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Yeah, can't really do much better. Only suggestion might be to take the Pentium G4560 instead of the i3. Then save up for a replacement i5 or i7 at a later date, or put it towards a GTX1060 6GB.

Ryzen 1400 is a decent chip now, but up from there is the 1600 or 1700 with more cores. The socket will be supported longer and should see new chips in the not too distant future. So I kind of lean towards it.
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Hmm. Intel build has the better GPU so would be better at most gaming tasks.

AMD build has more CPU cores, so more CPU intensive games will play better. Also offers a little more multitasking capability.

I will see if there is anything better possible, but it is a fairly tight budget.
 
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Yeah, can't really do much better. Only suggestion might be to take the Pentium G4560 instead of the i3. Then save up for a replacement i5 or i7 at a later date, or put it towards a GTX1060 6GB.

Ryzen 1400 is a decent chip now, but up from there is the 1600 or 1700 with more cores. The socket will be supported longer and should see new chips in the not too distant future. So I kind of lean towards it.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.87 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($70.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $581.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-20 17:56 EDT-0400

Better CPU than Intel i3, better gpu than gtx 1050ti, better PSU (never cheap on the PSU), space for ram upgrades.
Or G4560 + 240GB SSD:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4600 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($86.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($146.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $568.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-20 18:01 EDT-0400
 
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