$800 PC build planning

[RickCanuck]

So I got 800 dollars Canadian(give or take 100 dollars wiggle room). I'm trying to figure out what I should be looking at as far as parts go. I wanna play all the current games and I'm not looking for 4k.  But I'm worried with my price range my selection will limit my ability to update in the future. First PC build so I'm not sure what I should be looking for, and frankly this stuff is confusing. I had an alienware laptop that was handling the games for awhile, but really fallout 4 was the last thing it'd run on low settings. Now I got a steam library I don't wanna lose. But I worry my alternative would be going console.  Any pointers, build guides or parts list suggestion would be welcomed.

[Duckmeister]

Not sure if I can post this here, or if it's any help at all, but Austin Evans did a build guide on a PC around your budget last year.

 

[Shiv78]

Solid 1080p performance, white and black (neutral) theme. If you can spend a bit more I'd add a 240GB Adata SSD to speed things up, or upgrade the CPU to a i5-7400 and either BIOS flash or use a B250 mobo.

• Let me know if you'd prefer a different color scheme. 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Y9FdzM
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Y9FdzM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($230.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($64.75 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($119.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.75 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($224.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $802.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[JoostinOnline]

1 minute ago, Shiv78 said:

Solid 1080p performance, white and black (neutral) theme. If you can spend a bit more I'd add a 240GB Adata SSD to speed things up, or upgrade the CPU to a i5-7400 and either BIOS flash or use a B250 mobo.

• Let me know if you'd prefer a different color scheme. 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Y9FdzM
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Y9FdzM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($230.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($64.75 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($119.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.75 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($224.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $802.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-12 15:34 EDT-0400

This is good, but I'd recommend dropping one of the RAM sticks to invest in an SSD. That kind of build doesn't need 16GB of RAM, and it can easily be added later. Cloning is more difficult as it can introduce plenty of problems. 

[ENIAC1946]

2 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

Solid 1080p performance, white and black (neutral) theme. If you can spend a bit more I'd add a 240GB Adata SSD to speed things up, or upgrade the CPU to a i5-7400 and either BIOS flash or use a B250 mobo.

• Let me know if you'd prefer a different color scheme. 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Y9FdzM
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Y9FdzM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($230.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($64.75 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($119.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.75 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($224.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $802.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-12 15:34 EDT-0400

What would you recommend for me for 720p-1080p gaming for $700USD??

 

My current system:

 

[Shiv78]

19 minutes ago, ENIAC1946 said:

What would you recommend for me for 720p-1080p gaming for $700USD??

 

I'd recommend you start a new thread

 

Regardless: 

Drop the HDD if you can't pay 750 rn, and get the HDD later as it's only $50 so not a huge investment

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($175.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB NITRO+ Video Card  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($43.89 @ Newegg) 
Total: $756.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-12 16:02 EDT-0400

[Marinatall_Ironside]

1 hour ago, RickCanuck said:

So I got 800 dollars Canadian(give or take 100 dollars wiggle room). I'm trying to figure out what I should be looking at as far as parts go. I wanna play all the current games and I'm not looking for 4k.  But I'm worried with my price range my selection will limit my ability to update in the future. First PC build so I'm not sure what I should be looking for, and frankly this stuff is confusing. I had an alienware laptop that was handling the games for awhile, but really fallout 4 was the last thing it'd run on low settings. Now I got a steam library I don't wanna lose. But I worry my alternative would be going console.  Any pointers, build guides or parts list suggestion would be welcomed.

What province do you live in? I'm trying to procure a build you may be interested in and I need to figure out the current tax rate so I can take that into factor in the total price of the build.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($258.79 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.50 @ Vuugo) find out if the bios supports kabylake or get an i5 6500.
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($66.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $802.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-12 22:31 EDT-0400

[RickCanuck]

On 3/12/2017 at 4:25 PM, Duckmeister said:

Not sure if I can post this here, or if it's any help at all, but Austin Evans did a build guide on a PC around your budget last year.

 

I did see it. thanks for reminding me I'll take another look.

[RickCanuck]

On 3/12/2017 at 4:36 PM, Shiv78 said:

Solid 1080p performance, white and black (neutral) theme. If you can spend a bit more I'd add a 240GB Adata SSD to speed things up, or upgrade the CPU to a i5-7400 and either BIOS flash or use a B250 mobo.

• Let me know if you'd prefer a different color scheme. 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Y9FdzM
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Y9FdzM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($230.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($64.75 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($119.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.75 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($224.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $802.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-12 15:34 EDT-0400

Ohh! This looks nice. Was really expecting to get "Get out of here noob" Everyone is racing to offer build set up thanks!

[JoostinOnline]

10 hours ago, RickCanuck said:

Ohh! This looks nice. Was really expecting to get "Get out of here noob" Everyone is racing to offer build set up thanks!

This is a forum for helping people.  We wouldn't do that.  Now if someone asks for help but really only wants validation, that's pretty annoying.

 

This is a relatively inexpensive SSD to install Windows on.  Prices have been a little high for the past 6 months because of a worldwide NAND shortage.

[RickCanuck]

To bring this too a close. The part list sky rocketed and in the end I decided to go console. 500 bucks late I got a console and a couple of games. The triple a games are going to be on console. The PC games I want that were exclusive were like star citizen and a bunch indie games on steam. In five years they're going to cheap and I can buy a new computer and waste a hundred bucks during a steam sale. Consider I posted this back in March and didn't make up my mind until a few days ago. Console killer isn't a thing anymore :C

[Shiv78]

24 minutes ago, RickCanuck said:

Console killer isn't a thing anymore :C

o_o

OG Budget:

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

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($237.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($66.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.25 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($259.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $785.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-15 21:12 EDT-0400

 

$500 rig:

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/7pBDVY
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/7pBDVY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($80.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: *ASRock - B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($66.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.25 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: *Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card  ($139.99 @ NCIX) 
Case: *BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $508.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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