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Thanks for the replies and suggestions. Unfortunately, after I mentioned to my brother that he can use mouse and keyboard on some xbox games, he completely abandoned the idea of building a PC haha.

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My brother wants to build a PC, and has a budget of around $1000. The primary purpose is to play games. He needs a monitor and a windows operating system key too.

 

Is this budget enough to get a decent gaming machine?

 

Here is what I have so far, but it is a little over budget: 

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 Gigabyte - B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard $98.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $104.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage Western Digital - Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $134.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Windforce OC Video Card $299.99 @ Newegg
Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $67.10 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.89 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $98.89 @ OutletPC
Monitor Asus - VP247H-P 23.6" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor $138.79 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1218.62
  Mail-in rebates -$50.00
  Total $1168.62
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-15 11:28 EST-0500  

 

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14 minutes ago, RamboPenguin said:

My brother wants to build a PC, and has a budget of around $1000. The primary purpose is to play games. He needs a monitor and a windows operating system key too.

 

Is this budget enough to get a decent gaming machine?

 

Here is what I have so far, but it is a little over budget: 

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 Gigabyte - B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard $98.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $104.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage Western Digital - Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $134.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Windforce OC Video Card $299.99 @ Newegg
Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $67.10 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.89 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $98.89 @ OutletPC
Monitor Asus - VP247H-P 23.6" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor $138.79 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1218.62
  Mail-in rebates -$50.00
  Total $1168.62
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-15 11:28 EST-0500  

 

what games does he wanna play, any other goals behind the pc, and would you want peripherals too?

Rig 1: i7-9700k OC'd to 5.0ghz all core | EVGA XC RTX 2080Ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | ASUS PRIME Z370-P | Asetek 550LC 120mm | ADATA 480GB SSD & Toshiba P300 3TB | Cooler Master Masterbox MB500 | Win 10 Home | Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum, G502 Proteus Spectrum, G933 Artemis Spectrum Snow Wireless Limited Edition, Corsair MM300 Mouse Pad | 2 MSI Optix Curved 27" FHD Monitors 

 

(before i sold the WD drive and MSI gpu - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11946219 171 gaming. felt good.)

 

Rig 2: i7-7700k Stock clocks | MSI Armor GTX 1070 | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8GB | MSI Z270 A-Pro | WD Green 240GB SSD & 2TB Seagate HDD | Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition | Win 10 Home | 2 HP Omen FHD 144hz 24.5" Monitors 

 

Rig 3: i7-6700 | GT 730 & GT 645 OEM | Some random DDR4 2133mhz 2x8gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | WD Black 2TB HDD & Toshiba 1TB HDD | Win 10 Home | 3 27" Dell FHD Monitors 

 

Rig 4: i7-4770 | EVGA SSC 1050ti | Some random DDR3 ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | Stock Cooler | 1TB WD Black HDD | Win 7 Home 

 

RIP 

 

Rig 5 (dead and dismantled and sold) : i7-7820X OC'd to 4.8ghz all core | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | Gigabyte X299 UD4 PRO | Asetek 240mm AIO | WD Green 240gb SSD | Other various components that I can't remember

 

Rig 6 (same fate as rig 5) : i7-8700k stock clocks | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8gb | MSI Z370 A-Pro | Asetek 550LC 120mm | WD Green 240GB SSD & Toshiba 2TB HDD | Other various components that I can't Remember 

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Thats a very capable gaming machine. My suggestion:

drop the ssd to 500gb.

up the 1070 to 2060, should be $50 more.

get a windows in the grey market for $20 (professional not home).

and for that build, a 60hz monitor would ruin it, get a 100hz+

Ryzen 5700g @ 4.4ghz all cores | Asrock B550M Steel Legend | 3060 | 2x 16gb Micron E 2666 @ 4200mhz cl16 | 500gb WD SN750 | 12 TB HDD | Deepcool Gammax 400 w/ 2 delta 4000rpm push pull | Antec Neo Eco Zen 500w

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1 hour ago, TH3R34P3R said:

what games does he wanna play, any other goals behind the pc, and would you want peripherals too?

He's thinking games like Ark Survival Evolved, Battlefield, and other fps games. 

 

He also wants to use it for some minor art stuff, but nothing too heavy.

 

I think I'll probably throw in a cheap mouse and he'll just have to buy better peripherals in the future.

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PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VxBN4q

Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VxBN4q/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($164.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/Red) CPU Cooler ($33.12 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($100.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($67.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB ARMOR Video Card ($419.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT - H500 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: ViewSonic - XG2402 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor ($237.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1214.73

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-15 13:04 EST-0500

 

I just tried to squeeze out some more for your money. The 1070 ti is just a place holder. Tomorrow the 2060 will launch. 

 

144 Hz monitor. Smaller ssd. And somehow I managed a black and red theme by accident :D

And a cheap windows key will do 

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Put an RX 580 8GB in there if you want to get it closer to your $1000 budget.

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1 minute ago, Manderis said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VxBN4q

Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VxBN4q/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($164.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/Red) CPU Cooler ($33.12 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($100.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($67.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB ARMOR Video Card ($419.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT - H500 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: ViewSonic - XG2402 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor ($237.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1214.73

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-15 13:04 EST-0500

 

I just tried to squeeze out some more for your money. The 1070 ti is just a place holder. Tomorrow the 2060 will launch. 

 

144 Hz monitor. Smaller ssd. And somehow I managed a black and red theme by accident :D

 

His budget is $1000 though so it depends how flexible that figure is. A 2060 isn't going to be $200 cheaper than a 1070 ti.

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Because his initial build was $1168.62 I figured 75 $ probably won't kill him. 

 

But you are right, to get closer to the 1000 $ mark a 580 would probably be the best choice. I suggest MSI so it still goes with the red and black ?

 

Or get a used 1070 ti if the price will drop significantly, but that is probably unlikely. 

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Thanks for the replies and suggestions. Unfortunately, after I mentioned to my brother that he can use mouse and keyboard on some xbox games, he completely abandoned the idea of building a PC haha.

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2 minutes ago, RamboPenguin said:

Thanks for the replies and suggestions. Unfortunately, after I mentioned to my brother that he can use mouse and keyboard on some xbox games, he completely abandoned the idea of building a PC haha.

Tell him it doesn’t work for all games

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