Help With Build for My Wife?

[RelentlessAF]

Hi there everyone!

 

My wife has been playing games for the past few months on a pretty janky set-up by that I mean it's a laptop that's had the upper shell completely removed and a broken wireless card plugged into a monitor. I want to get her set up with a new pc so she can game with me at a higher quality and also on a less disheartening set-up. My "budget" is about $1000 USD which can go up or down if necessary for the sake of price to performance. She has a 1080p 60hz ips monitor so aim is close to max settings at above 60fps. The GPU doesn't need to be included since I'll probably wait until I see one fall to a reasonable price. Red/ blue/ green team doesn't matter to me. 

 

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks all! 

[TheNuzziNuzz]

Do you have a temporary GPU? I would highly suggest waiting until you can buy everything before buying anything. Also Ryzen 2 is comming out soon, so at least wait for that if its not urgent.

[RelentlessAF]

1 hour ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

Do you have a temporary GPU? I would highly suggest waiting until you can buy everything before buying anything. Also Ryzen 2 is comming out soon, so at least wait for that if its not urgent.

I don't have a temporary GPU, how soon is soon? 

[Shockers87]

1 hour ago, GingerbreadPK said:

I don't have a temporary GPU, how soon is soon? 

Probably this month going by articles I've seen

[TheNuzziNuzz]

1 hour ago, GingerbreadPK said:

I don't have a temporary GPU, how soon is soon? 

April is all I know.

 

Once again it doesn't make sense to buy anything until you are going to get all the parts. Always buy everything at once because sometimes things change, you don't know if you have faulty hardware, prices go down, product releases, etc.

 

What kind of gamming experience are you looking for? Does the budget need to include a monitor? Do you already have one, what resolution? DO you plan on upgrading it?

 

ITs best when building a computer to first decide how it is going to be used and what it needs to do, and then pick parts based on that. If all you need is simple 1080p gamming with most games at at least medium settings a 1050ti would be a good choice, and the price of that card hasn't been that affect by the Crypto craze so its very worth it to buy now.

[Herman Mcpootis]

6 hours ago, GingerbreadPK said:

I don't have a temporary GPU, how soon is soon? 

the mining craze is starting to die down, so prices might be back to normal in a couple months(hopefully). that said, $1000 is more than enough for a 1080p 60hz rig with a gpu.

[Herman Mcpootis]

with a GPU right now:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($178.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - H310M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: SAMA - Maxcool-W-15LEDLight MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.69 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $922.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-08 22:00 EDT-0400