First gaming pc

[dobb0]

Budget (including currency): 1500-2k AUD

Country: australia 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: COD, Gta, Ark, minecraft, Vr games, video editing (not big just simple edits)

Other details around march or april, would love to have 1080p 144hz moniter is included in the budget 

 

[Bombastinator]

43 minutes ago, dobb0 said:

Budget (including currency): 1500-2k AUD

Country: australia 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: COD, Gta, Ark, minecraft, Vr games, video editing (not big just simple edits)

Other details around march or april, would love to have 1080p 144hz moniter is included in the budget 

 

You can make a pretty decent machine with that money, especially if you only want 2k Rez.  Video card determines monitor and PSU sizes and video cards are a horrible snarl right now so what I did is choose somewhat minimal but still effective options. And left $500-1000AUS to get a monitor, video card, and PSU with.  It would be hard to cut more than $150AUS out of this without taking a serious performance hit. 
 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($523.00 @ Kogan) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($185.00 @ Centre Com) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($128.70 @ Newegg Australia) 
Storage: Team T-Force Vulcan G 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($119.98 @ Amazon Australia) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q500L ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
Total: $1012.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-20 18:08 AEDT+1100

 

[boggy77]

5 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) Micro ATX AM4

This is one of the worst b550 boards, I'd choose literally anything else.

OP, i'd go with this:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$319.00 @ Umart
Motherboard	ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$162.30 @ Device Deal
Memory	Patriot Viper 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3400 CL16 Memory	$110.00 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$138.78 @ JW Computers
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card	$740.30 @ Newegg Australia
Case	Fractal Design Focus G Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$79.20 @ Newegg Australia
Power Supply	Phanteks AMP 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$115.00 @ PCCaseGear
Case Fan	Deepcool UF 120 66.3 CFM 120 mm Fan	$13.00 @ Device Deal
Monitor	AOC G2490VX 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$199.00 @ Centre Com
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1876.58
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-20 23:57 AEDT+1100

 

[Bombastinator]

It is the cheapest one with wifi.  Wasn’t expecting it to be good.  

6 hours ago, boggy77 said:

This is one of the worst b550 boards, I'd choose literally anything else.

OP, i'd go with this:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$319.00 @ Umart
Motherboard	ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$162.30 @ Device Deal
Memory	Patriot Viper 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3400 CL16 Memory	$110.00 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$138.78 @ JW Computers
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card	$740.30 @ Newegg Australia
Case	Fractal Design Focus G Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$79.20 @ Newegg Australia
Power Supply	Phanteks AMP 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$115.00 @ PCCaseGear
Case Fan	Deepcool UF 120 66.3 CFM 120 mm Fan	$13.00 @ Device Deal
Monitor	AOC G2490VX 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$199.00 @ Centre Com
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1876.58
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-20 23:57 AEDT+1100

 

It’s the cheapest one with wifi.  I wasn’t expecting it to be all that good.  There aren’t any truely terrible b550s though I understand.  There was a lot of “cheapest but still functional” in that build.

Edited December 20, 2020 by Bombastinator