College Build

[RAM555789]

I wanna put together a build for my brother thats cheap as all my brother plays is like WoT and old PC games like Rome Total War. He might get into some newer cheap or free ones if he can get a better PC. One goal is to make it portable between college and home.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.48 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Patriot 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($50.00 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($50.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($20.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.89 @ Newegg) 
Total: $383.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-25 15:37 EDT-0400

[The Sloth]

mobo and cpu won't work 

[3 Lions]

Get a B250 motherboard. 

[Sanctorum]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

mobo and cpu won't work 

Yes they will.

[The Sloth]

Just now, Sanctorum said:

Yes they will.

not without a update out of the box 

[Sanctorum]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

not without a update out of the box 

It's been 4 months since Kaby Lake released, there is VERY little chance that the motherboard doesn't have the relevant BIOS to work with Kaby Lake chips. The only way it's not going to work is if the motherboard has been sitting in storage since 2016. Even then, if he gets it and it doesn't work, he can return it for a replacement and/or ask them to update the BIOS. Or he can just tell Newegg to update the BIOS for him when he buys it, they'll update the BIOS before they ship it and it'll work perfectly fine.

[RAM555789]

So my options are look around on ebay for an updated one, find a friend with and old cpu to update it, or get a B250?

[The Sloth]

Just now, RAM555789 said:

So my options are look around on ebay for an updated one, find a friend with and old cpu to update it, or get a B250?

just get a B250 mobo 

[Sanctorum]

Just now, RAM555789 said:

So my options are look around on ebay for an updated one, find a friend with and old cpu to update it, or get a B250?

Nope, tell Newegg to update the BIOS for you when you buy it and you'll be fine. Solid little rig for $400. 

[Sanctorum]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

just get a B250 mobo 

or he can just get the significantly cheaper motherboard that will work.

[The Sloth]

Just now, Sanctorum said:

or he can just get the significantly cheaper motherboard that will work.

or spend a bit more to get a mobo that will work for sure 

[Sanctorum]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

or spend a bit more to get a mobo that will work for sure 

Except that the B150M Bazooka WILL work "for sure", so he doesn't need to spend "a bit more". P.S., 50%+ more isn't "a bit".

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Sanctorum said:

Except that the B150M Bazooka WILL work "for sure", so he doesn't need to spend "a bit more". P.S., 50%+ more isn't "a bit".

 

19$ more https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kJrPHN

[RAM555789]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

19$ more https://pcpartpicker.com/list/

Which is almost 50% more, thats almost half the cost of the mobo I picked out.

[sauce-c]

If you can afford to add a 1TB HDD for the build I think it would be the cherry on top, that 120GB SSD is going to fill up QUICK. Although he could always add one down the road as well.

 

[The Sloth]

Just now, RAM555789 said:

Which is almost 50% more, thats almost half the cost of the mobo I picked out.

for 19$ more you get a system that will work for sure, to be honest just build the system if you are not going to take my advice. 

[RAM555789]

2 minutes ago, sauce-c said:

If you can afford to add a 1TB HDD for the build I think it would be the cherry on top, that 120GB SSD is going to fill up QUICK. Although he could always add one down the road as well.

 

Yeah the idea is get something he can use now, and then upgrade storage later as needed. Ill  explain to him the limited storage but I mean beyond WoT and Rome Total War he just browses the internet a lot. Me on the other hand, Im running out of space on my current computer.

[Sanctorum]

5 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

19$ more https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kJrPHN

That's $21 more lmfao, which is exactly 50% more.

 

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

for 19$ more you get a system that will work for sure, to be honest just build the system if you are not going to take my advice. 

for $21 less, he can get a system that will work for sure.

[The Sloth]

Just now, Sanctorum said:

That's $21 more lmfao, which is exactly 50% more.

 

for $21 less, he can get a system that will work for sure.

 

without the BIOS update? 

[sauce-c]

2 minutes ago, RAM555789 said:

Yeah the idea is get something he can use now, and then upgrade storage later as needed. Ill  explain to him the limited storage but I mean beyond WoT and Rome Total War he just browses the internet a lot. Me on the other hand, Im running out of space on my current computer.

Totally understandable, I just that know between games, all the files from college, music, etc. that it goes quick. I'm sure he'll be able to grab a HDD when the time comes though.

[RAM555789]

Just now, sauce-c said:

Totally understandable, I just that know between games, all the files from college, music, etc. that it goes quick. I'm sure he'll be able to grab a HDD when the time comes though.

I'm at AIT for the military while hes at college, lol I just have a shit ton of games. We both don;t really download music though, just listen in a browser.

[RAM555789]

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

without the BIOS update? 

I mean @Sanctorum did say I could request a BIOS update. Doesn't seem like to much trouble to save a couple bucks.

[The Sloth]

Just now, RAM555789 said:

I mean @Sanctorum did say I could request a BIOS update. Doesn't seem like to much trouble to save a couple bucks.

that is not a guarantee, it's a retailer, not a service center. 

[RAM555789]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

that is not a guarantee, it's a retailer, not a service center. 

A retailer with bad customer service won't stay as a popular retailer for long.

[The Sloth]

Just now, RAM555789 said:

A retailer with bad customer service won't stay as a popular retailer for long.

not really customer service, it's more like that one guy who wants more.