$500 Gaming rig Plans

[Mr. Pickles]

Hello there,

  I recently decided to build a new gaming PC Since It seems to be the best option for me right now, I will have a budget of $500 (USD) and I have one issue… I don’t know what type of hardware I will need, and that’s where you come in. I was hoping if any of you could give me ideas of what type of hardware I should get please leave any ideas below, I would like a dedicated GPU, But due to cryptomining I would say an APU would be fine. I would love if any of you could please take a moment out of your day and leave your thoughts and suggestions!

 

Kind Regards,

Mark
 

[bellabichon]

Honestly, for 500 (USD, I assume) getting a dedicated GPU with be almost impossible. If you're looking to stream games, you should save up some more. 

[Mr. Pickles]

I will need to modify this then.

[TheGlenlivet]

6 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

Honestly, for 500 (USD, I assume) getting a dedicated GPU with be almost impossible. If you're looking to stream games, you should save up some more. 

Agreed.  Playing games you can do for $500.  Streaming yourself playing games for $500 you cant.  at least not well.

A refurbished optiplex and a 1050 or a system with a Ryzen APU like the 2200G will get you playing games under $500 easy, but streaming takes cores and cores cost money.  At least that's what I understand.

 

[bellabichon]

1 hour ago, Mr. Pickles said:

I will need to modify this then.

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. 

Anyways, here's a part list I put together that has the AMD Ryzen 2400G with integrated Radeon Vega Graphics:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4GTYQZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4GTYQZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($154.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($67.51 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.73 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.40 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $503.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-30 00:32 EDT-0400

 

I hope this helps. If anybody has any suggestions to edit this list, please let me know!

[Mr. Pickles]

I instead of using something like OBS, I will just use a capture card.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Would I just need to do a BIOS Update to the motherboard?

[Mr. Pickles]

2 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. 

Anyways, here's a part list I put together that has the AMD Ryzen 2400G with integrated Radeon Vega Graphics:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4GTYQZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4GTYQZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($154.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($67.51 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.73 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.40 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $503.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-30 00:32 EDT-0400

 

I hope this helps. If anybody has any suggestions to edit this list, please let me know!

Would I just need to do a BIOS Update to the motherboard?

[bellabichon]

1 hour ago, Mr. Pickles said:

Would I just need to do a BIOS Update to the motherboard?

You shouldn't have to, but I would check the manufacturers website just to be sure. 

[Streetguru]

46 minutes ago, Mr. Pickles said:

 

The gaming performance difference between the R3 and R5 isn't too great

 

Should grab 16GBs of RAM instead as you're likely to upgrade from the APU at some point anyways

 

$15 more for a 2TB drive or just use a 240GB SSD for now

 

having 2 monitors is very useful for streaming though

 

get the B450 ASrock Pro4 otherwise

You can just use ReLive to stream from the APU I'm pretty sure.

*Board is the same as the Fatal1ty board far as I can tell, still has display port for less.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qHcH8Y
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qHcH8Y/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($91.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.40 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cougar - MX330-X ATX Mid Tower Case  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($45.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG - 24MP59G-P 23.8" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  ($126.99 @ B&H)
Total: $574.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-30 01:04 EDT-0400

 

[KarathKasun]

43 minutes ago, Mr. Pickles said:

I instead of using something like OBS, I will just use a capture card.

 

This is not valid unless you have a 2nd PC or are streaming from a console.

[Streetguru]

28 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

This is not valid unless you have a 2nd PC or are streaming from a console.

There is a plug in for OBS called NDI that lets you do it without a capture card, although I've never really heard of it
 

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($80.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($164.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 TG MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($23.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $490.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-30 03:38 EDT-0400