Budget PC build for a student-gamer

[The Goodest Boi]

So, here is my situation:

I am a student currently on my way to Uni. Over the summer I have a job from which I expect approximately 13,000 CZK/600 USD. I would like to build a budget Gaming PC, no monster, just to run some new-ish games at 1080p. I am currently running on an ANCIENT rig built a long time ago. (It has DDR2 RAM, just to paint a picture) I do not need top notch performance in AAA titles, just to be able to run them, even if at low to mid settings. Currently I have a 650W PSU, a CPU cooler and that's about it. I am looking for a Case, GPU (have recently been looking at GTX1060 and read that it is a pretty good sweet spot + would rather go with Nvidia than AMD on the GPU) MoBo, RAM and a CPU. With the CPU i am torn between AMD and Intel, would go with any of them, as long as they fit into the budget. (4Core will suffice, I will be studying medicine, so no heavy computing for me) Any suggestions for a PC in this price bracket?

[OmarM89]

ryzen 3 quad core cpus + 8G ram +1060 +ssd scavenge your old hdd orr upgrade the cpu to the cheapest ryzen 5 available if you have some cash leftover

[SolarNova]

As a student saving money is one of the primary concerns, with that in mind i would sugest a basic entry level console killer.

For the UK that would mean about £400, for US thats about $500 (including a PSU)

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ Newegg Business)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.55 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 560 - 1024 4GB AERO ITX Video Card  ($133.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $448.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-07 09:01 EDT-0400

 

NOTE: RAM is current over double the price it should be, and even GPU's are inflatted atm.

 

Now if you really do want more GPU power then a 3gb 1060 is one of the few cards that isnt to badly infaltted in price atm. but that will still cost another $100.

[The Goodest Boi]

Actually SSD is something I forgot to mention, alerady have a 120GB intel SATA3, so I am covered on that, also I have an option to offload bigger files to a seperate drive unit.

So switching to the 1060 would be only be $50. Thank you guys for the help. if anyone still has some suggestions, keep them coming!

[Queen Chrysalis]

2 hours ago, SolarNova said:

As a student saving money is one of the primary concerns, with that in mind i would sugest a basic entry level console killer.

For the UK that would mean about £400, for US thats about $500 (including a PSU)

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ Newegg Business)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.55 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 560 - 1024 4GB AERO ITX Video Card  ($133.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $448.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-07 09:01 EDT-0400

 

NOTE: RAM is current over double the price it should be, and even GPU's are inflatted atm.

 

Now if you really do want more GPU power then a 3gb 1060 is one of the few cards that isnt to badly infaltted in price atm. but that will still cost another $100.

The 2200g is cheaper and performs better, 79.99 at microcenter and they'll give you $30 off of a motherboard.

The ASRock Pro4 b350 is the  budget board king and comes ryzen 2 ready, but the msi one is probably fine

560 is not a console killer.  This is:

>https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814930002&cm_re=rx_580-_-14-930-002-_-Product

Don't cheap out on the GPU, there's no point in building a PC otherwise.