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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($114.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M Eco Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($41.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($193.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($38.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $609.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-19 00:48 EDT-0400

It's simple. I have a friend that needs a new PC, and I don't know exactly what he needs.

My friend only plans to play Sims 4 and minecraft. That's it.

He doesn't want Sims 4 to be on all low settings, so don't show me a potato PC.

Budget is guaranteed $520 for now. He's not building just yet, but around Christmas time. I'm making this thread now to show him he shouldn't buy a pre-built computer (that was his original plan.)

This is what I have so far - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kg9Vpg

I know the PSU is overkill, change it if you must. Also needs a case.

The build is OP for what he plays . I am not experienced in low power builds. Please help me make a cheaper, better for him build. The RAM and SSD will most likely stay the same, but you guys could even make this Micro ATX or something.

Thanks for reading / helping!

TL;DR friend has around ~$550 to build a rig that will only play Sims 4 and minecraft. I want it to be a little more powerful than that in case he wants to play other games.

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini AirCachyOS

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 9 5900XT | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 + Corsair 3200MT/s 32GBx2 = 96GB!!! WOW!! | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | CachyOS

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do you need a DVD-W/R? i'd ditch it.

 

you could probably get away with an i3 to be honest. but i think you did a decent job. 

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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This is what I'd go for on that budget :)

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do you need a DVD-W/R? i'd ditch it.

 

you could probably get away with an i3 to be honest. but i think you did a decent job.

I could probably change it, but he wants the ability to read CDs/DVDs. I don't think he needs write, so maybe it'll change.

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini AirCachyOS

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 9 5900XT | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 + Corsair 3200MT/s 32GBx2 = 96GB!!! WOW!! | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | CachyOS

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This is what I'd go for on that budget :)

Oh dang, I didn't know the 950 was $129 right now.

I like that build! He would probably not even use all its power, but whatever. The PSU could be tuned down though.

EDIT -http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VPwx3C

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini AirCachyOS

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 9 5900XT | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 + Corsair 3200MT/s 32GBx2 = 96GB!!! WOW!! | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | CachyOS

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This is what I'd go for on that budget :)

Damn, dude beat me to it. T_T

 

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Though, does he really need an aftermarket cooler?

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CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600 | CPU Cooler: Wraith Stealth | GPU: Gigabgyte AORUS GeForce RTX 2070 Super | Motherboard: MSI B450M Mortar Max | RAM: G.Skill FlareX 2x8GB 3200MHz CL16 | SSD: ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro M.2 256GB | HDD: 1TB 2.5" Western Digital Blue (WD10SPZX) | Case: NZXT H510 | OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($114.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M Eco Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($41.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($193.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($38.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $609.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-19 00:48 EDT-0400

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And Swindlr to the rescue!

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini AirCachyOS

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 9 5900XT | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 + Corsair 3200MT/s 32GBx2 = 96GB!!! WOW!! | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | CachyOS

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Damn, dude beat me to it. T_T

 

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Though, does he really need an aftermarket cooler?

Why not? Quieter and cooler.

 

 

Oh dang, I didn't know the 950 was $129 right now.

I like that build! He would probably not even use all its power, but whatever. The PSU could be tuned down though.

EDIT -http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VPwx3C

The extra PSU wattage is for growing room, who knows with a proper PC your friend may turn into a fully fledged PC gamer and want moar powa!

Sergeant, United States Marine Corps

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From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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Why not? Quieter and cooler.

 

 

The extra PSU wattage is for growing room, who knows with a proper PC your friend may turn into a fully fledged PC gamer and want moar powa!

Sure. But, he doesn't really play much computer anyways (none at the moment,) so idk.

GAMING PC "Ol' Bessie":

Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Radeon RX 9070 XT | Gigabyte B650M AORUS Elite AX | G.Skill Flare X5 6000MT/s CL36 16GBx2 | 5TB of SSD POWER | EVGA SuperNOVA 850W GT | Noctua NH-U14S | Fractal Design Pop! Mini AirCachyOS

 

Kind Of A Home Lab "Bay":

Ryzen 9 5900XT | Intel ARC A310 | ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS | T-FORCE 3200MT/s 16GBx2 + Corsair 3200MT/s 32GBx2 = 96GB!!! WOW!! | 2TB boot SSD + 8TBx6 HDD RaidZ2 | EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2 | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

 

The Laptop:

Framework Laptop 13 | Intel i5-1340p | G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MT/s 16GBx2 | Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB | CachyOS

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($71.69 @ Newegg) 


Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($55.99 @ Amazon) 





Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($18.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $530.56

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-19 00:55 EDT-0400

 

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