$500 Build for Gaming

[Ophidio]

I'm trying to come up with a build for a friend. He doesn't have much money right now as he wants to buy a new guitar as well but he wants a new pc to play games on because right now he's using an AIO Desktop PC with an AMD A6 and the APU graphics. 

 

Price limit is $500 - $550 max, nothing over though. It's going to be used for 1080p, a lot of Free to Play games, quite a few competitive games, but the most demanding things he wants to play for sure with this system is GTA 5, Skyrim, Fallout 4, actually anything Bethesda. His a Bethesda fan boy hardcore. As long as he is getting a smooth 30 fps he doesn't care what settings they have to be on. He just wants something that can actually play modern games. Of course if he gets better than 30fps at 1080p that's just making the dude even happier. He also will record video occassionally. He probably won't record much gameplay but he likes to record videos of himself playing guitar or other instruments and editing them. But most likely he will only be recording those videos in 720 unless he magically gets a new camera too. 

 

Thank you for any help. 

[Zyndo]

1 minute ago, Ophidio said:

Snip

for $500 and those requirements his best bet is to look into the used market. You can get a much better computer for $500 used rather than brand new.

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Ophidio said:

smooth 30 fps

choose one 

 

get a i7 3770 or 2600 OEM pc, and try to find a used gtx 970, 980 or 980ti. 

[Guest]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($157.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($56.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($154.78 @ OutletPC) 
Case: DIYPC - MA01-R MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($21.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $546.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-15 13:00 EDT-0400

 

[Damascus]

Here you go, 555 was lowest I could go with a 1050 ti in there.  I recommend getting a second hand gtx 770/780 or a 970/980 instead but there it is.

 

Scavenge the hdd from the aio and they can play any current Bethesda game 1080p/60 high quite easily.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https30233//pcpartpicker.com/list/Zxnzcc
 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($157.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($92.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($54.88 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($154.78 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $555.12
 

[Ophidio]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

wait until mid 2018

Waiting another year isn't exactly something that can be done. He wants it now.

 

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

~snip~

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($154.78 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master - N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.69 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $547.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-15 13:07 EDT-0400

 

made a few changes to that, wen't with higher clocked ram since Ryzen works better with the higher clocked stuff, and took the storage out because i have a spare ssd and hdd lying around i'm just going to give him. I forgot to include that in the first post. Also case I put is his choice. Would the seasonic psu I chose though be a good choice?

[3rrant]

1 minute ago, Ophidio said:

Waiting another year isn't exactly something that can be done. He wants it now.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($154.78 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master - N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.69 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $547.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-15 13:07 EDT-0400

 

made a few changes to that, wen't with higher clocked ram since Ryzen works better with the higher clocked stuff, and took the storage out because i have a spare ssd and hdd lying around i'm just going to give him. I forgot to include that in the first post. Also case I put is his choice. Would the seasonic psu I chose though be a good choice?

Don't take that PSU, it's way too low for the system, you might experience big issues.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Ophidio said:

Waiting another year isn't exactly something that can be done. He wants it now.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($154.78 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master - N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.69 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $547.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-15 13:07 EDT-0400

 

made a few changes to that, wen't with higher clocked ram since Ryzen works better with the higher clocked stuff, and took the storage out because i have a spare ssd and hdd lying around i'm just going to give him. I forgot to include that in the first post. Also case I put is his choice. Would the seasonic psu I chose though be a good choice?

If you plan to upgrade GPU then the 300w PSU will severely limit it

 Yes higher speed RAM does look great but you are paying ~$10 more and it isn't worth it imo.

Rest is good, 1500x is great 

[Ophidio]

5 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

I hope he can easily come up with an additional $200 then. Only to lose that $200 in value when the eth mining crashes in about 6 months and RAM prices go down. 

wait, so why would he need an additional $200?

 

5 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

If you plan to upgrade GPU then the 300w PSU will severely limit it

 Yes higher speed RAM does look great but you are paying ~$10 more and it isn't worth it imo.

Rest is good, 1500x is great 

cool, will lower the RAM then to 2400 and changed the PSU back to your original and I'm still within the budget  thanks. 

[Ophidio]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

Because Compared to 2016, he will be paying $50 more for RAM if he is not willing to wait for prices to fall. same with a GPU. If he cannot wait he needs to expect to pay $150 more than usual going price for an AMD GPU. 

Ahhhhhh, okay I was really confused for a minute. Thank you for clarifying. Well cool, I lowered the RAM anyway to slower stuff, when the price does go down on RAM i might try and help him get higher clocked stuff and more of it and that's why I chose a GTX 1050ti. Bitches don't want that card for mining and it's "okay" at 1080 right now so it should take care of his GTA 5 and Bethesda needs.