I need build ideas [BUDGET]

[Brilled]

Howdy.

 

I need a PC build for the price range of about $400, which is upgradable for the most part.

 

EDIT: It needs to run Terraria & Minecraft with mods

 

Thanks and good luck.

[Akira Shimazu]

2200g

Asrock b450 pro 4

Corsair CX 2017 450Watt

Rx 570 power color

Adata SSD 240GB or Galaz SSD 240GB or WD Blue 7200rpm 1TB

Any kind of cheap ram 4x2 . KLevv. trident.

Case is up to you. 

 

my total budget was like 470$ ish

[SenioRR]

Here is my suggestion:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$79.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$68.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$64.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$29.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$42.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$44.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$78.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$435.63
	Mail-in rebates	-$25.00
	Total	$410.63
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 09:02 EDT-0400

Use the APU for now but in the future you can replace it with a regular Ryzen CPU and thrown in a GPU.

The case I have chosen is, in my opinion, one of the best budget cases which also looks great.

You obviously should go for a case you prefer if you don't like it.

[Brilled]

1 minute ago, Wolfycapt said:

2200g

Asrock b450 pro 4

Corsair CX 2017 450Watt

Rx 570 power color

Adata SSD 240GB or Galaz SSD 240GB or WD Blue 7200rpm 1TB

Any kind of cheap ram 4x2 . KLevv. trident.

Case is up to you. 

 

my total budget was like 470$ ish

Thanks for the build. I will take a look at this build, just one question, which component is the motherboard? I'm still learning.

[Brilled]

1 minute ago, SenioRR said:

Here is my suggestion:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$79.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$68.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$64.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$29.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$42.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$44.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	Corsair CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$78.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$435.63
	Mail-in rebates	-$25.00
	Total	$410.63
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 09:02 EDT-0400

Use the APU for now but in the future you can replace it with a regular Ryzen CPU and thrown in a GPU.

Holy, thanks so much for your help!

 

I'll mark this as solved.

 

Many Thanks!

[SenioRR]

1 minute ago, Brilled said:

Holy, thanks so much for your help!

 

I'll mark this as solved.

 

Many Thanks!

No worries. Just a little note in terms of upgrades: get a GPU first once you're ready. The APU will run just fine with a GPU in the build.

You could also save a little bit by going for 8GB of DDR4 but this 16GB kit is a very good deal in my opinion and it also runs at a nice speed of 3200MHZ which any Ryzen CPU/APU will be happy to utilise.

[Brilled]

1 minute ago, SenioRR said:

No worries. Just a little note in terms of upgrades: get a GPU first once you're ready. The APU will run just fine with a GPU in the build.

You could also save a little bit by going for 8GB of DDR4 but this 16GB kit is a very good deal in my opinion and it also runs at a nice speed of 3200MHZ which any Ryzen CPU/APU will be happy to utilise.

You have been a massive help!

[boey]

10 minutes ago, Brilled said:

Holy, thanks so much for your help!

 

I'll mark this as solved.

 

Many Thanks!

Would recommend changing the case that @SenioRR suggested, has been known to have pretty bad airflow problems. Power Supply is pretty overkill too. 

Something like this could be better:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$79.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$59.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Team T-Force Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$39.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$28.95 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$42.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$41.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$57.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$351.59
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 09:13 EDT-0400

 

much better case for airflow, has a larger SSD and is $50 under budget. remember to download windows onto the SSD and not your hard drive. I went for 8GB RAM because you're really not gonna max 16GB of RAM out on this level of hardware

 

If you're having problems with building your pc, you can watch this video, it helped me a lot with my first build

 

[SenioRR]

12 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

Would recommend changing the case that @SenioRR suggested, has been known to have pretty bad airflow problems. Power Supply is pretty overkill too. 

Something like this could be better:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$79.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$59.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	Team T-Force Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$39.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$28.95 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$42.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$41.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$57.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$351.59
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 09:13 EDT-0400

 

much better case for airflow, has a larger SSD and is $50 under budget. remember to download windows onto the SSD and not your hard drive. I went for 8GB RAM because you're really not gonna max 16GB of RAM out on this level of hardware

 

If you're having problems with building your pc, you can watch this video, it helped me a lot with my first build

 

He did say he wanted to make it upgradeable.

I wouldn't cheap out on the motherboard just in case he wants to upgrade to an 8 core Ryzen 3700x, for example, and slightly overclock it.

The more powerful PSU will also allow him to stick pretty much any GPU and any Ryzen CPU in it without having to worry about power.

16GB of DDR4 will also keep him running for a very long time whereas 8GB can be maxed out these days.

[boey]

2 minutes ago, SenioRR said:

He did say he wanted to make it upgradeable.

I wouldn't cheap out on the motherboard just in case he wants to upgrade to an 8 core Ryzen 3700x, for example, and slightly overclock it.

The more powerful PSU will also allow him to stick pretty much any GPU and any Ryzen CPU in it without having to worry about power.

16GB of DDR4 will also keep him running for a very long time whereas 8GB can be maxed out these days.

Ah, missed that bit. Would still highly recommend changing the case to the Thermaltake Versa H15 though, has far far far superior airflow

 

Also, it's basically impossible to OC ryzen 3000 and have decent performance improvement, stock clocks are pretty much the max unless you LN2 or have a custom loop