$500 Intel Pentium build

[hardtofindinthefuture]

hi, i made this budget $500($480)
intel pentium budget build

 

if you want to check it out visit my amazon list

http://a.co/26OgmVX

 

if you have any comments, leave them below

[NTDaws]

Doesnt work

[hardtofindinthefuture]

1 minute ago, Dawson Wehage said:

Doesnt work

try it now

[79wjd]

6 minutes ago, v0nn_toaster said:

try it now

The PSU is junk. The SSD is blegh. You should at least get a Kabylake Pentium since it has hyperthreading, but then you have to make sure you get a motherboard that comes with a compatible bios preinstalled. You can also fit a much better GPU into a $500 build. 

 

(The motherboard is a filler and you would have to make sure to find one with a compatible bios preinstalled)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($48.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.60 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 480 8GB Red Devil Video Card  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($50.89 @ Newegg) 
Total: $529.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-23 20:30 EST-0500

 

Here's one with an SSD:

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($48.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.60 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($50.89 @ Newegg) 
Total: $514.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-23 20:30 EST-0500

 

[manikyath]

i'm working on something similar in the €300 range mostly as an experiment. (in the same case, for some reason )

 

that said, you did a few things that may cause a few fellow forumers to be annoyed:

- that power supply is a house fire

- SSDnow v300 is naughty, they bait&switched on the guts

- that mobo annoys the living hell out of me because asrock has the cahones to call it micro atx.

[NTDaws]

I mean I would buy this. But if you can't save anymore then the build is fine.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/N8BFHN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/N8BFHN/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($178.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: SK hynix SL308 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($41.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 460 4GB STRIX OC Video Card  ($115.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $559.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-23 20:28 EST-0500

[Guest]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

i'm working on something similar in the €300 range mostly as an experiment. (in the same case, for some reason )

 

that said, you did a few things that may cause a few fellow forumers to be annoyed:

- that power supply is a house fire

- SSDnow v300 is naughty, they bait&switched on the guts

- that mobo annoys the living hell out of me because asrock has the cahones to call it micro atx.

That's micro atx wat the actual hell? Feel mini itx more

1 minute ago, Dawson Wehage said:

I mean I would buy this. But if you can't save anymore then the build is fine.

 

-snip-

Eh it's good until you decide to upgrade. I'd get 1050. 350w will not enough for any new gpu

4 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

The PSU is junk. The SSD is blegh. You should at least get a Kabylake Pentium since it has hyperthreading, but then you have to make sure you get a motherboard that comes with a compatible bios preinstalled. You can also fit a much better GPU into a $500 build. 

 

(The motherboard is a filler and you would have to make sure to find one with a compatible bios preinstalled)

 

-snip-

Save cost by dropping to a 4GB one? Particularly one I have in sig. It is on its way to being RMA now lol. other than that I have no issue

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

That's micro atx wat the actual hell? Feel mini itx more

Eh it's good until you decide to upgrade. I'd get 1050. 350w will not enough for any new gpu

Save cost by dropping to a 4GB one? Particularly one I have in sig. It is on its way to being RMA now lol. other than that I have no issue

derped out on the psu.

[79wjd]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

That's micro atx wat the actual hell? Feel mini itx more

Eh it's good until you decide to upgrade. I'd get 1050. 350w will not enough for any new gpu

Save cost by dropping to a 4GB one? Particularly one I have in sig. It is on its way to being RMA now lol. other than that I have no issue

I linked two builds. One with an 8gb 480 and one with a 4gb 470 and an ssd. 

[Guest]

Just now, Dawson Wehage said:

derped out on the psu.

Look at @djdwosk97 PSU, it's 500W

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

That's micro atx wat the actual hell? Feel mini itx more

if you want to be official, it's a micro DTX board, but because that standard is essentially extinct, they called it micro atx.

[NTDaws]

This maybe

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($178.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: SK hynix SL308 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($41.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB SSC GAMING Video Card  ($119.99 @ Jet) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $568.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-23 20:33 EST-0500

 

Edited

[Guest]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

I linked two builds. One with an 8gb 480 and one with a 4gb 470 and an ssd. 

The way you put that spoiler is so disturbing. I have a spoiler right at the start of my sig so seing one at the end mistaken me for a signature. Sorry

[hardtofindinthefuture]

i changed the build up a bit

Hopefully it auto saves

[Guest]

@djdwosk97 @Dawson Wehage @manikyath How is this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($175.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.99 @ Jet) 
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 320GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($18.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $485.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-23 20:37 EST-0500

 

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

@djdwosk97 @Dawson Wehage @manikyath How is this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-3450S 2.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($147.40 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus P8H61-I R2.0 Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard  ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.99 @ Jet) 
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 320GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($18.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $490.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-23 20:36 EST-0500

Good. I wonder if its possible to find a 10 dollar ssd.

[hconverse02]

Op use pcpartpicker.com its so much easier

[79wjd]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

@djdwosk97 @Dawson Wehage @manikyath How is this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-3450S 2.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($147.40 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus P8H61-I R2.0 Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard  ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
 

You may as well just get a Skylake i5 for an extra $3. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($178.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $225.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-23 20:38 EST-0500

[Guest]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

You may as well just get a Skylake i5: 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($178.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $225.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-23 20:38 EST-0500

500 dollars b/4 shipping

 

I win?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($175.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.99 @ Jet) 
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 320GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($18.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $510.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-23 20:38 EST-0500

[Dabombinable]

11 minutes ago, manikyath said:

i'm working on something similar in the €300 range mostly as an experiment. (in the same case, for some reason )

 

that said, you did a few things that may cause a few fellow forumers to be annoyed:

- that power supply is a house fire

- SSDnow v300 is naughty, they bait&switched on the guts

- that mobo annoys the living hell out of me because asrock has the cahones to call it micro atx.

To give the SSDnow V300 credit-its performance is more consistent than OCZ ARC 100, and had better durability+more features. Still doesn't match an older Samsung 840 though (non evo).

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Dabombinable said:

To give the SSDnow V300 credit-its performance is more consistent than OCZ ARC 100, and had better durability+more features. Still doesn't match an older Samsung 840 though (non evo).

when companies pull a bait&switch i essentially vote with my dollars, no matter what the outcome is tho.

[Orangeator]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

500 dollars b/4 shipping

 

I win?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($175.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.99 @ Jet) 
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 320GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($18.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $510.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-23 20:38 EST-0500

What about storage, that CPU is useless if the OS is loaded on a 5400RPM HDD...

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Orangeator said:

What about storage, that CPU is useless if the OS is loaded on a 5400RPM HDD...

An i5 is useless? What? That's a news to me. Why would a slow HDD affect it and make it useless

[manikyath]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

An i5 is useless? What? That's a news to me. Why would a slow HDD affect it and make it useless

because a 5400RPM hard drive makes you kill yourself before the start menu loads

[Dabombinable]

33 minutes ago, manikyath said:

when companies pull a bait&switch i essentially vote with my dollars, no matter what the outcome is tho.

It depends on the software+controller used. My Corsair LS Force 60GB exhibits similar extremely poor performance to the second revision SSDNow V300 in Crystal Disk, while with ATTO it performs as it should. This is what my SSDNow V300 with Firmware 583A gets ( its the original firmware BTW, there is a far newer version on the Kingston website):

Note that I'm using it as my Windows 7 Pro boot and install SSD (installing Windows 7 in under 5 minutes off an SSD is awesome), so its also under worse conditions than when SSD normally get reviewed under. I should test again under ATTO to be sure-its what Kingston used (just look at the faint+fine print at the bottom):

https://www.kingston.com/en/ssd/consumer