Casual Budget PC

[broghensen]

Hi there!

I'm foreign to this site, but I need consultation, and hopefully you all will welcome and indulge me.

I generally game with a PS4, but am strongly considering a PC. However, I have no immediate intentions of using it for hardcore gaming; I don't need the highest specs. I intend to use it for games that I cannot get for my console, or ones that simply have a better community on PC, i.e. Valve games, indie games, Crysis, Fortnite, and various others. Mostly games without high spec requirements. This all alongside general work/writing related activity.

I have no knowledge of gaming PC
creation and could really use some guidance with choosing the correct, well-budgeted hardware. Like I said, I'm not shooting for 120fps 4k GTA V or Witcher 3, but I would like to have games run well, in the sense that I don't have to put on 30fps caps and all that jazz. I see no point in buying a computer if I have to run games at poorer quality than I already can.

If anybody could help me with this, I would be incredibly appreciative. This is a rough time to be investing in a good PC, and having a helping hand would be great.

For reference, my budget is as low as possible. A ~$400 range is ideal, but less is more than welcome.

Thank you so much, everyone!

 

[Gam3r01]

Currently there really is no budget market for PCs.
Graphics card prices are inflated due to crypto currency mining, RAM prices are high due to NAND shortages, and this likely wont change for a while.

Honestly, you would get far more out of your money to wait it out for a little while.

 

[broghensen]

Haha that's what I was referring to when I said it's a bad time to invest in a build.

I've seen a few examples that seem do be decent for $350, so it seems like a $425 setup could be fairly solid. Why do you mean there's nothing?

 

[Gam3r01]

Well 8GB of RAM is around 80 bucks at the cheapest for example, so you would spend your whole budget in order to get a PC, and then you would still need a GPU.

 

[broghensen]

Oh wow, that's wild. It seems like any form of high storage capacity is really expensive right now.

Probably worth the wait, then.

 

[ArchitSahu]

For $546, if you can consider increasing your budget:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Ynff9J
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Ynff9J/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($92.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($204.98 @ Newegg Business)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $546.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-17 01:08 EDT-0400

 

[Gam3r01]

Except that build actually costs $601, you cant include MIR in the budget since you have to pay that up front.

Same build, minus MIR
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($92.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($204.98 @ Newegg Business)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $601.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-17 01:44 EDT-0400

 

[broghensen]

Thanks for the advice, folks!