Gaming PC for my husband

[misslinn85]

Hi! 

 

I want to give my husband a gift. Because he has been talking about playing GTA on his computer (he does on his PS4) and his computer simply is to weak. He had a laptop with SSD and a rather slow prosessor. 

 

So I want to build him one. Because I hooked it up to his TV in his man-cave so he does not need a laptop anyway, he never disconnects it. 

 

I am not superduper wealthy so it would be nice to have it somewhat budget friendly. But I want him to be able to play GTA 4 and 5 with mods. 

 

Any suggestions on parts? 

 

Do not need that much storage, so a 256 SSD as system disk is more than enough. 

 

Other than GTA he just streams Netflix and plays old (really old) games. 

[fuzz0r]

It'd be nice with a budget, just an estimation would help.

[WereCatf]

Without being given any budget, it's hard to say much, but just off-hand, some Ryzen 5 and 1050Ti or 1060 would probably do just fine for GTA5 and some mods on it.

[demonkoi]

without a budget its hard to give a recommendation i can recommend a build that costs 800$ that will play GTA on medium settings or a 2500$ pc that will play gta5 on 4k on ultra setting the resolution he wants to play at and your budget are needed for me to give a reccomendation 

[misslinn85]

1000 usd? Because bying the part (in Norway) is going to be adding at least 50 % to the price. 

[brob]

Something along the following lines will do. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($195.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME H310M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($63.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($140.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX6000 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($62.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($279.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($103.95 @ Trusted Tech Team) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master - R4-C2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($5.39 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $932.56
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-29 10:07 EDT-0400

[Mr. PC]

Black and red themed ryzen build for 941$:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sw3ZzY

[seon123]

5 hours ago, misslinn85 said:

1000 usd? Because bying the part (in Norway) is going to be adding at least 50 % to the price. 

What's the budget in NOK?

[Dryden]

Parts you can downgrade/change based on personal preference:

- change to micro-ATX from ATX

- change case based on looks, price. Too many budget cases to choose from. 

- change PSU. 650W is plenty, but gives you a bit of headroom for future upgrades. more case fans, more storage.  I selected this PSU, because it's fully modular, 80+ Gold, EVGA Eco mode (completely silent during low to medium loads), 7 year warranty.  You can change to a lower watt model, non/semi modular, lower warranty, lower price.  Good luck!

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($195.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI - B360 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($92.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($279.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Deepcool - DUKASE V2 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($94.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $998.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-29 15:17 EDT-0400