Very cheap build for my brother

[lmeneses]

Ok, so since I built my pc, my brother has been dying to have one of his own, so I am trying to construct a very cheap, temporary build for him until he buys his own. Pretty much the only games he will be playing are cs:go, rainbow six siege, some other small titles, and maybe some Battlefield 1 but highly unlikely. This is what I've come up so far, but if you guys have any recommendations or anything to reduce the price, feel free to let me know. (Storage, OS, and Monitor are not needed)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$158.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$59.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2800 Memory	$57.99 @ Newegg Business
Case	Thermaltake - Versa N21 ATX Mid Tower Case	$29.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$24.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$391.95
	Mail-in rebates	-$60.00
	Total	$331.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-12 22:28 EST-0500

 

[suchamoneypit]

Seems like a good budget build. It's Very nice of you to build a system for your brother.

[Dufsao14]

Seems like an awesome build so far! Maybe if he is able to put in some money of his own, he could chuck in maybe an RX 480/570, I run one with an FX 8120 on O.C. and it runs pretty nicely!

[lmeneses]

17 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

Seems like a good budget build. It's Very nice of you to build a system for your brother.

Sweet and yea, we've both wanted to play siege on pc together lol

[lmeneses]

7 minutes ago, Dufsao14 said:

Seems like an awesome build so far! Maybe if he is able to put in some money of his own, he could chuck in maybe an RX 480/570, I run one with an FX 8120 on O.C. and it runs pretty nicely!

Yes, that is a good idea

[aisle9]

43 minutes ago, lmeneses said:

Ok, so since I built my pc, my brother has been dying to have one of his own, so I am trying to construct a very cheap, temporary build for him until he buys his own. Pretty much the only games he will be playing are cs:go, rainbow six siege, some other small titles, and maybe some Battlefield 1 but highly unlikely. This is what I've come up so far, but if you guys have any recommendations or anything to reduce the price, feel free to let me know. (Storage, OS, and Monitor are not needed)

NVIDIA and AMD are both running "buy a card, get 3 games" style promotions right now IIRC. I know AMD is giving you Division 2, Devil May Cry 5 and Resident Evil 2. NVIDIA might just be a dumb Fortnite promotion. Either way, if any of those are games your brother is interested in, it might be worth getting a cheaper Ryzen 5 1600/B350 combo and an RX 570 to go with it. If it saves you money in the end by not having to pay for games you'd be buying anyway, it's a good deal.

[DrMacintosh]

Seems like a great starter system. AM4 so there is tons of upgrade room, the 2400G is a great APU for entry into gaming, and ATX board so there is plenty of expandability.