Making a budget pc for a console gamer :P

[thicccc]

So I'm making a part list for a friend of mine who agreed to switch over from the dirty console race to PC and here's what I got https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/9PDBmq

Any suggestions u guys could make? He said he wanted the budget to be around 300-400 Canadian Dollars

[braveshine]

I have the 1050 myself, but I can't speak much for the CPU. 4GB ram I don't feel will be enough depending on what you play. What kind of games will you be playing? 8GB is recommended, but its hard in the market's current state (ram and gpu prices have went up high.) Benchmarks for the intel CPU seem to be similar to the AND FX-6300. I have that AMD CPU myself - its dated 2012 and to be honest isn't too great of a pick, but it may work depending on what you'd play. If someone could recommend a better CPU (or leave room for upgrading) it would be great.

 

What do you like to/plan on playing? Also, that storage space isnt gonna be too great, but hey, if thats all you need, go for it.

[aisle9]

This is kind of a bad time to be converting from console peasant, tbqh

[markr54632]

For 300-400 bucks I would be looking into slightly older prebuilt and throwing the best gpu you can afford into it. It will outperform the setup you have there.

 

Wow....I think I paid 90 bucks for my 2gb 1050.

[LienusLateTips]

7 minutes ago, braveshine said:

I have the 1050 myself, but I can't speak much for the CPU. 4GB ram I don't feel will be enough depending on what you play. What kind of games will you be playing? 8GB is recommended, but its hard in the market's current state (ram and gpu prices have went up high.) Benchmarks for the intel CPU seem to be similar to the AND FX-6300. I have that AMD CPU myself - its dated 2012 and to be honest isn't too great of a pick, but it may work depending on what you'd play. If someone could recommend a better CPU (or leave room for upgrading) it would be great.

 

What do you like to/plan on playing? Also, that storage space isnt gonna be too great, but hey, if thats all you need, go for it.

G4560 is a few bucks more and has two more threads

[braveshine]

Just now, JDE said:

G4560 is a few bucks more and has two more threads

That sounds like the better option then, for sure.

 

1 minute ago, markr54632 said:

For 300-400 bucks I would be looking into slightly older prebuilt and throwing the best gpu you can afford into it.

This may actually be a significantly better investment. I agree with this. More money can be put into psu/storage/gpu if you grab a prebuilt (never thought I'd be saying this, but times are tough)

[SquintyG33Rs]

i think i'd look into used at taht price point. for maximum performance per $$

[LienusLateTips]

I would personally go for a i5 3xxx or 2xxx CPU with a higher end GPU at the price.

[Canada EH]

26 minutes ago, thicccc said:

So I'm making a part list for a friend of mine who agreed to switch over from the dirty console race to PC and here's what I got https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/9PDBmq

Any suggestions u guys could make? He said he wanted the budget to be around 300-400 Canadian Dollars

Lenovo M83 from Newegg Canada is $310CAD, i5-4570, 8GB, 500GB

then buy your GTX-1050 or 1050ti for $160'ishCAD

or better yet, but a used GPU from Kijiji or ebay

 

The M83 has a 280W psu so you might need to install a higher wattage psu. If that be the case, since the psu is proprietory, you can still buy a cheap ATX psu and there is plenty of info online to convert it.

[aisle9]

20 minutes ago, thicccc said:

So I'm making a part list for a friend of mine who agreed to switch over from the dirty console race to PC and here's what I got https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/9PDBmq

Any suggestions u guys could make? He said he wanted the budget to be around 300-400 Canadian Dollars

The best $400 "gaming PC" right now is an Xbox One X

 

If you really want to go PC, the best you'll do with $400 is an Ivy or Haswell i5 prebuilt, a beefier PSU and a GTX 770 or 780. Not a bad setup at all and definitely capable of 1080p gaming, but it can't beat a One X or a PS4.

[markr54632]

Dell 7010 mini towers go for $175-250 with an i5-3470 with 8gb ram and usually a 500 gb hdd.

 

I used one of these as the base to my budget build.

I added 8 gb more ram for $30 ish

I added a 60gb ssd boot drive for $20 (plenty for windows)

I added a 1050 for $100ish, although it looks like your gonna spend significantly more now. Like someone said above a used gpu would likely be a better investment.

I added an evga 450 watt power supply for $30 (this fits in the dell case).

 

This is a horrible candidate for a case swap. I put mine in a different case, but to avoid POST errors on boot involved soldering (factory power switch has to be retained in line, front i/o, and fan headers are proprietary).

 

[Combustible Lemon]

6 hours ago, aisle9 said:

The best $400 "gaming PC" right now is an Xbox One X

Exactly.
 

Three month ago i built a PC for my nephew to replace his Xbox 360. manage to get Zotac GTX1050Ti mini for 130$ and got a very capable 1080p machine. In today's prices  i would've bought him an Xbox One S or X.