a pc for a friend Help

[Sir_Dusk]

I want to build a pc for my friend to play 1080p games at 60 fps for a good price but I'm not too sure where to start I found a dell OptiPlex that has a i7 3770 16 gb of ddr 3 ram 500gb HDD 120gb ssd and a AMD Radeon 7570. my plan is to switch the graphics card  with a gtx 1660 and call it a day but I'm not sure how it would perform and if it would be good enough my max budget is 750 

[trevb0t]

12 minutes ago, Sir_Dusk said:

I want to build a pc for my friend to play 1080p games at 60 fps for a good price but I'm not too sure where to start I found a dell OptiPlex that has a i7 3770 16 gb of ddr 3 ram 500gb HDD 120gb ssd and a AMD Radeon 7570. my plan is to switch the graphics card  with a gtx 1660 and call it a day but I'm not sure how it would perform and if it would be good enough my max budget is 750 

For $750 in the U.S. we can put together a solid system that will outdo the old 3770.

Here's an idea:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	€149.90 @ Caseking
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 UD ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	€115.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	€72.00 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	ADATA Ultimate SU650 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	€49.00 @ ARLT
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	€304.99 @ Alternate
Case	Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case	€34.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 400 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	€40.44 @ Amazon Deutschland
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€767.22
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 08:12 CEST+0200

 

[trevb0t]

26 minutes ago, Sir_Dusk said:

my plan is to switch the graphics card  with a gtx 1660 and call it a day but I'm not sure how it would perform and if it would be good enough

If we were talking about a custom built PC with a decent MOBO, PSU, and an unlocked 3770k, it might be worth reviving. A locked 3rd gen CPU with a proprietary MOBO, a generic PSU, and a junky old office PC case isn't, however. At least not if you've got more than $4-500 to play around with.

The build above would significantly destroy that.

[Sir_Dusk]

1 minute ago, trevb0t said:

If we were talking about a custom built PC with a decent MOBO, PSU, and an unlocked 3770k, it might be worth reviving. But if you've got a $750 budget, the old Optiplex plus used GPU isn't the right fit. That's more for folks on a $300 budget.

yea ok the list is 981 cad that's a bit much maybe a different  cpu?

[Sir_Dusk]

3 minutes ago, trevb0t said:

If we were talking about a custom built PC with a decent MOBO, PSU, and an unlocked 3770k, it might be worth reviving. But if you've got a $750 budget, the old Optiplex plus used GPU isn't the right fit. That's more for folks on a $300 budget.

and no overclocking I want to give him a pc that he doesn't have to worry about so its stable by its self

[trevb0t]

4 minutes ago, Sir_Dusk said:

yea ok the list is 981 cad that's a bit much maybe a different  cpu?

Ah, see you didn't mention this was Canada.

I'm not sure why I had the previous build setin German pricing either

[Sir_Dusk]

Just now, trevb0t said:

Ah, see you didn't mention this was Canada.

Yea sorry about that

[trevb0t]

6 minutes ago, Sir_Dusk said:

Yea sorry about that

Perhaps something like:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	$169.99 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$105.25 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$85.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	TCSunBow X3 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$57.99 @ Amazon Canada
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card	$234.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case	Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$44.99 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$64.75 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$763.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 02:29 EDT-0400

 

[Sir_Dusk]

Just now, trevb0t said:

Perhaps something like:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	$169.99 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$105.25 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$85.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	TCSunBow X3 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$57.99 @ Amazon Canada
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card	$234.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case	Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$44.99 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$64.75 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$763.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 02:29 EDT-0400

 

that's pretty good!

[Sir_Dusk]

6 minutes ago, trevb0t said:

Perhaps something like:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	$169.99 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$105.25 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$85.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	TCSunBow X3 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$57.99 @ Amazon Canada
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card	$234.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case	Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$44.99 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$64.75 @ Vuugo
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$763.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 02:29 EDT-0400

 

I switched the asrock board for an asus one its like 5 bucks cheeper but I like the asus boards easy to work with and I havnt heard many good things from asrock  from a co worker

[trevb0t]

7 minutes ago, Sir_Dusk said:

I switched the asrock board for an asus one its like 5 bucks cheeper but I like the asus boards easy to work with and I havnt heard many good things from asrock  from a co worker

The Asus low end boards have pretty bad heat problems. It's low end. The ASRock Pro4 is where midrange starts. It's a step up for that $5 extra.

If we were talking about the $150 board range, I'd take ROG over ASRock all day.

If you step up a few bucks, the MSI B450M Bazooka board is very solid at the price point. It's over $100 in CAD though.

[BigRom]

8 minutes ago, Sir_Dusk said:

I switched the asrock board for an asus one its like 5 bucks cheeper but I like the asus boards easy to work with and I havnt heard many good things from asrock  from a co worker

Thats bottom barrel B450 board, you might as well get the bottom barrel Asrock for $10 cheaper. Asrock (budget) and MSI (across the range) are the go-to currently for AMD boards.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($169.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($85.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: TCSunBow X3 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8 GB PULSE Video Card  ($259.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H17 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.75 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $792.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 02:48 EDT-0400

[VEXICUS]

There you go....

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($169.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI B450M GAMING PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Team Dark 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: TCSunBow X3 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card  ($234.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H17 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MasterWatt 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($68.88 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $764.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 02:58 EDT-0400

[Sir_Dusk]

1 hour ago, trevb0t said:

The Asus low end boards have pretty bad heat problems. It's low end. The ASRock Pro4 is where midrange starts. It's a step up for that $5 extra.

If we were talking about the $150 board range, I'd take ROG over ASRock all day.

If you step up a few bucks, the MSI B450M Bazooka board is very solid at the price point. It's over $100 in CAD though.

Oh ok good to know