Looking for a PC build under $850

Creed1 · December 21, 2018

I'm interested in building a computer for a friend and his budget is $850. He is interested in playing games like GTA V, Watch Dogs 2, COD, CSGO, Fortnite, etc.

I was thinking about pairing a RX 580 with something like a Ryzen 5 2600.

Any recommended builds?

mxk · December 21, 2018

Do you have a pcpartpicker list?

mxk · December 21, 2018

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$164.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$106.30 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$96.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital - Green 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$41.14 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.85 @ OutletPC
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card	$189.89 @ OutletPC
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$42.98 @ 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)	$946.02
	Mail-in rebates	-$90.00
	Total	$856.02
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-21 11:21 EST-0500

here ya go

jakep0802 · December 21, 2018

If you get the OS key of a grey-market website like Kinguin, you have an extra $90 to spend on other computer parts.

Matt Kirby · December 21, 2018

Nice build, although I would seriously recommend looking at some second hand GPUs. I saw a 1070 founders edition for 230 euros (i'm in the Netherlands) and i was very tempted to buy even though i don't currently have a system to put it in! Also unless you wanna change the background, demo windows is pretty good for a little while until you find a deal for a copy of Windows..

December 21, 2018

21 minutes ago, mxk. said:

here ya go

Wow. I didn't realize you could get 16 GB for less than a hundred. Looks like a pretty great build to me.

mxk · December 21, 2018

Just now, hiitswilliam said:

Wow. I didn't realize you could get 16 GB for less than a hundred. Looks like a pretty great build to me.

yeah RAM is finally dropping. I actually picked up some really nice rgb ram for $120, tridentZ rgb is still really overpriced and people are still buying it.