First PC Build

[thunk]

Budget (including currency): 1500 AUD

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: schoolwork (Photoshop and possibly light video editing), coding, regular gaming, and work (basic data entry stuff)

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): Also after a mouse and keyboard however those will be purchased aside from this budget.

 

Thanks in advance for any help that comes my way

 

[The BOUS]

I am building the same type of build with the same budget and almost same use cases so I would reccomend deciding whether you want to go Intel or Ryzen for this build once you have decided, lmk and I can continue helping you on your build

[Dabaers]

3 hours ago, thunk said:

Budget (including currency): 1500 AUD

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: schoolwork (Photoshop and possibly light video editing), coding, regular gaming, and work (basic data entry stuff)

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): Also after a mouse and keyboard however those will be purchased aside from this budget.

 

Thanks in advance for any help that comes my way

 

Hey, first build is always the scariest but also fun! A great tool I’ve used a ton is Pc part picker. It makes some of the more complicate part selection easier and for the most part will make your budgeting a bit easier. Also a trick I’ve heard a lot is aim that your graphics card is 40-60% of your budget and work down from there! I know the prices are a bit of a mess but if you play around with pc part picker you’ll have a good idea of what you can get and what you’ll need to accomplish your tasks. Good luck!
 

https://pcpartpicker.com/

[thunk]

15 hours ago, The BOUS said:

I am building the same type of build with the same budget and almost same use cases so I would reccomend deciding whether you want to go Intel or Ryzen for this build once you have decided, lmk and I can continue helping you on your build

i think i’ll be looking to go ryzen with this 

[thunk]

15 hours ago, Dabaers said:

Hey, first build is always the scariest but also fun! A great tool I’ve used a ton is Pc part picker. It makes some of the more complicate part selection easier and for the most part will make your budgeting a bit easier. Also a trick I’ve heard a lot is aim that your graphics card is 40-60% of your budget and work down from there! I know the prices are a bit of a mess but if you play around with pc part picker you’ll have a good idea of what you can get and what you’ll need to accomplish your tasks. Good luck!
 

https://pcpartpicker.com/

thanks!! i’ve kinda scoured this forum for people with similar budgets and just saved a bunch of parts lists hahah

[Jonathan Lee]

19 hours ago, thunk said:

regular gaming

what type of games do you typically play? More AAA modern games typically demand more hardware, while rpgs, FPS and mmo's can get away with less.

[thunk]

9 minutes ago, Jonathan Lee said:

what type of games do you typically play? More AAA modern games typically demand more hardware, while rpgs, FPS and mmo's can get away with less.

more along the lines of rpgs and FPS

[Jonathan Lee]

You could go with something like this:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($249.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B460 TORPEDO ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($105.00 @ Centre Com) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Allian 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($97.67 @ Amazon Australia) 
Storage: Western Digital SN750 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($159.84 @ Amazon Australia) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Challenger D Video Card  ($749.00 @ Centre Com) 
Case: MSI MAG FORGE 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.00 @ Centre Com) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MasterWatt 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Total: $1558.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-29 11:15 AEDT+1100

 

I would wait to see what 12th gen intel looks like though. It's coming out in mid-November I believe.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-11400 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($269.00 @ Amazon Australia) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B560M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($109.00 @ Centre Com) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Allian 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($97.67 @ Amazon Australia) 
Storage: Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($65.77 @ JW Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ BPC Technology) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Challenger D Video Card  ($749.00 @ Centre Com) 
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 40 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Total: $1493.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-29 13:35 AEDT+1100