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Not counting rebates this is the 400 dollar PC. (Well 404 dollars and eight cents!)

 

I thought about a GTX 1050 but I'm going with the RX 560 to stick to almost 400 even

 

Will build soon. Also post pics and performance results

 

Parts:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Athlon X4 950 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor $56.20 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler ARCTIC - Alpine 64 GT 25.6 CFM CPU Cooler $8.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte - GA-A320M-S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $50.01 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory $60.99 @ Newegg
Storage TCSunBow - X3 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $19.99 @ Amazon
Storage Toshiba - Product Series:DT01ACA 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $22.95 @ Amazon
Video Card PowerColor - Radeon RX 560 - 896 4GB Video Card $118.98 @ Newegg
Case Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $26.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $18.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $404.08
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $384.08
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 16:15 EDT-0400  

  

Systems:

Main Gaming:                                                        Windows XP:

Ryzen 5 2600                                                               Intel Pentium 3

Asus RX 580 OC                                                     1GB DDR2

Patriot Viper DDR4 8GB                                         Asus Motherboard

Asus ROG B450-I                                                   Dell 300W

Corsair CX 450                                                       ATI Rage 128 Fury Pro

                                                                               

FreeNAS Server:                                                   Windows 98/95 duel boot:

I5 3400k                                                                  Pentium Pro

Patriot DDR3 8GB                                                  HP Vectra motherboard 

Gigabyte Ultra Durable                                           500MB RAM

Rosewill Glacier 600W                                           Soundblaster 16

                                                                               Matrox Mystique

Random PC:                                                         

AMD Phenom x4 850                                          Key:

Kukete A78                                                          Motherboard

Kingston 4GB DDR3                                            Memory

Dell 500W                                                            Power Supply

                                                                             Graphics Card

Other Gaming:                                                    Sound Card

Ryzen 5 2600                                                       Processor

Asus ROG Strix B350-F Gaming

MSI 1050 OC

Hyper-X 16GB DDR4

EVGA 750 B2

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List of things that ain't it, chief:

  1. This

 

Main PC:

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White)

 

Peripherals/Other:

ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2)

 

Laptop (Dell XPS 13):

Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch). 

 

Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents. 

 

PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders :)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Inland - 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($26.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($18.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $356.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 16:24 EDT-0400

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5 minutes ago, Lurick said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Inland - 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($26.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($18.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $356.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 16:24 EDT-0400

CPU I like the sound of but the storage was, fine, this is just a temporary test computer, no need for big SSD or HDD

9 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

.....why?

 

9 dollar cooler? seriously?

actually better than you thing, look at some product reviews 

Systems:

Main Gaming:                                                        Windows XP:

Ryzen 5 2600                                                               Intel Pentium 3

Asus RX 580 OC                                                     1GB DDR2

Patriot Viper DDR4 8GB                                         Asus Motherboard

Asus ROG B450-I                                                   Dell 300W

Corsair CX 450                                                       ATI Rage 128 Fury Pro

                                                                               

FreeNAS Server:                                                   Windows 98/95 duel boot:

I5 3400k                                                                  Pentium Pro

Patriot DDR3 8GB                                                  HP Vectra motherboard 

Gigabyte Ultra Durable                                           500MB RAM

Rosewill Glacier 600W                                           Soundblaster 16

                                                                               Matrox Mystique

Random PC:                                                         

AMD Phenom x4 850                                          Key:

Kukete A78                                                          Motherboard

Kingston 4GB DDR3                                            Memory

Dell 500W                                                            Power Supply

                                                                             Graphics Card

Other Gaming:                                                    Sound Card

Ryzen 5 2600                                                       Processor

Asus ROG Strix B350-F Gaming

MSI 1050 OC

Hyper-X 16GB DDR4

EVGA 750 B2

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($55.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Patriot - Burst 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($22.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 570 4GB RED DRAGON Video Card  ($164.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - BR 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $399.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 16:37 EDT-0400

 

the sadness that is the 400$ one game machine (shipped, no rebates).

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8 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($55.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Patriot - Burst 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($22.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 570 4GB RED DRAGON Video Card  ($164.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - BR 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $399.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 16:37 EDT-0400

 

the sadness that is the 400$ one game machine (shipped, no rebates).

without case

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Just now, LukeSavenije said:

without case

It comes with a multitude of boxes you can stack into a Case. 

 

It has a modular case. 

 

Case 1. Motherboard box for the motherboard

 

Case 2. GPU box for the GPU

 

Case 3. PSU box for the PSU.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor $158.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard ASRock - A320M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $53.88 @ OutletPC
Memory G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $114.99 @ Newegg
Storage Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $27.99 @ Amazon
Case Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $30.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - BR 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $34.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $431.62
  Mail-in rebates -$10.00
  Total $421.62
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 16:54 EDT-0400  

 

this is what I came up with, but it's a little outside budget and on intergrated gpu

 

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

It comes with a multitude of boxes you can stack into a Case. 

 

It has a modular case. 

 

Case 1. Motherboard box for the motherboard

 

Case 2. GPU box for the GPU

 

Case 3. PSU box for the PSU.

just get that guy a case

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7 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

just get that guy a case

Cardboard box is a really good and enviromentally friendly box.

 

Its also super cheap ("free").

 

Its yruly the best you can get.

 

Also the build comes with a game so yiu can max out the SSD

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2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Cardboard box is a really good and enviromentally friendly box.

