Budget Gaming 800$

[Andrea_Duina]

Hi guys,

a friend of mine wants to change his pc and he would like to play games on it. The budget is 800$, but he needs to get everything with that money (monitor, keyboard ...)

I need your help to find something good

My idea at the moment is something like:

Ryzen 5 1500/1500x                                                                                 i5 6500 (but with which cooler? Cheap air cooler?)

MSI B350M PRO VDH                                                                               Gigabyte LGA1151 Micro ATX DDR4

16GB DDR4, the most budget sticks

MSI GTX 1060 6GB

Possibly not an HDD, but I understand that the budget isn't so high

NZXT S340 case (maybe not a good choice) or cheaper

PSU? How many watts?

Some Asus 1080p monitor

And 30/40 bucks for a decent keyboard

 

There is one problem in all this: wifi, do you guys know any good cheap motherboard with wifi?

Any advice? Blue team or red team?

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

you can get a pci-e wifi adaptor instead of getting a mobo with onboard wifi. look for gigabyte's GC-WB867D-i, costs around $30.

[Andrea_Duina]

2 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

you can get a pci-e wifi adaptor instead of getting a mobo with onboard wifi. look for gigabyte's GC-WB867D-i, costs around $30.

Seems a very valid option, thankss!

[Gawron10001]

If you on a budget go with standard cooler, it will hold for some time. As for storage. I would buy an ssd, becasue loading times are super fast and stuf, and you can buy cheap 320GB hdd for games and stuff. If on a budget 64GB SSD and 320GB HDD are okey option. Power supply, go wtih something around 460W, more or less. And i think that's what i wanted to say

[Andrea_Duina]

1 minute ago, Gawron10001 said:

If you on a budget go with standard cooler, it will hold for some time. As for storage. I would buy an ssd, becasue loading times are super fast and stuf, and you can buy cheap 320GB hdd for games and stuff. If on a budget 64GB SSD and 320GB HDD are okey option. Power supply, go wtih something around 460W, more or less. And i think that's what i wanted to say

Yeah, thanks!

Quick question: blue team or red team?

[AMDPRO]

1 minute ago, Andrea_Duina said:

Yeah, thanks!

Quick question: blue team or red team?

Red Team has the better cooler

[Andrea_Duina]

Just now, AMDPRO said:

Red Team has the better cooler

That was exactly what I was thinking about, so I'll probably go for it

[AMDPRO]

The r5 1400 isnt a bad option, and itll open up more budget for you

[Herman Mcpootis]

3 minutes ago, Andrea_Duina said:

Yeah, thanks!

Quick question: blue team or red team?

coffee lake is pretty expensive considering only z370 boards are available, i'd get ryzen for now.

[Andrea_Duina]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

coffee lake is pretty expensive considering only z370 boards are available, i'd get ryzen for now.

Perfect, it will be a red team build

1 minute ago, AMDPRO said:

The r5 1400 isnt a bad option, and itll open up more budget for you

I'll keep that in mind, thanks

 

Now I'll see everything more in detail and hope to stay in the price limit

[AMDPRO]

One last tip, compare both 1060 3gb, 6gb, 480 and 580 4gb and 8gb to see which is cheaper, and then use that GPU.

[Gawron10001]

9 minutes ago, Andrea_Duina said:

Yeah, thanks!

Quick question: blue team or red team?

In terms of CPU Ryzen, great cooling, performance for price. In terms of GPU Green team

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($155.39 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($55.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($259.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Rosewill - TYRFING ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($25.99 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC55BT B1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: AOC - I2269VW 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master - Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($25.59 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $789.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-12 10:11 EDT-0400

[Andrea_Duina]

9 minutes ago, AMDPRO said:

One last tip, compare both 1060 3gb, 6gb, 480 and 580 4gb and 8gb to see which is cheaper, and then use that GPU.

Perfect, thank you so much

 

8 minutes ago, Gawron10001 said:

In terms of CPU Ryzen, great cooling, performance for price. In terms of GPU Green team

So you're like me

 

5 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($155.39 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($55.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($259.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Rosewill - TYRFING ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($25.99 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC55BT B1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: AOC - I2269VW 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master - Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($25.59 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $789.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-12 10:11 EDT-0400

Awesome! Thanks, I'll check it out now

[JoostinOnline]

That's a really tight budget.  This is the best I could come up with, and it's a little over:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($75.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($156.34 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($56.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN722N USB 2.0 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($12.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: BenQ - GW2270 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($79.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $809.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-12 10:31 EDT-0400

 

You don't want to skimp on the RAM with Ryzen.  There is only a 5-10% difference in performance with the 3GB model of the 1060, but it was $60 cheaper, so I went with that instead.  You can get Windows key from Kinguin pretty cheap, and honestly I'd say just buy a $5 keyboard from Amazon or something.  Unless you're obsessed with clacking, I don't see any point in a mechanical keyboard.

 

@herman mcpootis that's a good build.  The lack of an SSD is going to hurt performance a lot though.  Maybe downgrade to a 1060 3GB instead. You also only have half the RAM there, although I think 8GB is plenty.

[Herman Mcpootis]

17 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

 

@herman mcpootis that's a good build.  The lack of an SSD is going to hurt performance a lot though.  Maybe downgrade to a 1060 3GB instead. You also only have half the RAM there, although I think 8GB is plenty.

ssd doesn't do anything to improve performance, just boot times. he can add it in when he has the budget.

[JoostinOnline]

19 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

ssd doesn't do anything to improve performance, just boot times. he can add it in when he has the budget.

It absolutely improves performance.  Whoever told you otherwise doesn't know anything about computers.  If you're running Windows on a hard drive, disk usage is often at 100%.  I've done plenty of cloning in my business, and the difference in everything is immediately noticeable.

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, JoostinOnline said:

It absolutely improves performance.  Whoever told you otherwise doesn't know anything about computers.  If you're running Windows on a hard drive, disk usage is often at 100%.  I've done plenty of cloning in my business, and the difference in everything is immediately noticeable.

i meant gaming performance.

[JoostinOnline]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

i meant gaming performance.

Well even in web browsing there is a difference.  I assume he'll be doing stuff besides playing games.