Budget Gaming Build, Looking for Help

[Dtholder]

Hey y'all.  I'm interested in building my first gaming computer and would love for it to be a great gaming rig on a budget, around or preferably below $700.  I primarily play Runescape.  Occasionally I play LOL and would like to start playing Overwatch.  I would love to be able to max out settings as much as possible without having to worry about client crashes that I constantly have on my current laptop.  I'm also very interested in creating videos of gameplay in RS.  Would the below builds get done what I want? Which would be better? If not, what would you suggest?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NPkppb

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/dtholder/saved/#view=YBTK8d

 

Thank you for your help!

[Stardar1]

Just now, Dtholder said:

Hey y'all.  I'm interested in building my first gaming computer and would love for it to be a great gaming rig on a budget, around or preferably below $700.  I primarily play Runescape.  Occasionally I play LOL and would like to start playing Overwatch.  I would love to be able to max out settings as much as possible without having to worry about client crashes that I constantly have on my current laptop.  I'm also very interested in creating videos of gameplay in RS.  Would the below builds get done what I want? Which would be better? If not, what would you suggest?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NPkppb

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/dtholder/saved/#view=YBTK8d

 

Thank you for your help!

The Pentium G4560 performs almost identically to that i3 for about $50 less. 

 

Other than that, looks good, though I might try to spend a little less on the case if your budget is that tight. 

[Le Sulfur]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($158.79 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($226.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Thermaltake - CHALLENGER PRIME Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($27.40 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $703.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-13 18:26 EDT-0400

 If you can go up to ~750, also recommend trying to get a cheap ssd

[DocSwag]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($59.92 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 8GB Gaming 8G Video Card  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $653.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-13 18:35 EDT-0400

5 minutes ago, Le Sulfur said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($158.79 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($226.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: Thermaltake - CHALLENGER PRIME Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($27.40 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $703.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-13 18:26 EDT-0400

 If you can go up to ~750, also recommend trying to get a cheap ssd

1400 isn't very good.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_5_1400/

[DocSwag]

An alternative, more powerful CPU by a lot but less vram, smaller ssd, and worse case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($195.69 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: PNY - CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($52.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($204.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: BitFenix - Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $701.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-13 18:39 EDT-0400

[Billy_Mays]

8 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

An alternative, more powerful CPU by a lot but less vram, smaller ssd, and worse case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($195.69 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: PNY - CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($52.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($204.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: BitFenix - Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $701.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-13 18:39 EDT-0400

Apparently PCPartpicker doesnt count for out of stock products

[SteveGrabowski0]

You guys gotta stop recommending AMD cards from SuperBiiz. Out of stock shit from SuperBiiz always shows up in pcpartpicker. No one is going to see an RX 580 for a reasonable price for a while until ether mining dies off.

[cowpker4life]

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

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($61.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($54.87 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($422.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: VIVO - CASE-V06 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $749.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-13 19:37 EDT-0400

 

Got you a 1070 in the build but it's $50 over and even with cheap as can be case and cheapest psu that isn't going blow up prob couldn't get it much cheaper maybe 10 or 15 dollars or so.

[DocSwag]

12 hours ago, cowpker4life said:

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

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($61.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($54.87 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($422.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: VIVO - CASE-V06 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $749.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-13 19:37 EDT-0400

 

Got you a 1070 in the build but it's $50 over and even with cheap as can be case and cheapest psu that isn't going blow up prob couldn't get it much cheaper maybe 10 or 15 dollars or so.

Modified it to put it under  

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($61.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($54.87 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($380.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: VIVO - CASE-V06 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $680.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-14 07:45 EDT-0400

 

A G4560 is gonna bottleneck a 1070 though, so I'd personally recommend getting a 580 or 1060 and an ssd instead.

[cowpker4life]

13 hours ago, DocSwag said:

Modified it to put it under  

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($61.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($54.87 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($380.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: VIVO - CASE-V06 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $680.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-14 07:45 EDT-0400

 

A G4560 is gonna bottleneck a 1070 though, so I'd personally recommend getting a 580 or 1060 and an ssd instead.

That is a pretty cheap psu and depends on game and resolution. Sinper eilite the 1080ti dosnt get bottle necked by the g4560. And it's a good gpu so can carry it on to future builds for a few years

[Herman Mcpootis]

abit over but:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($158.79 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.13 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  ($237.74 @ OutletPC) or 580 4gb if you can find it for cheaper and use the money somewhere else.
Case: Rosewill - FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $711.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-14 21:43 EDT-0400

[DocSwag]

6 hours ago, cowpker4life said:

That is a pretty cheap psu and depends on game and resolution. Sinper eilite the 1080ti dosnt get bottle necked by the g4560. And it's a good gpu so can carry it on to future builds for a few years

The psu is totally fine, it's tier 3 and would be higher if it wasn't for the sleeve bearing fan.

 

That's a very GPU bound game . Very.

[cowpker4life]

9 hours ago, DocSwag said:

The psu is totally fine, it's tier 3 and would be higher if it wasn't for the sleeve bearing fan.

 

That's a very GPU bound game . Very.

Yes I know it's a very gpu bound game the point is graphic settings and games are going move the bottleneck or remove it. And sinper elite is one the best optimized games from the looks of it. Almost 100% scaling when you go sli/cf

[DocSwag]

6 hours ago, cowpker4life said:

Yes I know it's a very gpu bound game the point is graphic settings and games are going move the bottleneck or remove it. And sinper elite is one the best optimized games from the looks of it. Almost 100% scaling when you go sli/cf

With a gpu as powerful as a 1070 though, I think you're bound to see CPU bottlenecking in at least a few titles unless you go above 1080p. Which I doubt op would be doing considering the budget.

[cowpker4life]

2 hours ago, DocSwag said:

With a gpu as powerful as a 1070 though, I think you're bound to see CPU bottlenecking in at least a few titles unless you go above 1080p. Which I doubt op would be doing considering the budget.

Yeah but still a 1070 fits in the bugget and should be able to do 1080p for 5 or 6years.