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PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rYZtzM Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rYZtzM/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel - Pentium G4600 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($86.88 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($60.98 @...

I know the AMD Ryzen chips are all the rage, lately, but it seems to me that if there's no igpu with Ryzen, then I need to simultaneously purchase a graphics card - which I think I probably don't need. If I get an Intel motherboard and cpu, I could add a discrete GPU later, much later, or...

Having gotten a lot of ideas and advice, I've been able to hone what my components might look like for a budget gaming build. I still have a lot of questions, and I'll try to focus on one or two items per thread, because it seems my thread gets out of control when I have 20 or 30 (million)...

This thread's getting a bit lengthy and hard to follow. What do you do when that happens, should I close it out, is there a way to do that? Mark as "solved?" I don't really think it's completely "solved" but I'm pretty sure I'll opt for one of these Ryzen cpu's, and I could probably be happy...