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Budget (including currency): $300 - $600 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Overwatch, Minecraft, OBS, eSports titles, OBS, etc

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

I have all of the peripherals that I think I need: mouse (Logitech G305), keyboard (Steelseries Apex 5), mousepad (Steelseries large), headset (Steelseries Arctis 3), and I'll have a fine monitor by the time I finish building this rig 😊. So this is JUST about the PC parts and rig as a whole. I currently use all of this on a 2019 Macbook Pro 15" (school and work, not changing, I love macOS sorrynotsorry) and on my Xbox 1S (very limited mouse and keyboard support). I would like to move over to PC gaming with the new console generation, so I'm hoping to only spend around what the new consoles will cost at launch hopefully with similar (if not better) specs. in terms of games I play now and plan on playing: I spend a lot of my time paying Overwatch (Xbox), Tomb Raider (Xbox), fun indies (Xbox/Switch), fighting games (xbox, switch), and adventure games (usually Switch). I usually skip AAA's, or play them on my xbox, so this thing doesn't need to be a beast. I would love to play good looking games around 60fps with high resolution, or competitive games at around 144fps at medium resolution. Long story short, this doesn't need to be crazy lol. I'm also pretty handy with trouble shooting and fixing funky hardware, so I'll be using suggestions from this to look for sales, deals on ebay, craigslist, etc. over the next year or two. Let me know if you're running something that it sounds like would work for me, or if you've got some ideas to share 😁 I'm not in a hurry, so have fun! ❤️ (I'l probably check back in on this every day or so)

 

Some specs/ guidelines that I'm using:

- Budget, so so very budget. Ebay and refurb are my best friend

- low(ish) power consumption

- cooling doesn't matter (I just want it to be easy/ low maintenance)

- AMD v. Intel doesn't matter (Kinda leaning AMD but idc)

- I love the idea of upcycling and reusing material (cases or used products or whatever I can get away with)

 

Tl;Dr:

1st time budget gaming rig using discount/2nd hand parts, no peripherals needed, for esports titles 🤩 Thank you!!

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7 minutes ago, MiinD said:

Don't worry i got you give me a minute.

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $127.98 @ Walmart
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $72.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $68.99 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card $223.98 @ Newegg
Case Deepcool MATREXX 55 ATX Mid Tower Case $49.99 @ B&H
Power Supply EVGA 550 W ATX Power Supply $59.42 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $678.33
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $658.33
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-04 00:39 EDT-0400  

 

But I gotta tell you ur not gonna be at 144 fps wiht only a $600 budget. 

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Just now, MiinD said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $127.98 @ Walmart
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $72.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $68.99 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card $223.98 @ Newegg
Case Deepcool MATREXX 55 ATX Mid Tower Case $49.99 @ B&H
Power Supply EVGA 550 W ATX Power Supply $59.42 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $678.33
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $658.33
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-04 00:39 EDT-0400  

 

But I gotta tell you ur not gonna be at 144 fps wiht only a $600 budget. 

With the games you mentioned at least

 

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2 minutes ago, MiinD said:

With the games you mentioned at least

 

Bro why 2200g ,1600af is much better and cheaper

No ssd

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11 minutes ago, MiinD said:

But I gotta tell you ur not gonna be at 144 fps wiht only a $600 budget. 

thats totally ok! i'm just hoping to play some of these more competitive games on NOT a controller without major stutter :) 

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9 minutes ago, Shreyasb said:

Bro why 2200g ,1600af is much better and cheaper

No ssd

I was gonna do that but no major websites are selling them anymore. I wanted to stick with know sites

 

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31 minutes ago, MiinD said:
 

But I gotta tell you ur not gonna be at 144 fps wiht only a $600 budget. 

