$500 budget 1080p gaming PC

[Garrzilla]

There probably are a lot of these posts but this PC for my brother is specifically for Fortnite. I'm wondering if it's possible to play at 1080p60 high settings, at under $500. Include $50 for Windows 10, so $450. What cpu/gfx card should I go with

[Emusaurus]

If it's for fortnite, I would go with the GT 1030 or better, the 1050 if you can squeeze it into your budget.

[Garrzilla]

Just now, Emusaurus said:

If it's for fortnite, I would go with the GT 1030 or better, the 1050 if you can squeeze it into your budget.

2200g cpu?

[Emusaurus]

Just now, Garrzilla said:

2200g cpu?

Seems like an ok CPU.

[akialwayz]

18 minutes ago, Garrzilla said:

There probably are a lot of these posts but this PC for my brother is specifically for Fortnite. I'm wondering if it's possible to play at 1080p60 high settings, at under $500. Include $50 for Windows 10, so $450. What cpu/gfx card should I go with

if you are building the pc you can save cost on windows by buying windows 10 oem for 5-10$ on scdkeys,kinguin,etc,and put the money into a good gpu

[Garrzilla]

Just now, akialwayz said:

if you are building the pc you can save cost on windows by buying windows 10 oem for 5-10$ on scdkeys,kinguin,etc,and put the money into a good gpu

Yep thats what I will be doing. I know its more like $35 with the protection

[JuicyCube]

Im using 1050 and i3 8100 myself and fortnite is running like a dream. no complaints. im not 100%sure u can get those together with ur budget but seemed worth mentioning

 

[Garrzilla]

3 minutes ago, JuicyCube said:

Im using 1050 and i3 8100 myself and fortnite is running like a dream. no complaints. im not 100%sure u can get those together with ur budget but seemed worth mentioning

 

Changing to i3 8100 adds $15 compared to 2200g + B450 mobo. I think it will be worth the small bump

[akialwayz]

3 minutes ago, Garrzilla said:

Yep thats what I will be doing. I know its more like $35 with the protection

you could get even cheaper on ebay for 2-3$,I bought mine for 1.5$ and running smooth for almost 2 years now.(As for protection,look for reviews and the off chance you get cheated by a reputed seller,cheated by another one is highely unlikely).My advise is go for R3 1200+Rx570.570 is much faster and better than a 1050ti.

Find techdeals channel on youtube or twitter,he'll put up good deals on hardware on his page.

[KarathKasun]

Used parts...

E3-1230 ~$50

B or Q75 motherboard ~$50

16gb DDR3 ~$70

 

New parts...

500w PSU ~$40

Arctic Alpine 11 Plus ~$12

GTX 1050 2gb or RX 560 2gb ~$100

1TB HDD ~$40

256gb SATA SSD ~$35

 

~$400 total

[Herman Mcpootis]

Which country?

[Garrzilla]

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

Which country?

USA. Can't do used parts

[Canada EH]

4 minutes ago, Garrzilla said:

USA. Can't do used parts

Hey man, just go ahead and buy a $150 pc off of Newegg, get the i5 4th gen pc with 8gb of ram and you'd be good to go! Then whatever gpu you want. They are so cheap right now its not even funny. But yeah its used, but its no big deal. They last a long time. Just maybe upgrade the storage, you get the windows 10 o/s for free when you buy from them. If you want to pay a lot more, then go ahead and build up a Ryzen 2400G pc, case, fans, mobo, ram, hdd, cpu, cooler, o/s, monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers. You'd be lucky to get in around $500.

[dizmo]

If you really can't afford more than $500, you can get a BX300 in 120GB for $22.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($118.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - H310M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($52.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB AORUS 4G Video Card  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill - SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $515.52

 

33 minutes ago, Emusaurus said:

If it's for fortnite, I would go with the GT 1030 or better, the 1050 if you can squeeze it into your budget.

Dear God no. The 1030 is such a poor card.

24 minutes ago, akialwayz said:

if you are building the pc you can save cost on windows by buying windows 10 oem for 5-10$ on scdkeys,kinguin,etc,and put the money into a good gpu

Why? Just use Windows without activation and don't give money to people who are essentially scammers.

23 minutes ago, Garrzilla said:

Yep thats what I will be doing. I know its more like $35 with the protection

Way, way overpriced. Why pay pirates.

[KarathKasun]

10 minutes ago, Garrzilla said:

USA. Can't do used parts

Newegg and Amazon will ship you used parts without the e-bay hassle.  Buying non low profile used i7 tower is a REALLY good deal.  Buy i7 mini tower for ~$200, add PSU, add GPU, done for $350.