"Budget Minded" Editing/Gaming Rig

[austin2118ace]

I am having a little trouble picking out a CPU and GPU for a friend's PC. He doesn't want to spend more than 900 USD including a monitor (so we are going to say the budget is 800 USD assuming I can find a pretty decent monitor)

He is going to do both gaming and some video editing. I would say it's a 70/30 split as to which he would be doing more of, and he would only be working with 1080p/4k GoPro footage and 1080p screen captures.

 

I was considering the Ryzen 5 1600 due to its better multithreaded performance at its price point. He would not be doing any gaming above 1080p 60fps so I assume the slight edge Intel's solutions have in gaming would likely not be relevant here?

 

And I am going to assume we will be stuck with getting a 1050TI just with how pricing is currently for other options.

 

Thanks for any suggestions

[glitchmaster0001]

ryzen 5 1600 is a pretty solid choice but if you can fit a 1700 into the build, it would be really cool. but the 1600 is still a very solid choice. 

[austin2118ace]

2 minutes ago, Leshya said:

*snip*

 

Pretty solid build, thanks for the list!

1 minute ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

ryzen 5 1600 is a pretty solid choice but if you can fit a 1700 into the build, it would be really cool. but the 1600 is still a very solid choice. 

I just wish everyone who would ask me to part out a pc would put into account peripherals. If he didn't need a monitor the 1700 would be in the price range.

[astranger200]

I would stretch it a bit. if he cant stretch, get a 3gb 1060

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fmrGCy

[austin2118ace]

2 minutes ago, Leshya said:

Sorry didn't bother asking as usually it is mentioned to start with, did he need peripheral suggestions? Monitor keyboard and mouse? a separate budget for this or any preferences? (mechanical etc).

I am just going to find a decent 1080p 60 Hz panel for him as it's all he will need. I told him to focus on building the PC first and worry about fancy peripherals later. So he is going to stick with the membrane dell keyboard and wireless mouse for now.

[austin2118ace]

4 minutes ago, astranger200 said:

I would stretch it a bit. if he cant stretch, get a 3gb 1060

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fmrGCy

I will probably include the 6GB variant and make a few little sacrifices elsewhere. 

[astranger200]

Just now, austin2118ace said:

I will probably include the 6GB variant and make a few little sacrifices elsewhere. 

maybe the ssd if he doesnt need all the space

[austin2118ace]

1 minute ago, astranger200 said:

maybe the ssd if he doesnt need all the space

More than likely I will just tell him to try and save up an extra 100 dollars for the monitor so he can get the most well-rounded system. I almost feel an SSD is necessary for modern systems

[astranger200]

Just now, austin2118ace said:

More than likely I will just tell him to try and save up an extra 100 dollars for the monitor so he can get the most well-rounded system. I almost feel an SSD is necessary for modern systems

for sure but he may get by with 120gb