Around $500 PC BUILD

[Sheymin]

Budget (including currency): $200-500

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Youtube, Twitch, Rocket League

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): Just want a decnet upgradeable pc build 

 

[tkitch]

you're gonna have a hell of a time building a PC that can game for under 500$.

 

You might squeeze in a 5600G, but that'll be the most, and it'd be tight.  (The Ryzen 5600G and 5700G Are the best gaming iGPUs you can get for desktops currently.)

[corndog2000]

You might have some luck looking on Craigslist. You could go the route of buying an old Dell business desktop and purchasing a GPU. But, that doesn't give you much in the way of an upgrade path.

[Fasauceome]

If you're buying new, this will do it for $500

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XRRdH2

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XRRdH2

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($179.00 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Prime B450M-A II Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($53.97 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team MP33 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($45.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cougar MX330-X ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.20 @ Amazon) 
Total: $462.12

 

Went with a Ryzen 5 5600G in a B450 motherboard that can have the BIOS flashed without the CPU, so you can ensure compatibility.

 

But I recommend used hardware, you might want to get a Ryzen 5 3600 and a GTX 970 or RX 570, which would do nicely for your budget if you get them at a decent price.

[RONOTHAN##]

$700 is about as low as I'd recommend for going new. For less than that, you really wanna look on FB Marketplace, Craigslist, OfferUp, etc., since getting new stuff will perform quite a bit worse than what you can get for used. 

[Queen Chrysalis]

40 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

If you're buying new, this will do it for $500

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XRRdH2

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XRRdH2

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($179.00 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus Prime B450M-A II Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($53.97 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team MP33 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($45.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cougar MX330-X ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Antec NeoECO Gold ZEN 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.20 @ Amazon) 
Total: $462.12

 

Went with a Ryzen 5 5600G in a B450 motherboard that can have the BIOS flashed without the CPU, so you can ensure compatibility.

 

But I recommend used hardware, you might want to get a Ryzen 5 3600 and a GTX 970 or RX 570, which would do nicely for your budget if you get them at a decent price.

I would get a case with some fans, that $55 could be $57 and it'd still be OK, especially if it means the end product looks more aesthetically pleasing.  I'd go with this, pretty much the same case but with fans preinstalled for $2 more:

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7fn8TW/cougar-mx330-g-air-atx-mid-tower-case-mx330-g-air

 

 

[Queen Chrysalis]

Conversely, for $100 more you could get an actual DGPU with this:

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i3-10100F 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME H410M-E Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ ASUS) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($53.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cougar MX330-G Air ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $379.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-05-09 23:22 EDT-0400

 

A 1070 could be had for about $230 on ebay right now, maybe even cheaper on craigslist in your local market. That would be about $600.

 

For about $650-$700 you could pair it with a 1080ti depending on how good you local market is, but then again, at that point you could just get a brand new RX 6600.

 

If you live near a microcenter you can get that CPU and motherboard for about $120 total with the $20 bundle discount and in-store CPU discount.  They may also have a power supply available for less.  That would put you just over $500.