$800 PC Build

[M3Mac45]

Budget (including currency): 800 USD

Country: USA

Other details https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xk7BkX 
Im wanting to get a computer with a budget of 800 this is the list ive came up with im just going APU because i can just wait for a GPU im not playing that big of games any suggestions on what i should change?

 

[Fasauceome]

The motherboard is good, has a BIOS flashback button which will definitely come in handy. You also chose fast ram for good graphics performance.

 

I highly suggest an SSD in this build. A hard drive is very slow in comparison, it will make windows feel like molasses.

[chi_chi_]

Yeah, at 800 dollars you should be getting a nice ssd. Unless you plan on using all that ram (which gaming won’t) you should get 16 gb and grab an ssd

[SorryBella]

19 minutes ago, Kim4f8h said:

Im wanting to get a computer with a budget of 800 this is the list ive came up with im just going APU because i can just wait for a GPU im not playing that big of games any suggestions on what i should change?

 

You can do better with the PSU and case department, and you realistically only need 16GB unless if you are doing things beyond gaming.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Team T-Force Cardea Zero Z330 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($92.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $798.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-13 21:40 EDT-0400

[Hugs12343]

6 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

You can do better with the PSU and case department, and you realistically only need 16GB unless if you are doing things beyond gaming.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Team T-Force Cardea Zero Z330 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($92.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $798.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-08-13 21:40 EDT-0400

Do you really need such a beefy psu with no GPU. I know its kinda good if you wanna upgrade but you could probably get away with a 650W

[SorryBella]

Just now, Hugs12343 said:

Do you really need such a beefy psu with no GPU. I know its kinda good if you wanna upgrade but you could probably get away with a 650W

Considering the thing is perfectly capable of loading up a 3080, and a 3070 already have a 750W requirement, why would i go low down?

[Hugs12343]

2 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

Considering the thing is perfectly capable of loading up a 3080, and a 3070 already have a 750W requirement, why would i go low down?

True. I was just thinking OP could use the money somewhere else.

[M3Mac45]

The 800 budget is with out GPU ill be getting that latter down the road and i was told hosting a MC server takes alot of ram so i added 32 just to be safe so it wont affect my performance while i used it and i arldy have a small ssd (128GB) to use for OS and im wanting to get a good power supply for upgradeability with out having to sell anything and replace for a while

[DTX]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9vLL3Z

 

I increased your cost slightly and downgraded you from 2TB to 1TB but you get much more reliable brands and a better overall experience. I've bought 7+ Corsair PSUs from 430CM (low end) to 850 RMi (mid-high end) and they have all performed safely and reliably. Only a 850 RMi failed once after 2+ years on 24/7 with a blown cap without breaking any hardware and the RMA was a breeze, I didn't even have to take off and ship the cables because they were under a giant heatsink, I shipped them the PSU wrapped in towels on a different box and they shipped me back a brand new factory sealed unit with new cables and accessories which never failed over 5 years later. At least their warranty is for real, no problem with serial and amazon purchase page pictures. For the memory, I've bought over 20 8gb sticks in matched sets and only one set caused instability. I was able to RMA the set easily and received a brand new set in the mail that I'm using while writing this over 6 years later with no issue. I personally love the red ones but they are slower than these. Motherboards I only buy MSI, no problems ever with them. Just make sure the BIOS is ready for your CPU, I tried going AMD once and I had to do BIOS updates and I just gave up. CPU only bought Intel so can't help you there. Seagate is really bad, they lose data and data is really valuable. I've never had a WD drive fail and I've bought a bunch. This specific model is really fast compared to other 7200 RPM drives, reliable and I've got like 6 of them in different systems. You can always add more HDDs later, I definitely don't trust Seagate in my opinion. See Louis Rossmann's thoughts on Seagate drives.

 

If you save just a little more, you can definitely get behind companies/parts with better reviews/components and I know from experience these brands will honor their warranty within the warranty period as long as you can show a dated purchase receipt picture. These parts will give you less space but better performance and reliability.

 

If you ever want to get SSDs, Samsung SSD SATA EVO and NVME series have been outstanding, I've definitely put those into a ton of my devices and they run great.

 

Since you are in the US, try to buy from Amazon or Newegg first-party if possible/reasonable/same price. They have secure payment systems and are competent in shipping PC hardware. Not very experience buying from anyone else but I feel that whenever I buy from other places, they do worse overall.

 

I am currently using that very same PSU and 2 of those 1TB drives on my PS3 mod and I trust them to keep my CECHA01 PS3 components safe and my install data secure. System I'm typing this one has another CX 550M, 32GB 4x8GB G.Skill ram and the CPU is a i3 6320 which should more or less tell you how old this system actually is and has since been on for 24/7.

 

These are solid recommendations from above to keep cost low if you can do away with 16GB ram:

 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Team T-Force Cardea Zero Z330 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($92.99 @ Amazon)
 

Definitely get a PSU large enough to run the GPU you want, depending on the ram slots, you can start with 2 modules and then add another 2 ram modules, I doubt you'll need more than 32GB total, I add 32GB on all my systems and I usually do 15GB at the most. If you don't need the above SSD, you can get 32GB I suggested instead, you could save a bit going down to C18 instead of C16. SeaSonic is a decent brand as well for the PSU. I would not worry too much about Gold vs Bronze, in most states it won't matter. Semi-modular is acceptable from a better brand, you always need the CPU and Motherboard cables anyways.

