Looking for a $700 to $800 gaming and streaming tower.

[Some guy lost over the sun]

Budget (including currency): $700-$800

Country: United States of America (Chicago area if that helps)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: cs:go, Valorant, Krunker.io, obs, various adobe programs for video/photo editing and blender. 

Other details: I use 1080p 60hz so i'll stick with that, would prefer lower $700s to save for peripherals but if there is a night and day difference for $800 i'll go with that and at this point anything is better for moving from a Chromebook.

 

[Random_Person1234]

When do you need this computer?

[Omar.B]

delete it.

[Random_Person1234]

1 minute ago, Omar.B said:

he said 

I don't see where, although I may just be blind.

[Omar.B]

1 minute ago, Random_Person1234 said:

I don't see where, although I may just be blind.

I wasn't focused  when I read it! sry.

[FakeFBI]

7 minutes ago, Some guy lost over the sun said:

Budget (including currency): $700-$800

Country: United States of America (Chicago area if that helps)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: cs:go, Valorant, Krunker.io, obs, various adobe programs for video/photo editing and blender. 

Other details: I use 1080p 60hz so i'll stick with that, would prefer lower $700s to save for peripherals but if there is a night and day difference for $800 i'll go with that and at this point anything is better for moving from a Chromebook.

 

hmm, coming right up

[CommanderAlex]

Welcome to the forums!!!

 

So you need peripherals and a tower to go in that budget. You already have a monitor and the tower/peripherals will be the $700-800 budget? Just want to make sure I am understanding this correctly for a proper setup. 

[CommanderAlex]

This is what I have for ~$900, but that includes the price of the OS and also have to consider the fact that its a bad time to build any PC right now due to supply shortages and high demands, like on the graphics card I put a temporary value. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Walmart
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$76.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$56.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card	$200.00
Case	Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$79.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$96.98 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$108.78 @ Other World Computing
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$949.69
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$934.69
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-27 19:49 EST-0500

 

[RONOTHAN##]

Honestly, for this type of price range, used is probably the way to go. Scour craigslist to see if someone is selling their used gaming rig for around 500-600$. You'd be surprised what you can find, especially if you go for a generation or two older. If you want some place to start, try to see if you can find a guy selling an X99 based system or a Ryzen based system. X99 is all over the place in price, some people want $400 for their system, others want $4000 for their system. Ryzen systems will probably cost somewhere around 600-800$, but will have a good upgrade path to Ryzen 5000 in a year or so if you save up a bit of money.

[Downkey]

13 minutes ago, SpiderMan said:

This is what I have for ~$900, but that includes the price of the OS and also have to consider the fact that its a bad time to build any PC right now due to supply shortages and high demands, like on the graphics card I put a temporary value. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Walmart
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$76.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$56.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card	$200.00
Case	Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$79.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$96.98 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$108.78 @ Other World Computing
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$949.69
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$934.69
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-27 19:49 EST-0500

 

If your getting a tomahawk you may aswell just get a b550 board tbh. Also 1070s can be found used for around the same price you listed for the 1660ti

[Some guy lost over the sun]

13 hours ago, SpiderMan said:

This is what I have for ~$900, but that includes the price of the OS and also have to consider the fact that its a bad time to build any PC right now due to supply shortages and high demands, like on the graphics card I put a temporary value. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Walmart
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$76.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$56.99 @ Adorama
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card	$200.00
Case	Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$79.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$96.98 @ Newegg
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$108.78 @ Other World Computing
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$949.69
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$934.69
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-27 19:49 EST-0500

 

(responding to your first post) I have a copycat model M, logitech M325 and some generic viewsonic tv. All which I'll definitely upgrade later. (now this post) I do think this would work but would a 1080 ti work just as good as the 1660 ti for maybe less?

[Some guy lost over the sun]

14 hours ago, Random_Person1234 said:

When do you need this computer?

anytime within this year, if that means that it's going to be the best deals by lets say march then I can wait that long.

[CommanderAlex]

1 hour ago, Some guy lost over the sun said:

(responding to your first post) I have a copycat model M, logitech M325 and some generic viewsonic tv. All which I'll definitely upgrade later. (now this post) I do think this would work but would a 1080 ti work just as good as the 1660 ti for maybe less?

Oh sure definitely go with a 1080 Ti over the 1660. I just placed that there as a placeholder as the GPU market is screwed up. 1080 Ti is better with the 3600 and will be a great set up. 

[Some guy lost over the sun]

1 hour ago, SpiderMan said:

Oh sure definitely go with a 1080 Ti over the 1660. I just placed that there as a placeholder as the GPU market is screwed up. 1080 Ti is better with the 3600 and will be a great set up. 

cool thanks i'll look into it