) and 30% for gaming purpose (in worse case , that can play Overwatch smoothly )

I want some tip for finding the RIGHT components that in the budget range. Here's some parts that i choose but im not sure because ,im still new to these tech thing (amature )

Mainboard : MSI H110M 

CPU : Pentium G4600

SSD 128GB

CollerMaster 500W

An HyperX 4GB KINGSTON

 

Please give me some tips ,and illuminate me 

Sorry if my English were suck

What country r u in

[BinhPhong]

1 minute ago, Daniel Z. said:

What country r u in

Im living in Vietnam , tough place

so there wont be any Amazon shipping method for me ^^

[GrayTech]

1 minute ago, BinhPhong said:

Im not planing on buy an PSU rightnow because im out of budget , And 8GB of RAM is something that i will upgrade in the future since i dont have plan on working multi-tasking with this PC just yet ^^

Adding an ohter stick of RAM in the future is an easy upgrade. 

 

9 minutes ago, BinhPhong said:

CollerMaster 500W

But you have a PSU listed in your build. I don't know the specific model of this PSU but I can recommend the Seasonic S12 II.

[BinhPhong]

Oh , is the Cooler Master Elite 500W

[m0k]

www.dellrefurbished.com

 

you can get a i5 quad core mATX pc for $200-$300 with a copy of windows

upgrade the ram and GPU in that and it will run all games on medium-high settings

 

[BinhPhong]

1 minute ago, GrayTech said:

Adding an ohter stick of RAM in the future is an easy upgrade. 

 

But you have a PSU listed in your build. I don't know the specific model of this PSU but I can recommend the Seasonic S12 II.

the Seasonic S12II doesnt available in my area TTwTT

[GrayTech]

1 minute ago, BinhPhong said:

Oh , is the Cooler Master Elite 500W

Oh, this PSU is bad. Avoid it.

3 minutes ago, GrayTech said:

I can recommend the Seasonic S12 II.

This one is way better.

[BinhPhong]

Just now, mok said:

www.dellrefurbished.com

 

you can get a i5 quad core mATX pc for $200-$300 with a copy of windows

upgrade the ram and GPU in that and it will run all games on medium-high settings

 

Im planing on getting a GPU for the future , Should i be needing a i5 quad-core ?

[BinhPhong]

1 minute ago, GrayTech said:

Oh, this PSU is bad. Avoid it.

This one is way better.

Sadthing is , it doesnt available in my area  

[GrayTech]

Just now, BinhPhong said:

Im planing on getting a GPU for the future , Should i be needing a i5 quad-core ?

You don't need an i5 if you want to add a GPU later on.

[GrayTech]

Just now, BinhPhong said:

Sadthing is , it doesnt available in my area

Check out the Seasonic M12 II Evo or the Corsair CMX series (but only the ones with the gray sticker).

[BinhPhong]

Just now, GrayTech said:

You don't need an i5 if you want to add a GPU later on.

but can the G4600 will be enough to working smoothly on Photoshop ?

[GrayTech]

Just now, BinhPhong said:

but can the G4600 will be enough to working smoothly on Photoshop ?

I don't know, I dont use this program. But you have to replace your motherboard since it's not compatible with the G4600 without a bios update. You need at least a B250 motherboard.

[BinhPhong]

2 minutes ago, GrayTech said:

Check out the Seasonic M12 II Evo or the Corsair CMX series (but only the ones with the gray sticker).

here i only have these options for Corsair 
400W VS

500W VS

600W VS

CSM 650

CX 650M

[BinhPhong]

1 minute ago, GrayTech said:

I don't know, I dont use this program. But you have to replace your motherboard since it's not compatible with the G4600 without a bios update. You need at least a B250 motherboard.

Woh.... B250 was twice the price .... I afraid that i dont have enough

[GrayTech]

Don't get the Corsair VS ones, they are bad as well. @STRMfrmXMN made a PSU tier list you can find on the cases and psus section of the forum. I would recommend getting at least a tier 3 one.

[GrayTech]

1 minute ago, BinhPhong said:

Woh.... B250 was twice the price .... I afraid that i dont have enough

 

You could buy a H110 board but then you have to pay for a bios update since you need a skylake cpu for it. And buying a skylake Pentium isn't worth it.

[BinhPhong]

How is it for me to know which mainboard is incompatible is which CPU ?

Are there any based information ?

[GrayTech]

The board needs a 1151 socket and the first number of the chipset must be a 2.

[BinhPhong]

1 minute ago, GrayTech said:

The board needs a 1151 socket and the first number of the chipset must be a 2.

Can you give me an example ?

 

[GrayTech]

1 minute ago, BinhPhong said:

Can you give me an example ?

B250, H270, Z270

These are the most common ones. B250 boards should be the cheapest.

[GrayTech]

Here is the link to the PSU tier list.