Helping friend ascend from ps4 to masterrace

[AndreLebrao]

So, my friend reach me today and asked for help, his current specs are this:

 

I5 3330

Mw-h61-m2h mobo

2x4gb ddr3 1333Mhz

250w crappy psu

1tb sataII hd

No gpu(just got toasted)

 

Our budget is 200 usd and we cant stretch any further.

Used parts are great

I am going to get a cheap ssd for him so dont worry about it

Could someone help me planning out his build?

[LHJKO]

 1050ti and a power supply like the cx 450

 

 

[unknownmiscreant]

If its going to be exclusively used for gaming, get a better power supply and a entry level graphics card such as gtx1050ti. If thats too much, something like the 750ti would also work. however you may be better to wait for vega/volta. as then there is likely to be more pascal/maxwell gpus being sold.

 

If he plans on doing anything other than gaming, get a small (under 240gb) ssd as a boot drive, as that will speed the system up.

[Himommies]

6 minutes ago, AndreLebrao said:

So, my friend reach me today and asked for help, his current specs are this:

 

I5 3330

Mw-h61-m2h mobo

2x4gb ddr3 1333Mhz

250w crappy psu

1tb sataII hd

No gpu(just got toasted)

 

Our budget is 200 usd and we cant stretch any further.

Used parts are great

I am going to get a cheap ssd for him so dont worry about it

Could someone help me planning out his build?

That should be fine.Just get a used 950 or 960 or a R7 370 and call it a day.And maybe a PSU like @Vernw3 said.Spend the rest on Orgin Acces(I can't belive I said that)

[PorkishPig]

8 minutes ago, AndreLebrao said:

So, my friend reach me today and asked for help, his current specs are this:

 

I5 3330

Mw-h61-m2h mobo

2x4gb ddr3 1333Mhz

250w crappy psu

1tb sataII hd

No gpu(just got toasted)

 

Our budget is 200 usd and we cant stretch any further.

Used parts are great

I am going to get a cheap ssd for him so dont worry about it

Could someone help me planning out his build?

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A few weeks ago I picked up a $200 refurbished GTX 980, which can still handle anything you throw at it. Therefore, I would suggest looking for a used GTX 970 or 980 from your local Micro Center or Craigslist (or equivalent). As for a power supply, really any 500-watt 80+ power supply from the first ten results on Amazon should be fine for this rig.

[AndreLebrao]

2 minutes ago, Himommies said:

That should be fine.Just get a used 950 or 960 or a R7 370 and call it a day.And maybe a PSU like @Vernw3 said.Spend the rest on Orgin Acces(I can't belive I said that)

But his mobo only support up to sata II, wont this bottleneck a lot the ssd?

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, AndreLebrao said:

But his mobo only support up to sata II, wont this bottleneck a lot the ssd?

I wouldn't even get the SSD.Like i've gamed on a 5400 RPM drive before and it's eh ok

[unknownmiscreant]

I have an ssd boot drive, and have all my games on a old, slow 7200rpm sata II drive. Its old and slow, but is fine for running games off. All thats impacted is the load times.

 

as has been said alot, get a reasonable power supply, and spend the rest on a GPU. But don't go too far, as spending loads for a card that can run everything at higher frame rates and resolution than your screen supports is a waste of money. Something like a 960 or 970 would be fine for 1080p.

 

BTW, stay away from origin where ever possible.

[AndreLebrao]

1 minute ago, unknownmiscreant said:

I have an ssd boot drive, and have all my games on a old, slow 7200rpm sata II drive. Its old and slow, but is fine for running games off. All thats impacted is the load times.

 

as has been said alot, get a reasonable power supply, and spend the rest on a GPU. But don't go too far, as spending loads for a card that can run everything at higher frame rates and resolution than your screen supports is a waste of money. Something like a 960 or 970 would be fine for 1080p.

 

BTW, stay away from origin where ever possible.

Im thinking about a 1050 or 1050ti since they are more power efficient and his motherboard is really crappy (OEM), btw I heard that the 1050ti isn't worth over the 1050, since they cannot use the extra 2gb of memory, so you only get 10% ish better performance, is that true?

[LHJKO]

7 minutes ago, AndreLebrao said:

Im thinking about a 1050 or 1050ti since they are more power efficient and his motherboard is really crappy (OEM), btw I heard that the 1050ti isn't worth over the 1050, since they cannot use the extra 2gb of memory, so you only get 10% ish better performance, is that true?

its a 15% more performance for 20$ its worth it 

[AndreLebrao]

1 minute ago, Vernw3 said:

its a 15% more performance for 20$ its worth it 

Nice, thanks

[unknownmiscreant]

I have a 1050ti, and it definitly uses the 4gb. If he plans on playing rise of the tomb raider, get and overclockable one, as that gains you 10fps.

[ThatLonelyCan]

You can get the asus rx 560 for ~$125 on b&h photo video and oc it and the evga 500w bronze for 31.98 on newegg with a mail in rebate.

[LHJKO]

2 minutes ago, ThatLonelyCan said:

You can get the asus rx 560 for ~$125 on b&h photo video and oc it and the evga 500w bronze for 31.98 on newegg with a mail in rebate.

u can get the cx 450 for 19$ mail in rebate 

[Zando_]

45 minutes ago, Vernw3 said:

 1050ti and a power supply like the cx 450

I've got a 1050 Ti and CX450M, both are awesome. I've paired them with 12GB RAM and an i5 2400 I got from @Brainless906.

[Zando_]

Just now, Vernw3 said:

u can get the cx 450 for 19$ mail in rebate 

Make sure it's a grey label 2017 one, the old ones make good fireworks, IIRC. 

[ThatLonelyCan]

where can you get it for $19

[LHJKO]

Just now, ThatLonelyCan said:

where can you get it for $19

newegg

[ThatLonelyCan]

It's says it's 34.99 right now with the rebate.

[LHJKO]

2 minutes ago, ThatLonelyCan said:

It's says it's 34.99 right now with the rebate.

your looking at the cx m im talking about the cx 2017 version

[AndreLebrao]

4 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Make sure it's a grey label 2017 one, the old ones make good fireworks, IIRC. 

Im getting a grey label cx450, and I cant do mir because in from Brazil, his uncle is in the us and will be back to brasil next week, so he will bring us the parts

Btw, what is better? Cx from corsair or b series from evga?

[ThatLonelyCan]

8 minutes ago, AndreLebrao said:

Im getting a grey label cx450, and I cant do mir because in from Brazil, his uncle is in the us and will be back to brasil next week, so he will bring us the parts

Btw, what is better? Cx from corsair or b series from evga?

I've heard that cx is better but they're both fine.

[Zando_]

9 minutes ago, AndreLebrao said:

Im getting a grey label cx450, and I cant do mir because in from Brazil, his uncle is in the us and will be back to brasil next week, so he will bring us the parts

Btw, what is better? Cx from corsair or b series from evga?

I think the CXM series, IDK much about the CX ones. Check with @STRMfrmXMN.

[SteveGrabowski0]

1 hour ago, AndreLebrao said:

Im getting a grey label cx450, and I cant do mir because in from Brazil, his uncle is in the us and will be back to brasil next week, so he will bring us the parts

Btw, what is better? Cx from corsair or b series from evga?

Either is fine with an i5-3330 and a 1050 Ti. You're not talking parts that consume much power. Any decent brand name 350W or more will be plenty for such a low power system.

[STRMfrmXMN]

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

I think the CXM series, IDK much about the CX ones. Check with @STRMfrmXMN.

The new CX, regardless of modularity, are the same wattage system. 450/550/650 etc. The non M are actually superior in terms of quality due to a better fan