pcbuild First Build for a PC as a Graduate Art Major (Oh no...)

[HeartLore]

Hello, I've never been on a site like this, and I barely know how to make a proper post on a forum because people scare me!
But I figured I had no choice since I'm an Art major who finally after getting beaten and bruised for wanting to go to school have FINALLY got enough money to build my own PC...that and i'm not too smart on PC Build stuff lol

My budget is starting at 500 and I wouldn't mind if it hits close to 700. I'm not sure if thats reasonable budget but I'd appreciate any info you have fam.
 

1. I live in the U.S where people still like to go outside and shop everything's normal

2. Aim

My Aim is for Drawing, Mostly in Clip Art Studio and Blender's 2d drawing software| Music Design in FL Studio | 2D animation in Clip Art Studio| and Medium gaming(I believe the most heavy game I have in my Steam is Tales of Vesperia /Destiny 2/ Trials of Cold Steel.
 

3. Monitors

I don't have a monitor but I am getting a 720 32 inch flat screen tomorrow, if I see a need to get a monitor I might, since I'll surely need accurate colours.

 

4. Peripherals

So I just now found out you have to buy an OS when building a PC...oof. But yes I would need a OS, I have a keyboard and mouse already and if I need speakers then I might invest in some later on, but if there are recommendations I'd appreciate it fam : )
 

5. Why are you upgrading?

: ) I have a 128GB of storage on this laptop...
 

6. Please, No Dream Builds

The only dream build I have is to have a decent computer : )

 

[the gamer that is bad]

13 minutes ago, HeartLore said:

Hello, I've never been on a site like this, and I barely know how to make a proper post on a forum because people scare me!
But I figured I had no choice since I'm an Art major who finally after getting beaten and bruised for wanting to go to school have FINALLY got enough money to build my own PC...that and i'm not too smart on PC Build stuff lol

My budget is starting at 500 and I wouldn't mind if it hits close to 700. I'm not sure if thats reasonable budget but I'd appreciate any info you have fam.
 

1. I live in the U.S where people still like to go outside and shop everything's normal

2. Aim

My Aim is for Drawing, Mostly in Clip Art Studio and Blender's 2d drawing software| Music Design in FL Studio | 2D animation in Clip Art Studio| and Medium gaming(I believe the most heavy game I have in my Steam is Tales of Vesperia /Destiny 2/ Trials of Cold Steel.
 

3. Monitors

I don't have a monitor but I am getting a 720 32 inch flat screen tomorrow, if I see a need to get a monitor I might, since I'll surely need accurate colours.

 

4. Peripherals

So I just now found out you have to buy an OS when building a PC...oof. But yes I would need a OS, I have a keyboard and mouse already and if I need speakers then I might invest in some later on, but if there are recommendations I'd appreciate it fam : )
 

5. Why are you upgrading?

: ) I have a 128GB on this laptop...
 

6. Please, No Dream Builds

The only dream build I have is to have a decent computer : )

 

You get to go out side? I am in CA I can’t do that and why are you upgrading if your laptop has 128 gb of ram I wish my laptop had that much 

Edited April 17, 2021 by the gamer that is bad
It autocorrected GB to gun so I changed it back

[HeartLore]

4 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

You get to go out side? I am in CA I can’t do that and why are you upgrading if your laptop has 128 gb of ram I wish my laptop had that much 

Lol haha no...I have 128 gb of storage, I thought that it was obvious guess not?
We can go outside here...but honestly I only go to the grocery store and maybe one or two stores with limited people.

[the gamer that is bad]

1 minute ago, HeartLore said:

Lol haha no...I have 128 gb of storage, I thought that it was obvious guess not?
We can go outside here...but honestly I only go to the grocery store and maybe one or two stores with limited people.

Ah here it is still 90% shut down and that makes more sense why you want an upgrade

[the gamer that is bad]

The main issue is gpu prices a 1030 is $179

[SorryBella]

22 minutes ago, HeartLore said:

My budget is starting at 500 and I wouldn't mind if it hits close to 700. I'm not sure if thats reasonable budget but I'd appreciate any info you have fam.

Bit low. 800-1000$ is the more usable budget. I would recommend to use that laptop you got right now to save up that extra 100$.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	$177.25 @ shopRBC
Motherboard	Asus PRIME H410M-E Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$99.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory	Patriot Signature Premium 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 CL17 Memory	$98.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Western Digital Green 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$39.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.99 @ Memory Express
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card	$250.00
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$57.43 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	ADATA XPG PYLON 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$843.63
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-17 00:33 EDT-0400

When GPU prices normalize, this is the kind of PC that i would go with at that price bracket.

