Need Help for a Budget PC

[BrownieBoy]

What's the best parts/pre-built pc's for under 1000 im getting my first PC such as from GPU's to Cases. And what is better for gaming and budget Pre-built or Built. Thank you.

[Bombastinator]

30 minutes ago, BrownieBoy said:

What's the best parts/pre-built pc's for under 1000 im getting my first PC such as from GPU's to Cases. And what is better for gaming and budget Pre-built or Built. Thank you.

Do you want to upgrade it later as you get more money? Or just sell it and replace it with an entire new machine when the time comes?

[Bombastinator]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

Do you want to upgrade it later as you get more money? Or just sell it and replace it with an entire new machine when the time comes?

The latter gets you a bit more machine now but at the cost of having to buy more parts later the opposite is the opposite.

[BrownieBoy]

42 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

The latter gets you a bit more machine now but at the cost of having to buy more parts later the opposite is the opposite.

 

44 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Do you want to upgrade it later as you get more money? Or just sell it and replace it with an entire new machine when the time comes?

I might not upgrade it later but probably yeah

[Bombastinator]

15 minutes ago, BrownieBoy said:

 

I might not upgrade it later but probably yeah

Then a b660 board with an external clock to OC the non-k chip (or z690 if a 13600k is in budget), ddr5 and as much graphics card as you can afford.  Which won’t be a lot. 
 

the other way would be a b450 or a520 board and a 5600g and a lot more graphics card.  
 

Do you have keyboard/mouse/audio?  What about a monitor? Is wifi needed? Also do you have a microcenter in convenient driving distance? (only happens in some parts of the USA)

Edited November 23, 2022 by Bombastinator

[Bombastinator]

This seems to have changed a bit with price drops. The new upgrade solution seems to be an AMD 5600 and a b550 motherboard.  You wind up spending about $60 more than the non upgrade version.  The big issue with the 5600g is it has a max limit on video card and there are a few cards that just won’t work well with it. Sometimes it’s worth the $60 though if you don’t pass the max on video card

 

this would be an upgradable build: you can go to a 5800x3d and/or a newer video card with it. No budget left for peripherals though.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($128.85 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX6700XT CLD 12G Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($369.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Zalman T6 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $936.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-11-23 13:38 EST-0500

 

if you need peripherals every dollar starts to matter though.  At that point the 5600g option starts to maybe be a better move if you want to keep in budget.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($101.54 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte A520M S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 6700 10 GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Zalman T6 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Monoprice Zero-G 27.0" 2560 x 1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($169.99 @ Monoprice) 
Keyboard: Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($32.99 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO Wired Optical Mouse  ($34.99 @ Adorama) 
Headphones: G.Skill RIPJAWS SV710 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($19.98 @ Amazon) 
Speakers: Cyber Acoustics CA-2014rb 4 W 2.0 Channel Speakers  ($12.47 @ Amazon) 
Webcam: Green Extreme T300 Webcam  ($9.99 @ Adorama) 
Total: $999.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-11-23 14:04 EST-0500

 

this is everything and it stays in budget.  Nothing in it is particularly good, and the only thing in it I might save are a few of the peripherals.  It will get you 1440p gaming at high refresh though.  There is one upgrade which would be get a pcie3 (not 4) SSD ASAP.  You can run without it though

 

One thing to note is that the used market for graphics cards is BANGIN right now so that would be a good place to look.  The upgradable thing can take basically anything, but the 5600g can’t. It’s only got 8lanes of pcie3, so any card that uses more than 8 lanes of pcie3 (basically anything with more power than a 2080) or needs that pcie4 to work right (like the AMD 6400, 5500, & 6500) will have bottleneck problems.  These are particularly bad with the pcie4 stuff and big cards like the higher end newer gen cards

Edited November 23, 2022 by Bombastinator