guys ive never built a pc

[joeyhamster]

Budget (including currency): 

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZkYZ3Z ive never built a pc before and i need some help, any help:?

[MarvintheParrot]

2 minutes ago, joeyhamster said:

Budget (including currency): 

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZkYZ3Z ive never built a pc before and i need some help, any help:?

Hi! Welcome to the community! That list looks fine. Before we get started, we need to know some information.

What is your budget?

What will you be using it for?

Where are you located?

[Fasauceome]

If you're buying in the united States, that's quite expensive for a Ryzen 3 and GTX 1050 ti. Granted, the market for a graphics card is really bad right now

[SupaKomputa]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($227.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming 4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.99 @ Adorama) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($48.49 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $623.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-09 16:57 EDT-0400

 

That gpu price is not that good.

For the budget you can get a better machine without that gpu.

I suggest you get a used GPU for now.

[joeyhamster]

7 minutes ago, MarvintheParrot said:

Hi! Welcome to the community! That list looks fine. Before we get started, we need to know some information.

What is your budget?

What will you be using it for?

Where are you located?

my budget is around 750 dollars and i own a minecraft youtube channel. im in nc united states

 

[RONOTHAN##]

If I were building a system, I would not want to spend $400 on a 1050ti, especially since you can get a 980Ti on eBay for about the same price (granted that's still very overpriced, but not quite as overpriced). My recommendation would be to go Intel and use the integrated GPU until you can find a card for a good price.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-11400 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$183.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B560 Steel Legend ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$129.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$84.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Lenovo
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$54.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA GM 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply	$76.00 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$599.94
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$589.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-09 16:59 EDT-0400

I swapped out the storage for something bigger, as 250gb isn't really enough to hold anything other than a couple programs, and this way you can at least download one to two games (I'd still recommend getting a HDD at some point, they aren't really that expensive). I also swapped the case so you can hold a full ATX motherboard, but you can always go back to that case and make sure to get a mATX board

[joeyhamster]

6 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

If you're buying in the united States, that's quite expensive for a Ryzen 3 and GTX 1050 ti. Granted, the market for a graphics card is really bad right now

yea i can ssee that

 

[joeyhamster]

4 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

If I were building a system, I would not want to spend $400 on a 1050ti, especially since you can get a 980Ti on eBay for about the same price (granted that's still very overpriced, but not quite as overpriced). My recommendation would be to go Intel and use the integrated GPU until you can find a card for a good price.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-11400 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$183.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B560 Steel Legend ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$129.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$84.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Lenovo
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case	$54.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA GM 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply	$76.00 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$599.94
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$589.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-09 16:59 EDT-0400

I swapped out the storage for something bigger, as 250gb isn't really enough to hold anything other than a couple programs, and this way you can at least download one to two games (I'd still recommend getting a HDD at some point, they aren't really that expensive). I also swapped the case so you can hold a full ATX motherboard, but you can always go back to that case and make sure to get a mATX board

oh sorry, i already have a 500gb  msata ssd in my really grandma laptop, i got that ssd cuz it used to have a slow hard drive

 

[joeyhamster]

Just now, joeyhamster said:

oh sorry, i already have a 500gb  msata ssd in my really grandma laptop, i got that ssd cuz it used to have a slow hard drive

 

and it already has a copy of windows so i can directly put it in my new computer, also i have a windows download tool on my usb stik

[RONOTHAN##]

1 minute ago, joeyhamster said:

oh sorry, i already have a 500gb  msata ssd in my really grandma laptop, i got that ssd cuz it used to have a slow hard drive

 

I'd still recommend going with the 500gb WD SSD. It's a lot faster, has twice the storage, and is only $20 more expensive.

[joeyhamster]

1 minute ago, RONOTHAN## said:

I'd still recommend going with the 500gb WD SSD. It's a lot faster, has twice the storage, and is only $20 more expensive.

sorry, im only in middle school and i cant spend too much money

[joeyhamster]

1 minute ago, RONOTHAN## said:

I'd still recommend going with the 500gb WD SSD. It's a lot faster, has twice the storage, and is only $20 more expensive.

also im only using a small fast ssd for boot, and some major games i play, also 1 tb is unnecessary

[RONOTHAN##]

1 minute ago, joeyhamster said:

also im only using a small fast ssd for boot, and some major games i play, also 1 tb is unnecessary

You will find that 1TB goes a lot faster than you might think, especially if you are recording footage of minecraft. That said, I do get the want to try to save a buck wherever possible, but if you're gonna do that, you might want to look into getting a system used off Craigslist or eBay. You can probably find a mostly complete Intel system for around $300-500, depending on what generation it is, and just buy the leftover parts as necessary. Before the days of this GPU shortage, you could build a very competent gaming PC that could do everything you want on Craigslist for about $300-400. Prices have gone up but you can still find, with a bit of looking, systems for around $300 that would fit in your use case, just without a GPU. Try to find one with a Skylake or Kaby Lake i5 or i7, and missing everything but the GPU, then try to buy something like an r9 290 for $100 (they come up somewhat frequently) to finish it out if you can't stand integrated graphics. 