[the gamer that is bad]

6 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

Bit low. 800-1000$ is the more usable budget. I would recommend to use that laptop you got right now to save up that extra 100$.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	$177.25 @ shopRBC
Motherboard	Asus PRIME H410M-E Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$99.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory	Patriot Signature Premium 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 CL17 Memory	$98.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Western Digital Green 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$39.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.99 @ Memory Express
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card	$250.00
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$57.43 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	ADATA XPG PYLON 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$843.63
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-17 00:33 EDT-0400

When GPU prices normalize, this is the kind of PC that i would go with at that price bracket.

Good luck getting that gpu for that price

[HeartLore]

5 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

Bit low. 800-1000$ is the more usable budget. I would recommend to use that laptop you got right now to save up that extra 100$.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	$177.25 @ shopRBC
Motherboard	Asus PRIME H410M-E Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$99.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory	Patriot Signature Premium 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 CL17 Memory	$98.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Western Digital Green 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$39.99 @ Canada Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.99 @ Memory Express
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card	$250.00
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$57.43 @ Vuugo
Power Supply	ADATA XPG PYLON 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$843.63
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-17 00:33 EDT-0400

When GPU prices normalize, this is the kind of PC that i would go with at that price bracket.

Hey, thanks for the help!
I had heard that things got a bit more expensive, but thanks for letting me know. If I can't get cheaper I might as well go all in? Lol either way I appreciate it, i'll just save up for the extra coin ^^;

[the gamer that is bad]

Wait till you can get a good gpu

[SorryBella]

15 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

Good luck getting that gpu for that price

Hence this quote:

22 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

When GPU prices normalize

I do know that this sort of price NOW is impossible.

[Cheburek]

5 hours ago, SorryClaire said:

Bit low. 800-1000$ is the more usable budget. 

When GPU prices normalize, this is the kind of PC that i would go with at that price bracket.

500-700 dollars is not that low of a budget.

The reason why it's hard to build a computer on 500$ is because of the chip shortage.

With 700 dollars you could have built a mid end gaming PC that would last you years back in 2017-2019.

 

 

You'll be lucky to find a reasonably priced GPU a year from now.

[SorryBella]

11 minutes ago, Cheburek said:

The reason why it's hard to build a computer on 500$ is because of the chip shortage.

Its always hard to make GOOD computer at 500$. you can make a functional one sure, but at 500$ youre bound to spend more later down the line which you couldve avoid by spending more in the first place.

[Cheburek]

3 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

Its always hard to make GOOD computer at 500$. you can make a functional one sure, but at 500$ youre bound to spend more later down the line which you couldve avoid by spending more in the first place.

Throwing money at stuff of course does solve some problems.

 

Aside from that not many people can reach the "sweet spot" in term of computer budgets.

You have to work with the budget you got.

 

I'm saying that 500$ is not a bad budget because with lots of research you could have built a capable machine like the one I have.(bought a 450$ prebuilt with a ryzen 3 1200 and GT 1030 then added a 130$ Rx 580 and sold the 1030 for 80$ and boom gaming pc).

But nowadays an Rx 580 is often found for 300$ for example.

 

[Fatih19]

19 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

Its always hard to make GOOD computer at 500$. you can make a functional one sure, but at 500$ youre bound to spend more later down the line which you couldve avoid by spending more in the first place.

Yeah to be honest it's better to lower your time preference and save up for a more long-lasting computer.

[HeartLore]

On 4/17/2021 at 12:56 AM, SorryClaire said:

Hence this quote:

I do know that this sort of price NOW is impossible.

Hi, I just wanted to say thanks again for the advice!
I'm going through with getting the NewEgg Shared Build thats about 1k and I just wanted thoughts on this build if thats fine?

https://newegg.io/266d041
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[Cheburek]

13 hours ago, HeartLore said:

Hi, I just wanted to say thanks again for the advice!
I'm going through with getting the NewEgg Shared Build thats about 1k and I just wanted thoughts on this build if thats fine?

https://newegg.io/266d041
https://newegg.io/266d041https://newegg.io/266d041https://newegg.io/266d041

Thats a bad build, especially for 1000$.

It's badly balanced and you are overspending on nearly everything.

Get what  @sorryclaire suggested but instead  get a 10400 without the F so you can use the integrated graphics until you find a better GPU.