First build

[Yogi53]

I've been watching the YouTube channel for Linus tech tips for awhile and learning as much as possible about PC's but I need some recommendations because I have never built a PC before. I'm about to start my second semester of college and I need a PC that can work hard but I also want to be able to play some Skyrim or Witcher 3. Would 750 us dollars be a reasonable budget? I don't have a keyboard, mouse, or monitor either. Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. 

Edited January 7, 2019 by Yogi53

[LukeSavenije]

location?

1 minute ago, Yogi53 said:

Would 750 be a reasonable budget?

us dollars? canadian dollars? pounds? euro's? bananas?

[NelizMastr]

If you don't have anything and $750 is for everything, I'd look for a 2nd hand tower for like $600 and use the rest for peripherals.

[ch3w2oy]

3 hours ago, Yogi53 said:

I've been watching the YouTube channel for Linus tech tips for awhile and learning as much as possible about PC's but I need some recommendations because I have never built a PC before. I'm about to start my second semester of college and I need a PC that can work hard but I also want to be able to play some Skyrim or Witcher 3. Would 750 be a reasonable budget? I don't have a keyboard, mouse, or monitor either. Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. 

If you need a monitor and all peripherals and you can only spend $750, this is what you're looking atm. If you can't squeeze another 30 bucks get an RX 570 instead.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$164.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI - B450M GAMING PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$84.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$67.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card	$189.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Gray) ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	SeaSonic - S12II 520 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$26.71 @ Newegg
Monitor	AOC - E2260SWDN 21.5" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	$79.99 @ Amazon
Keyboard	AmazonBasics - KU-0833 +MSU0939 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse	$14.40 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$843.74
	Mail-in rebates	-$60.00
	Total	$783.74
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-07 11:03 EST-0500

 

[ch3w2oy]

3 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

If you don't have anything and $750 is for everything, I'd look for a 2nd hand tower for like $600 and use the rest for peripherals.

Uh, no. Just have to go cheap.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, tomswife said:

If you need a monitor and all peripherals and you can only spend $750, this is what you're looking atm. If you can't squeeze another 30 bucks get an RX 570 instead.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$164.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI - B450M GAMING PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$84.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$67.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card	$189.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Gray) ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	SeaSonic - S12II 520 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$26.71 @ Newegg
Monitor	AOC - E2260SWDN 21.5" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	$79.99 @ Amazon
Keyboard	AmazonBasics - KU-0833 +MSU0939 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse	$14.40 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$843.74
	Mail-in rebates	-$60.00
	Total	$783.74
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-07 11:03 EST-0500

 

you still got some things to learn my friend... brb, I'll make my own

[ch3w2oy]

3 hours ago, LukeSavenije said:

you still got some things to learn my friend... brb, I'll make my own

I'm not that smart. Just trying to help, lol.

[LukeSavenije]

4 minutes ago, tomswife said:

I'm not that smart. Just trying to help, lol.

you didn't do THAT bad... it's just included some changes I really wouldn't take, that psu for example...

 

this will be my take

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$164.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$64.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$67.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card	$189.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.98 @ SuperBiiz
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$34.99 @ Newegg
Monitor	AOC - E2260SWDN 21.5" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	$79.99 @ Amazon
Keyboard	Redragon - K552-R KUMARA Wired Gaming Keyboard	$35.99 @ Amazon
Mouse	Redragon - COBRA M711 Wired Optical Mouse	$19.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$888.49
	Mail-in rebates	-$75.00
	Total	$813.49
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-07 11:11 EST-0500

 

[ch3w2oy]

3 hours ago, LukeSavenije said:

you didn't do THAT bad... it's just included some changes I really wouldn't take, that psu for example...

 

this will be my take

 

Makes sense.

 

And OP, if you really don't play AAA games then you can get the 2400G (then you don't need rx 580/570) and save some money (or get better parts so you can upgrade later) which plays games pretty well, honestly. Would handle games like CSGO/Crossout/LoL pretty well. Not really recommended, though. BUT, it does work. Just built a 2200G for step-daughter.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, tomswife said:

Makes sense.

 

And OP, if you really don't play AAA games then you can get the 2400G (then you don't need rx 580/570) and save some money (or get better parts so you can upgrade later) which plays games pretty well, honestly. Would handle games like CSGO/Crossout/LoL pretty well.

2400g can't justify the cost for me... I would personally step down to a 2200g, does light gaming pretty well too

 

second hand (consumer or server) hardware is a option too

[ch3w2oy]

1 minute ago, LukeSavenije said:

2400g can't justify the cost for me... I would personally step down to a 2200g, does light gaming pretty well too

 

second hand (consumer or server) hardware is a option too

The 2400g is literally what the i7 just use to be not even that long ago, maybe with a slightly slower IPC, but with way better graphics. I don't see any issue with it if you don't care about a dedicated GPU. The 2200G I just built and used for a week myself while building mine kind of used to much of the processor for my liking (not sure how to say it, the cpu usage was too high for needs). I like to leave some headroom.. 

[Yogi53]

Thank you everyone for the advice it really helps to know I'm making an educated build.

[Laputacake]

Then grab a monitor, keyboard and mouse from ebay

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$164.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$64.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$67.89 @ OutletPC
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card	$189.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Fractal Design - Focus G (White) ATX Mid Tower Case	$53.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	SeaSonic - S12II 520 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$26.71 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$813.14
	Mail-in rebates	-$80.00
	Total	$733.14
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-07 11:40 EST-0500