$500 CAD PC for CS2

[peepeepoopoo545]

Budget (including currency): $500 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CS2, TF2, Sekiro, DOOM Eternal, Ultrakill, Elden Ring, R6 Siege, RDR2

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 need a monitor also, I would prefer 120 Hz as I want it to be as smooth as possible. I already have a solid keyboard, and a good mouse with a pad, so all I need is a monitor and maybe some headphones too.

 

[jaslion]

Yeah new not happening. You'll have to find a used gaming rig from the past couple of years

 

[peepeepoopoo545]

5 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Yeah new not happening. You'll have to find a used gaming rig from the past couple of years

 

True, but do you think its possible without the monitor? I don't really need it right now. 

[jaslion]

11 minutes ago, peepeepoopoo545 said:

True, but do you think its possible without the monitor? I don't really need it right now. 

Best I can do is a integrated gpu rig or a mediocre ryzen system with a used old gpu.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Bn6hFs

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($78.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($57.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Crucial P3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.95 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.10 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion+ 560P 560 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.88 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $457.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-02 17:44 EST-0500\

 

and then you have like 40$ for a gpu. MAYBE a rx470/570 8gb is an option but thats about it. Thats for 60fps in modern games basically. Your budget is too small. I already used parts that are not good but will do the job. Psu is excellent btw lucky find really.

[peepeepoopoo545]

5 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Best I can do is a integrated gpu rig or a mediocre ryzen system with a used old gpu.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Bn6hFs

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($78.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($57.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Crucial P3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($69.95 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.10 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion+ 560P 560 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.88 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $457.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-02 17:44 EST-0500\

 

and then you have like 40$ for a gpu. MAYBE a rx470/570 8gb is an option but thats about it. Thats for 60fps in modern games basically. Your budget is too small. I already used parts that are not good but will do the job. Psu is excellent btw lucky find really.

Thanks a lot for this. I'll just save up some more and put it into the gpu i guess

[jaslion]

28 minutes ago, peepeepoopoo545 said:

Thanks a lot for this. I'll just save up some more and put it into the gpu i guess

Honestly get at least 700 cad. Then we can get you away from a not good cpu and at least a board that isn't crap (it's 15 cad more for a good one). Then for gpu a rx480/580 will have to do

[TeraBot452]

Edit those were U.S.D sry.

 

This should work https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/xqpbTY

 

I would probably go used at that budget.  But a 6 core with a 6500xt should still perform okay.  Make sure to do that mail in rebate though.

 

[TeraBot452]

It's a compromise on the SSD speed and motherboard mostly.

[peepeepoopoo545]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/T3d6pB

I came up with this as a mixture of both lists and went over budget by $35. I found the same gpu for $120. Is it looking good?

[Jeppes]

2 hours ago, peepeepoopoo545 said:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/T3d6pB

I came up with this as a mixture of both lists and went over budget by $35. I found the same gpu for $120. Is it looking good?

What do you define as good? CS2 is quite demanding if you want to game competetively and not give a meaningful advantage with HW alone. Try to get an nvidia gpu because it has reflex, with amd you have to limit fps to somewhere near 60 if you dont want to give a huge 20-30ms advantage on gpu heavy spots like fading smokes etc.

[peepeepoopoo545]

1 hour ago, Side said:

Since your budget is very low I will reccomend you to build an Intel Arc A380 pc. This pc will even be able to play even some latest games at 30 fps and will cost 624 CAD in total including a monitor-

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XsRkWt

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 4100 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Motherboard: ASRock B550M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($56.10 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: Patriot Signature Line 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL22 Memory  ($23.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Storage: PNY CS1030 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($36.93 @ Amazon Canada) 

Case: Azza Spectra ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: Deepcool PK500D 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Monitor: Asus VA24EHE 23.8" 1920 x 1080 75 Hz Monitor  ($109.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Total: $436.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-03 13:43 EST-0500

 

GPU is from Amazon-

 

https://www.amazon.ca/Asrock-Challenger-Intel-GDDR6-Graphics/dp/B0BFD8DSM3/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=21CRX2FJZ4C4X&keywords=arc+a380&qid=1701628866&sprefix=arc+a380%2Caps%2C334&sr=8-1

 

 

 

 

 

I came upw tih tis list which is $10 more than yours with double the ram, beter gpu, better cpu  and a 144hz monitor. This seem pretty solid right?

[peepeepoopoo545]

1 hour ago, Side said:

Share the build pls.

soryy my bad

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/mgF8bL