[joeyhamster]

1 minute ago, RONOTHAN## said:

You will find that 1TB goes a lot faster than you might think, especially if you are recording footage of minecraft. That said, I do get the want to try to save a buck wherever possible, but if you're gonna do that, you might want to look into getting a system used off Craigslist or eBay. You can probably find a mostly complete Intel system for around $300-500, depending on what generation it is, and just buy the leftover parts as necessary. Before the days of this GPU shortage, you could build a very competent gaming PC that could do everything you want on Craigslist for about $300-400. Prices have gone up but you can still find, with a bit of looking, systems for around $300 that would fit in your use case, just without a GPU. Try to find one with a Skylake or Kaby Lake i5 or i7, and missing everything but the GPU, then try to buy something like an r9 290 for $100 (they come up somewhat frequently) to finish it out if you can't stand integrated graphics. 

but i wannabuild a pc, it sounds fun and itgives you bragging rights (not that i would use them)

[joeyhamster]

Just now, joeyhamster said:

but i wannabuild a pc, it sounds fun and itgives you bragging rights (not that i would use them)

what motherboard is budget and is decent for intel

[RONOTHAN##]

Just now, joeyhamster said:

but i wannabuild a pc, it sounds fun and itgives you bragging rights (not that i would use them)

You can then tear it apart and put it back together. Most of the time you need to do that anyway, since about half the time the system is pretty dusty and tearing it about is a pretty good way to make sure it's fully dusted.

[joeyhamster]

2 minutes ago, joeyhamster said:

but i wannabuild a pc, it sounds fun and itgives you bragging rights (not that i would use them)

 it is not 100 $

 

[joeyhamster]

Just now, RONOTHAN## said:

You can then tear it apart and put it back together. Most of the time you need to do that anyway, since about half the time the system is pretty dusty and tearing it about is a pretty good way to make sure it's fully dusted.

naw, although im ok getting a used gtx graphics card

[Moo2025]

try ebay, facebook, craigslist.

[joeyhamster]

at most i would do a gfx card used

[RONOTHAN##]

2 minutes ago, joeyhamster said:

 it is not 100 $

 

It's not $100 on PCPartPicker, its $100 on Craigslist/eBay (prices have gone up on eBay since the 2 weeks ago that I looked it up). I'm still gonna argue going used, especially for systems that cost less than $800, since used parts have so much more value in them than low end new stuff.

[MarvintheParrot]

2 minutes ago, joeyhamster said:

at most i would do a gfx card used

 

Just now, RONOTHAN## said:

It's not $100 on PCPartPicker, its $100 on Craigslist/eBay (prices have gone up on eBay since the 2 weeks ago that I looked it up). I'm still gonna argue going used, especially for systems that cost less than $800, since used parts have so much more value in them than low end new stuff.

Best i can do. You can try to save up a bit more and get something that will at least preform OK

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2pd7Jf

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($178.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H V2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($30.49 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB GAMING Twin Fan Video Card  ($383.84 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($48.49 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($47.50 @ Newegg) 
Total: $838.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-09 17:30 EDT-0400

[joeyhamster]

Just now, RONOTHAN## said:

It's not $100 on PCPartPicker, its $100 on Craigslist/eBay (prices have gone up on eBay since the 2 weeks ago that I looked it up). I'm still gonna argue going used, especially for systems that cost less than $800, since used parts have so much more value in them than low end new stuff.

i can just get a used 1650 super, that ARE around 100 dollars

 

[joeyhamster]

1 minute ago, MarvintheParrot said:

 

Best i can do. You can try to save up a bit more and get something that will at least preform OK

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2pd7Jf

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($178.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H V2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($30.49 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB GAMING Twin Fan Video Card  ($383.84 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($48.49 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($47.50 @ Newegg) 
Total: $838.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-09 17:30 EDT-0400

yep im fine with that list ,also is the 1600 even decent? its like older than lisa su right

[Fasauceome]

11 minutes ago, joeyhamster said:

yep im fine with that list ,also is the 1600 even decent? its like older than lisa su right

That list appears to use a 12nm 1600, which is basically a Ryzen 5 2600

 

37 minutes ago, joeyhamster said:

oh sorry, i already have a 500gb  msata ssd in my really grandma laptop, i got that ssd cuz it used to have a slow hard drive

 

You won't be able to use mSATA without an adapter. The motherboard you selected doesn't have an mSATA slot

 

12 minutes ago, joeyhamster said:

i can just get a used 1650 super, that ARE around 100 dollars

 

If you do get that it's a really good deal

Have a look at this:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i3-10100F 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$112.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B560M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$128.11 @ Amazon
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory	$79.98 @ Amazon
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$39.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$54.94 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$416.01
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-09 17:40 EDT-0400

add a nice budget graphics card and an mSATA to SATA adapter and you have something.