Gaming PC Buildfor my brother (Budget..)

[whatishacks]

Budget: $800 canadian before tax

 

Will be used for gaming.

 

Not really sure where to start as i havent kept up to date with parts.

 

[Fasauceome]

Any need for portability? Monitor/mouse/keyboard?

[Happycowdance]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$124.99 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$149.00 @ Amazon Canada
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$106.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	ADATA - SX7000 256 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$44.88 @ Canada Computers
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$49.99 @ Newegg Canada
Video Card	Asus - Radeon RX 580 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card	$239.99 @ Memory Express
Case	Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Canada Computers
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$69.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$865.82
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$835.82
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-11 20:53 EDT-0400

this I guess

try and upgrade the cpu when zen 2 comes out

 

[Happycowdance]

could also try this has a better cpu but less ram and a worse psu

also has a prettier case

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$229.00 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard	$119.50 @ Vuugo
Memory	Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$66.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	ADATA - SX7000 256 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$44.88 @ Canada Computers
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$49.99 @ Newegg Canada
Video Card	Asus - Radeon RX 580 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card	$239.99 @ Memory Express
Case	Cooler Master - MasterBox MB600L ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Memory Express
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$54.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$905.33
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$865.33
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-11 21:02 EDT-0400

 

[whatishacks]

13 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Any need for portability? Monitor/mouse/keyboard?

Nope, we have everything else just need system

3 minutes ago, Happycowdance said:

could also try this has a better cpu but less ram and a worse psu

also has a prettier case

 

I've read that the 2200g stutters in some games, 2600 will probably be our way to go

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, whatishacks said:

Nope, we have everything else just need system

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$229.00 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$84.90 @ Vuugo
Memory	Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$66.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	ADATA - SX7000 256 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$44.88 @ Canada Computers
Video Card	MSI - Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card	$199.00 @ Canada Computers
Case	Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$44.99 @ Memory Express
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$54.99 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$769.75
	Mail-in rebates	-$45.00
	Total	$724.75
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-11 21:11 EDT-0400

 

This AND a used GPU from eBay like an RX 580. That's the very best value.

[jerubedo]

This was a bit of a challenge but I was able to make you a build that makes use of R5 2600, 16GB of 3000MHz RAM, 500GB storage, and the RX 580. Right at $800.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$229.00 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$69.51 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$106.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	ADATA - Ultimate SU650 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.98 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Video Card	Asus - Radeon RX 580 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card	$239.99 @ Memory Express
Case	Rosewill - FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$39.99 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$44.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$835.45
	Mail-in rebates	-$35.00
	Total	$800.45
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-12 00:36 EDT-0400

 

The only thing I'd say as a caveat is don't expect too much in the way of overclocking on this board. It will handle a minor overclock, but VRMs could be an issue for heavy overclocks. As long as you are good with that, this build offers the best gaming performance out of the ones posted here.

[jerubedo]

As an alternative to my previous build, you can also do this assuming it'll be for gaming only. This will get even more gaming performance than my last one due to the GTX 1660 Ti:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$159.99 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	MSI - H310M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$74.99 @ Memory Express
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$106.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	ADATA - Ultimate SU650 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.98 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB XC BLACK GAMING Video Card	$329.99 @ Memory Express
Case	Rosewill - FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$39.99 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$44.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$841.92
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$826.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-12 01:09 EDT-0400

 

The 8100 trades blows with the 2600 in gaming performance and wins overall when looking at a comprehensive gaming test suite, however it doesn't matter too much when we're in the territory of the RX 570/580/GTX 1660/1660 Ti. Those GPUs all pair very nicely with either CPU and you'd be hard pressed to find those GPUs being bottlenecked by either CPU.