$700 Budget Build for a Friend

[veech]

Hello,

 

I am looking for build suggestions for a close friend of mine.  Her max budget will be $700.  She's looking to do some gaming and streaming.  She's also in need of a monitor.  Peripherals-wise, I think she will just use some cheap stuff she already has to save money.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Taf the Ghost]

5 minutes ago, veech said:

Hello,

 

I am looking for build suggestions for a close friend of mine.  Her max budget will be $700.  She's looking to do some gaming and streaming.  She's also in need of a monitor.  Peripherals-wise, I think she will just use some cheap stuff she already has to save money.

 

Thanks in advance!

What games?

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($175.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($93.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PNY - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($182.24 @ Amazon) 
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.92 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($22.98 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: HP - 22cwa 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $697.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-20 23:21 EDT-0400

[veech]

7 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

What games?

As far as I know, she only plays games like The Siims, Dead by Daylight, Maplestory, etc.

[Taf the Ghost]

3 minutes ago, veech said:

As far as I know, she only plays games like The Siims, Dead by Daylight, Maplestory, etc.

Then @Herman Mcpootis 's build should work fine. Though that's getting really tight on a lot of parts.

[veech]

1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Then @Herman Mcpootis 's build should work fine. Though that's getting really tight on a lot of parts.

What do you mean?  Is there any way to make it better?

[Taf the Ghost]

2 minutes ago, veech said:

What do you mean?  Is there any way to make it better?

For the price category, not really. You'd have to look for some pre-built or compromise on CPU pretty hard.

 

Which brings up a good question, I don't think I've seen great benchmarks on how many resources are needed to stream at X quality levels.

[veech]

3 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

For the price category, not really. You'd have to look for some pre-built or compromise on CPU pretty hard.

 

Which brings up a good question, I don't think I've seen great benchmarks on how many resources are needed to stream at X quality levels.

If the build by @Herman Mcpootis is good enough to play the games I mentioned and stream, then I'll just go with his.  It looks pretty fine to me.

[shamelesscomb]

 

5 minutes ago, veech said:

If the build by @Herman Mcpootis is

27 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($175.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($93.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PNY - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($182.24 @ Amazon) 
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.92 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($22.98 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: HP - 22cwa 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $697.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-20 23:21 EDT-0400

good enough to play the games I mentioned and stream, then I'll just go with his.  It looks pretty fine to me.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wKFwcY

the 8100 would be better than the 1600 in gaming

 

[Taf the Ghost]

7 minutes ago, veech said:

If the build by @Herman Mcpootis is good enough to play the games I mentioned and stream, then I'll just go with his.  It looks pretty fine to me.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9ns6r6

 

Would be the step-down if you need space for other items, though there might be a cheaper Intel option at that range. (Would need to check motherboards)

 

Because of high RAM & GPU prices, we'd have previously gotten a lot better build for this price range.

 

@shamelesscomb that's with a 1080 Ti. With a 1050 Ti, it'll always be GPU limited, minus some Game Engine issues.

[veech]

2 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9ns6r6

 

Would be the step-down if you need space for other items, though there might be a cheaper Intel option at that range. (Would need to check motherboards)

 

Because of high RAM & GPU prices, we'd have previously gotten a lot better build for this price range.

 

@shamelesscomb that's with a 1080 Ti. With a 1050 Ti, it'll always be GPU limited, minus some Game Engine issues.

I'm going to go with the first one.  Thank you, guys!  I really appreciate it!

[Herman Mcpootis]

3 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9ns6r6

the 500B isn't good, the CX450 would be better.

[Ahajha]

8 minutes ago, shamelesscomb said:

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wKFwcY

the 8100 would be better than the 1600 in gaming

 

Not looking at the video, I can guess the results, OP mentioned streaming. A 1600 is light years ahead of an 8100 in terms of streaming.

[Taf the Ghost]

3 minutes ago, veech said:

I'm going to go with the first one.  Thank you, guys!  I really appreciate it!

Np, glad to help.