[SOLVED] $600 pc budget

[perdikos.jimmy]

I have to build a pc for someone with a $600 budget.
His specifications
Intel processors
NVIDIA graphics
1tb hdd
Any ssd

Im hoping i can get it to $550 or so and keep $50 for actually ordering and building everything.

 

[Supahos]

How tied to Intel/Nvidia is he?

At that budget at least the Intel part is going to hurt his performance

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

If you had the PSU and case already something like this would be a decent start:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz 6-Core Processor ($193.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg Business)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($61.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($35.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $536.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-16 08:07 EST-0500

 

[stevenjemint]

If you can convince him to switch to AMD he's going to get a much better bang for his buck

Something like this -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($164.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($82.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Gaming 8G Video Card ($209.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $657.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-16 08:12 EST-0500


with a bit of shopping around you'd get that below budget

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

How tied to Intel/Nvidia is he?

At that budget at least the Intel part is going to hurt his performance

Presuming the OP will be playing at 1080p or less (seing he's on a budget), how on earth is a decent Intel chip like anything above an I5 8400 going to hurt performance. The 8400 at 1080p will get better FPS than nearly all Ryzen chips.

 

[Supahos]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor ($158.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX850 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB AORUS 4G Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill - FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $567.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-16 08:15 EST-0500

This is what I'd do on that budget

 

[Supahos]

Because that chip is $200 and eats too much of the budget to get a decent GPU it's simple you lose at any price range under $1750 with Intel right now