Question Best PC for 2D art and Casual gaming?

[rbrooke]

Hi all,

first of all I have basically no experience with computers other than iMacs, and while those are powerful mine is crazy outdated and getting a new one is way too expensive, so i'm looking for a cheaper Desktop PC that can fit my needs. I'm looking for something that can run heavy art programs like Photoshop and adobe illustrator, but I would also like to use it for casual gaming (minecraft, sims, etc.). I would also prefer to have Windows 10. I would love to know what kind of components I'd be looking for, and how much it would cost. Thank you!
Edit: I would also like to use this PC for video editing and 2D animation as well.

 

[Darkbreeze]

How much are you willing to spend on components for a system and do you have anything you won't need to get, such as a monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc., that can be excluded from the necessary list of components?

Are you comfortable with assembling a PC yourself? In reality, it's not terribly difficult, so whether you believe you can or not I think the answer here should be yes unless you know you are terribly, horribly, inept when it comes to having extra thumbs. LOL.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Thanks to AMD's launch of inexpensive CPUs with a powerful graphics processor built in, It doesn't cost much at all to get into a cheap PC that can run the above.
Looking at around $350 at a minimum.

Do you have a monitor, keyboard, and mouse? Does case size matter?

Are you looking to build the PC yourself or do you want a prebuilt?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Something like this would be a good setup.
PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor | $135.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard | ASRock - B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard | $89.99 @ Amazon
Memory | Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory | $69.99 @ Amazon
Storage | Team - MS30 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $51.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $46.35 @ Amazon
Case | Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case | $44.99 @ B&H
Power Supply | Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $42.98 @ Newegg
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $497.18
| Mail-in rebates | -$15.00
| Total | $482.18
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-09 14:29 EDT-0400 |

 

[Darkbreeze]

So you want them to run Illustrator and Photoshop (Although, granted, we don't know at what level of use they plan to use those) on integrated graphics?

I mean, if they were running an iMAC for the graphics capabilities, I'd think it might at least be a consideration that they are using this for graphics at a much higher level than they are for gaming.