 

[M3Mac45]

11 hours ago, DTX said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9vLL3Z

 

I increased your cost slightly and downgraded you from 2TB to 1TB but you get much more reliable brands and a better overall experience. I've bought 7+ Corsair PSUs from 430CM (low end) to 850 RMi (mid-high end) and they have all performed safely and reliably. Only a 850 RMi failed once after 2+ years on 24/7 with a blown cap without breaking any hardware and the RMA was a breeze, I didn't even have to take off and ship the cables because they were under a giant heatsink, I shipped them the PSU wrapped in towels on a different box and they shipped me back a brand new factory sealed unit with new cables and accessories which never failed over 5 years later. At least their warranty is for real, no problem with serial and amazon purchase page pictures. For the memory, I've bought over 20 8gb sticks in matched sets and only one set caused instability. I was able to RMA the set easily and received a brand new set in the mail that I'm using while writing this over 6 years later with no issue. I personally love the red ones but they are slower than these. Motherboards I only buy MSI, no problems ever with them. Just make sure the BIOS is ready for your CPU, I tried going AMD once and I had to do BIOS updates and I just gave up. CPU only bought Intel so can't help you there. Seagate is really bad, they lose data and data is really valuable. I've never had a WD drive fail and I've bought a bunch. This specific model is really fast compared to other 7200 RPM drives, reliable and I've got like 6 of them in different systems. You can always add more HDDs later, I definitely don't trust Seagate in my opinion. See Louis Rossmann's thoughts on Seagate drives.

 

If you save just a little more, you can definitely get behind companies/parts with better reviews/components and I know from experience these brands will honor their warranty within the warranty period as long as you can show a dated purchase receipt picture. These parts will give you less space but better performance and reliability.

 

If you ever want to get SSDs, Samsung SSD SATA EVO and NVME series have been outstanding, I've definitely put those into a ton of my devices and they run great.

 

Since you are in the US, try to buy from Amazon or Newegg first-party if possible/reasonable/same price. They have secure payment systems and are competent in shipping PC hardware. Not very experience buying from anyone else but I feel that whenever I buy from other places, they do worse overall.

 

I am currently using that very same PSU and 2 of those 1TB drives on my PS3 mod and I trust them to keep my CECHA01 PS3 components safe and my install data secure. System I'm typing this one has another CX 550M, 32GB 4x8GB G.Skill ram and the CPU is a i3 6320 which should more or less tell you how old this system actually is and has since been on for 24/7.

 

These are solid recommendations from above to keep cost low if you can do away with 16GB ram:

 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Team T-Force Cardea Zero Z330 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($92.99 @ Amazon)
 

Definitely get a PSU large enough to run the GPU you want, depending on the ram slots, you can start with 2 modules and then add another 2 ram modules, I doubt you'll need more than 32GB total, I add 32GB on all my systems and I usually do 15GB at the most. If you don't need the above SSD, you can get 32GB I suggested instead, you could save a bit going down to C18 instead of C16. SeaSonic is a decent brand as well for the PSU. I would not worry too much about Gold vs Bronze, in most states it won't matter. Semi-modular is acceptable from a better brand, you always need the CPU and Motherboard cables anyways.

 

Isnt EVGA reliable tho so whats the point to switching to Corsair? ive heard a bit of bad things with corsair PSU 

[Downkey]

42 minutes ago, Kim4f8h said:

Isnt EVGA reliable tho so whats the point to switching to Corsair? ive heard a bit of bad things with corsair PSU 

Don’t generalize PSU quality just by brand. EVGA makes some dogshit units, so does Corsair. The G3 is known for having some overheating issues, while the CXM is known for having coil whine issues. Both are okay units tho.

 

No brand is “reliable”, because every brand makes some bad power supplies.

[SquishyEmeralds]

32gb of ram is not neccassery unless ur doing a ton of simulating and modeling and have a very heavy work load with loads of tabs open. 16 is plenty for gaming

[M3Mac45]

29 minutes ago, SquishyEmeralds said:

32gb of ram is not neccassery unless ur doing a ton of simulating and modeling and have a very heavy work load with loads of tabs open. 16 is plenty for gaming

i was getting 32 GB of ram because i was wanting to host a minecraft server without having to sacrifice much performance from my computer

[SquishyEmeralds]

8 hours ago, Kim4f8h said:

i was getting 32 GB of ram because i was wanting to host a minecraft server without having to sacrifice much performance from my computer

i see, how large is the server gonna be, if its less than 50 than mc can easily handle an 8 gb system. Literally even hypixels server room isn't that large

 

heres a table 

 

Ram	Player Slots*	World Size*	Plugin/Mods*
1GB	Up to 5	Up to 5GB	0
2GB	Up to 10	Up to 8GB	Up to 10
3GB	Up to 15	Up to 10GB	Up to 25
4GB	Up to 25	Up to 15GB	Up to 40
5GB	Up to 30	Up to 20GB	Up to 45
6GB	Up to 40	Up to 30GB	Up to 50
8GB	Up to 90	Up to 60GB	50+
10GB	150+	Up to 100GB	50+
15GB	150+	150+ GB	50+