g-unit1111 :
artk2219 :
I get that, and I'm not attacking you personally man (i'm sorry if it came through that way), just voicing my concerns with the choice, then again its been near a month since these builds were drawn up, and I have the benefit of calculating with probably slightly lower prices. Lol, we could have changed out the R3 1200 and R5 2400G for an Athlon x4 950
. But honestly that will probably be a little weak, although i am currently using one for my day to day rig (it's really not that bad) because I want to play with one, and I'm still deciding where I want to go from here (I love all of the options we have on AM4 and TR4).
Yeah true, we all have our opinions. I mean we could sit here and nit pick the nuances of one part choice over the other until dawn. I would personally pick an AM4 rig but after an hour or so playing around on PC Part Picker I just couldn't make it work without sacrificing build quality. In the end I'd rather go for a quality rig with lots of upgrade potential than one that doesn't have that. But that's just my build philosophy.
Just for giggles I tried to build up something with a 4gb card, and I can just make it work with an Athlon x4 950 and a RX 560 (1024 shaders). You're right though, its not an ideal build, its still lacking in storage, the cpu will slightly hold you back from time to time (although not by much), the gpu could be better (for the current prices its the cheapest decent 4GB card i could find), and the case is meh (although i do like how simple it looks), but eh, it could be worse. Honestly with prices as they currently are, $500 is kind of limiting.
Update: I wish we could still do dual graphics with APU's, im sure it would have been glitchy as hell, but it would have been neat to test before you turned it off due to the frame rate spikes and frustrations.
[PCPartPicker part list](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hsFXP3) / [Price breakdown by merchant](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hsFXP3/by_merchant/)
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD - Athlon X4 950 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZXgPxr/amd-athlon-x4-950-35ghz-quad-core-processor-ad950xagabbox) | $61.64 @ OutletPC
**Motherboard** | [ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dWL7YJ/asrock-ab350m-pro4-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-ab350m-pro4) | $59.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [ADATA - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FxgzK8/adata-8gb-2-x-4gb-ddr4-2400-memory-ax4u2400w4g16-drg) | $83.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [ADATA - Ultimate SU650 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/M3RzK8/adata-ultimate-su650-240gb-25-solid-state-drive-asu650ss-240gt-c) | $65.50 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [MSI - Radeon RX 560 - 1024 4GB AERO ITX Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZKrcCJ/msi-radeon-rx-560-4gb-aero-itx-video-card-rx-560-aero-itx-4g-oc) | $168.88 @ OutletPC
**Case** | [Rosewill - SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wMZ2FT/rosewill-case-srm01) | $18.99 @ Amazon
**Power Supply** | [Rosewill - 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2XCwrH/rosewill-power-supply-arc450) | $38.89 @ OutletPC
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **$497.88**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2018-03-28 17:31 EDT-0400 |