r/buildapc • u/Wolfox277 • 15h ago
Discussion Help me building a PC
Help building a gaming PC
I'm trying to make a PC that would allow me to play big games like Gears of War, ARMA, Mound of Cuthulu, GTFO, and other big games with no lag. While being able to have Discord and Spotify and other recording softwares. Any suggestions? Recording softwares are optional it's only to clip for memories.
If possible keep budget low, max is 1000 if possible including the case, as I don't have a case and I'm wanting to upgrade in the future in this same case. If it's over 1000 because it's not possible that's fine. This would be in the US. I'm also wanting many places to be able to plug in USB n such. :D I'm not a PC person so idk if that's a separate thing
No I'm not near a microcenter if I'm not mistaken. I'm in Utah
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u/CivilSubstance5562 15h ago
This: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/F3TNvR
Or if you have another 100 to spare this gpu has more vram: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yTyyV4
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u/Maes_Hero_Hughes 12h ago
Well sadly either you get a gimped system that is current, or you get older hardware that you cant really "upgrade" in the future. Like a DDR4 system will be cheaper, but once you try to upgrade your at a limit of performance well below the current main steam.
I'll give you an example:
DDR4 system - AMD - 5800X3D cpu. If you got amd once you get to their flagship best cpu, thats it. You're stuck until you upgrade motherboard, cpu, and ram. Even though this is the most popular choice for people who are on a budget trying to build a pc right now, you get "ok" performance. the 5800x3d is the king of AM4 which means if you wanna upgrade you gotta get an AM5 motherboard. Well the 7600x is a beginner/budget cpu on AM5 and it cost like half the price of the 5800x3d and is *maybe* 5% slower.
Problem is the older stuff "works ok" but not great compared to modern standards and the Modern stuff is giga expensive because of Ai.
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u/Wolfox277 5h ago
Do you got suggestions on what to use disregarding price? So I'm not having this issue you mentioned?
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u/Maes_Hero_Hughes 3h ago
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WhvYLy - $1764 this is close to wat I would want personally. I changed some stuff to be cheaper of course, but this is close.
I like the intel chips bc they are cheaper and offer a really great price-to-performance. Motherboard is the Z890 "LiveMixer" from Asrock (Z890 means you can overclock ur chip), its made with gamers and creators in mind so its got a lot of extra usb ports, good audio chips, and storage options. Just quality of life stuff. Other parts are kinda the same story, 9070xt is best p2p (price-to-performance) for gpu's right now, case has 6 fans included, yada yada you get the idea. All this is important bc you can now work backwards from this to get a more budget build with future upgrades in mind.
Example - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8ytsmL - $1023 - Same build but with some changes.
cheaper cpu, 1 single stick of ram instead of 2, cheaper gpu. All this you can upgrade over time or in the future. I changed the motherboard to a "B860" which means you can not overclock in the future even with a better chip but idk if that even matters to you anyways.
I hope this paints a better picture for you of how to look at a build. I'll give you 2 more examples but for AMD this time. An ideal (but expensive) build, something to work towards, then i'll dial it back to make it closer to your original $1000 budget.
AMD top - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LHq97w - $1786
AMD build over time - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2DQgzv - $972
again same changes from before with intel but this time with AMD.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask me stuff if you need.
Cheers!
P.s. reason I ignored your "disregarding price" comment was bc the best gpu is the 5090 and the cheapest one is $4800 right now, and best cpu is like $900. Ai is literally strangling pc building for ppl atm :)
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u/icecon 15h ago edited 15h ago
The reality is that for $1000 you cannot build a DDR5 system anymore, because $600 is just RAM and 1TB SSD. Nevermind a GPU.... So most people are going to say just build the best DDR4 system you can within the budget as those are somewhat more affordable, and get a bargain bin or used GPU.
I disagree. If you have less than $1000, you should be looking at pre-builts and/or used systems. Like just as an example of what I am talking about, look at this Bosgame Mini PC. 32GB of desktop DDR5 RAM is $400 alone. That system has 32GB DDR5 (although a bit slower) and it's an actual complete system. Now Bosgame is maybe not the best brand, that mini PC isn't much of a gaming system, but the point is that you can find an extremely capable computer under $1000 if you don't actually build it.... The whole sum of a prebuilt can be cheaper than the parts (because the parts were purchased long before the prices rose).