PC is being moved every week

[Luani_Madh]

My current (PC) can't run the games I want to play at an acceptable framerate. So I want to upgrade it. 

 

Budget: ~700€ (Graphics card not included) - ~1000€ in total

Current costs: ~615€

Country: Germany

Use: Games, programming, light working(Word etc.)

 

Monitors: 2*1080p, one has 144hz capability (I have them already)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600

GPU: will be bought later, I currently have a GT 730 ()
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL20

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX

Storage: ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G RGB 512 GB M.2-2280

Peripherals: I have already all needed peripherals.

My parents are divorced so I have to move my entire pc every week from one house to another. Im not sure if this case would be ok:

Case: NZXT H500 ATX

 

 

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/yCY9Xb

[IkeaGnome]

1 minute ago, Luani_Madh said:

My current (PC) can't run the games I want to play at an acceptable framerate. So I want to upgrade it. 

 

Budget: ~700€ (Graphics card not included) - ~1000€ in total

Current costs: ~615€

Country: Germany

Use: Games, programming, light working(Word etc.)

 

Monitors: 2*1080p, one has 144hz capability (I have them already)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600

GPU: will be bought later, I currently have a GT 730 ()
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL20

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX

Storage: ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G RGB 512 GB M.2-2280

Peripherals: I have already all needed peripherals.

My parents are divorced so I have to move my entire pc every week from one house to another. Im not sure if this case would be ok:

Case: NZXT H500 ATX

 

 

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/yCY9Xb

What about going mini ITX if it moves a lot? Would you be against a small, but just as powerful build?

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, Luani_Madh said:

My parents are divorced so I have to move my entire pc every week from one house to another. Im not sure if this case would be ok:

That sucks, would a gaming laptop perhaps be less of a hassle?

[SavageNeo]

Decent gaming laptop should do.

 

[Luani_Madh]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

That sucks, would a gaming laptop perhaps be less of a hassle?

Its not that much of a hassle to eliminate future upgrade capabilities... It usually takes about 5 minutes to take it down and 10 to "rebuild" it

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, Luani_Madh said:

Its not that much of a hassle to eliminate future upgrade capabilities... It usually takes about 5 minutes to take it down and 10 to "rebuild" it

All good, just a thought.

What you need (but prolly can't afford) is a good lunchbox PC

https://www.theportablepc.com/

 

[MartinKweh]

At that price, a gaming laptop maybe hard for the performance but its possible.

 

Another is try to make a relatively compact pc build. It will help with the moving since it will be lighter and rather easy to put in a bag. 

 

For that, get something like a. Smaller mother board. Something like an itx or a mini itx. asrock have a few cheaper ones for b550. Then get a rather small case to fit the said motherboard. And the rest of the components. Caution on this though as you must take in to account the size of the gpu for the size of the case. You will generally sacrifice gpu size for portability.

[JoshuaTheGamer]

14 minutes ago, Luani_Madh said:

My current (PC) can't run the games I want to play at an acceptable framerate. So I want to upgrade it. 

 

Budget: ~700€ (Graphics card not included) - ~1000€ in total

Current costs: ~615€

Country: Germany

Use: Games, programming, light working(Word etc.)

 

Monitors: 2*1080p, one has 144hz capability (I have them already)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600

GPU: will be bought later, I currently have a GT 730 ()
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL20

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX

Storage: ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G RGB 512 GB M.2-2280

Peripherals: I have already all needed peripherals.

My parents are divorced so I have to move my entire pc every week from one house to another. Im not sure if this case would be ok:

Case: NZXT H500 ATX

 

 

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/yCY9Xb

I would slice your potato, fry it and enjoy the nice fries. And then buy a gaming pc. It is usually cheaper to have a good prebuild pc than a self made. A "Medion" PC worked for me. Just check their website and maybe you'll find a good catch.

[SavageNeo]

4 minutes ago, JoshuaTheGamer said:

It is usually cheaper to have a good prebuild pc than a self made

umm no. Prebuilts are always more epxensive and they usually have bad psu, motherboard and cooler in them. usually the case too. Also vut down models of the gpu. Ram is also soem chinese brand. I really would never go with a prebuilt. Well corsair and NZXt list their specs atleast. but they are much more expensive.

[JoshuaTheGamer]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

umm no. Prebuilts are always more epxensive and they usually have bad psu, motherboard and cooler in them. usually the case too. Also vut down models of the gpu. Ram is also soem chinese brand. I really would never go with a prebuilt. Well corsair and NZXt list their specs atleast. but they are much more expensive.

Hm, mine works just fine, i can play every game i want without the smallest issue. And mine was only like 800. Maybe i was just lucky.

