Budget Starter PC

[Jeraico]

My friend, who is brand new to pc gaming, is looking to get a pc for the first time. He's looking for a pre-built pc under $750. I know with that price it's a very small margin, especially without building it, does anyone know of any good ones?

[aeroencychris]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883230148&cm_re=cyberpowerpc-_-83-230-148-_-Product

Bit over budget but it's probably your best option

 

If you must be under $750:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227678R&cm_re=ibuypower-_-83-227-678R-_-Product

CPU is a bit lacking there.

 

Ultimately building your own PC will be more more cost effective (and rewarding!), plus you can get the exact parts that will best fit your needs.

[NTDaws]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-xtreme-vr-desktop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-1tb-hard-drive-black-blue/5641629.p?skuId=5641629

[Sreno1]

Try and convince him to build it, it's really not that difficult and $750 is a good size budget for pc gaming. 

 

Most prebuilt options (at this pricepoint) are poorly configured (AMD cpus, too much ram, budget gpu, ect.)

[Jeraico]

6 minutes ago, Sreno1 said:

Try and convince him to build it, it's really not that difficult and $750 is a good size budget for pc gaming. 

 

Most prebuilt options (at this pricepoint) are poorly configured (AMD cpus, too much ram, budget gpu, ect.)

I've been telling him it's a better option, but I don't think he's willing to do so

 

[Antony Leung]

I dont want to go agaist with you, i want to help you the best i can and...

 

i strongly recommend to build a custom one instead of buy a pre-build.

 

You may ask why? 

short answer is the money. 

 

Because those pre-builders ask more money for the time they spend building it than the hardware itself and is not worth it

 

here's a proof of what im talking about. you see the image in the middle. is a custom made pc and no a pre-build. See other price of pc, those are pre-builds.  (in this case the guy who requested help for pre-builds say he wants to spend 2000$ USD for a pc) Image below...

Spoiler

 

Also is no that hard to build a pc. it just take 2 hours to put the parts where needs to be and some common sense to build it correctly and if you want more help get on youtube a see those tutorials videos. i have build my first pc thanks to that and saved 200$ more for request a similar build like i want it just seeing videos in youtube.

 

So that being said. here's a custom made. IS FOR 1080P 60FPS MOST GAMES AT ULTRA SETTINGS

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($191.91 @ Jet) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($92.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($41.99 @ Jet) 
Storage: PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.82 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO+ 4G Video Card  ($220.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($48.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $794.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-12 15:17 EST-0500

 

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, Jeraico said:

I've been telling him it's a better option, but I don't think he's willing to do so

 

beg him with bananas, not even joking, my friend loves bananas so much that he had help with me building a PC

[NTDaws]

2 minutes ago, Jeraico said:

I've been telling him it's a better option, but I don't think he's willing to do so

 

Why don't you build it for him

[WkdPaul]

Moved to New Builds & Planning

[Antony Leung]

3 minutes ago, Jeraico said:

I've been telling him it's a better option, but I don't think he's willing to do so

 

Tell him you will build it for him and then teach him how easy it is. as a former console peasant i was scared of building a pc in that time but now im more informed and confident of how to build a pc. 

[NTDaws]

Hes better off with something like this then ya know a pre built, because he can always upgrade if he wants.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/V6Q6NN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/V6Q6NN/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.47 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.82 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX Mini ITX Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $795.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-12 15:23 EST-0500

[Sreno1]

31 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

Hes better off with something like this then ya know a pre built, because he can always upgrade if he wants.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/V6Q6NN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/V6Q6NN/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.47 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.82 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX Mini ITX Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $795.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-12 15:23 EST-0500

Corsair 450W M PSU is more than enough, and the ram is overkill.