First time building PC

[jleyva]

I’ve been thinking about getting into pc gaming, and figured I’d give building a pc a shot. Thing is, I have no clue about what’s good or capable of running what I want to play. I want to be able to play games like PUBG, smite, WoW, Witcher etc.. would anyone mind telling me what I should be looking at when buying parts for my pc? Limit around $800.

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

I'd say this is a very good mid-range PC

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GJvWzY
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GJvWzY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8500 3GHz 6-Core Processor ($204.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B360-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 580 8GB GTS XXX ED Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - BQ 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $873.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-10 22:27 EDT-0400

Keep in mind that new GPUs should be coming around soon from Nvidia

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

I thought it said $900

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

If you could bump up the budget a bit that would better but

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hn3t9J
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hn3t9J/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($118.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B360-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 580 8GB GTS XXX ED Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - BQ 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $787.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-10 22:30 EDT-0400

 

[WildCard999]

I'd dump the SSD and grab the 8400, having a SSD is nice but really has no impact on gaming.

If it's $800 including peripherals your list is going to change drastically.

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

If you want a cheap mechanical keyboard with clicky keys

https://www.amazon.com/Redragon-KUMARA-Backlit-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B016MAK38U/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1533962102&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=reddragon+keyboard+mechanical&psc=1

This one is really cheap, I own it and I recommend it.

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/tsCrxr/corsair-harpoon-rgb-wired-optical-mouse-ch-9301011-na

Mouse

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/products/mouse/#sort=price&k=1&t=2,1&m=11,108,162,230

Ehhhh idk you would have to look into different mice

Monitor

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B018MYTH9U/?tag=pcp0f-20

Its got freesync 75HZ 2ms response time

 

[logainofhades]

Single channel ram, and a junk PSU?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX6000 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Toshiba - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($279.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill - FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $799.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-12 19:05 EDT-0400

 

[g-unit1111]

If you want a cheap mechanical keyboard with clicky keys

https://www.amazon.com/Redragon-KUMARA-Backlit-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B016MAK38U/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1533962102&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=reddragon+keyboard+mechanical&psc=1

$29 for a mechanical keyboard? I'd be willing to bet that's not a real mechanical keyboard. If it's that inexpensive it is most likely either cheap junk or it's a counterfeit knockoff. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

 

[logainofhades]

Even PCPP says it is mechanical.

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/keyboard/#sort=price&k=1

Also
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQkrx-y4iM"][/video]

 

[jleyva]

800$ is strictly for pc build I already have a monitor and peripherals. I could possibly do 900.

 

[smorizio]

if you have a local micro center look at there mb combo deals. also for power supplys look at seasonic new focus line of power supplys.

 

[logainofhades]

800$ is strictly for pc build I already have a monitor and peripherals. I could possibly do 900.

Meant to include an AMD build earlier, so here is one @ $900.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($165.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($80.98 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($379.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $893.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-12 23:07 EDT-0400

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

If you want a cheap mechanical keyboard with clicky keys

https://www.amazon.com/Redragon-KUMARA-Backlit-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B016MAK38U/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1533962102&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=reddragon+keyboard+mechanical&psc=1

$29 for a mechanical keyboard? I'd be willing to bet that's not a real mechanical keyboard. If it's that inexpensive it is most likely either cheap junk or it's a counterfeit knockoff. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

At that price range, you aren't going to get cherry mx switches obviously. But it is very well made with outemu switches

 

[jleyva]

Cool thanks everyone! I might be able to do a 1,000 if I buy parts every paycheck would it be better to just buy everything for the 900$ build or use the 1,000 and slowly buy parts when I can?

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

This is what I am doing currently. I am buying parts when I see them go on sale. Sometimes I might spend a bit more because a better performing part goes on sale and I'll just grab that one.

 

[WildCard999]

Cool thanks everyone! I might be able to do a 1,000 if I buy parts every paycheck would it be better to just buy everything for the 900$ build or use the 1,000 and slowly buy parts when I can?

I'd buy everything once you have the money, nothing's worse imho looking at some of your computer parts for awhile and having to wait on others to finish the build.

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

Cool thanks everyone! I might be able to do a 1,000 if I buy parts every paycheck would it be better to just buy everything for the 900$ build or use the 1,000 and slowly buy parts when I can?

I'd buy everything once you have the money, nothing's worse imho looking at some of your computer parts for awhile and having to wait on others to finish the build.

I mean if u find a fantastic deal go for it

 

[jleyva]

What should I focus on upgrading if I decide to spend 1,000?

 

[smorizio]

case and power supply and drives are fine. buy the mb/cpu and ram at the same time. if there doa you only have 30 days with most online sellers to do a rma. if it goes over 30 days you have to do a rma with the parts vendor.