FIRST PC BUILD

[colligo2]

Hello fellow Techfans,

 

My father asked me to build him a computer. His budget is around the 500$ and it is mainly for web surfing, online banking. And some gaming like AoE so not too heavy games. It would be nice if i could play games like CS: GO and H1Z1 on it but its not a must. The build i had in mind:

 

AMD A8-5600K Black edition

MSI A78M-E45

WD CAVIAR BLUE 1TB

FRACTAL DESIGN DEFINE MINI

ASUS USB-N53 WiFi

NOCTUA NH-U9B SE2

CRUCIAL BALLISTIX 8GB 2X4

SAMSUNG SH-224DB Optical Drive

CORSAIR CX430 V2 Power supply

ADATA Premier Pro SP900 128GB

 

I would appreciate if you guys could give me some feedback, if i need replace things. 

 

Thank You!

[Gaben the Great]

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($68.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Mwave) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.78 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($142.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Antec VSK-4000 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $506.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-30 13:55 EDT-0400

[Lolzious]

Wow, that's crazy.

My dad does all the same stuff, especially AoE, and he's going to get my 5600k + MSI motherboard pretty soon...

I can't say much for the GPU, but CPU wise I'd say it's pretty decent.

It looks like a good build, but I'd skimp on maybe the SSD and noctua cooler, and get an 860k and a dedicated GPU (260x...?)

Also @GabentheGreat this isn't a gaming computer, more of an office PC, so I'm sure he'd like to keep some luxuries..

[Howhurl]

I don't know much about amd's apus, but I have high doubts that it can run cs:go even on lower settings. For your dad's usage it's fine (he doesn't need 8 gigs of ram though).

[Slayer1443]

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.59 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($142.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

SSD- Get if you can afford it

Total: $485.52

Should be able to play csgo on here dont go with amd. And get 4 gbs of ram and up your gpu if you want.

[CatzRuleZWorld]

This is what I recommend. The i5 to make it last quite a while before getting slow, 8GB RAM for the same reason, GPU can handle CS:GO very well (IDK about them other games) and it's great for the money, SSD because that amount should be able to fit all you need for a while if you don't store a lot of videos or pictures on it and you can add a HDD later or use an old one you have.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($163.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $528.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-30 13:58 EDT-0400

[colligo2]

@Slayer1443 Sorry im kinda of a noob in building, why choose Intel over AMD? whats better about intel?

[Lolzious]

I don't know much about amd's apus, but I have high doubts that it can run cs:go even on lower settings. For your dad's usage it's fine (he doesn't need 8 gigs of ram though).

Yea, the 5600k could run CS:GO on high settings easily.

anyways, @colligo2 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ssc3kL

If you want it $500 on the dot, you could ditch the Noctua cooler, but it would make the system a bit louder (assuming you'd want quiet for more of an office oriented PC)

[Lolzious]

@Slayer1443 Sorry im kinda of a noob in building, why choose Intel over AMD? whats better about intel?

Not a whole lot at this price point tbh.

[Slayer1443]

Intel CPUs even though the 1 i mentioned is only dual core it has alot more performance per core over amd which is why amd right now sucks for cpus inless your doing a budget build. but with thoes 2 cores you should be able to play games with much higher fps then with a amd cpu for a 500$ build.

[colligo2]

Wow, that's crazy.

My dad does all the same stuff, especially AoE, and he's going to get my 5600k + MSI motherboard pretty soon...

I can't say much for the GPU, but CPU wise I'd say it's pretty decent.

It looks like a good build, but I'd skimp on maybe the SSD and noctua cooler, and get an 860k and a dedicated GPU (260x...?)

Also @GabentheGreat this isn't a gaming computer, more of an office PC, so I'm sure he'd like to keep some luxuries..

Awesome, many old men play AoE LMAO. Thanks for the advice!

[colligo2]

Intel CPUs even though the 1 i mentioned is only dual core it has alot more performance per core over amd which is why amd right now sucks for cpus inless your doing a budget build. but with thoes 2 cores you should be able to play games with much higher fps then with a amd cpu for a 500$ build.

 

Alright thanks for the information. I would take it into consideration.