Is it possible to fit more performance into this budget?

Justin781 · May 26, 2016

I have a cousin who's going off to college next year and asked me to put together a desktop for him with a budget of $500 (excluding windows). He will use the desktop mostly for gaming, things like Rust, Battlefield 1, and CSGO, and school work. Since he will often be rushed to get things done during the day, he requested that I include an ssd to make sure he will be able to quickly access the computer whenever he needs to. With these things in mind, this is the build that I have come up with and I was wondering if I could possibly make this build any better (POWER SUPPLY IS FINE).

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6QBv6X

Thanks!!!

madmatt30 · May 26, 2016

The power supply isn't fine mate at all , in fact its the one & only thing I would criticise in there.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-xfxts550w

Swap the ram out for 2133 dual channel sticks

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/geil-memory-gpr48gb2133c15dc

Buy the ts , same price , far better , made by seasonic.

On a performance front , no , you've done about as good as you possibly can for $500, he should really be very happy with that build.

Rabmac · May 26, 2016

Madmatt already answered and can't add anything so picked as solution.

Justin781 · May 26, 2016

madmatt30 :

Is it fine to stick with a single stick for now and allow for him to upgrade the memory set in the future if he finds that 8gb is not enough?

madmatt30 · May 27, 2016

Fine yes but not quite optimal , there's a small performance loss with 1 stick but nothing drastic.
Bear in mind you always face the possibility of sticks bought seperately not playing nicely together though.

madmatt30 · May 27, 2016

Consider changing that GPU to the 380 (you're talking a literal 5% performance difference max) & you'll get a 16gb dual channel set in now.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Apevia X-QTIS-BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $496.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-27 00:13 EDT-0400

Changed the board because that MSI is a best buy at the minute IMO at that price.

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