I’m building my first computer, and I desperately need guidance

[Ryu Lucid]

Budget (including currency): $500-$800

Country: United States of America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Blender, Fire Alpaca, Veadotube mini, misc. gaming, streaming, and editing applications

Other details Ok, so, this build will be my first ever desktop computer, and I have been unfortunately cursed with old boomer brain when it comes to tech things. I would like for this computer to have a decent amount of storage (enough to support a career in art commissions) and have as good of graphics as I can get on my budget. 1080p resolution preferably. Monitor, keyboard, and mouse are going to be handled outside of the budget, so I don’t need help with those. What parts should I get? Please use terms like you’re speaking to a toddler, I’m not very smart with technology.

 

[Supersonicwolfe]

14 minutes ago, Ryu Lucid said:

Budget (including currency): $500-$800

Country: United States of America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Blender, Fire Alpaca, Veadotube mini, misc. gaming, streaming, and editing applications

Other details Ok, so, this build will be my first ever desktop computer, and I have been unfortunately cursed with old boomer brain when it comes to tech things. I would like for this computer to have a decent amount of storage (enough to support a career in art commissions) and have as good of graphics as I can get on my budget. What parts should I get? Please use terms like you’re speaking to a toddler, I’m not very smart with technology.

 

Need more detail like what kind of monitor you have, and your desired FPS (typical 60/120/144)

Also do you care about RGB?

Are you comfortable buying Used?

[PcBeExpensive]

1 minute ago, Ryu Lucid said:

Budget (including currency): $500-$800

Country: United States of America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Blender, Fire Alpaca, Veadotube mini, misc. gaming, streaming, and editing applications

Other details Ok, so, this build will be my first ever desktop computer, and I have been unfortunately cursed with old boomer brain when it comes to tech things. I would like for this computer to have a decent amount of storage (enough to support a career in art commissions) and have as good of graphics as I can get on my budget. What parts should I get? Please use terms like you’re speaking to a toddler, I’m not very smart with technology.

 

Well you would like to get some used parts because its quite hard to get any good new parts in this budget.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($208.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760M-P DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($49.89 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($309.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($44.00 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 650 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $877.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-19 19:56 EDT-0400

I know this is over budget but your budget is very very small. I reccomend coming back with a higher budget later. if you do want ot build know you could look for a used 6700xt or 3070 to make the price lower.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MQm3Vw

5500 + 6800xt + 32gb 3200c16

 

Used gpu so make sure you can return incase faulty (very unlikely anyways)

 

Case wise all choices <60$ are abysmal so better off just buying used, 30$ should be able to get a somewhat decent case with airflow but if you dont find any a 5-10$ or outright dumpster dived office case will also do just fine as long as you run no sidepanel

 

The psu should be enough since the card will only draw around 350w and cpu maybe around 130w if you run pbo or a 4.7-4.8ghz allcore oc. But if youd like a better psu your only option is to go used, 40-60$ should easily get you 700-850w gold units used, just make sure to not buy a psu thats over 7 years old, prefferably something under 5 years old, they only last 10-15 years anyways (though most seem to go past 10 years just fine)

[SorryBella]

2 hours ago, PcBeExpensive said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($208.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760M-P DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($49.89 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($309.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($44.00 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 650 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $877.82

HDD is something you can easily stick in later on.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($91.14 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.89 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($49.89 @ Amazon) 
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($72.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX6700XT CLD 12G Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($309.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($77.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: FSP Group Hydro G Pro 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.99 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Total: $807.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-19 22:32 EDT-0400

 

Variance on @Somerandomtechyboi build, Just apply PBO2 and youll be close in terms of CPU performance indeed.