Gaming PC

[Troyboy3939]

Hello, My Name is Troy.

 

 

I am wanting to build a relatively cheap Gaming PC. The price range I am looking for is around $1200 - $1600 AUD(Australian Dollar). I have got a build plan on pcpartpickers.com, and was wondering if there was anything I could do to improve or cheapen the build while still being just as good. I was also wondering how expandable the build is, so if in the future i want to expand anything, I can. I was also wondering  how well it would do playing modern games. Here are the details and links:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/h9WmGG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/h9WmGG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($253.00 @ Shopping Express) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.01 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370M GAMING PRO AC Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($249.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.00 @ IJK) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.00 @ IJK) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($119.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($78.00 @ Umart) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  ($449.00 @ Umart) 
Case: Cooler Master - N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($58.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($75.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($28.00 @ IJK) 
Total: $1586.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-27 15:58 AEDT+1100

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your time, Troy.

[Canada EH]

Looks good but see if you can get a cheaper mobo

 

or better yet

look at AMD Ryzen 2400G cpu

[NTDaws]

Good build. Go for it.

[Tsuki]

5 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

look at AMD Ryzen 2400G cpu

since hes getting a gpu anyways, the APU does really fit. the i5 would be better in this case.

 

i personally disagree with the baraccuda drive, but i just think seagate is trash.

other than that, looks good!

[JaegerB]

Now really isn't a great time to be building... GPU prices aren't expected to improve until much later this year. If you get a 2400G now, AMD will lend you a free CPU to upgrade your bios so it works, and then just use the APU until september-ish when things might start to get better, and Ampere is available.

Also, if you get a 2400G no aftermarket cpu cooler is required.

 

The 850-EVO isn't really competitive anymore, the MX500 from crucial is a lot cheaper and faster.

Unless you work a lot of video files, etc you shouldn't need a 2TB drive. 1TB will be fine for a gaming computer.

You could go for a bit higher quality case if you forgo a gpu for now.

Faster memory would help.

[Canada EH]

Ryzen 1600 then!

Same price $185ish

With cheaper mobo, that you can OC with

1,000,000 times better then lame i5

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DXbTRG

CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor	$188.90				$188.90		Buy
Motherboard	Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$72.89				$72.89		Buy

[Troyboy3939]

Thank you for your quick replies! 

 

 

 

 

So would this build be a better PC? How would this go compared to the other one? I have never OC before, so how would that work?

I am sorry for the newbie questions, I have never built a PC before. 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/XzDhMZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/XzDhMZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($259.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Pure Rock Slim 35.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (unavailable on site, amazon has it around 120 aud not sure about shipping )
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.00 @ IJK) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($114.00 @ IJK) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($113.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($78.00 @ Umart) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  ($449.00 @ Umart) 
Case: Cooler Master - N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($58.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($75.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Case Fan: Noctua - NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($28.00 @ IJK) 
Total: $1447.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-27 18:10 AEDT+1100

Thank you for your quick reply!!!

 

So 

[Herman Mcpootis]

16 minutes ago, Troyboy3939 said:

 

try this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($253.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($169.00 @ Umart) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($118.00 @ Umart) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($118.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($113.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($78.00 @ Umart) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card  ($429.00 @ Scorptec) 
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.01 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($75.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Total: $1402.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-27 18:31 AEDT+1100