Is this a good entry level gaming PC?(Entry level gaming PC, Party built)

hoaawwlo

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Hi there

I'm trying to build an entry level gaming PC. I have a case, power supply, hard drive, and monitor. I need a CPU, motherboard, memory and a graphics card. My budget is about $450USD or $575CAD. I was looking at a Ryzen 5 1500X for my CPU but I'm fine with changing it to get better performance. I wanted 8GB of DDR4 Ram.

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This is what I just came up with, given your power supply is sufficient.
You would have to go lower on the GPU if you wanted the 1500X.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($134.25 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($100.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($129.99 @ Memory Express)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card ($209.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $575.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This is what I just came up with, given your power supply is sufficient.
You would have to go lower on the GPU if you wanted the 1500X.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($134.25 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($100.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($129.99 @ Memory Express)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card ($209.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $575.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-30 22:14 EST-0500
 
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ohenryy

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You will be better of with a worst CPU and better GPU...

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QLr67h
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QLr67h/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($74.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Motherboard: ASRock - B150M-DVS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card ($259.99 @ B&H)
Total: $481.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-01 01:18 EST-0500
 


That goes over budget by a little, but it would be a good entry-level system. You should at least go with a B250 mobo to ensure out of the box CPU compatibility and you can get faster RAM at 2x4GB for the same price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($74.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($59.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($88.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card ($259.99 @ B&H)
Total: $483.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-01 07:43 EST-0500