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elpiop
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Hi, looking to make a new build for a family member for around $650 USD. Mainly for productivity, video streaming, light gaming. I have an old 970 founders edition I could put in if necessary, but I would need all other components, including OS. Would appreciate any suggestions. 

 

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2 minutes ago, elpiop said:

Hi, looking to make a new build for a family member for around $650 USD. Mainly for productivity, video streaming, light gaming. I have an old 970 founders edition I could put in if necessary, but I would need all other components, including OS. Would appreciate any suggestions. 

 

This is a $360 build (without OS). You could increase from the 220G to the 2400G, and you could try to fit a 1050Ti in the budget as well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $89.99 @ Newegg Business
Motherboard MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard $59.99 @ B&H
Memory Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $69.99 @ Newegg
Storage Toshiba - 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $47.76 @ OutletPC
Case Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case $39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $387.71
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $367.71
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-26 18:47 EST-0500  

 

Primary PC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8G3tXv (Windows 10 Home)

HTPC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KdBb4n (Windows 10 Home)
Server: Dell Precision T7500 - Dual Xeon X5660's, 44GB ECC DDR3, Dell Nvidia GTX 645 (Windows Server 2019 Standard)      

*SLI Rig* - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLI - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GHw6vW (Windows 7 Pro)

HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista)

Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro)
Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)

Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)

*Haswell Tower* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home)

*ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education)

Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM

In progress projects:

*Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110

*Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300

*GPU Test Bench*

*Pfsense router* - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3

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1 minute ago, Eastman51 said:

This is a $360 build (without OS). You could increase from the 220G to the 2400G, and you could try to fit a 1050Ti in the budget as well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $89.99 @ Newegg Business
Motherboard MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard $59.99 @ B&H
Memory Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $69.99 @ Newegg
Storage Toshiba - 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $47.76 @ OutletPC
Case Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case $39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $387.71
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $367.71
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-26 18:47 EST-0500  

 

I would throw a SSD in there as well Probably 256GB or something. They are around $50 last I checked. 

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4 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

This is a $360 build (without OS). You could increase from the 220G to the 2400G, and you could try to fit a 1050Ti in the budget as well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $89.99 @ Newegg Business
Motherboard MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard $59.99 @ B&H
Memory Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $69.99 @ Newegg
Storage Toshiba - 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $47.76 @ OutletPC
Case Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case $39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $387.71
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $367.71
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-26 18:47 EST-0500  

 

? He has a $650 budget does he not?

PC: CPU: i5-9600k - CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 - GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 - Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 - RAM: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB DDR4-3000 - PSU: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 TG

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2 minutes ago, lmeneses said:

? He has a $650 budget does he not?

That is a cheap build I keep saved. I like to use it as a foundation to fit into someone's budget. Like I said in my original post, you could up the CPU to a 2400G and try to fit in a 1050Ti. Ofc you could also put an SSD, or bigger HDD as well, and potentially bump the CPU to a Ryzen 3 1300x or something too.

 

OP also said he has a 970 lying around, so he could allocate more of the budget to the CPU. But you must also factor in Windows 10 being ~$90 (you can get it for cheaper, yes, but for baseline price estimates we use MSRP).

Primary PC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8G3tXv (Windows 10 Home)

HTPC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KdBb4n (Windows 10 Home)
Server: Dell Precision T7500 - Dual Xeon X5660's, 44GB ECC DDR3, Dell Nvidia GTX 645 (Windows Server 2019 Standard)      

*SLI Rig* - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLI - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GHw6vW (Windows 7 Pro)

HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista)

Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro)
Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)

Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)

*Haswell Tower* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home)

*ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education)

Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM

In progress projects:

*Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110

*Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300

*GPU Test Bench*

*Pfsense router* - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3

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2 minutes ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

thats without an OS or GPU

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7 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

This is a $360 build (without OS). You could increase from the 220G to the 2400G, and you could try to fit a 1050Ti in the budget as well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $89.99 @ Newegg Business
Motherboard MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard $59.99 @ B&H
Memory Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $69.99 @ Newegg
Storage Toshiba - 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $47.76 @ OutletPC
Case Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case $39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $387.71
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $367.71
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-26 18:47 EST-0500  

 

He already has a 970 so swap the 2200g for a ryzen 3 1300x or a r5 1400, which is only $140 in the US; add an ssd; he doesn't need a 650w supernova modular psu, a 450w one would be fine but a 500w or 550w would be better; and he could get a cheaper case  

PC: CPU: i5-9600k - CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 - GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 - Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 - RAM: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB DDR4-3000 - PSU: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 TG

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $159.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI - B450 Gaming Plus ATX AM4 Motherboard $99.45 @ Newegg Business
Memory ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $102.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $72.99 @ Amazon
Case Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case $69.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $49.99 @ Newegg
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $98.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $694.29
  Mail-in rebates -$40.00
  Total $654.29
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-26 19:14 EST-0500  

Just harvest the gtx 970 from your old system and this is good to go. Make sure to use the code with the windows install, but use a blank usb to create the installation media.

CPU: i7 4790k @ 4.7 GHz

GPU: XFX GTS RX580 4GB

Cooling: Corsair h100i

Mobo: Asus z97-A 

RAM: 4x8 GB 1600 MHz Corsair Vengence

PSU: Corsair HX850

Case: NZXT S340 Elite Tempered glass edition

Display: LG 29UM68-P

Keyboard: Roccat Ryos MK FX RGB

Mouse: Logitech g900 Chaos Spectrum

Headphones: Sennheiser HD6XX

OS: Windows 10 Home

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