Help building a PC

[julesbuilder]

I'm building a PC for a friend

 

There are specifics he would like, but I'm not too sure in the peripheral region

 

$1500 AUD on a PC and a Monitor

 

An i5 processor would be ideal and a pretty good graphics card to run PUBG at around medium-high.

 

Thanks.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($279.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($185.90 @ Newegg Australia) actual price $169
Storage: Transcend - 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($105.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($60.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($360.80 @ Newegg Australia) actual price $328
Case: Deepcool - D-Shield ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Scorptec) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($75.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Monitor: LG - 25UM58 25.0" 2560x1080 75Hz Monitor  ($219.00 @ Kogan) 
Total: $1532.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-06 22:46 AEDT+1100

 

[julesbuilder]

6 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($279.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($199.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($185.90 @ Newegg Australia) actual price $169
Storage: Transcend - 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($105.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($60.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($360.80 @ Newegg Australia) actual price $328
Case: Deepcool - D-Shield ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Scorptec) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($75.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Monitor: LG - 25UM58 25.0" 2560x1080 75Hz Monitor  ($219.00 @ Kogan) 
Total: $1532.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-06 22:46 AEDT+1100

 

Thanks a lot, I really do appreciate it.

[julesbuilder]

If anyone else wants to list builds as well I'd love for anyone to

[kelvinhall05]

I know it's not a list, but I don't have time right now. Maybe later.

Get a Ryzen 5 1600 and a 1060. If you can squeeze in a 1070, get that. Don't forget high clocked memory either.

[Javier Ewe]

Honestly, if your friend is looking at just gaming, a ryzen 3 1200 will perform the same as a ryzen 5 1600 or slightly lower than an i5. you can use the saved money to get a gtx 1070, which u will get MUCH more frames than with a 1060 6gb.

just remember to overclock the cpu, if you are not comfortable with that, go with the 1300x for $30 more.

here is the ryzen 1300x and gtx 1070 playing games at 1080p ultra (as you can see, good performance)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($138.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($88.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($185.90 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($119.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($60.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: GALAX - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB EX Video Card  ($585.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: Deepcool - Frame MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.00 @ Scorptec)
Power Supply: Silverstone - 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.00 @ Umart)
Monitor: LG - 25UM58 25.0" 2560x1080 75Hz Monitor  ($219.00 @ Kogan)
Total: $1482.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-06 23:10 AEDT+1100

 

if you have a preference for a particular design for the graphics card, you can go with the following options for $5 more:
MSI GTX 1070 DUKE OC

ASUS GTX 1070 DUAL

[Fardin]

13 minutes ago, julesbuilder said:

If anyone else wants to list builds as well I'd love for anyone to

I would recommend you the build suggested by @herman mcpootis

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, Javier Ewe said:

Honestly, if your friend is looking at just gaming, a ryzen 3 1200 will perform the same as a ryzen 5 1600 or slightly lower than an i5. you can use the saved money to get a gtx 1070, which u will get MUCH more frames than with a 1060 6gb.

just remember to overclock the cpu, if you are not comfortable with that, go with the 1300x for $30 more.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($138.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($88.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($185.90 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($119.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($60.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: GALAX - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB EX Video Card  ($585.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: Deepcool - Frame MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.00 @ Scorptec)
Power Supply: Silverstone - 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.00 @ Umart)
Monitor: LG - 25UM58 25.0" 2560x1080 75Hz Monitor  ($219.00 @ Kogan)
Total: $1482.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-06 23:10 AEDT+1100

 

the ryzen 3 will bottleneck the gtx 1070 and the psu is low quality.

[Javier Ewe]

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

the ryzen 3 will bottleneck the gtx 1070 and the psu is low quality.

welp, you still get more fps with 1300x+1070 than the i5 8400+1060 for the same price.

as for the psu, you can upgrade it to the one you suggested if u want, although that psu is tier 6 and I have owned 4 tier 7 psus powering similar systems with no issues

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, Javier Ewe said:

welp, you still get more fps with 1300x+1070 than the i5 8400+1060 for the same price.

as for the psu, you can upgrade it to the one you suggested if u want, although that psu is tier 6 and I have owned 4 tier 7 psus powering similar systems with no issues

just because you have a few bad quality units that work doesn't mean they should be used.

[Javier Ewe]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

just because you have a few bad quality units that work doesn't mean they should be used.

yes I understand and I have felt the wraith of it (losing 5TB of hard drives to a junk psu) but that is a true 7 year old $5 psu. psus tier 6 and above should be fine, although tier 4 and above is ideal