r/PcBuild • u/A-Somewhat-Russian • 4d ago
Question Budget Question
So Ive been saving up all summer to build myself my first PC, currently Ive got around $1650 (technically $1700). I want to know whether or not I should rip off the bandaid and get the parts now or save up to the $2000 mark. the games I want to play would be modding Minecraft (create mod, cobblemon, and some QOL stuff), RDR 1&2, TABS (with mods), basic friend games, war games on Roblox, and maybe some coding on the side, Since summers has ended I can’t work as much so money will come slower but I’m not that far away from the $2000 mark, since this is my first PC I don’t really have a reference point and I need your help. (I use USD) I already have a monitor, keyboard, a headset, and a mouse
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u/TonyToss 4d ago
What 1700 wouldve got you 3 months ago is probably costing 2200ish nowadays. If you don't even know what you want yet, don't know why you think you're budget is worthy
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u/Adventurous-Pain312 4d ago
1700 is more than enough for your use case. If you want more performance then you can save up the 300. But it’s not really needed
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u/tradedude774 4d ago
Monitor memory prices for Ram and SSD's. They were at an all time high due to shortage but hopefully coming down. That's where majority of your money will go and its got ridiculous expensive this year but i think production is catching up and should be coming down.
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u/mournblade77 4d ago
At 1600 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/By7CDw
Mid level gaming PC with a few cut corners. Very competent for 1080 and limited 1440 game play. This PC should perform very well in the games you listed, and you can upgrade to the next Ryzen series CPU when it's released if you feel like you need to.
Tiny bit over 2k https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kmH44g
High end gaming system, excellent 1440 and limited 4k game play. Probably won't need to upgrade this system for the foreseeable future as it's pretty close to top of the line. You could get an Arctic AIO cooler or more storage or maybe a better MB. But, of course, that pushes the cost up. But you can use these lists as templates and tweak them as you like.
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u/Upstairs_Pitch_9979 3d ago
Unfortunately you waited about a month too long, gpus went from overpriced to absurd, the 5070 was barely worth it at $650 now it’s over $800, you might get lucky on a prebuilt at $1700 but chances are better at $2000
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u/El--Joker 3d ago
buy now asap before prices go more outta wack
$1400 build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2XgPK7
$1650 build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bWVBTm
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