[SavageNeo]

Just now, JoshuaTheGamer said:

Hm, mine works just fine, i can play every game i want without the smallest issue. And mine was only like 800. Maybe i was just lucky.

can you link the website? for 800$ you should have a ryzen 5 3600 and rtx 2060/2070 or rx 5600XT/5700XT

[JoshuaTheGamer]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

can you link the website? for 800$ you should have a ryzen 5 3600 and rtx 2060/2070 or rx 5600XT/5700XT

I baught mine in the store. I am not at home right now, but when i am i can search for the website.

[IkeaGnome]

This makes your overall footprint smaller. 270x212x393mm vs 210X460X428 and still have room for a full size GPU.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	€197.99 @ Mindfactory
Motherboard	ASRock B550M-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	€127.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL20 Memory	€79.98 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G RGB 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€74.85 @ Computeruniverse
Case	Silverstone Sugo SG11 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	€73.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA GA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€80.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€634.62
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-20 20:17 CET+0100

If you want to go a little smaller, I have a Silverstone RVZ03B. Really good case. In my use it runs hot, but that's with a large CPU and GPU in it, but is roughly double the price of the Sugo SG11

[Luani_Madh]

3 minutes ago, JoshuaTheGamer said:

I baught mine in the store. I am not at home right now, but when i am i can search for the website.

I assume you didn't created your account and moved directly out of the house so why are you creating an account while running around the world?

[JoshuaTheGamer]

1 minute ago, Luani_Madh said:

I assume you didn't created your account and moved directly out of the house so why are you creating an account while running around the world?

I am picking up my son right now, who by the way kindly asked me to make this account for him, since he wants to hang around in the LTT community. He was over at a friends house. His friend is a LTT fan and he convinced my son to join the community. Is there anything wrong with that? 

[Luani_Madh]

11 minutes ago, JoshuaTheGamer said:

I am picking up my son right now, who by the way kindly asked me to make this account for him, since he wants to hang around in the LTT community. He was over at a friends house. His friend is a LTT fan and he convinced my son to join the community. Is there anything wrong with that? 

No, not at all. It shouldn't be offensive, just sounded strange... 

[JoshuaTheGamer]

Just now, Luani_Madh said:

No, not at all. It shouldn't be offensive, just sounded strange... 

I know it sounds strange, but my son asked for it, he loves tech etc so i thought why not

[Luani_Madh]

23 minutes ago, Voluspa said:

This makes your overall footprint smaller. 270x212x393mm vs 210X460X428 and still have room for a full size GPU.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	€197.99 @ Mindfactory
Motherboard	ASRock B550M-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	€127.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL20 Memory	€79.98 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G RGB 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€74.85 @ Computeruniverse
Case	Silverstone Sugo SG11 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	€73.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA GA 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€80.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€634.62
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-20 20:17 CET+0100

If you want to go a little smaller, I have a Silverstone RVZ03B. Really good case. In my use it runs hot, but that's with a large CPU and GPU in it, but is roughly double the price of the Sugo SG11

This config sounds good, but I'm worried about expandability... On the other hand I wouldn't put anything in the other PCI-Slots for a loooooooooong time and if I'd need to I can get a USB-Connected Device instead. Thank you

[IkeaGnome]

Just now, Luani_Madh said:

This config sounds good, but I'm worried about expandability... On the other hand I wouldn't put anything in the other PCI-Slots for a loooooooooong time and if I'd need to I can get a USB-Connected Device instead. Thank you

You'd be surprised at how many PCIE devices you can get away from. Wifi on motherboard, gets rid of needing an adapter. Good on board audio. Gets rid of potentially another one.

The big down side to that build is that if you decided down the line to put a HDD, you'd have to change out your PSU. You could get rid of that by getting an ITX PSU when you build this. You could make the overall size lower too if you were comfortable spending a little bit more on the case. I don't have a picture of my GPU in this case, but I know for a fact a 6800 XT fits in the smaller Silverstone RVZ03

 

[Radium_Angel]

6 hours ago, SavageNeo said:

Prebuilts are always more epxensive and they usually have bad psu, motherboard and cooler in them

Stuff and nonsense.

 

[SavageNeo]

5 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

Stuff and nonsense.

 

was my sentence nonsense or prebuilds?

[YoMz]

you really should consider ITX build as your main concern... if you move on a regular basis and you don't really want a laptop, then going ITX is always the way to go...

[Radium_Angel]

4 hours ago, SavageNeo said:

was my sentence nonsense or prebuilds?

Your sentence about prebuilds being bad is nonsense, there are plenty of prebuilts that have way higher quality than what you can get off the shelf, Precision Workstations are a prime example. 

[SavageNeo]

22 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Your sentence about prebuilds being bad is nonsense, there are plenty of prebuilts that have way higher quality than what you can get off the shelf, Precision Workstations are a prime example. 

 

prememium comes with premium price tag usually