A $400 budget PC

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Hello, I am trying to find the right components to build a new system. Mostly my work revolves around Adobe Products (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premium Pro) But I'm also looking for some light gaming. This will also be my first time building a PC

The issue is my budget is $400 and as you can tell it's very tight. And I already have a new 500GB HDD.

So I've searched around the internet and asked one my friends and it seems as if AMD's new Ryzen 5 2400g is the best option. As because it is cheap compared to Intel and since the GPU prices are high. I heard Ryzen's APUs don't need an external GPU. But there's another issue. The AMD APUs are out of stock in my region for the past month or so. So it will be very difficult to get my hands on that APU.

I'm only considering AMDs APUs and not have fully decided. So obviously I'm open to all/any other options. I'm also thinking of getting an SSD. So if anyone can help me build a CPU from this tight budget. I'll be more than happy.

NOTE: I mostly work on Adobe Products. So I need a good performance and good rendering time.
 


I've been through this site. Price is around 200 - 215 in USD. But this might be my only option. Although I have some doubts on the website itself
 
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A little over $450, but I don't include rebates, when doing build suggestions. Ignore the incompatible flag. PCPP is off its game again. You may need the bios update, but AMD can supply you with their update kit.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($162.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - FireCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($73.28 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill - FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($26.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $462.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-24 14:25 EDT-0400