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Hi I am planing to build a new pc that I can game on and work (graphical designing and video production *amateur) 

I will need about 16gb ram, Air cooler (if goes it over budget then i'll use stock), possibly a i7 or i5, and I have a budget of 600$ (Hey I said I was an amateur so don't expect a huge budget).

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$600 USD or CAD or something else? 

 

If it's CAD, which I'm assuming it is based on you mentioning Kijiji, a modern i5/i7+16gb RAM is quite unreasonable IMO

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will be really hard for you to have a decent "gaming" / work PC with 600CAD.

Minimum I would do would be like this

 

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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($204.95 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.05 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($227.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($76.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Hitachi - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($128.89 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) 
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($51.24 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - BQ 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $859.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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On 5/4/2018 at 4:40 AM, Major1828 said:

Hi I am planing to build a new pc that I can game on and work (graphical designing and video production *amateur) 

I will need about 16gb ram, Air cooler (if goes it over budget then i'll use stock), possibly a i7 or i5, and I have a budget of 600$ (Hey I said I was an amateur so don't expect a huge budget).

I'll suggest to get an old/refurbished Dell optiplex from eBay having 3rd/4th gen i7....they go around fr about $150-259CAD

And later on...popin additional 8gb of ram and an ssd...as ddr3 is pretty cheap as compared to ddr4....ND fr GPU, get a used 980ti or something like a new 1060/1070..

Note ...don't purchase the sff PC....as they are difficult to upgrade....also.... u'll HV to purchase a new PSU....

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On 5/5/2018 at 6:29 AM, Major1828 said:

$600 CAD 

How important is the GPU?

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On 5/5/2018 at 8:57 AM, SHROUD said:

I'll suggest to get an old/refurbished Dell optiplex from eBay having 3rd/4th gen i7....they go around fr about $150-259CAD

And later on...popin additional 8gb of ram and an ssd...as ddr3 is pretty cheap as compared to ddr4....ND fr GPU, get a used 980ti or something like a new 1060/1070..

Note ...don't purchase the sff PC....as they are difficult to upgrade....also.... u'll HV to purchase a new PSU....

i have a case which i can use it can hold a standard ATX motherboard and can fit a cooler master cpu cooler (i have a cooler master cpu cooler but it is pretty hold) i have 4 gbs of ddr3 ram, I also have a gt 8500 graphics card but that is not powerful. So all i need is power supply, cpu and graphics card, ssd is optional 

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Just now, Major1828 said:

i have a case which i can use it can hold a standard ATX motherboard and can fit a cooler master cpu cooler (i have a cooler master cpu cooler but it is pretty hold) i have 4 gbs of ddr3 ram, I also have a gt 8500 graphics card but that is not powerful. So all i need is power supply, cpu and graphics card, ssd is optional 

i got this by scrapping computers. i will see if i can scrap anymore computers

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6 hours ago, Major1828 said:

I am not getting anymore computers to scrap at the moment so I might need to buy some parts

 

Get a i5 2400 system, add a GPU

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36 minutes ago, Major1828 said:

Thanks, but I am looking for something a bit more powerful

 

You won't get anything more powerful for $600 CAD, our markets are shit

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Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

Spoiler

 

Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

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