 

Its also super cheap ("free").

 

Its yruly the best you can get.

 

Also the build comes with a game so yiu can max out the SSD

you know what is a little less cheap? buying a used case that can fit all parts. if you're really thinking that way

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I HAVE CHANGED THE BUILD TO BE EXACTLY 400 DOLLARS AND 29 CENTS

 

THE CPU SHALL BE OVERCLOCKED TO 4 GHz

 

I NEED AN EXTRA MOUSE THIS ONE SEEMS LEGIT

 

I WILL BE PLAYING VERY LIGHT GAMES LIKE FORTNITE ON LOWEST SETTINGS AND GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 & 4

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Athlon X4 950 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor $56.20 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler ARCTIC - Alpine 64 GT 25.6 CFM CPU Cooler $8.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $59.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory $60.99 @ Newegg
Storage TCSunBow - X3 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $19.99 @ Amazon
Storage Toshiba - Product Series:DT01ACA 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $22.95 @ Amazon
Video Card PowerColor - Radeon RX 560 - 896 4GB Video Card $118.98 @ Newegg
Case Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $26.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $18.98 @ Newegg
Mouse V7 - M30P10-7N Wired Optical Mouse $6.23 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $420.29
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $400.29
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 19:53 EDT-0400  

  

Systems:

Main Gaming:                                                        Windows XP:

Ryzen 5 2600                                                               Intel Pentium 3

Asus RX 580 OC                                                     1GB DDR2

Patriot Viper DDR4 8GB                                         Asus Motherboard

Asus ROG B450-I                                                   Dell 300W

Corsair CX 450                                                       ATI Rage 128 Fury Pro

                                                                               

FreeNAS Server:                                                   Windows 98/95 duel boot:

I5 3400k                                                                  Pentium Pro

Patriot DDR3 8GB                                                  HP Vectra motherboard 

Gigabyte Ultra Durable                                           500MB RAM

Rosewill Glacier 600W                                           Soundblaster 16

                                                                               Matrox Mystique

Random PC:                                                         

AMD Phenom x4 850                                          Key:

Kukete A78                                                          Motherboard

Kingston 4GB DDR3                                            Memory

Dell 500W                                                            Power Supply

                                                                             Graphics Card

Other Gaming:                                                    Sound Card

Ryzen 5 2600                                                       Processor

Asus ROG Strix B350-F Gaming

MSI 1050 OC

Hyper-X 16GB DDR4

EVGA 750 B2

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36 minutes ago, BLLDoesTech said:
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Athlon X4 950 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor $56.20 @ OutletPC
   

Look, that CPU is garbage for the price, the athlon 200GE is much better and it's not even that much more, just a few dollars in difference.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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44 minutes ago, BLLDoesTech said:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($63.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB D5 Video Card  ($124.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Raidmax - Ninja II ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.98 @ Newegg Business) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($18.98 @ Newegg) 
Mouse: Kensington - Pro Fit Wired Laser Mouse  ($3.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $407.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 20:39 EDT-0400

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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You could get onto current gen hardware. You said you didn't need a large SSD or HDD but if you change the 250gb to a 500gb you're just 12 dolla' over.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor $98.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $69.99 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory $67.98 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $55.99 @ Amazon
Case Thermaltake - Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case $39.89 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $18.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $381.82
  Mail-in rebates -$30.00
  Total $351.82
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 21:38 EDT-0400  

 

Rest In Peace my old signature...                  September 11th 2018 ~ December 26th 2018

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20 hours ago, BLLDoesTech said:

I HAVE CHANGED THE BUILD TO BE EXACTLY 400 DOLLARS AND 29 CENTS

 

THE CPU SHALL BE OVERCLOCKED TO 4 GHz

 

I NEED AN EXTRA MOUSE THIS ONE SEEMS LEGIT

 

I WILL BE PLAYING VERY LIGHT GAMES LIKE FORTNITE ON LOWEST SETTINGS AND GRAND THEFT AUTO 3 & 4

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Athlon X4 950 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor $56.20 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler ARCTIC - Alpine 64 GT 25.6 CFM CPU Cooler $8.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $59.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory $60.99 @ Newegg
Storage TCSunBow - X3 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $19.99 @ Amazon
Storage Toshiba - Product Series:DT01ACA 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $22.95 @ Amazon
Video Card PowerColor - Radeon RX 560 - 896 4GB Video Card $118.98 @ Newegg
Case Rosewill - SCM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $26.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $18.98 @ Newegg
Mouse V7 - M30P10-7N Wired Optical Mouse $6.23 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $420.29
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $400.29
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 19:53 EDT-0400  

 

Go for a Ryzen APU like the 2200G or 2400G and don't buy a video card, since you're not playing triple AAA titles and if you are it's at low settings.

 

Or change the processor to the 200GE that some folks have suggested.  The one you want is an older architecture that was before the current Ryzen ones.

 

Take with a grain of salt: http://hwbench.com/cpus/amd-athlon-200ge-vs-amd-athlon-x4-950

CPU: Sempron 2500+ / P4 2.8E / P4 2.6C / A64 x2 4000+ / E6420 / E8500 / i5-3470 / i7-3770
GPU: TNT2 M64 / Radeon 9000 / MX 440-SE / 7300GT / Radeon 4670 / GTS 250 / Radeon 7950 / 660 Ti

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