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[r2724r16]

Budget (including currency): $800 CAD

Country: Canada

Use Cases: This PC will be used for games such as Borderlands 3, Minecraft, Roblox, and Fortnite (overall, not very demanding games), played at high settings. It'll occasionally be used for video editing in Premiere as well as Photoshop.

Other details: Peripherals and monitor are NOT needed. This PC will be used with a 1080p 60Hz monitor. A 500GB SATA SSD and a 1TB HDD is ideal, but a 1TB SSD alone is also fine.

 

I think I've given most of the details, but let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.

[Eighjan]

Two sites I'd recommend.

https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri -  to get the RECOMMENDED, not Minimum, spec's of the games wanting to be played

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/  - to put a parts list together, based on the above.

[r2724r16]

7 minutes ago, Eighjan said:

Two sites I'd recommend.

https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri -  to get the RECOMMENDED, not Minimum, spec's of the games wanting to be played

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/  - to put a parts list together, based on the above.

Not to offend you or anything but I know what PCPP is.

 

It's just that I've lost touch with PCs a bit and I'm not too familar with the newest CPUs, motherboards, and graphics cards.

 

Thanks anyways.

[marmour]

42 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

Budget (including currency): $800 CAD

Country: Canada

Use Cases: This PC will be used for games such as Borderlands 3, Minecraft, Roblox, and Fortnite (overall, not very demanding games), played at high settings. It'll occasionally be used for video editing in Premiere as well as Photoshop.

Other details: Peripherals and monitor are NOT needed. This PC will be used with a 1080p 60Hz monitor. A 500GB SATA SSD and a 1TB HDD is ideal, but a 1TB SSD alone is also fine.

 

I think I've given most of the details, but let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.

Its not a great amount of money, but you can get a decent entry level system. Heres my suggestions:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$154.99 @ Newegg Canada
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$110.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$81.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Crucial BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$43.41 @ Amazon Canada
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$289.00 @ Canada Computers
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$69.50 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	Corsair CV 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$74.99 @ Memory Express
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$834.87
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$824.87
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-28 18:59 EDT-0400

Few things to note:

-I don't know CAD pricing but a used RX580 may be a better option if its cheaper. You can then spend a bit more to get a better motherboard (something like the asrock pro4) and maybe a better case.

-The case doesn't have great airflow from what i hear, so if you can find better that's great.

-PSU could be better, but it will work and its quite a price jump to get something better

 

Hope this helps

 

Edit: If you want to do video editing then something like a 1600AF (12nm) would be good if the price is right. If not maybe a 2600 or at least a 3300X (3300X would be the best in games but 2 fewer cores)

[OddOod]

heck, used 1060s are dirt cheap and are great 1080p cards

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($195.75 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($118.05 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: TCSunBow X3 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.99 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 580 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($224.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Gigabyte P-B 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $806.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-28 23:46 EDT-0400