Building a budget PC

[Arixl]

My girl friends PC died she still has all the peripherals she just needs the PC itself we both play alot of video games and study price budget is about 1200 AUD she wants to run WoW and league on decent settings we still have the old RAM (the only useable part from the old PC) which is corsair vengeance pro series 16gb 8x2 1600MHz. Most likely we'll replace it in 2 years just need something for now. i can't buy the pieces and build it myself i wish i could but she dosn't have the time as she needs to hand in assignments.

 

[AskTJ]

That is DDR3 ram so you are limited to Intel Haswell and AMD's FX series, as well as some Xeon and Opteron processors. I suggest selling the ram for around $100 - $120 AUD, and then using the money to buy a Ryzen 5 2600, 1060 and 8 - 16GB of ram, depending if you can fit it in your budget.

[Streetguru]

14 minutes ago, Arixl said:

My girl friends PC died she still has all the peripherals she just needs the PC itself we both play alot of video games and study price budget is about 1200 AUD she wants to run WoW and league on decent settings we still have the old RAM (the only useable part from the old PC) which is corsair vengeance pro series 16gb 8x2 1600MHz. Most likely we'll replace it in 2 years just need something for now. i can't buy the pieces and build it myself i wish i could but she dosn't have the time as she needs to hand in assignments.

 

Just buy a Ryzen APU PC and toss in a GPU later when pricing isn't crazy or you get a good deal on a used GPU.

 

Could add a 240GB SSD

 

Try to find the Q300L case

You're going to need new RAM for any modern system.
 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($137.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($88.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($133.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.50 @ Shopping Express)
Case: Silverstone - PS08W MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $543.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-13 12:07 AEST+1000

[Arixl]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Just buy a Ryzen APU PC and toss in a GPU later when pricing isn't crazy or you get a good deal on a used GPU.

 

Could add a 240GB SSD

 

Try to find the Q300L case

You're going to need new RAM for any modern system.
 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($137.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($88.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($133.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.50 @ Shopping Express)
Case: Silverstone - PS08W MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $543.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-13 12:07 AEST+1000

GPUs atm are stupidly over priced atm, if i wish i could get 2nd hand ram and a GPU at a decent price but she's really bound for time i'd rather just get some average as GPU that can run games and upgrade and get a decent 2nd hand GPU later do you have any suggestions for best bang for buck cards?

[Freefaller]

A 1060 6GB offers great budget value, later you should upgrade to a 1070 Ti if you can. It may be overkill, depending on settings and resolution, but will be a great card for you. 1060 would be perfect in the meantime, and you can score deals quite often on Newegg.

[Herman Mcpootis]

31 minutes ago, Arixl said:

My girl friends PC died she still has all the peripherals she just needs the PC itself we both play alot of video games and study price budget is about 1200 AUD she wants to run WoW and league on decent settings we still have the old RAM (the only useable part from the old PC) which is corsair vengeance pro series 16gb 8x2 1600MHz. Most likely we'll replace it in 2 years just need something for now. i can't buy the pieces and build it myself i wish i could but she dosn't have the time as she needs to hand in assignments.

 

the HDD and maybe case/PSU should still be reusable, what is her current rig's specs?

[Arixl]

4 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

the HDD and maybe case/PSU should still be reusable, what is her current rig's specs?

To be honest the PC it self is about 8 years old theres nothing i'd use off it, the case is just ruined massive marks and settlement all over it the mother board is done, the GPU got tea spilled on it, it was a miracle  it still worked for as long as it did the HDD will be used in the new PC but along side a new one, as the old one is fill, and the PSU is pretty dodgy it dosn't work some days and other days it goes fine

[Arixl]

11 minutes ago, Freefaller said:

A 1060 6GB offers great budget value, later you should upgrade to a 1070 Ti if you can. It may be overkill, depending on settings and resolution, but will be a great card for you. 1060 would be perfect in the meantime, and you can score deals quite often on Newegg.

yea i was thinking of getting a 1070TI actually but i might just go with the 1060 for now and wait for things to drop off in price or get a 2nd hand one in the future.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($248.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: MSI - H310M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($76.32 @ Amazon Australia) 
Memory: G.Skill - Flare X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($228.00 @ IJK) 
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($80.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.00 @ Centre Com) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($400.83 @ Amazon Australia) 
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($65.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Total: $1202.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-13 12:42 AEST+1000

[Streetguru]

2 hours ago, Arixl said:

GPUs atm are stupidly over priced atm, if i wish i could get 2nd hand ram and a GPU at a decent price but she's really bound for time i'd rather just get some average as GPU that can run games and upgrade and get a decent 2nd hand GPU later do you have any suggestions for best bang for buck cards?

The APUs can run a lot of games without a graphics card, should just give it a try, and if it's not good enough then add a current GPU

 

 

[Arixl]

Is this a good choice, i'm really agasint pre build PCs but shes needs it quick.

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/42438/pccg-droid-1050-gaming-system

[Herman Mcpootis]

23 minutes ago, Arixl said:

Is this a good choice, i'm really agasint pre build PCs but shes needs it quick.

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/42438/pccg-droid-1050-gaming-system

for $900 it's overpriced imo, if she needs it quickly another option is to get the parts directly from a store instead of ordering it online.

[Arixl]

2 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

for $900 it's overpriced imo, if she needs it quickly another option is to get the parts directly from a store instead of ordering it online.

we live in a pretty small town with no real means to getting PC parts the closest main city is about 2 hours away also she needs to pay for it online or via a store and her school will pay for half of it. but is she gets the parts and builds it they wont pay for any of it.