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Hey,

I've been having trouble with my pc lately and need an upgrade. I have a low budget (around $750-$800 us). I need something that can handle everyday tasks (web browsing, documents, etc) but also want something that can handle light video editing (I have a new 360 camera and can't even open the pictures with my current 32-bit pc). I don't do much gaming besides a tiny bit of minecraft, but I'd like to have the ability to game in the future. I looked into building, (I know how) but it seems everything is just above my price point. These are the 2 that I found at Best Buy that look pretty good to me (but what do i know about picking hardware?) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-master-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-2600-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-super-2tb-hdd-240gb-ssd-black/6401035.p?skuId=6401035   https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-master-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-7-2700x-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-500gb-ssd-white/6385375.p?skuId=6385375   

They're both $800. I kind of like the look of the black one more, but I would be fine with the white one. The extra storage in the black one would probably be good too. I guess what I'm really asking here is, for my use case, is the ryzen 5 2600 or the ryzen 7 2700X better? Or am i way off track and should be looking at something different?

Please Help me!

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8 minutes ago, HelpRequired said:

Hey,

 I looked into building, (I know how) but it seems everything is just above my price point.

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $174.99 @ B&H
Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard $129.99 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $69.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial BX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $99.99 @ B&H
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card $193.98 @ Newegg
Case Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $56.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $65.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $791.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-04 16:54 EDT-0400  

Same total price... Better PC. If you want to save a bit more, there are other ways to adjust things (like a smaller SSD and etc).

 

All items can be bought together for that price at Newegg, so it isn't even multiple merchants either.

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12 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $174.99 @ B&H
Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard $129.99 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $69.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial BX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $99.99 @ B&H
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card $193.98 @ Newegg
Case Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $56.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $65.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $791.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-04 16:54 EDT-0400  

Same total price... Better PC. If you want to save a bit more, there are other ways to adjust things (like a smaller SSD and etc).

 

All items can be bought together for that price at Newegg, so it isn't even multiple merchants either.

Bad SSD and PSU.

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Just now, Daniel Z. said:

Bad SSD and PSU.

No. and No. A BX500 is a very respectable sata drive, and NVME is literally a waste of money for 99.999% of consumers. The BQ line is perfectly good enough for what is needed, and strikes a good cost/performance balance.

 

Ofc, feel free to recommend different choices. I bet you that cyberpower PC uses shittier SSDs (bad NVME is not better than good sata) and probably a no-name PSU as well.

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4 minutes ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

No. and No. A BX500 is a very respectable sata drive, and NVME is literally a waste of money for 99.999% of consumers. The BQ line is perfectly good enough for what is needed, and strikes a good cost/performance balance.

 

Ofc, feel free to recommend different choices. I bet you that cyberpower PC uses shittier SSDs (bad NVME is not better than good sata) and probably a no-name PSU as well.

BX500 doesn't have DRAM so it's not good. I don't have a problem with SATA drives, in fact I just bought a SATA 860 EVO. BQ shouldn't be used for anything more than office PCs.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $174.99 @ B&H
Motherboard ASRock B450M/AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $69.99 @ Newegg
Memory OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $66.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $114.99 @ Adorama
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card $233.98 @ Newegg
Case Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $49.99 @ B&H
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 CM 500 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $79.90 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $800.83
  Mail-in rebates -$10.00
  Total $790.83
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-04 17:13 EDT-0400  

 

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Actually this is better

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $174.99 @ B&H
Motherboard ASRock B450M/AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $69.99 @ Newegg
Memory OLOy WarHawk RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $66.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $114.99 @ Adorama
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card $269.99 @ B&H
Case Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $46.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $58.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $822.91
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $802.91
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-04 17:15 EDT-0400  

 

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1 minute ago, Daniel Z. said:

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A lack of DRAM on large drives for normal consumer use is not a big deal IMO, at all, but 15% price increase to get the better MX500 isn't a bad trade. I disagree for the BQ reference though, particularly since this isn't a crazy high load system. Also side note that I stayed away from OLOy on purpose because for 3 dollars, I'll take a brand I feel better about warrantees just in case. Additionally, though nothing is wrong with your choice, the motherboard I grabbed was explicitly to make sure it had wifi, because on mATX pcie slots can be at a higher premium. OFC, if OP doesn't plan on using wifi, cheaper B450 boards like your choice definitely exist.

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A lack of DRAM on large drives for normal consumer use is not a big deal IMO, at all, but 15% price increase to get the better MX500 isn't a bad trade. I disagree for the BQ reference though, particularly since this isn't a crazy high load system. Also side note that I stayed away from OLOy on purpose because for 3 dollars, I'll take a brand I feel better about warrantees just in case. Additionally, though nothing is wrong with your choice, the motherboard I grabbed was explicitly to make sure it had wifi, because on mATX pcie slots can be at a higher premium. OFC, if OP doesn't plan on using wifi, cheaper B450 boards like your choice definitely exist.

The B450M/AC has wifi, it's literally in the name, hence AC

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1 minute ago, Daniel Z. said:

The B450M/AC has wifi, it's literally in the name, hence AC

Point made hahaha, I must have accidentally been looking at ITX not mATX. BTW, I'd totally say the Core1000 definitely a better case choice in a vacuum, not sure if OP will want that if he actually cared how the Cyberpower pc looked.

 

Anyways, thanks for refining things, I had worked off of a 3400G build I already had saved in my lists. 

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CPU: i7-5820k // GPU: SLI MSI 980ti Gaming 6G // Cooling: Full Custom WC //  Mobo: ASUS X99 Sabertooth // Ram: 32GB Crucial Ballistic Sport // Boot SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

Mass SSD: Crucial M500 960GB  // PSU: EVGA Supernova 850G2 // Case: Fractal Design Define S Windowed // OS: Windows 10 // Mouse: Razer Naga Chroma // Keyboard: Corsair k70 Cherry MX Reds

Headset: Senn RS185 // Monitor: ASUS PG348Q // Devices: Note 10+ - Surface Book 2 15"

LINK-> Ainulindale: Music of the Ainur 

Prosumer DYI FreeNAS

CPU: Xeon E3-1231v3  // Cooling: Noctua L9x65 //  Mobo: AsRock E3C224D2I // Ram: 16GB Kingston ECC DDR3-1333

HDDs: 4x HGST Deskstar NAS 3TB  // PSU: EVGA 650GQ // Case: Fractal Design Node 304 // OS: FreeNAS

 

 

 

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