Light gaming rig for student - Your opinion?

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ntwpro

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Hi,

Just everyday tasks along with playing some newer titles in medium-high settings @ 1080p.

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Approximate Purchase Date: This week

Budget Range: $550-600

System Usage from Most to Least Important: (Home, gaming, surfing, watching movies)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (Newegg.ca | Amazon.ca | Canadacomputers.com)

Location: Toronto

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p
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Here is my build so far - waiting on Black Friday sales.: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/xbfT8K

Intel - Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor

Gigabyte - GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

Silicon Power - Silm S55 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card

Rosewill - Challenger S ATX Mid Tower Case

EVGA - 400W ATX Power Supply
 
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coozie7

coozie7

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A few points:
You won't get very far with just 4Gb of RAM, 8Gb is the minimum even for light gaming.
There's no bulk HDD again, for gaming you'll need at leas a 1Tb storage device.
TBH in an economy build, the SSD is something of a luxury.

The i3 6100 with a few tweaks:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($143.50 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($59.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.25 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($149.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Rosewill - Challenger S ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA - 400W ATX Power Supply ($39.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $592.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-19 05:08 EST-0500


And an alternative from AMD:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Memory Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($50.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($149.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Rosewill - Challenger S ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA - 400W ATX Power Supply ($39.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $569.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-19 04:58 EST-0500

Slightly cheaper, practically the same performance.
 
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