[SOLVED] Buying a PC in 2020 (500-800E)

[Bera31]

My friend wants to buy a PC from 0. I'm curious as to what parts I should be looking out for (mostly CPU's and GPU's, for the rest of the parts I generally know what to look for) as I'm not 100% up to date with what new cpus and gpus have been released since 3 years ago when I built my pc. So basically, TLR:

• what GPU to search for;
• what CPU to search for;

*(including second hand parts, considering we want to build the best PC for around 500-800E, and we can take into consideration SH gpus and cpus).

 

[Dj0gany]

if you have absolutelly no idea what to choose,check this out:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LHYdcq
Im asuming you already have other peripherals so thats why its not included in the build

 

[ocer9999]

You might want to add a HDD later on, it will fill up pretty fast that 500GB SSD. Other than that, I did a tweak to the Djoza suggestion:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (€108.84 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€87.99 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€81.89 @ Alternate)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (€71.98 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 5700 8 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card (€319.00 @ ARLT)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (€51.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (€86.89 @ Alternate)
Total: €808.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-04 00:07 CEST+0200

 

[Dj0gany]

You might want to add a HDD later on, it will fill up pretty fast that 500GB SSD. Other than that, I did a tweak to the Djoza suggestion:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (€108.84 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€87.99 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€81.89 @ Alternate)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (€71.98 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 5700 8 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card (€319.00 @ ARLT)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (€51.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (€86.89 @ Alternate)
Total: €808.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-04 00:07 CEST+0200

wow the 5700 is only 40$ more.I tought it was like 200$ more.Nice tweak

 

[Bera31]

From the tests I've seen, the 5700 is very similar to the RTX 2060. Some games favor one or the other. Not sure if it's worth the difference.

Also, is the Ryzen 1600 enough or should we look to go a bit better?

 

[Dj0gany]

From the tests I've seen, the 5700 is very similar to the RTX 2060. Some games favor one or the other. Not sure if it's worth the difference.

Also, is the Ryzen 1600 enough or should we look to go a bit better?

yeah it has 6 cores and 12 threads,so it is really good for budget builds for around 500$-800$