My Friend needs a build for 400AUD - This is what I made, any suggestions?

[SpencerTech]

Budget (including currency): 400 AUD

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Zoom, Basic Games (Fortnite, ROBLOX)

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): 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i3-9100F 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$74.89 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock H310CM-HDV/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$65.98 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$76.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$49.89 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.99 @ Adorama
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$382.72
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-12 00:51 EDT-0400

 

 

Anybody got improvements to this? His GPU is going to be bought off me for 30AUD.

 

[SpencerTech]

3 minutes ago, SpencerTech said:

Budget (including currency): 400 AUD

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Zoom, Basic Games (Fortnite, ROBLOX)

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): 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i3-9100F 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$74.89 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock H310CM-HDV/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$65.98 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$76.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$49.89 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.99 @ Adorama
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$382.72
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-12 00:51 EDT-0400

 

 

Anybody got improvements to this? His GPU is going to be bought off me for 30AUD.

 

My fatass just realised this was in USD not AUD LOL

[Helpful Tech Witch]

4 minutes ago, SpencerTech said:

My fatass just realised this was in USD not AUD LOL

Ha. I would do a dell prebuilt, like a i7 optiplex, and buy a gpu and memory/ssd, you could get a bit more power. Sec and ill try to beat it with AMD. Whats the GPU?

[Moonzy]

4 minutes ago, TheTechWizardThatNeedsHelp said:

Whats the GPU?

think he's planning on using iGPU, which is a bad idea imo

[Helpful Tech Witch]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

think he's planning on using iGPU, which is a bad idea imo

 

9 minutes ago, SpencerTech said:

His GPU is going to be bought off me for 30AUD

 

[Moonzy]

Just now, TheTechWizardThatNeedsHelp said:

 

nvm, me and my blind arse

[Vector0102]

7 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

think he's planning on using iGPU, which is a bad idea imo

and the build he put together has a 9100F (no iGPU)

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Vector0102 said:

and the build he put together has a 9100F (no iGPU)

 

im conditioned to think all intel cpu have igpu, darn

[Helpful Tech Witch]

If you can get a 300w psu, then here

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	$169.00 @ PLE Computers
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$73.76 @ Amazon Australia
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 CL17 Memory	$49.50 @ Newegg Australia
Storage	Western Digital Green 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$37.00 @ Centre Com
Case	Deepcool Wave V2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$35.40 @ Device Deal
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$364.66
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-12 15:21 AEST+1000

I tried to do it, but i failed. AMD is only the answer to reasonable gaming, adobe suite, and low budget above 500 AU

[Helpful Tech Witch]

1 minute ago, NZgamer said:

you need a GPU with that CPU Everyone's getting confused lmao

 

29 minutes ago, SpencerTech said:

Anybody got improvements to this? His GPU is going to be bought off me for 30AUD

 

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, TheTechWizardThatNeedsHelp said:

I tried to do it, but i failed. AMD is only the answer to reasonable gaming, adobe suite, and low budget above 500 AU

think the 3300x would fare better in games?

but that would probably require a board that exceeds his budget a lot

 

maybe OP should look at used PC parts around there, might be able to find something better

 

2 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

you need a GPU with that CPU Everyone's getting confused lmao!

boi u literally just watched me get rekt

34 minutes ago, SpencerTech said:

His GPU is going to be bought off me for 30AUD.

 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

4 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

think the 3300x would fare better in games?

but that would probably require a board that exceeds his budget a lot

 

maybe OP should look at used PC parts around there, might be able to find something better

 

boi u literally just watched me get rekt

 

3300x is like 2x the cost.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, TheTechWizardThatNeedsHelp said:

3300x is like 2x the cost.

i saw it going for $190-ish on au pcpartpicker?

 

edit: or is it my blind arse again

[Helpful Tech Witch]

12 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

i saw it going for $190-ish on au pcpartpicker?

 

edit: or is it my blind arse again

my dumbass mixing up US and AU PcPartPicker

[SpencerTech]

Appreciate the support guys! I'll take some of these into consideration, keep them rolling in if you like

[SkilledRebuilds]

$200 Used Dell SFF i7 Mini /w 240w PSU (on a great deal you could possibly nab i7 2600/3770 and 16GB (4/8 is more common though) and a brand new GTX1650 SFF from PCcaseGear for $269

 

$469 but..

4C8T 3.7Ghz Allcore(Variable Settings 60FPS+ IPC), 16GB DDR3.1600, GTX1650 4GB, SSD or HDD maybe both in a lucky strike deal.

 

All depends on prices but the market is literally flooded with 4C4T i5s I wouldn't touch at all.