AMD Build

[northerntech]

So I am building this computer for a friend and thought I should get your opinion. she is big on aesthetic so... RGB. We also have a cool plan for the bottom of the case witch is why we went for a very small PSU. She is into light gaming and older titles so I feel the integrated graphics will suffice with the possibility for a GPU in the future with a PSU upgrade to go with it. Thanks! https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/northerntech/saved/8qpPsY

[Streetguru]

14 minutes ago, northerntech said:

So I am building this computer for a friend and thought I should get your opinion. she is big on aesthetic so... RGB. We also have a cool plan for the bottom of the case witch is why we went for a very small PSU. She is into light gaming and older titles so I feel the integrated graphics will suffice with the possibility for a GPU in the future with a PSU upgrade to go with it. Thanks! https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/northerntech/saved/8qpPsY

Is this a joke?

Save a bunch of money and get normal hardware, you don't need to buy windows you can install it without a key for free from microsoft

[Trevor87]

I would suggest that you go with a Micro ATX MOB and case it little bigger but a lot easy'er to build if you are still new at building. and you can get a nice power supply for card latter on.

Info there is some good news the graphics card market is starting to return back to normal YAY   

[xriqn]

49 minutes ago, northerntech said:

So I am building this computer for a friend and thought I should get your opinion. she is big on aesthetic so... RGB. We also have a cool plan for the bottom of the case witch is why we went for a very small PSU. She is into light gaming and older titles so I feel the integrated graphics will suffice with the possibility for a GPU in the future with a PSU upgrade to go with it. Thanks! https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/northerntech/saved/8qpPsY

Ryzen 5 doesn't have an iGPU. May I recommend using a zen based APU if you need integrated graphics while staying on AMD. If you don't want an APU, perhaps a slightly older core i5 would do the job.

[NelizMastr]

23 minutes ago, xriqn said:

Ryzen 5 doesn't have an iGPU. May I recommend using a zen based APU if you need integrated graphics while staying on AMD.

The 2400G in the link is the Zen APU  The G means it has an IGP.

 

1 hour ago, northerntech said:

So I am building this computer for a friend and thought I should get your opinion. she is big on aesthetic so... RGB. We also have a cool plan for the bottom of the case witch is why we went for a very small PSU. She is into light gaming and older titles so I feel the integrated graphics will suffice with the possibility for a GPU in the future with a PSU upgrade to go with it. Thanks! https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/northerntech/saved/8qpPsY

Way ghetto. This is cheaper and more balanced for her "needs".

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-E Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.75 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($136.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.50 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300P MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($94.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master - MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow RGB 48.8 CFM  120mm Fan  ($24.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $750.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-29 04:19 EDT-0400

 

[FTLOfficial]

An 860 Evo can be had for pretty much the same price as an 850 Evo (at least in Australia) and is considerably faster. Might be worth checking out.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, FTLOfficial said:

An 860 Evo can be had for pretty much the same price as an 850 Evo (at least in Australia) and is considerably faster. Might be worth checking out.

The 860 EVO isn't considerably faster. The 850 EVO and 860 EVO both have the same write speed. The 860 EVO has a slightly faster read speed on paper but performance in day to day stuff will be the same more or less.

[northerntech]

Well we got the AMD APU today as well as an 960 m.2 SSD. Also we got the case about a week ago. everything else including a corsair SF450 SFX PSU is on order. thanks for your input.