Starter PC for a friend

[grillechese]

hey all,

 

my friend wanted to get a PC to play CS:GO and PUBG.

 

I'm giving him my old 950 2GB and an old N200 case

 

Basically I have some ideas of wait to get, but i wanted some other ideas.

 

It's gotta be micro ATX though. 

 

SO WHAT I NEED IS:

CPU

MOBO

RAM

PSU

 

I was thinking a skylake i3 (non-k). with 8gb of RAM.

 

But let me know

Thanks!

[TomR]

G4560 over a i3

[grillechese]

Just now, TomR said:

G4560 over a i3

is that overclockable?

[NoobCase]

Depends on your budget..

 

or or wait for ryzen 3 release. Supposedly good bang for the buck budget CPUs but might be too long of a wait

[TomR]

1 minute ago, grillechese said:

is that overclockable?

With a Z-series motherboard and aftermarket cooler, which wouldn't really make sense

[grillechese]

2 minutes ago, NoobCase said:

Depends on your budget..

 

or or wait for ryzen 3 release. Supposedly good bang for the buck budget CPUs but might be too long of a wait

budget is flexible, but he didn't want to wait.

[grillechese]

2 minutes ago, TomR said:

With a Z-series motherboard and aftermarket cooler, which wouldn't really make sense

it's ONLY a Z-series MOBO?

[TomR]

Just now, grillechese said:

it's ONLY a Z-series MOBO?

Those are the overclocking boards for Intel, yes.

[WereCat]

Ryzen 5 1500X

[domandric034]

20 minutes ago, grillechese said:

hey all,

 

my friend wanted to get a PC to play CS:GO and PUBG.

 

I'm giving him my old 950 2GB and an old N200 case

 

Basically I have some ideas of wait to get, but i wanted some other ideas.

 

It's gotta be micro ATX though. 

 

SO WHAT I NEED IS:

CPU

MOBO

RAM

PSU

 

I was thinking a skylake i3 (non-k). with 8gb of RAM.

 

But let me know

Thanks!

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XfBCcc

/w SSD & HDD

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Fbg9LD

without SSD & HDD

[grillechese]

11 minutes ago, domandric034 said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XfBCcc

/w SSD & HDD

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Fbg9LD

without SSD & HDD

alright. thanks for that, i work off of that.

[Marinatall_Ironside]

This is a complete build with Windows 10 Home. It's about USD $700 for the whole list here, while also taking into account the 8% California Sales Tax (subject to change without notice). If you plan on giving him your old GTX 950 and Cooler Master N200 case, then subtract the Deepcool Tesseract and GTX 1050 Ti from the total cost.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($87.37 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($75.25 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.38 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk - SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.38 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($132.58 @ Amazon) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.93 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.48 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($143.37 @ Newegg) 
Total: $710.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-12 15:32 EDT-0400

[domandric034]

42 minutes ago, JurunceNK said:

This is a complete build with Windows 10 Home. It's about USD $700 for the whole list here, while also taking into account the 8% California Sales Tax (subject to change without notice). If you plan on giving him your old GTX 950 and Cooler Master N200 case, then subtract the Deepcool Tesseract and GTX 1050 Ti from the total cost.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($87.37 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($75.25 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.38 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk - SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.38 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($132.58 @ Amazon) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.93 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.48 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($143.37 @ Newegg) 
Total: $710.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-12 15:32 EDT-0400

He is giving GTX 950 to friend and wtf pentium rly nig**

Ryzen is way better than this thing and much cheaper in my build

He can buy Windows on G2A or Kinguin 

[Marinatall_Ironside]

Just now, domandric034 said:

He is giving GTX 950 to friend and wtf pentium rly nig**

Ryzen is way better than this thing and much cheaper in my build

He can buy Windows on G2A or Kinguin 

Yeah. Rather a Core i3 for a rock-bottom gaming machine? AMD doesn't have anything to compete with the Pentium lineup just yet. If his friend intends to play any demanding AAA games, I would have submitted a totally different build instead. With a GTX 950, you can do those games with up to Medium or High settings tops at 1080p resolution, and the Pentium is sufficient enough for this scenario, as per demonstrations by Gamers Nexus. Sure something like the Ryzen 5 is better in overall performance, but you have to keep in mind you're paying over twice the amount for the CPU if you're working with something like a USD $500 budget, which that budget could be allocated for a better GPU instead.

 

And of course, to put into perspective, a GTX 1050 Ti + Pentium G4560 combo is able to play PUBG at 1080p Low settings with respectable FPS, but I wouldn't count on this computer being able to run that game any higher settings assuming 1080p resolution. Either way don't expect to play Battlegrounds at any higher settings with either a GTX 950 or the GTX 1050 Ti, or any of the Radeon equivalents, it's still in early access and is rather demanding.

 

Did you also read this part?: "If you plan on giving him your old GTX 950 and Cooler Master N200 case, then subtract the Deepcool Tesseract and GTX 1050 Ti from the total cost."

 

And the OP gave me an idea of a low-end budget, so that's what I submitted. But if you want me to enlighten you a bit here.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($182.52 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($78.57 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($59.38 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk - SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.38 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.48 @ Newegg) 
Total: $487.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-12 16:32 EDT-0400

 

And yes I'm aware you can get Windows 10 for cheaper elsewhere.

[grillechese]

4 hours ago, domandric034 said:

He is giving GTX 950 to friend and wtf pentium rly nig**

Ryzen is way better than this thing and much cheaper in my build

He can buy Windows on G2A or Kinguin 

i didn't know his budget so expected the worse

4 hours ago, JurunceNK said:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($182.52 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($78.57 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($59.38 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk - SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.38 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.48 @ Newegg) 
Total: $487.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-12 16:32 EDT-0400

 

And yes I'm aware you can get Windows 10 for cheaper elsewhere.

but this is what i was thinking

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($165.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($51.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: PNY - CS1111 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($80.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.88 @ OutletPC) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.89 @ Newegg) 
Total: $455.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-12 22:21 EDT-0400

[domandric034]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pYYvFd