well here's some aspect u should consider:
1. high settings PUBG can affect your gameplay, grass becomes too realistic and thick, leading to difficulties in noticing proning enemies
2. imo, the games aren't meant to please u aestheticaly XD it's a battle-royale dude, u can't just lie around and taking photos / enjoying the scenery without getting shot / concerning the barrier area reduce too XD
3. high shadows can lead to darker areas
4. your budget is restrained, and honestly the GPU can be replaced another time when u had the money as the rig are already stable enough
5. the game is pretty unoptimized, some even says that high-end PCs had troubles running those games on high-ultra
if u could spend another 200$, u may be able to afford a 1060 instead, which should be fine for med-high [yeah, miners makes those GPU cost too damn expensive, that's why we couldn't cut corners to afford the 1060... in the MSRP pricing, i might could've done that...]
i use an i5 2400 right now, most of the times with a mix of very-low-low-med settings the CPU usage already reaches 70-80% and even maxed out in some areas, so i don't think i could recommend a 4c/4t CPUs, with the core count trends shifting and that kind of usage, i'd say u're better off not cutting corner on the CPU, so instead, i tried this one here, i cut corners with the lower wattage/less efficiency PSU [but it's still a decent quality, don't worry], i also choose another case which is cheaper but still decent enough, lowered the RAM to 8 GB.... all in order to achieve the better GPU, u can go with this instead if u're still prefer the high settings:
PCPartPicker part list:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9sCQpb
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9sCQpb/by_merchant/
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($193.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Dark Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.14 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card ($259.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $823.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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