Build for work and school

[Shinyvids]

So I got a voucher from my school for $450 to best buy and I added some money to it and made it a $1000. I need a desktop for going to school and then after Doing my job. That would just include Finance for medical billing. I don't have a Monitor or keyboard or mouse neither. I feel like i could find that stuff on like Facebook Market place tho. I am asking should i go with a prebuilt system or could i still build on one from best buy and get all my parts from there better bang for my buck! Thank you in advance for your help!!

[jctappel67]

Location?

[Shinyvids]

Just now, jctappel67 said:

Location?

California I would have to order all the parts. If thats why you are asking

[jctappel67]

1 minute ago, Shinyvids said:

California I would have to order all the parts. If thats why you are asking

Just asking for currency purposes. Lots of people from Canada, NZ, Australia, etc.

 

I would suggest building it yourself. Certainly better bang for buck. 

[Shrekpad]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$104.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$85.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$64.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB MECH OC Video Card	$363.98 @ Newegg
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1009.92
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$989.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-19 19:44 EDT-0400

The cpu, case, and power supply are at Best Buy, they should add to $370. 

[Dravinian]

I threw together this list; it is not an endorsement of the parts, but a proof of concept of a gaming rig for about $1,000

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CTRLYH

 

[Dravinian]

I like Shrek's better, he has more GPU power for your money.

[Shinyvids]

Do I need a GPU if I’m not gaming at all

[Shinyvids]

26 minutes ago, Dravinian said:

I like Shrek's better, he has more GPU power for your money.

Do I need a gpu if I’m not gaming 

[Dravinian]

No, but in that case, have you thought about getting a laptop?  For the money you have you could probably get a nice powerful little laptop that is stylish and easy to carry around.  Screen size would be smaller, but most have a port (sometimes requiring an adaptor) where you can plug in a screen when you are at home - with mouse and keyboard.

 

That is what I do for work.  I run my laptop to 2 x 27" monitors when I am doing work related stuff.