500 dollar buget pc

[Andrew john]

i am looking for a buget pc for 500 dolloars use an intel cpu invidia gpu and a asus mother board with wifi

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Andrew john said:

i am looking for a buget pc for 500 dolloars use an intel cpu invidia gpu and a asus mother board with wifi

why do you have and intel/nvidia/asus requirement?

[Andrew john]

its for my friend and he wants wifi and i know all the intel invidia and asus will suport windwos 11

[MiszS]

You can't really be that picky at this price point. The best value would be if you bought used, and an amd gpu and cpu, with whatever cheapest decent motherboard you can find

[Andrew john]

so i should use other components

[podkall]

Just now, Andrew john said:

its for my friend and he wants wifi and i know all the intel invidia and asus will suport windwos 11

there's plenty of other brands and AMD stuff that supports Win 11,

 

what's your friend worried about recent AMD wouldn't support?

[MiszS]

Just now, Andrew john said:

its for my friend and he wants wifi and i know all the intel invidia and asus will suport windwos 11

Asus isn't any better than other brands in terms of wifi and windows support, it's actually pretty hard to make a gaming pc that doesn't support it, because it would have to be intel 7th gen cpu or older

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Andrew john said:

its for my friend and he wants wifi and i know all the intel invidia and asus will suport windwos 11

the parts being intel and nvidia and asus have nothing to do with windows 11 support

[Andrew john]

he want it to be supported for generations of windows

[MiszS]

Just now, Andrew john said:

he want it to be supported for generations of windows

That's not really guaranteed with any hardware, but an am4 cpu will be more than enough

[Andrew john]

i know i just dont have any experience with amd

[podkall]

A brand new decent build of either Intel or AMD would yield in approx 410-430$ leaving 70-80$ for a GPU which would most likely have to come from second-hand market.

 

 

But it depends.

12 minutes ago, Andrew john said:

i am looking for a buget pc for 500 dolloars use an intel cpu invidia gpu and a asus mother board with wifi

What's budget? Is running League of Legends enough?

 

Should it run more demanding games like CS2? R6 Siege?

 

Even more demanding AAA on low settings?

 

Cyberpunk 2077?

[emosun]

3 minutes ago, Andrew john said:

i know i just dont have any experience with amd

you don't need any experience with amd , they're both x86s cpus that process the same code. picking one based on brand alone while disregarding costs and speed is quite an odd choice.

[podkall]

Just now, podkall said:

A brand new decent build of either Intel or AMD would yield in approx 410-430$ leaving 70-80$ for a GPU which would most likely have to come from second-hand market.

 

 

But it depends.

What's budget? Is running League of Legends enough?

 

Should it run more demanding games like CS2? R6 Siege?

 

Even more demanding AAA on low settings?

 

Cyberpunk 2077?

that is assuming you don't need any peripherals IE monitor, mouse, keyboard

[Andrew john]

 my friend is going to be playing fortnite

 

[Andrew john]

and he needs a monitor keyboard and mouse

 

[podkall]

1 minute ago, Andrew john said:

 my friend is going to be playing fortnite

 

does he have peripherals? mouse, keyboard, monitor?

 

it's important to know because these could cut the budget of the actual PC by 100$ or more

[podkall]

does the 500$ budget include peripherals then?

[Andrew john]

yes

[MiszS]

Just now, Andrew john said:

yes

Then your best bet is to buy a used dell optiplex (or any other cheap pc), and put a gpu in it, or try and find an already build cheap gaming pc, as well as buying the monitor used too

[Andrew john]

ok

[podkall]

4 minutes ago, MiszS said:

Then your best bet is to buy a used dell optiplex (or any other cheap pc), and put a gpu in it, or try and find an already build cheap gaming pc, as well as buying the monitor used too

Edge case is a 5600G build, that barely makes it:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($132.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B550M K Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: *Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($34.97 @ Amazon)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GX2 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Philips 241V8L 23.8" 1920 x 1080 75 Hz Monitor  ($74.99 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Tecware Tecware Phantom L RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Mouse: AOC GM500 Wired Optical Mouse  ($9.94 @ Amazon)
Total: $500.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-12 12:06 EDT-0400

 

• Basically you'd get cheap "gaming" keyboard and mouse
• 1080p or 900p monitor something that doesn't look entirely crappy I guess
• 5600G is a decent bet, it has iGPU that performs similarly to GTX 750 or GTX 1050 depending on game
• The build uses one of the cheapest cases possible, but any case that fits components will do
• 500GB of storage, not much but at least it's M.2

 

• You might find much faster potential builds on used-market overall, or certain components maybe, there could be a chance someone getting rid of like a 500$ worth PC and selling it for like those 350-400$ ish price
• I'd count the peripheral price first and then see what could be bought with the remaining money otherwise how are you going to play on a PC with no monitor or keyboard right?
• From personal experience, you don't need a mechanical keyboard, as long as it's gaming keyboard membrane are fine keyboards, they can be bit quieter sometimes too if they're not too cheaply made, the reason you want gaming keyboard is because of anti-ghosting feature, that makes sure you can press multiple keys and getting it through, keyboards that don't have it either can't press multiple keys or press them after the first ones are released which is annoying

[Andrew john]

thanks

[Andrew john]

i have a question why didnt you add a gpu

[podkall]

1 minute ago, Andrew john said:

i have a question why didnt you add a gpu

5600G iGPU -> integrated GPU on the CPU