Building a gaming computer below $700

[zoomos]

I want to build a gaming machine on a budget with a ryzen 5 2400g for a friend and would like to know which components are best for that CPU, not all that familiar with AMD. I know this chip comes with Vega 11 but would like to add a GPU anyways.

 

If someone has built a system with that chip and has a list of parts you used, I'd love that list.

 

[Sernefarian]

Below is one 2400G option. the X470 board means to headache with AMD about the "Bootkit" processor to get your Ryzen 2000 series processor to work

 

Your friend will need to budget for the Operating system separately.

 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ynnDzY

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.00 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Patriot - Burst 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($28.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - AV-GP 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB D5 Video Card  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: DIYPC - Ranger-R4-R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.97 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - BT 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $692.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-11 08:29 EDT-0400

 

Next is an I5-8400 Option that should outperform the Ryzen 5 2400G build above in most every area although the X470 board above DOES include built in support for Wi-Fi.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fp8NyX

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($178.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Patriot - Burst 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($28.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Edition Video Card  ($174.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: DIYPC - Ranger-R4-R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.97 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Raidmax - Cobra 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.58 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Total: $694.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-11 08:41 EDT-0400

[zoomos]

Thank you for your the info.