Is this considered a good "low budget" build?

[flubbydub]

Hi everyone!

Since I did not build a computer in my life before, I was thinking of building one myself in the time of quarantine (for gaming purpose (LOL, CSGO...) or maybe some light video editing).

Here are the components I would choose:

 

- ASUS PRIME B450-Plus AM4 ATX

- AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3,6/4,2GHz 32MB AM4

- Patriot Viper Steel Kit 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3000

- Chieftec ECO Series 600W ATX (power supply)

- MSI GeForce GTX 1650 VENTUS XS 4G OC, 4GB GDDR5 (or maybe a low powered for starters.... some 1030 or something like that)

- *I already have an old case, and some ssd drives that I could use*

 

Are those good parts, or should I go in the direction of Intel Core i5-8400 and then choose the parts accordingly?

 

Thank you!

[boggy77]

the 3600 is much better than the intel 8400. however, the other components you chose aren't great.

what's your budget and country? we can help with a better build.

the gpu is very slow for gaming compared to the cpu, the PSU and motherboard aren't great and the ram could be faster.

[flubbydub]

2 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

the 3600 is much better than the intel 8400. however, the other components you chose aren't great.

what's your budget and country? we can help with a better build.

the gpu is very slow for gaming compared to the cpu, the PSU and motherboard aren't great and the ram could be faster.

Hi!

Thanks for the offered help!

 

The budget for this is arount 500-600eur, and I am from Slovenia.

[SavageNeo]

better psu refer to this and get atleast b category: 

better gpu. You said for starters? going to upgrade soon after that? then 1650 is decent choice. Otherwise get this: 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Motherboard	ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$59.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Allian 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$67.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB THICC II Pro Video Card	$279.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$75.98 @ Newegg
Custom	ryzen 5 1600 AF	$85.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$623.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-01 06:26 EDT-0400

 

 

Ryzen 1600 af (similar to ryzen 5 2600, litte worse than 3600 but 2.5x cheaper) And the cheapest motherboard but stil decent.

16 gig of 3200 mhz ram and good psu. 

 

And much better gpu tahn 1650 super. Added 2th hdd for large files and future

 

 

 

[flubbydub]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

better psu refer to this and get atleast b category: 

better gpu. You said for starters? going to upgrade soon after that? then 1650 is decent choice. Otherwise get this: 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Motherboard	ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$59.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Allian 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$67.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB THICC II Pro Video Card	$279.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$75.98 @ Newegg
Custom	ryzen 5 1600 AF	$85.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$623.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-01 06:26 EDT-0400

 

 

Ryzen 1600 af (similar to ryzen 5 2600, litte worse than 3600 but 2.5x cheaper) And the cheapest motherboard but stil decent.

16 gig of 3200 mhz ram and good psu. 

 

And much better gpu tahn 1650 super. Added 2th hdd for large files and future

 

 

 

Hi!

Yeah for starters, because I will see how demanding the games are going to be that Imma play... for now its just LOL and csgo... I chose the R5 3600 kind of because of all the new marketing and the videos that its much better than Intel. 

[SavageNeo]

3 minutes ago, flubbydub said:

Hi!

Yeah for starters, because I will see how demanding the games are going to be that Imma play... for now its just LOL and csgo... I chose the R5 3600 kind of because of all the new marketing and the videos that its much better than Intel.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Motherboard	ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$59.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Allian 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$67.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB Gaming X Video Card	$178.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	$75.98 @ Newegg
Custom	ryzen 5 1600 AF	$85.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$522.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-01 06:34 EDT-0400

for csgo the ryzen 5 1600 af will be enough. 1650 super is better than 1650 with similar price. It will be more than enough for csgo and lol, and some AAA titles with medium-highs settings at 1080p

[boggy77]

5 minutes ago, flubbydub said:

Hi!

Yeah for starters, because I will see how demanding the games are going to be that Imma play... for now its just LOL and csgo... I chose the R5 3600 kind of because of all the new marketing and the videos that its much better than Intel. 

i'd go with something like this. cpu is still better than a 8400 from intel, with a much better gpu (which is what makes game run better)

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	€97.80 @ Alza
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	€80.19 @ Mindfactory
Memory	Patriot Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	€81.89 @ Alternate
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	€257.80 @ Alza
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 11 400 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	€65.89 @ Alternate
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€583.57
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-01 12:36 CEST+0200

 

[flubbydub]

Thank you both for the recommendations! 

I will try to follow them as much as possible, and then get back to you once I will start building it (somewhere in the future ahah)

 

@boggy77 @SavageNeo

[boggy77]

36 minutes ago, flubbydub said:

Thank you both for the recommendations! 

I will try to follow them as much as possible, and then get back to you once I will start building it (somewhere in the future ahah)

 

@boggy77 @SavageNeo

if you're not building for a few weeks, come back when ready and we might adjust the build based on changes in prices/components

[flubbydub]

2 hours ago, boggy77 said:

if you're not building for a few weeks, come back when ready and we might adjust the build based on changes in prices/components

Great, I will, thanks!