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PurplDrank
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Budget (including currency): $700 to 1,200 US Dollars

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Currently she plays dead by daylight, left 4 dead 2 and phasmo. She just started PC gaming not sure if she will play more intense games later on so thats why budget has a good range. 

Other details The peripherals such as mouse, keyboard, monitor etc etc are all taken care of. Just focusing on the tower right now. 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, PurplDrank said:

Budget (including currency): $700 to 1,200 US Dollars

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Currently she plays dead by daylight, left 4 dead 2 and phasmo. She just started PC gaming not sure if she will play more intense games later on so thats why budget has a good range. 

Other details The peripherals such as mouse, keyboard, monitor etc etc are all taken care of. Just focusing on the tower right now. 

 

 

Overclocking or no?

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1 minute ago, Duckster said:

Overclocking or no?

No. But her brother is a PC wiz so i wont say it will never ever happen. I just don't see the need to with the games shes playing 

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On the low end at about 700-800$ you can get this. For some reason though the 3100 prices are inflated in the US, while it's far cheaper in UK.

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $189.22 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $112.98 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $63.99 @ Best Buy
Storage Crucial MX500 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $34.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB GAMING X Video Card $216.99 @ Dell
Case Corsair SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case $32.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $76.98 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $802.62
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $782.62
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 19:14 EST-0500  

On the higher end at about 1150$ you have this

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $294.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $112.98 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $63.99 @ Best Buy
Storage Crucial MX500 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $34.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card $459.99 @ Staples
Case Corsair SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case $32.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $76.98 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1151.39
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1131.39
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 19:15 EST-0500  

 

Both of these systems will more than meet her needs.

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3 minutes ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

On the low end at about 700-800$ you can get this. For some reason though the 3100 prices are inflated in the US, while it's far cheaper in UK.

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $189.22 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $112.98 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $63.99 @ Best Buy
Storage Crucial MX500 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $34.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB GAMING X Video Card $216.99 @ Dell
Case Corsair SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case $32.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $76.98 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $802.62
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $782.62
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 19:14 EST-0500  

On the higher end at about 1150$ you have this

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $294.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $112.98 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $63.99 @ Best Buy
Storage Crucial MX500 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $34.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card $459.99 @ Staples
Case Corsair SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case $32.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $76.98 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1151.39
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $1131.39
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 19:15 EST-0500  

 

Both of these systems will more than meet her needs.

Any Intel versions? Sorry for the hasle. Her brother is a big intel nut. 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $300.00
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler $33.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte B550M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $94.00 @ Best Buy
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $54.99 @ Newegg
Storage Kingston Q500 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $22.06 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $39.99 @ Amazon
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card $500.00
Case NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case $69.99 @ B&H
Power Supply EVGA BR 700 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $74.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1190.01
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 19:18 EST-0500  

If gaming and streaming, then get 3700x. If just mainly gaming and a little bit of streaming on the side, then

this.

Edit: oh shoot, intel

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $339.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler $33.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI H310M PRO-M2 PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $59.99 @ Amazon
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $54.99 @ Newegg
Storage Kingston Q500 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $22.06 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $39.99 @ Amazon
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card $500.00
Case NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case $69.99 @ B&H
Power Supply EVGA BR 700 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $74.99 @ Best Buy
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1195.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 19:24 EST-0500  

 The cpu can overclock, but the motherboard can't. If you ever needed to overclock, upgrade the motherboard and cpu cooler.

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6 minutes ago, PurplDrank said:

Any Intel versions? Sorry for the hasle. Her brother is a big intel nut. 

Well is the PC for the girlfriend or her brother? He won't be able to OC btw, not even ram.

anyway

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i3-10100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $99.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus PRIME B460M-A Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $79.98 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory $54.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial MX500 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $34.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB GAMING X Video Card $216.99 @ Dell
Case Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case $34.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $69.94 @ Office Depot
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $656.35
  Mail-in rebates -$10.00
  Total $646.35
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 19:29 EST-0500  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor $169.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus PRIME B460M-A Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $79.98 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory $54.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial MX500 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $34.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card PNY GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XLR8 Gaming Overclocked Edition Video Card $709.94 @ Office Depot
Case Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case $34.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $69.94 @ Office Depot
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1219.30
  Mail-in rebates -$10.00
  Total $1209.30
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 19:31 EST-0500  

 

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On 11/30/2020 at 4:12 PM, Duckster said:

Overclocking or no?

 

On 11/30/2020 at 4:45 PM, aDoomGuy said:

 

 

On 11/30/2020 at 4:31 PM, AndreiArgeanu said:

Well is the PC for the girlfriend or her brother? He won't be able to OC btw, not even ram.

anyway

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i3-10100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $99.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus PRIME B460M-A Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $79.98 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory $54.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial MX500 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $34.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card MSI GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB GAMING X Video Card $216.99 @ Dell
Case Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case $34.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $69.94 @ Office Depot
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $656.35
  Mail-in rebates -$10.00
  Total $646.35
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 19:29 EST-0500  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor $169.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus PRIME B460M-A Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard $79.98 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory $54.99 @ Newegg
Storage Crucial MX500 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $34.99 @ Adorama
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.48 @ Newegg
Video Card PNY GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XLR8 Gaming Overclocked Edition Video Card $709.94 @ Office Depot
Case Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case $34.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $69.94 @ Office Depot
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1219.30
  Mail-in rebates -$10.00
  Total $1209.30
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-30 19:31 EST-0500  

 

Showed my girlfriend some of this stuff and we got a new budget of around $800 if anyone wants to add any builds. Intel or AMD are fine. 

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