Spending Budget Wisely

[Dreadnought]

Hi! I want to know how would you spend your budget, for example:

 

Budget: $1000

CPU: 15% ($150)

MB: 10%

RAM: 5%

GPU: 30%

SSD: 5%

PSU: 10%

Monitor: 25%

 

I don't include case because case is highly subjective, some people even built a PC without a case.

[Nocte]

It depends too much on deals, form factor (smaller stuff costs more), utilisation (e.g. games (gpu) vs rendering (cpu)), etc. 

You cannot break it down to percentages imo.

[nick name]

I would never approach a build with percentages assigned and then trying to find parts at a price that fits into that percentage.  

 

Also, if you're buying a $150 CPU and $300 GPU you don't need a $100 PSU.  And a $50 SSD build is probably gonna also need a HDD for everything else.  Surprisingly, you can now find $50 RAM.  

[Dreadnought]

9 minutes ago, Nocte said:

It depends too much on deals, form factor (smaller stuff costs more), utilisation (e.g. games (gpu) vs rendering (cpu)), etc. 

You cannot break it down to percentages imo.

I just asked how would "you" spend your budget. But since you asked some specific questions, it's a normal (atx) form factor, and it will be used mainly for light  gaming, like LoL CSGO Fortnite etc. (and probably streaming).

[Dreadnought]

14 minutes ago, nick name said:

I would never approach a build with percentages assigned and then trying to find parts at a price that fits into that percentage.  

 

Also, if you're buying a $150 CPU and $300 GPU you don't need a $100 PSU.  And a $50 SSD build is probably gonna also need a HDD for everything else.  Surprisingly, you can now find $50 RAM.  

The percentages are just for an example, I'm trying to give the best example on this particular subject.

[nick name]

5 minutes ago, Dreadnought IX said:

The percentages are just for an example, I'm trying to give the best example on this particular subject.

I gotcha.  It's my opinion that using percentages as a starting reference would not be good for the example.  If you want to spec out a build within a certain budget and then figure the percentages after doing so then that might be a fun exercise.  

[Dreadnought]

11 minutes ago, nick name said:

I gotcha.  It's my opinion that using percentages as a starting reference would not be good for the example.  If you want to spec out a build within a certain budget and then figure the percentages after doing so then that might be a fun exercise.  

Yeah it's kinda my mistake tho, this percentage is based on a build, it looks like this:

 

R5 2600 $200

ASRock B450 Pro 4 $100 

2x4GB 3200MHz DDR4 $50

RX 580 8GB $250

Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 550 $100

Acer KG251QF $250

 

I started a business in PC world (selling pc parts, whole pc, building pcs, etc.). This build will be a build for my first customer btw, so I need some suggestions :D