Budget Gaming PC Build

[Mark Valjavec]

Hey everybody! So in a short time I'll be buying a new custom built PC. But I have a budget - around 500€. Yesterday I was watching a video about bottlenecking and I'd like to know if I should change anything in my build. Here's the link to my build: 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	€112.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard	Gigabyte - GA-A320M-S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	€58.85 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	G.Skill - NT Series 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	€51.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Intenso - Top Performance 128 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	€23.29 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	€39.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card	Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB AMP! Edition Video Card	€188.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case	Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	€20.38 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply	Fractal Design - Integra M 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	€61.32 @ Amazon Deutschland
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€557.71
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 19:51 CET+0100

 

Also, I was thinking about waiting until the Ryzen 3000 CPUs and new AMD GPUs come out, so if those would have a good/similar price and better performance (it looks quite promising) then I would like to get those instead (maybe Ryzen 3 3300/3300X and the cheapest or second cheapest GPU). I would probably even save a few bucks and get a better performance.

Thank you in advance for your help.

[LukeSavenije]

you forgot to add memory

 

this would give you way for value for the price listed

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	€145.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	€76.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	€109.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Kingston - A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	€21.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	€39.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	€197.99 @ Mindfactory
Case	Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	€39.90 @ Caseking
Power Supply	SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	€63.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Monitor	AOC - E2270SWHN 21.5" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	€92.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€789.55
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 13:48 CET+0100

 

[Khalpone]

In regards to waiting, CES is almost here, so I would advise waiting for the AMD line up. Either the new part will be the same price with more performance, or the older SKUs become price attractive vs performance. 

 

Bottlenecks are tricky to predict in general, as it depends on how the particular program interacts with the cores and their speed. In general, a lower end current generation CPU will probably bottleneck most productivity tasks, and depending on the GPU, might for games, but that is less common till you start hitting mid-high tier cards way outside your budget. Best advice is making sure the motherboard chipset has capacity to handle a cpu upgrade, or if you’d be forced to replace it too. 

 

Im mostly an Intel buyer, but I seem to remember AMD is using the same chipset for current and the 2019 chips. Someone please chime in to confirm correct that. 

[Mark Valjavec]

LukeSavenije thanks for reminding me about memory, but I dont undestand why did you build a whole new list that costs about 300€ more than I can spend. Sorry but I really dont get that part because I clearly said I got around 500€ to spend and you added another 300.

 

Khalpone I'll wait for the AMD's Keynote at CES and if I'll have to wait more than a month to get the new CPUs and maybe GPUs then I will get their current line-up since I can't wait that long.