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Maxisthemoose
By Maxisthemoose
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So I had built my original computer in early November last year and since then I have made quite a few upgrades already, a few examples are : 500W PSU to 650W PSU,

GTX 1060 6GB to a GTX 1070 TI, I bought a couple SSDs,  and upgraded from a Ryzen 3 1300x to a Ryzen 5 1600x. I know that's quite a few upgrades in such a short span of time but now my sister is wanting to build her own gaming computer and since I already have some of the required parts, I am going to sell her the parts for less than their original cost. I have compiled a list of the PC I am thinking about building for her. (She knows almost nothing about computers so I am going to build it for her.)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor $45.00
Motherboard MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard $59.99 @ Newegg
Memory GeIL - EVO POTENZA 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $59.99 @ Newegg
Storage Team - L5 LITE 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $24.89 @ OutletPC
Storage Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $45.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Dual Video Card $140.00
Case Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 ATX Mid Tower Case $45.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply EVGA - BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $15.00
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $12.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $468.74
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $448.74
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-11 19:52 EST-0500  

 Everything that is marked down in price is the stuff I already have and will be sold to my sister. I am wondering if anyone could make a better rounded build with the required parts I already have at my house. Her budget is about 450-550$. Thank you for your time!

Main And Only Build : CPU : Ryzen 5 1600x (OC to 4.2GHz), Cooler : Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB 240 TT Premium Edition, Motherboard : Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming, RAM : Trident Z RGB 16GB (2*8) 3000Mhz DDR4, GPU : Gigabyte Gaming GTX 1070 TI, PSU : EVGA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified, Storage : 250GB Samsung 860 Evo + 256GB SU800 + 2TB Seagate HDD.

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Seems good.

Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.9 Ghz  | Gigabyte AB350M Gaming 3 |  PaliT GTX 1050Ti  |  8gb Kingston HyperX Fury @ 2933 Mhz  |  Corsair CX550m  |  1 TB WD Blue HDD


Inside some old case I found lying around.

 

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Change the motherboard to one that's less crap. The B450M Pro4 is available for $55 after rebate. 

There's a Patriot Viper 3000MHz 2x4GB kit available for $1 more than the kit you've selected. 

There are 1TB 7200RPM 64MB HDDs available for less than the one you've selected. 

Get a case with actual airflow, in case you ever want to upgrade to higher power parts. 

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I would also make sure to wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday for anything you need to buy but it looks pretty decent.

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