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ReconLobster
1
Oct 19, 2018
I’m new to pc gaming . I previously had an xbox 1. can anyone recommend a good pc build?im looking for a price range of no more than 800$
ethanduong
15
Oct 19, 2018
ReconLobsterdepends on your budget. In the low and mid tier, the 1060 3GB is the most bang-for-the-buck GPU. In the upper end that title would belong to the 1070-Ti.
A community member
Oct 19, 2018
ReconLobsterI am an avid PC builder where I build many PC's and sell them, but I only do high end builds for sale, but I can help get you a part list going for a budget PC under $800, but if you consider a higher price tag of $1000, you will get a much better performing PC. I put it in this Kit below. In my PC building "career" I have built 28 PC's of all price ranges, so I can be trusted on my advice. https://kit.com/mTrextn/1000-budget-pc
frivoflava29
147
Oct 20, 2018
Nice build, my only recommendation would be to look for a used 1070 with a transferable warranty instead of a 1060. They're often $250 or so. How do you get into building & selling PCs btw? Like how do you advertise that? I love PC building.
A community member
Oct 20, 2018
frivoflava29I can't talk today, but send me an email at mtrextn@gmail.com and I can tell you how I got into it or I can reply tomorrow to tell you about it.
m425
94
Oct 20, 2018
I do agree. Until now Ive invested about $800 with monitor, but still waiting on gpu. And 1060 6gb will add $300+ You will usually get responses like: Get AMD cause less money! (not relay true)and Get Intel cause games! (also not relay true) My advice is to understand which are the reasons one should get amd or intel CPUs and platform, and then figure out what are you gonna do with your PC. Some programs work better on Intel, other on amd, also its same for games. Some CPUs even have graphics inside. They will not do big games well, but will do well everything else. And then pick your favorites (CPUs and platform options), make few best build scenarios, get the prices on mobos, rams and CPUs. Keep in mind, SSDs, psu, cases and other will do well with other components. Keep track on prices on market and look for good deals on NEW parts. I got my CPU for $50 less, $25 less for motherboard and $20 on power supply, that helped me to invest in better monitor, ram and case. And total will be about $1100-$1200, once I do get gpu. But I don't game much, so Intel's iGPU enables me to invest in other stuff (say audio gear). Also, DO NOT try to "future-proof" it. Its a trap! It will be better in 5-6 years to get "new" gear (old tech new part) and replace old to boost performance. Or get whole thing replaced. As for GPUs, you will need expencive monitor for above 75Hz to see big fps numbers. 1070 is gonna get there and price is what it is. 1060 will get usually always above 70fps (caution! theres 3gb and 6gb version, 3gb is about 80% of 6gb performance). Also, November 2018, Nvidia is unavailing 1060s successor, 2060, and AMD will do it in march, next year. Meaning, price drop for old gear and competition will react (perhaps).
EDIT: Also, reason for this root instead of "someone, pls help me build my PC" , or "I'ma getti'n one off the shelf like bag of crisps" is the whole experience, the journey itself. Experience talking here, over 15 yrs.
Rowlit
1
Oct 21, 2018
ReconLobsterI'm going to assume that's 800 US. For that, you can build a really good system with a GTX 1060 and a Ryzen 5 1600X or a 2600. All the other parts are your choice, I recommend for RAM some Corsair 8GB or 16GB at higher than or equal to 2666. 3000 or higher is ideal but stay within the budget. As for storage, I usually go with 128-256 gb ssd + 1tb hdd. and psu and case is upto u, take corsair and evga for psu and evga, cooler master, phanteks, corsair for cases.
ethanchan
270
Oct 21, 2018
ReconLobsterReconLobster, If you could give a little more information it would make suggestions easier. Will you use this pc for more than just gaming? video or image processing? Multitasking and if so what type? Do you need everything or just some parts? Air or water cooling? Do you hard drives, if so how big (especially if you plan on doing any kind of video or image processing). $800 is not much of a budget but you can definitely build a machine for it just don't expect to have any of the more current hardware.
ReconLobster
1
Oct 21, 2018
ethanchanno nothing big. Just looking for a pc I can game on and do my basic homework on
ethanchan
270
Oct 21, 2018
ReconLobsterSo I have been looking through my customer builds and even at the lowest, I don't have any complete system builds at that price). Do you have any parts ( case, power supply, monitor, operating system) at all? If you do I can try and price out something excluding those parts and see if I can get you closer to your price range.
A community member
Oct 22, 2018
ethanchanVideo and image processing computing is not done often at an $800 budget from my experience building PC's.
ethanchan
270
Oct 22, 2018
you can do a decent amount of video and image processing especially with the new ryzen cpu's. You can pick one up for about $300 and a mobo for around another $200, 16 ghz of memory (not great but not horrible) about another $125, 1050ti $170, 500W power supply $30, inexpensive mid tower at its cheapest is around $30, so you can see where I am going with this. The cpu and mobo leave plenty room to grow and have more than enough power to do anything you would want. That is why I was asking if he had any parts at his disposal that would offset his total cost. I have been building pc's for around 30 years, I know what and what I can not build and the approximate prices, especially if you go with amd instead of intel.
A community member
Oct 22, 2018
ethanchanI meant for more a 4K editing build where you need the better GPU for better scrubbing playback and the more powerful CPU helps, but the higher core count Ryzen chips can hold their own.
THEDOOMEDHELL
1
Oct 28, 2018
ReconLobsterHello friend! Im more of a budget PC gamer and my last build consisted of used parts... But a long time ago I used to be like you with my Xbox 360! The best solution to your problem is to look around for benchmarks of the newest and greatest hardware and to see what is worth your dollar. Nobody in any forum will know exactly what YOU as an individual need. Only YOU can get the information and build it in your way. I used to play on a Core 2 Quad Q8400 and GTX 570 and I can tell you that the best way to get into gaming PCs is to work on something like that, it teaches you how important bottleneck optimizing is, it teaches you how to improve your gaming experience and ultimately you will understand better how to go about buying hardware! Try it with your dad's old computer, start tinkering with it to try to squeeze that beautiful FPS you're looking for, it's honestly the BEST most REWARDING way to game on PC.
Unkwnroger
2
Oct 29, 2018
ReconLobster Hey there. All these comments are a mess. Here is what you are looking for. Build your own PC with these parts. Get tutorials from Youtube. Join the PC Master race < $800. PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LHGtHh CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($159.89 @ OutletPC)  Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.99 @ B&H)  Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)  Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.89 @ OutletPC)  Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)  Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ Amazon)  Power Supply: EVGA - BQ 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.11 @ Monoprice)  Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.19 @ Monoprice)  Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.19 @ Monoprice)  Total: $782.23
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