First time building a gaming PC

[Motion]

So my current gaming computer is about 10 years old and I’m wanting to buy parts to build a new one, however, I’m hesitant to buy anything because I don’t want to cheap out but I’m also limited to how much I spend. Anyone have any tips for first time pc builders? :)

[Wh0_Am_1]

6 minutes ago, Motion said:

So my current gaming computer is about 10 years old and I’m wanting to buy parts to build a new one, however, I’m hesitant to buy anything because I don’t want to cheap out but I’m also limited to how much I spend. Anyone have any tips for first time pc builders?

Welcome to the LTT forums! What are the specs of your current computer, some of the parts can be salvaged, and reused on a newer build.

[DVA]

1 minute ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Welcome to the LTT forums! What are the specs of your current computer, some of the parts can be salvaged, and reused on a newer build.

10 year old unit, only thing salvageable would be the PSU and maybe SSD if OP eventually put one in.

[Wh0_Am_1]

Just now, DVA said:

10 year old unit, only thing salvageable would be the PSU and maybe SSD if OP eventually put one in.

The HDD may also be usable, and depending on what he purchased, there may just be some other components that are still relevant.

[lmeneses]

Create a budget, do your research, ask this forum any questions, make a list of parts, ask this forum to review your parts, wait till Black Friday, and then buy 

[mxk]

Budget please!

2 hours ago, DVA said:

10 year old unit, only thing salvageable would be the PSU and maybe SSD if OP eventually put one in.

I don't know about a 10 year old psu and ssd. The ssd is probably slow and the power supply even if it works might be a little risky to use in a new build. The hard drive is the only thing that comes to mind that might be useable. 

[MandoPanda]

Yarrr! Current build and budget!!!!

[Motion]

And budget would be around 700-1000

[MandoPanda]

1 hour ago, Motion said:

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Team Red:

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($139.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.80 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($369.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($95.19 @ Amazon) 
Total: $995.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-16 18:12 EDT-0400

 

Team Blue:

Due to price increases, Team Blue is harder to fit into your budget. Unless you wanted to drop down in the graphics department.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($204.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI - H370 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($99.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($122.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.80 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($369.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($95.19 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1052.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-16 18:15 EDT-0400

 

[grss1982]

1 hour ago, Motion said:

And budget would be around 700-1000

Do you plan to sell this PC to fund the new one? Or do you want to keep some of the parts like the 1050 Ti and the hard drives? The Dell case perhaps?

 

Whatever you decide mix and match based on  the post by @MandoPanda above.

 

By the way, where are you located?  What currency is that budget of yours?

[Motion]

5 hours ago, grss1982 said:

Do you plan to sell this PC to fund the new one? Or do you want to keep some of the parts like the 1050 Ti and the hard drives? The Dell case perhaps?

 

Whatever you decide mix and match based on  the post by @MandoPanda above.

 

By the way, where are you located?  What currency is that budget of yours?

Yeah, I’m only really going to keep graphics card, hard drives, and power supply since it’s a 500w Corsair psu

[MandoPanda]

29 minutes ago, Motion said:

Yeah

So does that mean your budget is 700-1000 with selling the old pc and keeping those parts you mentioned?

 

I still recommend a 1060 or higher, though the 1050 ti can do 1080p on low settings most of the time. I used a 1050 ti for a long time.

 

Do you want AMD or Intel for your CPU?

 

[grss1982]

57 minutes ago, Motion said:

Yeah, I’m only really going to keep graphics card, hard drives, and power supply since it’s a 500w Corsair psu

Currency? Is the 700 to 1000 budget in US Dollars? Space Bucks? Euros? AUD? 

 

Also where are you located?  Folks here can't help you further without those pieces of information.  

[Motion]

1 hour ago, grss1982 said:

Currency? Is the 700 to 1000 budget in US Dollars? Space Bucks? Euros? AUD? 

 

Also where are you located?  Folks here can't help you further without those pieces of information.  

My bad USD

[MandoPanda]

@Motion

 

Do you want AMD or Intel for your CPU?

[Motion]

1 hour ago, MandoPanda said:

@Motion

 

Do you want AMD or Intel for your CPU?

Preferable intel since I’ve never used amd but I’m open to either. If I can get better performance with amd then I’ll go with that

[MandoPanda]

6 minutes ago, Motion said:

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For your price point, I recommend AMD. You will get an unlocked processor that you can overclock to get extra performance.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor	$149.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	$69.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$139.89 @ OutletPC
Storage	Western Digital - Blue 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$54.94 @ OutletPC
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$45.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card	$369.99 @ Amazon
Case	Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$95.09 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1015.77
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$985.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-17 03:33 EDT-0400