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[Zeki_]

 

I'm planning to put my first rig together.  It's going to be used mainly for gaming, media consumption and a bit of 3D moddeling.

This what i've came up with fiddling on pc part picker,  i'm not informed when it comes to RAM and motherboard so i'm not sure for those.

I would like to keep head room for upgrading later on, which is why i went ATX on the motherboard.

 

Any case would do if there's anthing with better value

I plan to use one 1080p monitor for starter, but it could be changed for 2, or upgraded.

Windows is expensive, so i'm probably going to get it from a Keygen re-seller.

 

Any suggestion help, I'm trying to keep the rig lower than 500$CAD (380$US) if possible.

 

Prices are in Canadian Currency

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$158.88 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$74.75 @ Vuugo
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$59.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$74.98 @ Amazon Canada
Case	Corsair SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case	$34.99 @ Canada Computers
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$54.99 @ Memory Express
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$548.58
	Mail-in rebates	-$90.00
	Total	$458.58
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-25 18:55 EST-0500

 

 

[Fasauceome]

Looks like a super solid build list overall

[smajli]

I think you forgot the gpu, didnt you?+

 

//nvm im stupid and didnt see the apu... (misread it as ryzen 5 2600 lol)

 

overall its a solid budget build

[LogicWeasel]

Only possible tweak with that tight of a budget I tried making.  Made the motherboard a really good one for VRMs and future upgrading, and it supports this newer Ryzen APU.  That said, I dropped the storage a bit but I hope you have a HDD you could pop in for raw storage.  Otherwise your next upgrades would be that and a dedicated GPU to really get more from games, but at least this Ryzen is Zen+ so by comparison to the 2400G it has slightly faster cores (and higher base clock):

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.75 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($59.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $474.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-25 18:22 EST-0500

[Zeki_]

1 minute ago, smajli said:

I think you forgot the gpu, didnt you?

Well since gpus are quite expensive, i was thinking using the unboard graphics of the ryzen 2400G until i can get enough for something like an GTX 1660 or something..

[LogicWeasel]

3 minutes ago, smajli said:

I think you forgot the gpu, didnt you?

no room in budget, but these AMD chips have Vega 11 integrated graphics, so it's not as bad as Intel onboard.

[Zeki_]

2 minutes ago, LogicWeasel said:

Only possible tweak with that tight of a budget I tried making.  Made the motherboard a really good one for VRMs and future upgrading, and it supports this newer Ryzen APU.  That said, I dropped the storage a bit but I hope you have a HDD you could pop in for raw storage.  Otherwise your next upgrades would be that and a dedicated GPU to really get more from games, but at least this Ryzen is Zen+ so by comparison to the 2400G it has slightly faster cores (and higher base clock):

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.75 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($59.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Storage: Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $474.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-25 18:22 EST-0500

Thanks a lot!

I have a 1tb HDD laying around from my laptop, probably could make the cut