First custom build - Low budget $800

[llir]

Budget (including currency): 80,000 BDT ($800) can go a little above if its worth it

Country: Bangladesh

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

My current pc is potato, can't really play anything so it's hard to say what games I'll be playing most of the time, If I had to guess; Rocket league, CSGO, GTA5, Team Fortress 2. Single-player games like witcher 3, batman arkham knight, Spider-man (2020) etc.

 

I want it to be able to record game-play without dropping too much fps. I wanna learn video editing, nothing too crazy, I want Photoshop, After effects, premiere pro or DaVinci Resolve to not shit themselves if i try to make those weeb-ass frag videos.

 

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):

 

I'm going to buy it hopefully this month (Nov).

 

My plan is to build a pc now and then upgrade later, a pc that'll me able to handle something like rtx 3050/3060 or something that costs around their msrp

 

The List I've created:

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Processor with Radeon Graphics

CPU Cooler: AMD Ryzen Boxed Cooling Fan Original

Mother Board: Gigabyte B550M DS3H AM4 AMD Micro ATX Motherboard

RAM: 1 x G.Skill RIPJAWS-V 8GB DDR4 3200MHz Desktop RAM

Storage: Gigabyte 256GB NVMe M.2 SSD

Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART BM2 650W Semi Modular 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply

Casing: Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air Mid Tower Casing

 

Monitor: MSI Optix G241V E2 24" FHD FreeSync IPS Esports Gaming Monitor/Gigabyte G24F 23.8" 170Hz Full HD IPS Gaming Monitor

 

UPS: MaxGreen MG-SILVER-1200VA 1200VA Offline UPS

 

The reason why I've picked what I've picked:

 

CPU:

Since I'm not getting a GPU now, i need something with an iGPU, original plan was to get Core i5-12400 but it costs 24,000 BDT ($240) here (Bangladesh)
And I'm not comfortable with that price, so next I decided to get i5-11400 that costs 20,000 but after watching it being compared with Ryzen 5 5600 I looked into Ryzen 5 5600g.

I watched some Benchmarks and from what I've gathered It looses very small amount of FPS against i5-11400 and even beats it in Photoshop, After effects, premiere pro etc, and it costs less than i5-11400.

So I picked Ryzen 5 5600g for 18,000 BDT ($180).

 

CPU Cooler:

Don't know if the retailers gonna provide a cooler so just in-case, I picked one.

 

Mother Board:

Right now I'm looking for only 3 things in a mobo, it supports Ryzen 5 5600g and rtx3050/rtx3060 and has two M.2 slots so I can upgrade and If i didn't get something wrong the one i picked should have that.

This is my first custom build so idk what else to look for in a mobo.

 

RAM:

I will get more ram later, for now 8gb seems alright to me.

 

Storage:

The mobo should have 1 x M.2 connector (M2B_SB) and 1 x M.2 connector (M2A_CPU)

I'm gonna connect the ssd i picked in M2B_SB and buy a stronger ssd later and have it in M2A_CPU.

 

Power Supply:

Don't know what to look for in a PSU, all I know is I need 550w+ for rtx 3060

 

Casing:

Again, don't know what to look for so i picked this after i saw linus recommend it in a video.

 

Monitor:
I have a 1080p monitor and I'm very satisfied with it.

But I'm not sure if 144hz/170Hz is worth it for me. There arent any 120hz monitor available here.

 

MSI Optix G241V E2 24" FHD FreeSync IPS Esports Gaming Monitor 18,000 BDT ($180)

Gigabyte G24F 23.8" 170Hz Full HD IPS Gaming Monitor 25,000 ($250, cheapest IPS I could find)

 

To me, spending 7,000 more just so I can win more multiplayer games isn't worth it.

I'll be glad if u could point out other upsides that could make it worth it.

 

UPS:

I'll need u nerds to tell me if 1200VA is enough.

Blackouts are very frequent here, I just need 5 min to shutdown my pc properly.

I've lost 2 mobos to thunder so I'm hoping this will provide some sort of protection for that as well.

[jaslion]

By only getting a single stick of ram you are easilt losing 30% of cpu performance and half of the gpu performance.

 

You NEED 2 sticks or this pc is gonna be a mess. Also forget editng on 8gb of ram.

