Low Budget PC Build

[Nando Cael]

   Hey!

   So, recently after building my own PC, my sister has asked me to build one for her as well. But after choosing literally every other part of the computer, I feel extremely indecisive as to what CPU I should choose.

   She gave me a really low budget of 600€ (I live in Portugal, this should be equivalent to like, a $500 USD build in the States). She's not really going to give the computer any extreme use, just some YouTube browsing, stuff like taxes, and some light gaming on the side, on MMORPG's like TERA or single player indie games like Ori. I was thinking of a Ryzen 3 1200 or 1300x, but the 4c/4t have me worried as to if she'll have a bad experience in those games with one of those. 

   Going for a Ryzen 5 1400, for 4c/8t wouldn't break the budget, but starting on the 1500x, it would. And the cheapest 6c/12t goes 100€ over the budget limit.

 

   Pls send help

[Herman Mcpootis]

a 2200G will probably be good enough since she doesn't plan on playing anything that needs much GPU power. pair it with 2x4GB 3000mhz ram and a 480gb SSD.

[fluxdeity]

Here's a decent list. Not sure of availability in Portugal but I see you can order from Amazon.se so you should be able to pull it off. Only thing you might have to switch is the RAM. Those RAM sticks are only $104.99 on Amazon here in the US and come with Samsung b-die so very compatible with motherboard vendors. Only issue is you'll need to clock it down to 3200 or 3466mhz and CL14.

[LukeSavenije]

9 minutes ago, fluxdeity said:

Here's a decent list. Not sure of availability in Portugal but I see you can order from Amazon.se so you should be able to pull it off. Only thing you might have to switch is the RAM. Those RAM sticks are only $104.99 on Amazon here in the US and come with Samsung b-die so very compatible with motherboard vendors. Only issue is you'll need to clock it down to 3200 or 3466mhz and CL14.

i like your idea except for that 660p

 

it's shown to not be that good according to anandtech's testing. it felt below a mx500

[fluxdeity]

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

i like your idea except for that 660p

 

it's shown to not be that good according to anandtech's testing. it felt below a mx500

While not the best I figured it'd do for just a web browser/light moba PC as it shouldn't be doing a whole lot of writing through it's life. Maybe 10 TBW over the life while they're rated at 200 TBW. Also with the SLC cache it's generally faster than the MX500. I'd recommend the Force MP510 but I'm not too fond of Corsair products as they're a little gimicky with all the RGB/gamer keywords.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, fluxdeity said:

 

look at this...

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13078/the-intel-ssd-660p-ssd-review-qlc-nand-arrives/2

[fluxdeity]

3 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

look at this...

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13078/the-intel-ssd-660p-ssd-review-qlc-nand-arrives/2

Fixed it. Didn't know it was that bad, I don't visit anandtech often because it's a little clunky and always loads slowly for me.

[LukeSavenije]

4 minutes ago, fluxdeity said:

Fixed it. Didn't know it was that bad, I don't visit anandtech often because it's a little clunky and always loads slowly for me.

anandtech isn't always good (flashbacks of when they recommended a xi hero), but on this one i can believe them

 

crucial p1 seems pretty good for the price tho

[Nando Cael]

1 hour ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

a 2200G will probably be good enough since she doesn't plan on playing anything that needs much GPU power. pair it with 2x4GB 3000mhz ram and a 480gb SSD.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Caeltha/saved/9sZ4qs This is more or less the chosen parts. After doing it in pcpartpicker for USA, I realized the price range I gave in USD was actually wrong 

This build, as is, is 570€ here. Going R3 1300x would make it 595€. Going R5 1400 would make it 600€; R5 1500X 620€.

[Bearmann]

2 hours ago, LukeSavenije said:

i like your idea except for that 660p

 

it's shown to not be that good according to anandtech's testing. it felt below a mx500

The Destroyer is an extreme workload. Very few people ever run their computer like that. She is not running a server farm. Though I still have mixed feelings about QLC drives, it does extremely well versus a sata drive in the heavy workload test.

[LukeSavenije]

6 minutes ago, Bearmann said:

The Destroyer is an extreme workload. Very few people ever run their computer like that. She is not running a server farm. Though I still have mixed feelings about QLC drives, it does extremely well versus a sata drive in the heavy workload test.

you're right on that part, but i think a p1 would be even better

[LukeSavenije]

1 hour ago, Nando Cael said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Caeltha/saved/9sZ4qs This is more or less the chosen parts. After doing it in pcpartpicker for USA, I realized the price range I gave in USD was actually wrong 

This build, as is, is 570€ here. Going R3 1300x would make it 595€. Going R5 1400 would make it 600€; R5 1500X 620€.

don't do that psu...

[Nando Cael]

5 hours ago, LukeSavenije said:

don't do that psu...

I only chose that PSU cuz it's around the same price as the one I thought about getting in a local retailer, but wasn't listed in the parts list.

[LukeSavenije]

3 minutes ago, Nando Cael said:

I only chose that PSU cuz it's around the same price as the one I thought about getting in a local retailer, but wasn't listed in the parts list.

which one is it?

[Nando Cael]

11 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

which one is it?

Corsair's CX450M

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, Nando Cael said:

Corsair's CX450M

oh, then i won't complain