Need help creating a 500 CAD$ gaming pc part list

[Dimitrov67]

So my friend wants to get into pc gaming and he has a budget of 500 CAD $ excluding the monitor, keybord, mouse and OS.

Any ideas ?

Thanks

[PerfectPlasma]

Sure. I'll try.

What type of monitor is it?

[Dimitrov67]

5 minutes ago, PerfectPlasma said:

Sure. I'll try.

What type of monitor is it?

i think you didint understand my message lol 500$ is for the tower without the monitor, keybord, mouse and OS.

[PerfectPlasma]

Just now, Aziz Friha said:

i think you didint understand my message lol 500$ is for the tower without the monitor, keybord, mouse and OS.

I know you only want the tower, but I'm asking. if your monitor is 60Hz then it's fine. But who knows,maybe you have a hand-me-down or something like that with a 120 refresh rate?

[Dimitrov67]

1 minute ago, PerfectPlasma said:

I know you only want the tower, but I'm asking. if your monitor is 60Hz then it's fine. But who knows,maybe you have a hand-me-down or something like that with a 120 refresh rate?

Oh ok my bad. The monitor will probably be 60hz

[PerfectPlasma]

This is about the best I can do. Someone else can probably make a list to fit your budget better than I did.

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/yyybNN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/yyybNN/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($129.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 550 2GB PULSE Video Card  ($116.06 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $606.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-26 13:09 EST-0500

[Dimitrov67]

2 minutes ago, PerfectPlasma said:

This is about the best I can do. Someone else can probably make a list to fit your budget better than I did.

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/yyybNN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/yyybNN/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($129.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 550 2GB PULSE Video Card  ($116.06 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $606.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-26 13:09 EST-0500

alright thanks

 

[dizmo]

Buy used. 100%. You'll get a much better system that way.

This is the best I could do new. He really needs a little more budget to get a decent system.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ PC Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($76.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($87.74 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 560 - 1024 4GB PULSE Video Card  ($163.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Xion - XON-350_BK ATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.81 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($57.99 @ PC Canada)
Total: $529.97

 

I picked the RX 560 because it can play games at medium settings, dropping lower pretty much necessitates low settings.

You need to make sure the motherboard has been updated for the G4560.

 

 

12 minutes ago, PerfectPlasma said:

I know you only want the tower, but I'm asking. if your monitor is 60Hz then it's fine. But who knows,maybe you have a hand-me-down or something like that with a 120 refresh rate?

Doesn't really matter though because he doens't have the budget to drive a 120hz monitor