 

Only 256gb of storage means that basically a single project can also take up too much space. No joke these projects get big and storage is low.

 

You want a color accurate monitor and well those are far from that.

 

Psu is a low end unit. It should handle the 3060 but its just a low end unit and Id not buy it.

 

 

[llir]

15 minutes ago, jaslion said:

By only getting a single stick of ram you are easilt losing 30% of cpu performance and half of the gpu performance.

 

You NEED 2 sticks or this pc is gonna be a mess. Also forget editng on 8gb of ram.

 

Only 256gb of storage means that basically a single project can also take up too much space. No joke these projects get big and storage is low.

 

You want a color accurate monitor and well those are far from that.

 

Psu is a low end unit. It should handle the 3060 but its just a low end unit and Id not buy it.

 

 

Thanks for pointing them out.

 

I know 8gb ram, 256gb of storage is low but like I said, I'll get more in a few months (or as soon as i have the money), until then i wont be gaming or video editing at all.

 

psu, why should i spend more when 650watt is enough, its above recommended for 3060 (550 Watt)?

future proofing? I wont get a GPU that will take more because electricity is expansive man

 

Thanks for the quick response!

[jaslion]

3 hours ago, llir said:

Thanks for pointing them out.

 

I know 8gb ram, 256gb of storage is low but like I said, I'll get more in a few months (or as soon as i have the money), until then i wont be gaming or video editing at all.

 

psu, why should i spend more when 650watt is enough, its above recommended for 3060 (550 Watt)?

future proofing? I wont get a GPU that will take more because electricity is expansive man

 

Thanks for the quick response!

Not talking about wattage but about quality. The thermaltakr is made out of cheap stuff and wont last long if you have powerspikes (like itbsounds you have) and simply will not protect your components against em.

 

If you arent going to use the system directly why not wait?

[llir]

10 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Not talking about wattage but about quality. The thermaltakr is made out of cheap stuff and wont last long if you have powerspikes (like itbsounds you have) and simply will not protect your components against em.

 

If you arent going to use the system directly why not wait?

I see, my bad. These are the only PSU at $60 - $70 available
which would u recommend?
I'm trying to avoid RGB to save electricity, idk if i can turn off the RGB if i can it'll make me very stupid and happy.

I can spend more on a PSU since it is very important and better PSU will provide better protection for my parts but then I won't have an option to go for 144hz monitor.

 

Availability, my options are very small already, don't think I'll have anything to buy after black Friday.
Even though things are getting back to normal in the first world countries, here its just going to shit.

Just trying to get what I can with the money I have. Been saving for 3 years, can't afford the risk of having my money turn into just paper.

[trevb0t]

Dependent on what you've got currently, it may honestly just be better to grab a modern mid range gpu, a decent SSD and a decent PSU.

The nVidia 4xxx series doesn't really look enticing at this point, so there isn't much reason to hold out.

 

What's in your current system?

[trevb0t]

2 hours ago, llir said:

I see, my bad. These are the only PSU at $60 - $70 available
which would u recommend?
I'm trying to avoid RGB to save electricity, idk if i can turn off the RGB if i can it'll make me very stupid and happy.

I can spend more on a PSU since it is very important and better PSU will provide better protection for my parts but then I won't have an option to go for 144hz monitor.

 

Availability, my options are very small already, don't think I'll have anything to buy after black Friday.
Even though things are getting back to normal in the first world countries, here its just going to shit.

Just trying to get what I can with the money I have. Been saving for 3 years, can't afford the risk of having my money turn into just paper.

Out of curiosity, are the Bitfenix Gold or Whisper available in your area? They are often well priced in foreign (meaning non US, sorry) markets, and they are great units.

[llir]

9 hours ago, trevb0t said:

Dependent on what you've got currently, it may honestly just be better to grab a modern mid range gpu, a decent SSD and a decent PSU.

The nVidia 4xxx series doesn't really look enticing at this point, so there isn't much reason to hold out.

 

What's in your current system?

It's impossible to upgrade my current pc, its 9 years old, psu, mobo, case pretty much everything is dogshit.

[llir]

9 hours ago, trevb0t said:

Out of curiosity, are the Bitfenix Gold or Whisper available in your area? They are often well priced in foreign (meaning non US, sorry) markets, and they are great units.

Unfortunately, they're not available in Bangladesh