Basic Build $850 US (No GPU)

[XL Scorched LX]

I have a 2070 Super from a friend, looking for help with the rest. I’d like a small to medium sized setup but would settle for a bigger rig if it gets me more performance for my money. 

 

Budget (including currency): US build. Looking to keep the parts list below 850, preferably below 800. 

 

Country: US

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Currently an XBOX user wanting to start building and using PC. I play FPS and games like scrap mechanic and trail makers. I’m not looking to max anything out, but I’d like to get the best performance for my money like anyone else.

 

Side note: I like the AMD CPUs but I’m open to suggestion there too.

 

[ocqv]

You could most like go with the basic b450m for the motherboard, a 3600 or a 1600af, a good 3000 8 gigs should enough and you can try and find a rx570 on the used market for a cheap decent build. This is without the case or psu or storage. Take in consideration that you can buy cases on sale in new egg with pre installed fans to save as much as possible. 

[curiousmind34]

12 minutes ago, XL Scorched LX said:

I have a 2070 Super from a friend, looking for help with the rest. I’d like a small to medium sized setup but would settle for a bigger rig if it gets me more performance for my money. 

 

Budget (including currency): US build. Looking to keep the parts list below 850, preferably below 800. 

 

Country: US

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Currently an XBOX user wanting to start building and using PC. I play FPS and games like scrap mechanic and trail makers. I’m not looking to max anything out, but I’d like to get the best performance for my money like anyone else.

 

Side note: I like the AMD CPUs but I’m open to suggestion there too.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vRYYCz

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.00 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($76.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.69 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT H210 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $780.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-08 19:53 EDT-0400

[curiousmind34]

4 minutes ago, ocqv said:

You could most like go with the basic b450m for the motherboard, a 3600 or a 1600af, a good 3000 8 gigs should enough and you can try and find a rx570 on the used market for a cheap decent build. This is without the case or psu or storage. Take in consideration that you can buy cases on sale in new egg with pre installed fans to save as much as possible. 

The budget allows for more than you think since gpu is not included

[XL Scorched LX]

5 minutes ago, curiousmind34 said:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vRYYCz

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.00 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($76.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($104.69 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT H210 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $780.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-08 19:53 EDT-0400

I like this build. Could you explain a bit the difference between yours and one I put together. Take on account I have no idea what I’m doing but I’m handy with a screwdriver and electricity. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$227.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$82.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$87.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ B&H
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	NZXT C 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.99 @ Best Buy
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$108.78 @ Other World Computing
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$811.72
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-08 19:59 EDT-0400

 

[curiousmind34]

1 minute ago, XL Scorched LX said:

I like this build. Could you explain a bit the difference between yours and one I put together. Take on account I have no idea what I’m doing but I’m handy with a screwdriver and electricity. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$227.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$82.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$87.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ B&H
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	NZXT C 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.99 @ Best Buy
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$108.78 @ Other World Computing
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$811.72
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-08 19:59 EDT-0400

 

You have a bigger case, a more expensive power supply and windows included. This comes at the cost of the CPU and motherboard. I did not include windows in my list, If I did mine would be ~$70 more expensive, but I would argue probably worth it.

Also, the case and motherboard I chose was smaller.

[ocqv]

10 minutes ago, curiousmind34 said:

The budget allows for more than you think since gpu is not included

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XxxdTJ maybe this is more like it haha. Ive never been able to build a pc on a high budget so I was just giving you what I thought would be a good pc for cheap. The case is around 60 bucks when in stock, and you can just buy a windows key off a 3rd party website for a lot cheaper. 

[curiousmind34]

6 minutes ago, ocqv said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XxxdTJ maybe this is more like it haha. Ive never been able to build a pc on a high budget so I was just giving you what I thought would be a good pc for cheap. The case is around 60 bucks when in stock, and you can just buy a windows key off a 3rd party website for a lot cheaper. 

This seems pretty good, except power supply is weak, would go for a more premium unit

[XL Scorched LX]

6 minutes ago, curiousmind34 said:

You have a bigger case, a more expensive power supply and windows included. This comes at the cost of the CPU and motherboard. I did not include windows in my list, If I did mine would be ~$70 more expensive, but I would argue probably worth it.

Also, the case and motherboard I chose was smaller.

Would you say the build you made is a better build? If so it’s better and smaller and that’s a double win.

[curiousmind34]

1 minute ago, XL Scorched LX said:

Would you say the build you made is a better build? If so it’s better and smaller and that’s a double win.

I would say so

[XL Scorched LX]

2 minutes ago, curiousmind34 said:

I would say so

Thanks for the advice.