New budget build for my friend

[Skelitor]

Budget (including currency): 450$can

Country: canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: helldivers 2, cyberpunk, baldurs gate 3, 

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): 

16gb ddr4 2133. Ssd 500gb hardrive 500gb. 1650 super (I know its not the best but it can run these games at least on low graphics)

 

I was planning a pc build but wanted some feedback 

Ryzen 5500 119$

Asus prime b450M-A II 110$

https://www.newegg.ca/p/N82E16811197017?Item=N82E16811197017

+

https://www.newegg.ca/rosewill-cpg850-850-w/p/N82E16817182455?Item=N82E16817182455

204$ 

[kitnoman]

10 minutes ago, Skelitor said:

Budget (including currency): 450$can

Country: canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: helldivers 2, cyberpunk, baldurs gate 3, 

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): 

16gb ddr4 2133. Ssd 500gb hardrive 500gb. 1650 super

 

I was planning a pc build but wanted some feedback 

Ryzen 5500 119$

Asus prime b450M-A II 110$

https://www.newegg.ca/p/N82E16811197017?Item=N82E16811197017

+

https://www.newegg.ca/rosewill-cpg850-850-w/p/N82E16817182455?Item=N82E16817182455

204$ 

These are decent parts on their own. However, for your budget, specifically psu, that's too expensive for your budget. I for one understand that in general, we should be cheap with psu as it is one of the components that would carry over to multiple builds. But, I think there's a limit to that. First is your budget, while it's true that you can get a better financial disposition in the future, psu shouldn't be more expensive that your CPU. Second, in terms of upgrade path, normally low and mid range build, get low and mid range GPUs, which uses around 250w-300w or lower. Which 650-750w psu are enough.

So if you would only build cpu, motherboard and psu. These would probably what would provide more performance at the same $450 budget.

Intel

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($209.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z690M PG RIPTIDE/D5 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($156.35 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($83.60 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $448.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-19 00:50 EDT-0400

 

AMD

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($243.98 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($83.60 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $442.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-19 00:53 EDT-0400

 

But if he has another $100, he can go with a budget AM4 build:
 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($248.98 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650M-H/M.2+ Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($154.22 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-5600 CL40 Memory  ($79.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($83.60 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $566.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-19 00:56 EDT-0400

 

 

[Skelitor]

7 minutes ago, kitnoman said:

These are decent parts on their own. However, for your budget, specifically psu, that's too expensive for your budget. I for one understand that in general, we should be cheap with psu as it is one of the components that would carry over to multiple builds. But, I think there's a limit to that. First is your budget, while it's true that you can get a better financial disposition in the future, psu shouldn't be more expensive that your CPU. Second, in terms of upgrade path, normally low and mid range build, get low and mid range GPUs, which uses around 250w-300w or lower. Which 650-750w psu are enough.

So if you would only build cpu, motherboard and psu. These would probably what would provide more performance at the same $450 budget.

Intel

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($209.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z690M PG RIPTIDE/D5 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($156.35 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($83.60 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $448.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-19 00:50 EDT-0400

 

AMD

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($243.98 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($83.60 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $442.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-19 00:53 EDT-0400

 

But if he has another $100, he can go with a budget AM4 build:
 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($248.98 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650M-H/M.2+ Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($154.22 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-5600 CL40 Memory  ($79.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($83.60 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $566.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-19 00:56 EDT-0400

 

 

The main reason for the 5500 was that it was high price to performance, and I thought it would be enough for the computer. Do you think that its not good enough or are you just trying to make the best computer out of 450? A suggestion for a cheaper computer would be a great help. This is my first one im making myself + hes very poor lol

[kitnoman]

On 5/19/2024 at 1:09 PM, Skelitor said:

The main reason for the 5500 was that it was high price to performance, and I thought it would be enough for the computer. Do you think that its not good enough or are you just trying to make the best computer out of 450? A suggestion for a cheaper computer would be a great help. This is my first one im making myself + hes very poor lol

You can work with a 5500, it is decent enough to handle up to 3060/6650xt at 1080p, and the tier higher on 1440p and probably another tier higher at 4k with the current gpus. So if it's as cheap as possible, 5500 should just be fine. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 R2.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.75 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($83.60 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $292.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-20 02:05 EDT-0400

[Skelitor]

On 5/20/2024 at 3:18 AM, kitnoman said:

You can work with a 5500, it is decent enough to handle up to 3060/6650xt at 1080p, and the tier higher on 1440p and probably another tier higher at 4k with the current gpus. So if it's as cheap as possible, 5500 should just be fine. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 R2.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.75 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart BX1 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($83.60 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $292.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-20 02:05 EDT-0400

Thank you so much. I'll try to build him this when he gets the money