LOOKING FOR A $1500 AUD or $1079 USD GAMING RIG

[SizzlinJalapeno]

Hey my friend is looking for a gaming pc and neither of us know how to really put together one or choose appropriate parts so I am writing for help to see if someone can build a PC parts list for him.

His budget is $1500 AUD / $1079 USD for the PC including mouse, keyboard and a 27inch monitor specifically. He wishes for a intel and nvidia build. 1tb minimum HDD is also necessary. For the ram he says he is flexible either 8gb or 16gb if it fits the budget, but he prefers a better graphics card rather than ram as he will just be gaming. No overclock he does not want to worry about that.

If anyone can help I will be super grateful!

 

[dederedmi5plus]

must know first the intended monitor resolution, the bigger the monitor res the pricier GPU pair, 27" isn't how big the res, check the res (720p, 1080p), the pricier the GPU the pricier CPU will have to pair, normally Vega 64/GTX 1080 GPU should run well on $300-400 CPU (ryzen 2700 or i5 8600K) for 720p monitor so the equations are

$350 CPU + $650GPU + 720p
$450 CPU + $800GPU + 1080p

most games don't need more than 4GB RAM so pair of 4GB should be suffice,

you can try pugetsystem or maingear

 

[CRO5513Y]

Something like this should do well within your budget... Just so you know, you could opt for an RX 580 8GB + FreeSync Monitor within your budget which would be a far better choice imo. But if you're strictly looking at Nvidia/Intel, this should be a good baseline. Buy a Windows key online for $10-20. Hope this helps!

PCPartPicker part list: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/4zH6NQ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/4zH6NQ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($263.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: MSI - B360-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($129.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($209.00 @ Umart)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($55.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.50 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AORUS Video Card ($409.00 @ Umart)
Power Supply: Silverstone - Strider Plus 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.00 @ Umart)
Monitor: Acer - G277HL bid 27.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($219.00 @ Shopping Express)
Keyboard: Asus - Cerberus Wired Gaming Keyboard ($39.00 @ Umart)
Mouse: Asus - Cerberus Wired Optical Mouse ($19.00 @ Scorptec)
Total: $1485.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-02 19:50 AEST+1000