First time building. Help!

[notSquirt]

Budget (including currency): $2.1Million COP

Country: Colombia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Filmora9, Fortnite, CAD, Office

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'm basically building the entire PC from the ground up. But I had an idea about what CPU to use. A Ryzen 3 3100. I also intend to play at minimum 60 FPS medium-high graphics quality

 

[Bombastinator]

not a Columbian native, so I don’t know what is available there.  I might be able to help you refine a bit though.
 

3100s are very difficult to get where I am.  To the point that some believe the 3100 was a paper launch and the chip was never actually made in quantity.  Maybe they all went to Columbia.  Making sure you can actually get one might be something you want to do before you start planning around it though.  Filmora9 and fortnight have definable requirements, but CAD is pretty general.  Different CAD programs can have very specific hardware requirements. with office it mostly has no significant requirements except excel can want lots of cores if very complicated and large spreadsheets are being used. What you want to do with office could (but may not) matter.

[notSquirt]

9 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

not a Columbian native, so I don’t know what is available there.  I might be able to help you refine a bit though.
 

3100s are very difficult to get where I am.  To the point that some believe the 3100 was a paper launch and the chip was never actually made in quantity.  Maybe they all went to Columbia.  Making sure you can actually get one might be something you want to do before you start planning around it though.  Filmora9 and fortnight have definable requirements, but CAD is pretty general.  Different CAD programs can have very specific hardware requirements. with office it mostly has no significant requirements except excel can want lots of cores if very complicated and large spreadsheets are being used. What you want to do with office could (but may not) matter.

Colombia is 2 yrs behind on intel and amd processors.

2.1 Mil is about 600 USD

That's why im going for some low price parts 

[boggy77]

cpu: 1600 AF, 2600, 3100, 3300X (whichever of these is cheaper/available)

motherboard: b450 board with heatsink on vrm. prefferably asrock pro4 or msi pro-vdh max, but gigabyte s2h will work as well

ram: 2x4gb or 2x8gb min 3000MHz

a ssd

gpu, depending on the budget left, a rx570 or rx580 if you have about $120 left, a 1650 super/ 5500xt if you have around $170, a 1660 for $200, a 1660 super for $220-230, a rx5600xt for $280-300

psu: a good quality unit, like a corsair cx, or seasonic focus gold. leave at least $60-80 for a good quality psu

case: something with a mesh front, for good airflow

 

stock cooler should be fine. throw in a couple of case fans if it doesn't come with them pre-installed.

[Bombastinator]

7 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

cpu: 1600 AF, 2600, 3100, 3300X (whichever of these is cheaper/available)

motherboard: b450 board with heatsink on vrm. prefferably asrock pro4 or msi pro-vdh max, but gigabyte s2h will work as well

ram: 2x4gb or 2x8gb min 3000MHz

a ssd

gpu, depending on the budget left, a rx570 or rx580 if you have about $120 left, a 1650 super/ 5500xt if you have around $170, a 1660 for $200, a 1660 super for $220-230, a rx5600xt for $280-300

psu: a good quality unit, like a corsair cx, or seasonic focus gold. leave at least $60-80 for a good quality psu

case: something with a mesh front, for good airflow

 

stock cooler should be fine. throw in a couple of case fans if it doesn't come with them pre-installed.

Makes sense.  The CAD software still needs to be looked into.  Some old cad packages still require quadro or the AMD equivalent to even run.  Hopefully isn’t the case but may need to be checked just to make sure.  If it isn’t I agree.  If it is a Really old garbage used quadro will be needed which pretty much precludes gaming.

[notSquirt]

Hey, what do you think about these specs?

CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G @ 3.6 GHz
MotherBoard	Gigabyte B450 DS3H
PSU	CoolMax 500W ATX
SSD/HDD	Kingston A400 SSD 240GB
CASE	DIYPC Solo-T2-R
RAM	G.Skill Aegis 8GB DDR4-3200
Mouse	Zalman ZM-M400
Keyboard	HP K1500
Monitor	Acer V206HQL 1920x1080 60 Hz

[notSquirt]

I already figured out what pieces to use in the rig, thx to everyone who helped.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/xdSquirt/saved/sZRv3C

[Bombastinator]

4/4 for the price of 4/8.  It’s your machine.  Fort nite might continue to run on 4 threads 

[notSquirt]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$139.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$84.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Patriot Signature Premium 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL19 Memory	$59.99 @ Amazon
Storage	PNY XLR8 CS2311 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$55.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB DUAL OC Video Card	$149.99 @ B&H
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$49.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA BR 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$64.65 @ Walmart
Keyboard	Logitech Wireless Combo MK270 Wireless Standard Keyboard With Optical Mouse	$24.99 @ B&H
Webcam	Green Extreme T200 Webcam	$54.95 @ Adorama
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$685.53
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-22 14:17 EDT-0400

 

Edited August 22, 2020 by notSquirt

[Bombastinator]

7 minutes ago, notSquirt said:

What do you mean?

A multi threaded processor can run two threads for every core.  For a long time i7 meant mutithread and i5 meant no multithread.  It’s been less clear in both directions recently though so I looked up your chip on arcIntel. It’s 4 cores 4 threads.  4/4.  There are similarly priced chips that are 4/8.  The issue is 4/8 can handle 6 threads, which a lot of more modern software is written for, but 4 threads can’t. Or can’t do it well anyway.  It means some cores have to multitask. There can be a major performance hit. If the games you play aren’t written assuming 6/6 though (what the Xbox one and PS4 run at) it doesn’t matter. 

[notSquirt]

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

A multi threaded processor can run two threads for every core.  For a long time i7 meant mutithread and i5 meant no multithread.  It’s been less clear in both directions recently though so I looked up your chip on arcIntel. It’s 4 cores 4 threads.  4/4.  There are similarly priced chips that are 4/8.  The issue is 4/8 can handle 6 threads, which a lot of more modern software is written for, but 4 threads can’t. Or can’t do it well anyway.  It means some cores have to multitask. There can be a major performance hit. 

Look at the edit

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, notSquirt said:

Look at the edit

I edited my recent one too so I guess there is multi ninjaposting going on.  Are you referring to the “I already bought the stuff” thing? I did not reread the whole thread before replying. It was merely a direct response to “what do you mean”. I meant that.  Or at least what that now is.

[notSquirt]

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

I edited my recent one too so I guess there is multi ninjaposting going on.  Are you referring to the “I already bought the stuff” thing? I did not reread the whole thread before replying. It was merely a direct response to “what do you mean”. I meant that.  Or at least what that now is.

Anyway, I also edited my post using your advice and went Ryzen 5 2600G 6C/12T

[Bombastinator]

1 hour ago, notSquirt said:

Anyway, I also edited my post using your advice and went Ryzen 5 2600G 6C/12T

6/12 will handle all games built for PS4/xbox1 games more than fine.  It doesn’t have the single core speed of the intel chip though.   The 8/16 (6/12?, 7/14?, 8/15?) ones haven’t been written yet and the number of locked out cores on leopard2 (ps5/xboxX) remains unknown.  With leopard1 it was 8/8 with two threads Locke out for the OS to make 6/6. If it’s 7/14 the probability that 6/12 will have little issue is high. Multitasking only 2 of 12 threads will likely be a lot easier.  So the 2600 has a good chance of lasting into 2025.

[notSquirt]

thx dude