psu is hot garbage, a corsair Cx450 is much better.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor $145.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $72.99 @ B&H
Memory ADATA XPG Z1 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $64.98 @ Amazon
Storage ADATA XPG SX850 256 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $38.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card PNY GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB XLR8 Gaming Overclocked Edition Video Card $199.99 @ Walmart
Case Deepcool MATREXX 55 ATX Mid Tower Case $49.99 @ B&H
Power Supply SeaSonic S12III 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $64.99 @ B&H
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $692.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-04 01:14 EDT-0400  

As u mentioned u can go used market 

Try replace the GPU with 1070 ti or non ti 

Hope this is useful

Edit:-You can also get rx580 used in eBay for cheap.And forgot to mention get 1600 AF and not 1600 AE

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what kind of cooler should I be looking for? what kind of specs/ dimensions should I be looking for? I don't really care about noise level

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what kind of cooler should I be looking for? what kind of specs/ dimensions should I be looking for? I don't really care about noise level

you should just use a stock cooler

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what kind of cooler should I be looking for? what kind of specs/ dimensions should I be looking for? I don't really care about noise level

No need use the stock cooler hope ur not going to overclock

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Y'all are the best! Thank you so much for taking the time to reply to this! I'll be using this as my map as I set up alerts on ebay and scroll craigslist and stuff :) hecking awesome ❤️

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor $85.00
Motherboard ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $68.98 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $154.00 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Green 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $58.99 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI Radeon RX 580 8 GB GT Video Card $144.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case $64.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  
Case Fan ARCTIC P12 Value Pack 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans $19.98 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $666.90
  Mail-in rebates -$15.00
  Total $651.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-04 01:31 EDT-0400  

 

buy the ryzen 5 1600 af not the normal ryzen 5 1600

 

 

QUOTE ME  FOR ANSWER.

 

Main PC:

Spoiler

|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

Spoiler

| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

Spoiler

| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

Spoiler

 

Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

Spoiler

 

Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

Spoiler

 

Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

Spoiler

 

Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

Spoiler

 

Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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6 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor $85.00
Motherboard ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $68.98 @ Newegg
Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $154.00 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Green 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $58.99 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI Radeon RX 580 8 GB GT Video Card $144.99 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case $64.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply be quiet! Pure Power 11 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  
Case Fan ARCTIC P12 Value Pack 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans $19.98 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $666.90
  Mail-in rebates -$15.00
  Total $651.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-04 01:31 EDT-0400  

 

buy the ryzen 5 1600 af not the normal ryzen 5 1600

 

 

Bro can 580 run 1080p 144fps

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12 minutes ago, Shreyasb said:

Bro can 580 run 1080p 144fps

yes it can. rx 580 is between 1060 6gb and 1070. and it is not that far from 1660

QUOTE ME  FOR ANSWER.

 

Main PC:

Spoiler

|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

Spoiler

| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

Spoiler

| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

Spoiler

 

Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

Spoiler

 

Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

Spoiler

 

Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

Spoiler

 

Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

Spoiler

 

Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

yes it can. rx 580 is between 1060 6gb and 1070. and it is not that far from 1660

Is it ,I thought it is little better to 1650 so I did not suggest 

Thanks bro.I will change it my build post 

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So, hear me out, I've been hearing a lot about the Athlon 3000G in terms of low spek/ low budget gaming. From what I understand it seems like upgrade path is pretty solid in terms of being bale to bump to ryzen 3 or ryzen 5 stuff using the same mother board. Pairing that with something like a Radeon RX 580 also leaves a pretty clear upgrade path to GTX later when my GPU is my main bottleneck. I speked something out recently as a super low budget machine focusing on value, low budget, entry level components. Let me know if this parts list is just silly:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor $54.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $79.99 @ Newegg
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $62.99 @ Newegg
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card $169.99 @ Amazon
Case Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $50.89 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA 550 W ATX Power Supply $61.42 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $480.27
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-14 17:46 EDT-0400  

again, using ebay and stuff for the graphics card and CPU makes the total around $400 which is wayyyyyy easier to swallow just to play things like league, overwatch, indies, and maybe some emul*tors. Am I crazy?

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