Reasonable Pc for ~700$ usd

[Aidanlockett1]

Hey guys a friend from church wanted a pc for around 700 usd i was thinking ryzen 3 with 1060? this build will be used for mass effect andromeda, thoughts?

[Misanthrope]

Something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.28 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($121.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair - 270R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $689.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-31 00:34 EDT-0400

 

You could choose a lower Ryzen CPU but I personally wouldn't the 1600 can fit this budget and the 1060 3gb version is plenty for 1080p. Yes even at just 3gb vrm it's still good enough for 1080p gaming.

[Imbellis]

 

2 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

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Forgot storage.

[Guest]

Just now, Imbellis said:

 

Forgot storage.

Meh who needs an OS...

[Misanthrope]

1 minute ago, Imbellis said:

 

Forgot storage.

Oh that's right my bad.

 

Either this 1tb mechanical or a 256gb ssd. Dropping to the 1400 might mean getting both for not a lot of performance lost:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.28 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($121.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital - RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.82 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair - 270R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $731.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-31 00:40 EDT-0400

[Imbellis]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JRppTH

 

[PCPartPicker part list] / [Price breakdown by merchant]

**CPU** | [AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor] $197.28 @ OutletPC
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master - Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler] $19.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard] $59.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory] $64.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive]  $46.88 @ OutletPC
**Video Card** | [EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card $269.98 @ Newegg
**Case** | [Rosewill - Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case $19.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [EVGA - B3 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply] | $31.98 @ Newegg
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | **Total** | **$711.08**

 

Ryzen 1600, a Tier 3 PSU, and 1060 6GB.

The bottleneck on this build would be RAM, but the prices have inflated too much.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($156.08 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($50.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($269.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill - RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $701.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-31 01:08 EDT-0400

[Aidanlockett1]

21 hours ago, Misanthrope said:

Something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($197.28 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($121.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair - 270R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $689.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-31 00:34 EDT-0400

 

You could choose a lower Ryzen CPU but I personally wouldn't the 1600 can fit this budget and the 1060 3gb version is plenty for 1080p. Yes even at just 3gb vrm it's still good enough for 1080p gaming.

A buddy of mine has a 3gb gigabyte 1060 and it can play pubg 900p medium settings and barely hit 60 i popped in my gigabyte 1060 6gb and it ran it ultra 60+

[Misanthrope]

59 minutes ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

A buddy of mine has a 3gb gigabyte 1060 and it can play pubg 900p medium settings and barely hit 60 i popped in my gigabyte 1060 6gb and it ran it ultra 60+

In case the time stamp doesn't works it's 34:51 

Your buddy's 3gb 1060 or something else on the system might have been creating some kind of issue or this was on an older patch: Here you can see it maintaining over 60 average easily on the 3gb card. You can even notice the VRAM usage pushing it constantly far past the 3gb limit but the performance hit isn't severe enough to impede reasonable 60 fps average gaming.