$500 amd gaming pc

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You would want to play at lower resolution 720p and low-medium settings (depending on game) to get decent framerates. Typically if you want to play latest games you get a decent CPU and a dedicated GPU.

This would be more ideal for gaming at 1080p. $500 gaming PC doesn't really have the budget for an SSD. And of course you'd have to sacrifice your good (great) PSU and motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7bJ3cc
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7bJ3cc/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory...
You would want to play at lower resolution 720p and low-medium settings (depending on game) to get decent framerates. Typically if you want to play latest games you get a decent CPU and a dedicated GPU.

This would be more ideal for gaming at 1080p. $500 gaming PC doesn't really have the budget for an SSD. And of course you'd have to sacrifice your good (great) PSU and motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7bJ3cc
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7bJ3cc/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card ($139.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $583.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-31 22:38 EST-0500
 
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jwcrellin

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That apu will do okay in esports titles at 1080p and below at low quality presets. I would not expect playable framerates in AAA games.

If possible, wait 2 weeks for the ryzen 3 2200g to come out, it'll perform much better and only cost a couple bucks more than the A10.
 

I agree. The A10 is based on older, pre-Ryzen architecture, and a Ryzen processor will be much faster, and a lot more suitable for more demanding games. The 2200G's integrated graphics should be faster than the A10's too, if you don't have the budget to move up to a dedicated card right now.
 
The cost of graphics cards recently increased substantially due to cryptocurrency mining, so 1050 Tis are generally priced over $200 now. Some of the regular 1050s can still be had for under $150 though, which would go far to improve gaming performance. I agree with the first reply that a dedicated graphics card would be a much better use of funds for a lower-budget gaming system than an SSD, even if GPU prices are pretty bad right now.

A Pentium G4560-based build might not be bad either though. The processor has hyperthreading, but fewer physical cores than a Ryzen 1200, so it doesn't perform quite as well, but it could help bring the system closer to $500 when a GTX 1050 is added. Here's an example G4560-based build...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($88.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.89 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card ($139.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $516.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-01 03:11 EST-0500

I went with a 550 watt SeaSonic Focus Gold PSU, currently available for $55 after rebate at Newegg. There's also a 450 watt version for $5 less, or the 650 watt "Focus Plus" model for $10 more. The components in this build wouldn't likely ever draw more than 250 watts from the PSU though, so any of them would likely be fine, but I went with the 550 model since there was only a $5 difference between it and the 450, which might help it run a bit quieter, and could potentially help if paired with more power-hungry components in the future.

A 2GB hard drive only costs around $15 more than a 1TB one, though you could always drop that to 1TB if you really needed to shave the price down a bit more. And if you really did want an SSD, there are some relatively decent 120GB drives for around $50. They might not be bad for installing the OS, applications and a few regularly played games on, while the bulk of your games and data could reside on the hard drive.

And again, if you were willing to stretch your budget, a Ryzen 1200 or 2200G based build, like the one suggested in the first reply, would be faster in heavily multithreaded games, especially if you overclocked it, which is possible on Ryzen's B350 motherboards.
 

iancomputerman

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maybe this will do the trick??

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/q2Hybj