$500 PC for 1080p

[BikerBoy1225]

I plan to give a PC to my best friend as a Christmas present. I could easily build one under this price tag just going to pcpartpicker and staying within the budget but I was not sure what I should even be aiming to get. I am a relative newbie to the PC building world and the only experience under my belt is a 6600k gtx 1080 build I did about a year ago. He is specifically interested in Squad. With that game having minimum system requirements of a 4790k and 16 gigs of ram this is proving to be a bit of a challenge. The used hardware market in my area is nonexistent so unless my old core 2 duo with 4 gigs of ddr2 would suffice new parts are needed. I have a monitor and OS.

[Herman Mcpootis]

which country?

[BikerBoy1225]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

which country?

United States

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($82.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($39.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.88 @ Other World Computing) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card  ($204.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill - FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($16.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $496.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-07 03:18 EST-0500

[BikerBoy1225]

3 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($82.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($39.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.88 @ Other World Computing) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card  ($204.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill - FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($16.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $496.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-07 03:18 EST-0500

Might it be worth it to trade the 1060 for a 1050ti in order to get a ryzen 3 1200 or 1300x? (Overclocking even with stock cooler and 4 cores)

[Herman Mcpootis]

3 minutes ago, BikerBoy1225 said:

Might it be worth it to trade the 1060 for a 1050ti in order to get a ryzen 3 1200 or 1300x?

you'll lose out on performance now, but you'll get a better upgrade path.

[mikat]

21 minutes ago, BikerBoy1225 said:

Might it be worth it to trade the 1060 for a 1050ti in order to get a ryzen 3 1200 or 1300x? (Overclocking even with stock cooler and 4 cores)

depends on the kinds of games you want to play, certain games care more about cpu than others ( I don't think he's going to play squad for the entirety of his pc's life )

[SupaKomputa]

If you don't mind using old platform :

 

Xeon 1230v1 $80 here 3.2ghz, 4 core 8 threads

LGA 1155 $25

if you don't need NVME & usb 3.1 this is good choice.

[BikerBoy1225]

32 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

If you don't mind using old platform :

 

Xeon 1230v1 $80 here 3.2ghz, 4 core 8 threads

LGA 1155 $25

if you don't need NVME & usb 3.1 this is good choice.

This seems to be a very good option when taking into account that he is unlikely to upgrade in the next 3-5 years. Where are you finding an lga1155 mobo for $25.

[PCBUILDINGBEN]

@herman mcpootis what fps will these two builds play cs:go, rocket league, and pubg at? looking to play on high/max settings at 100 fps plus?

1: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bBsQFd

2: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7NKVsJ

 

[BikerBoy1225]

4 minutes ago, PCBUILDINGBEN said:

@herman mcpootis what fps will these two builds play cs:go, rocket league, and pubg at? looking to play on high/max settings at 100 fps plus?

1: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bBsQFd

2: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7NKVsJ

 

These could easily play cs:go and rocket league at frame rates good enough to not care about specifics. Pubg could be played as well but since there are very frequent changes that affect performance and optimization so I cannot say for sure that it'd top 60fps at maxed out settings. Medium settings should be absolutely no problem though.

[Vintage PC]

14 hours ago, BikerBoy1225 said:

I plan to give a PC to my best friend as a Christmas present. I could easily build one under this price tag just going to pcpartpicker and staying within the budget but I was not sure what I should even be aiming to get. I am a relative newbie to the PC building world and the only experience under my belt is a 6600k gtx 1080 build I did about a year ago. He is specifically interested in Squad. With that game having minimum system requirements of a 4790k and 16 gigs of ram this is proving to be a bit of a challenge. The used hardware market in my area is nonexistent so unless my old core 2 duo with 4 gigs of ddr2 would suffice new parts are needed. I have a monitor and OS.

The Intel 4690k i5 is near equal in terms of gaming performance and about half the price of the 4790k - pair it with a R9 280 3GB and your going to be maxing out most games at 1080p and it should sit nicely in your budget!

[Vintage PC]

Btw i own the 4790k so i can answer any questions you have!

[PCBUILDINGBEN]

5 hours ago, BikerBoy1225 said:

These could easily play cs:go and rocket league at frame rates good enough to not care about specifics. Pubg could be played as well but since there are very frequent changes that affect performance and optimization so I cannot say for sure that it'd top 60fps at maxed out settings. Medium settings should be absolutely no problem though.

awesome

[BikerBoy1225]

4 hours ago, Vintage PC said:

Btw i own the 4790k so i can answer any questions you have!

Thanks I'll look into it.

[BikerBoy1225]

On 12/7/2017 at 8:00 AM, BikerBoy1225 said:

This seems to be a very good option when taking into account that he is unlikely to upgrade in the next 3-5 years. Where are you finding an lga1155 mobo for $25.

I'm not finding cheap lga 1155 mobos anywhere. At the price I am finding them Ryzen would be cheaper.

[JoostinOnline]

16 hours ago, Vintage PC said:

The Intel 4690k i5 is near equal in terms of gaming performance

That's definitely not true.

 

Go with a 4770k.

[Vintage PC]

23 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

That's definitely not true.

 

Go with a 4770k.

I Personally hate when people state things as if they know what their talking about :

 

[JoostinOnline]

6 minutes ago, Vintage PC said:

I Personally hate when people state things as if they know what their talking about :

 

There was quite a bit of irony in that statement.

 

That was over 2.5 years ago.  Times (and games) have changed.  The additional threads and cache of an i7 makes a big difference now.  You're new here, but you need to learn that you don't know everything.

 

Edit: Speaking of things changing, RAM speed has a significant effect now too, especially with Ryzen.

[Vintage PC]

I know what my rig can and cannot do my friend and if i own a game u want to bench against me lets go!