PC Build Help $500-600?

[FlutterBun]

Hi there folks! Thank you for taking a look at this post and offering help; really appreciate it. So currently Im running on a laptop almost at it's limits. This Pavilion g6 has served me well, but I think its time for a small upgrade. I am not very familiar with PC and have limited knowledge of monitors, sound cards, etc. I apologize if anything I have listed below have limited info.

 

 

1. Budget & Location
So my budget is around $500-$600 (adding an extra $100 max). This is in Canadian currency, since I live in Canada  

2. Aim
So I just want a small upgrade from my laptop. I dont do much gaming besides the occasional League of Legends or Osu!

I play some steam games, but they aren't games that require crazy high end builds. Some examples include Binding of Isaac, Payday The Heist, and Shower with your Dad Simulator 2015 (Yes this is a real game go search it up)

3. Monitors
So I added an extra $100 to this build because I do not have a monitor. Im fine with anything, but something that's 1600x900 would be nice

4. Peripherals
Like I said above, I need a monitor and most likely OS; perhaps Windows 8 or 10? I already own a mouse, mic, and keyboard that I am very happy with. I also have an Ethernet cable (I don't know if that info is significant or not...).

Once again I thank you very much for reading my dumb post haha.

I will gladly answer and questions!

Have a nice day.

[warzkaz]

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/yMwGyc

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/yMwGyc/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($168.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($73.50 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($63.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.05 @ Vuugo) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($41.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($38.61 @ DirectCanada) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($123.00 @ shopRBC) 

Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($125.48 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $698.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-08 01:30 EST-0500

[Streetguru]

Hi there folks! Thank you for taking a look at this post and offering help; really appreciate it. So currently Im running on a laptop almost at it's limits. This Pavilion g6 has served me well, but I think

Probably something like this, just uh, find windows somewhere

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/6Rzb7P

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/6Rzb7P/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A8-7650K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($126.05 @ Vuugo)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($98.50 @ Vuugo)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($63.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.05 @ Vuugo)

Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.88 @ Canada Computers)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($50.18 @ DirectCanada)

Monitor: ViewSonic VA2249S 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($156.77 @ Canada Computers)

Total: $588.41

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-08 01:21 EST-0500

Info

Memory scaling test with the A10 7850k

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Memory/Ultra-Speed-DDR3-Revisited-AMD-APU-Memory-Scaling/Graphics-Benchmarks

 

A8 7650K | CS:GO/Dota 2/SC2 benchmarks Tested With 1866Mhz RAM

http://www.technologyx.com/featured/amd-a8-7650k-apu-review-the-little-apu-that-could/4/

A8 7650K | Various AAA titles Tested with 2133Mhz RAM

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9217/the-amd-a8-7650k-apu-review-also-new-testing-methodology/7

 

[Streetguru]

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($168.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($46.00 @ Vuugo) 

Not a good CPU/Motherboard ratio, that's a really low end motherboard that really no one should use

and the A10 probably isn't worth it over the A8 7650K, APUs are too bottlenecked by RAM so the A10 generally doesn't end up much faster despite the extra GPU cores

[warzkaz]

Not a good CPU/Motherboard ratio, that's a really low end motherboard that really no one should use

and the A10 probably isn't worth it over the A8 7650K, APUs are too bottlenecked by RAM so the A10 generally doesn't end up much faster despite the extra GPU cores

I edited it.

you didn't include os 

[Streetguru]

I edited it.

you didn't include os 

just uh, find windows somewhere

 

Course he could always just use gnu/linux, windows is going to cut into the budget a ton

[warzkaz]

Course he could always just use gnu/linux, windows is going to cut into the budget a ton

yeah, but only nvida cards work on Linux flawlessly

[The_Sandman]

I just wanted to see what i could do. I know i didn't include the OS but you could get a cheap Version of Windows 7 and upgrade to Windows 10 or get a Windows key for cheap somewhere.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.98 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($84.75 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($58.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.05 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($158.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.88 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.25 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Asus VS228T-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($125.48 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $667.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-08 02:38 EST-0500

[Streetguru]

yeah, but only nvida cards work on Linux flawlessly

I don't think any cards really work under linux flawlessly, more less worse, but AMD is getting their, and they're the company that actually tends to care about freedom.

Plus when Vulkan drops AMD cards look to support it better than current gen nvidia cards

[warzkaz]

I don't think any cards really worth under linux flawlessly, more less worse, but AMD is getting their, and they're the company that actually tends to care about freedom.

Plus when Vulkan drops AMD cards look to support it better than current gen nvidia cards

yeah , nivida are like  Apple of graphic cards

[FlutterBun]

Probably something like this, just uh, find windows somewhere

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/6Rzb7P

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/6Rzb7P/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A8-7650K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($126.05 @ Vuugo)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($98.50 @ Vuugo)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($63.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.05 @ Vuugo)

Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.88 @ Canada Computers)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($50.18 @ DirectCanada)

Monitor: ViewSonic VA2249S 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($156.77 @ Canada Computers)

Total: $588.41

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-08 01:21 EST-0500

Info

Memory scaling test with the A10 7850k

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Memory/Ultra-Speed-DDR3-Revisited-AMD-APU-Memory-Scaling/Graphics-Benchmarks

 

A8 7650K | CS:GO/Dota 2/SC2 benchmarks Tested With 1866Mhz RAM

http://www.technologyx.com/featured/amd-a8-7650k-apu-review-the-little-apu-that-could/4/

A8 7650K | Various AAA titles Tested with 2133Mhz RAM

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9217/the-amd-a8-7650k-apu-review-also-new-testing-methodology/7

 

Thank for replying I really appreciate it!

[FlutterBun]

I don't think any cards really work under linux flawlessly, more less worse, but AMD is getting their, and they're the company that actually tends to care about freedom.

Plus when Vulkan drops AMD cards look to support it better than current gen nvidia cards

This might be a dumb question, but is not having a dedicated gpu going to be fine for the limited gaming I do?

[Streetguru]

This might be a dumb question, but is not having a dedicated gpu going to be fine for the limited gaming I do?

It's an APU it has a pretty solid iGPU you just need fast memory to have it work better, look at the benchmarks, It'll run most games at a playable level at 1080p lower settings, LoL even more so as it's not that hard to run, although we really step you up to dota, but eh. It's doing about 30fps 1080p on High for dota, so lower settings will get it closer to 60 which is preferable, and you can always throw in a dedicated GPU at some point down the line, a 380 is probably the best upgrade currently

Also here's one running Civ V on 3 displays at somewhat playable frame rates anyways