1000€ Setup

[Slope]

Budget (including currency): 1000€

Country: Germany

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Casual Gaming

 

Okay so this is for a friend of mine, i used to do this completely by myself but i am no longer in the loop.

He finally decided to upgrade from the old laptop he got from his parents to a desktop PC, so he will have 0 parts to begin with.

The Budget has to include the PC, a Mouse/Keyboard and a 24" Monitor, since he doesnt have much space and It is only for 1080p gaming, but maybe 144hz would be nice for the many games he plays that are not very hardware requiring and run on high fps.

There is absolutely no focus on esthetics whatsovever, just trying to get the best pc for max 700.

 

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I made this list

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (€165.00 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€104.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory  (€53.78 @ Alternate) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (€109.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB Red Dragon Video Card  (€249.00 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: Aerocool Shard ATX Mid Tower Case  (€39.64 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (€72.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Monitor: AOC 24B2XH 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor  (€101.69 @ Alternate) 
Keyboard: Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard  (€86.69 @ Alternate) 
Mouse: Redragon COBRA M711 Wired Optical Mouse  (€23.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1007.58

 

[Slope]

Okay great, thanks, then i will use this as a baseline! I also read on someone elses post there might be new hardware comming soon, anything in the price range worth waiting for?

[VeganJoy]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	€165.00 @ Mindfactory
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	€57.69 @ Alternate
Storage	Kingston A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	€46.49 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	€60.49 @ Mindfactory
Video Card	Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB Pegasus OC Video Card	€206.15 @ Mindfactory
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	€54.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply	EVGA BT 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	€48.73 @ Amazon Deutschland
Wireless Network Adapter	TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter	€12.47 @ Amazon Deutschland
Monitor	AOC 24G2U/BK 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	€187.64 @ Amazon Deutschland
Keyboard	Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard	€53.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Mouse	Redragon COBRA M711 Wired Optical Mouse	€23.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€1007.44
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-17 02:50 CEST+0200

this is how i'd try everything, only thing i'm not 100% on is the psu as germany has a much different selection than what i'm used to. perhaps cut out the wireless adapter if he'll be using ethernet? 

[VeganJoy]

2 minutes ago, Slope said:

Okay great, thanks, then i will use this as a baseline! I also read on someone elses post there might be new hardware comming soon, anything in the price range worth waiting for?

they usually release the high end gpus first and roll out lower end models months later. so no, it's highly unlikely that anything in the 200-300 dollar/euro range will pop up soon, nor will the high end releases affect prices much. 

[Slope]

Okay, thanks a lot you 2, i have one more question: Will the ryzen 5 3600 work with the motherborads out of the box? i heard something about a bios update or something you have to do sometimes before it works, how can i identify if thats the case? cant really do it myelf

[Slope]

And one more question, in the reviews of the rx 5600 XT many people complained about stability problems. Most comments are from march though, are those problems resolved?

[marbled]

7 hours ago, Slope said:

Okay, thanks a lot you 2, i have one more question: Will the ryzen 5 3600 work with the motherborads out of the box? i heard something about a bios update or something you have to do sometimes before it works, how can i identify if thats the case? cant really do it myelf

Hi I'm in a similar position to you - been doing lots of research for a £1000 build with all peripherals. I'm not an expert but have been learning from people on the forum.

 

One general tip - always quote or @ the person you're replying to, otherwise they won't be notified.

 

The MSI B450 suggested by @VeganJoy looks to be compatible with Ryzen 3000 processors out of the box (my German is rusty so I'd just check that on the Amazon listing yourself!) so nothing to worry about there. Your friend would have to flash the BIOS to make it compatible with the next gen AMD processors expected at the end of the year, but that's something to deal with when they want to upgrade. You'd have to buy a B550 to avoid this issue, and they're much more expensive in the UK anyway so personally I'm getting a 450.

 

Also from what I've seen the 5600XT is a great card and there aren't any stability issues right now. It lacks ray tracing but delivers really good performance.

 

Just one thing to consider - NVIDIA has announced an event for 1 September to reveal the next gen GPUs. It's unlikely that they'll announce the next gen 2060 yet, (the 2060 was released in Jan 2019 following the 2080 in September 2018) but you never know. If you're not desperate to buy might be worth waiting for the two weeks just to see what's announced...