Need help building a couple computers!

[NotSaint14]

So my brother and my friends all wanna build custom pc rigs and i guess i should too but were all new to this and i'm entrusted with making the part lists so im on pc part picker when i realize im heavily out of my league
So i need parts for 4 computers and each computer has a different set budget and basically it's like this..
 

My Brother's Budget: 1500 / This is including a monitor but not a mouse and keyboard and he want's to do video editing for his youtube channel and he wants to do gaming
My Budget: 500 / No peripherals needed but i want to do gaming and maybe streaming
My Best Friends Budget: 300 / Not including peripherals but he wants to do streaming and gaming
My broke friends budget: 150 / Not including peripherals just needs to play things like CSGO and Fortnite and Siege on low settings with playable framerates

 

i know a little bit about pcs but if i could get some sample builds to work off of that would be greatly appreciated!

[NotSaint14]

Also me and my brother wanna go team red with AMD, the other two are flexible

[Slottr]

I'm going to focus on the lower end builds as I'm sure someone else will get the 1500$ list set up for you. If they don't I'll throw something together

 

For your limited budget I'd go with a 1600AF and a used 580 (or similar card):

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.99 @ B&H
Memory	OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$62.99 @ Newegg
Storage	TCSunBow X3 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$57.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	$100.00
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox E300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$39.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$38.98 @ Newegg
Custom	1600 AF	$85.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$484.94
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$464.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-12 18:37 EDT-0400

 

For both of your friends I would look at buying a used Dell Optiplex with an i5 or i7. There's no way to buy a decent new system for 300$ for those processes.

[Shooterdude34]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

I'm going to focus on the lower end builds as I'm sure someone else will get the 1500$ list set up for you.

 

For your limited budget I'd go wit ha 1600AF and a used 580 (or similar card):

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.99 @ B&H
Memory	OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$62.99 @ Newegg
Storage	TCSunBow X3 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$57.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	$100.00
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox E300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$39.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$38.98 @ Newegg
Custom	1600 AF	$85.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$484.94
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$464.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-12 18:37 EDT-0400

 

For both of your friends I would look at buying a used Dell Optiplex with an i5 or i7. There's no way to buy a decent new system for 300$ for those processes.

This is good advice, and for the rich friend id go with this list

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz 8-Core Processor	$339.99 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$74.45 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock X570 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard	$175.94 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$87.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card	$499.99 @ B&H
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1508.30
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-12 18:45 EDT-0400

 

[NotSaint14]

Yeah i know they were gonna have to go used but what king of graphics card can i shove in a dell optiplex?

[NotSaint14]

Also my brothers rig on the 1500 has to include a monitor cause we dont have a monitor laying around for him to use

[Shooterdude34]

you could find an old rx 570 8gb for about $140

[Shooterdude34]

Just now, NotSaint14 said:

Also my brothers rig on the 1500 has to include a monitor cause we dont have a monitor laying around for him to use

ok, lemme change that. what resolution and refresh rate does he want?

[NotSaint14]

As high as possible while not compromising the tower quality, 60HZ should be fine but 144 Would be legendary

[Shooterdude34]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz 8-Core Processor	$339.99 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$74.45 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock X570 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard	$175.94 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$87.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB GAMING X Video Card	$349.99 @ B&H
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Amazon
Monitor	Acer ED242QR Abidpx 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$139.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1508.29
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$1498.29
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-12 18:51 EDT-0400

Heres the updated list with a monitor included. I got you a 144hz monitor. This list is a little more team red amd than the first one too

[NotSaint14]

This is great i can work off this but do you have any fan recommendations? Honestly we aren't water cooling biggies

[Slottr]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$289.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$99.99 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	$504.98 @ Newegg
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$98.98 @ Newegg
Monitor	AOC CQ27G1 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor	$229.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1563.77
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1543.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-12 19:05 EDT-0400

 

[Shooterdude34]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Here's a few changes.

 

Better gpu, larger ssd

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$289.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$99.99 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	$504.98 @ Newegg
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Amazon
Monitor	Acer ED242QR Abidpx 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$139.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1499.78
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1479.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-12 19:01 EDT-0400

 

Honestly i didnt think to change to a 3700x lol, only difference is a lower clock speed but thats not much of a deal. saves some space for the better gpu and bigger ssd, although you couldve gone with a better monitor and kept the 500gb ssd

[Slottr]

Just now, Shooterdude34 said:

Honestly i didnt think to change to a 3700x lol, only difference is a lower clock speed but thats not much of a deal. saves some space for the better gpu and bigger ssd, although you couldve gone with a better monitor and kept the 500gb ssd

I just made some more changes. I'm sure 50 bucks won't kill em.

[Shooterdude34]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$289.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$109.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	$504.98 @ Newegg
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Amazon
Monitor	AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$144.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1514.78
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1494.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-12 19:07 EDT-0400

Heres a bigger and better 144hz monitor

[NotSaint14]

That motherboard says it has an incompatibility issue

[NotSaint14]

Ooh there were a lot of replies from where i meant to place that

 

[Slottr]

Just now, NotSaint14 said:

That motherboard says it has an incompatibility issue

That's because when the 3xxx ryzen chips were released, they weren't natively supported on B450. The Tomahawk MAX boards have the bios update out of the box that supports those chips.

[NotSaint14]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$289.99 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12A 60.09 CFM CPU Cooler	$99.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.89 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$109.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	$504.98 @ Newegg
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$124.99 @ Amazon
Monitor	AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$144.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1614.68
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1594.68
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-12 19:22 EDT-0400

So this is kinda what i have going on rn for my brothers build do i need to buy a windows boot drive as well?

[NotSaint14]

Also if i could get someone to help me with those lower end builds that would be really nice too

[Slottr]

7 minutes ago, NotSaint14 said:

So this is kinda what i have going on rn for my brothers build do i need to buy a windows boot drive as well?

You will need to get a windows license, yes. Also knock the power supply down to a 650w TXM unit.

 

7 minutes ago, NotSaint14 said:

Also if i could get someone to help me with those lower end builds that would be really nice too

Where do you need help with those?

 

Also make sure to quote when you respond - so we get notified.

[NotSaint14]

Need to know what i should be working on with those builds and also i was wondering if there is another board for the 1500 build cuz my brother isn't gonna trust me when i say it's compatible if pc part picker doesnt say it is

[Aaron_T]

8 minutes ago, NotSaint14 said:

Also if i could get someone to help me with those lower end builds that would be really nice too

You're going to be hard pressed to find anything around $150 that can do much of any gaming.

 

For $300 you'd need to go used, for example, maybe something like this could work: https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBUYPOWER-504-ITX-Gaming-PC-i7-4770-3-40GHz-16GB-256GB-SSD-1TB-GTX-780ti-Win-10/293508719740?hash=item44567ba47c:g:R5AAAOSw7RJeaor1

[Slottr]

2 minutes ago, NotSaint14 said:

i was wondering if there is another board for the 1500 build cuz my brother isn't gonna trust me when i say it's compatible if pc part picker doesnt say it is

Show him this thread and my reply then. I run a similar system.

 

2 minutes ago, NotSaint14 said:

Need to know what i should be working on with those builds

And as mentioned, used dell optiplex, or a used system off your local classifieds.

Look for a 4th gen i7 or newer, with something like an RX 570 or similar gpu.

[NotSaint14]

So what if that 300 stretched to like a 400 could we maybe build something new there then?