budget Entry Level Budget Content Creation Build

[CGFrog]

So I have been using an Intel core i5 5200u with intel with Intel 5500 iGPU for about 3 years now for doing things with Blender and recently Unreal Engine 4. The hardrive is dying now and I need a new PC. I am 14 years old and I am extremely busy with school that I cannot afford a high end system that I would like so I did a lot of planning and decided this system probably will be the best for me. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mKfXjc I don't want to spend much more than $550 on this PC. I plan on upgrading the memory, cpu, storage (adding an SSD), and GPU in the future but for now I am sticking to the essentials. I know it isn't going to be the best content creator friendly experience especially with a quad-core but honestly Blender has run smooth on a $400 laptop for 3 years so I am not overly concerned. I would love to hear your feedback on it! Thank you! 

[SquintyG33Rs]

for blender and your production i'd actually suggest sacrificing the 1050TI for a 1050 so that you can get a 1600. but otherwise i think you balanced the build very well.

 

you can take a 430W~500W PSU you're still very very far from maxing that

[Encrypt]

If you are on such a budget, I would recommend going within the used market. You could build a decent Haswell System for the money you want to spend.

[GDRRiley]

4 minutes ago, Encrypt said:

If you are on such a budget, I would recommend going within the used market. You could build a decent Haswell System for the money you want to spend.

unless you can find a cheap x99 or x79 board and cpu ryzen would do better. 

another option would be a dual lga 1366 board and get 2 12 cores for 24 threads. 

Edited November 9, 2017 by GDRRiley

[Beowulff83]

If you can, stretch for the ryzen 5 1600

[Encrypt]

Ok, so I went on eBay. I have built you a good system for $538.32. Not including P&P.

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core (BX80637I53570K) Processor (No Fan)

GPU: EVGA Nvidia GTX 780 3GB ACX Graphics Card - REFURBISHED (2-3-Day Shipping)

RAM: 16GB Kit (2x 8GB) DDR3-1600MHz Desktop Memory RAM PC3-12800 240pin DIMM for AMD

HDD: 1tb laptop hdd sata 6gb/s 128mb cache 2.5-inch internal hard drive

MOBO: ASUS B75M-A, LGA 1155/Socket H2, Intel Motherboard ATX i7/i5/i3 CPU LGA 1155

PSU: OCZ Tech OCZ500SX2 500W 500 Watts PFC ATX12V Power Supply PSU 4 PCIe Power 6/8p

CASE: RAIDMAX AEOLUS ATX-818WB Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

COOLER: Silence CPU Cooler Fan Heatsink for Intel Socket LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775 AMD AM3

Do not forget I found all of these within 5 minutes, with more searching around you could get way better deals.

 

[GDRRiley]

3 minutes ago, Encrypt said:

Ok, so I went on eBay. I have built you a good system for $538.32. Not including P&P.

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core (BX80637I53570K) Processor (No Fan)

GPU: EVGA Nvidia GTX 780 3GB ACX Graphics Card - REFURBISHED (2-3-Day Shipping)

RAM: 16GB Kit (2x 8GB) DDR3-1600MHz Desktop Memory RAM PC3-12800 240pin DIMM for AMD

HDD: 1tb laptop hdd sata 6gb/s 128mb cache 2.5-inch internal hard drive

MOBO: ASUS B75M-A, LGA 1155/Socket H2, Intel Motherboard ATX i7/i5/i3 CPU LGA 1155

PSU: OCZ Tech OCZ500SX2 500W 500 Watts PFC ATX12V Power Supply PSU 4 PCIe Power 6/8p

CASE: RAIDMAX AEOLUS ATX-818WB Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

COOLER: Silence CPU Cooler Fan Heatsink for Intel Socket LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775 AMD AM3

Do not forget I found all of these within 5 minutes, with more searching around you could get way better deals.

 

why not get a dual 6 core on lga 1366. it  should even beat a 7 in muti threading. 

[SquintyG33Rs]

16 minutes ago, Encrypt said:

Ok, so I went on eBay. I have built you a good system for $538.32. Not including P&P.

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core (BX80637I53570K) Processor (No Fan)

GPU: EVGA Nvidia GTX 780 3GB ACX Graphics Card - REFURBISHED (2-3-Day Shipping)

RAM: 16GB Kit (2x 8GB) DDR3-1600MHz Desktop Memory RAM PC3-12800 240pin DIMM for AMD

HDD: 1tb laptop hdd sata 6gb/s 128mb cache 2.5-inch internal hard drive

MOBO: ASUS B75M-A, LGA 1155/Socket H2, Intel Motherboard ATX i7/i5/i3 CPU LGA 1155

PSU: OCZ Tech OCZ500SX2 500W 500 Watts PFC ATX12V Power Supply PSU 4 PCIe Power 6/8p

CASE: RAIDMAX AEOLUS ATX-818WB Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

COOLER: Silence CPU Cooler Fan Heatsink for Intel Socket LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775 AMD AM3

Do not forget I found all of these within 5 minutes, with more searching around you could get way better deals.

 

this isn't better than what he chose except for GPU

[Encrypt]

22 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

why not get a dual 6 core on lga 1366. it  should even beat a 7 in muti threading. 

Even though, the current price of PC components new are just too much. Most of those CPU's what are on the LGA 1366 platform are just old. I think we can both agree that he should go with the Ryzen platform, as it provides lots of highly clocked cores and great performance.

I would consider the System I specified and the things I said, if the guy wasn't going to be upgrading within the next couple of years or so. I would highly recommend the guy to pick Ryzen if he can afford it.