Looking for a $500 au build

jayden2you · Jul 9, 2018

I am having trouble coming up with a decent $500 au build for gaming (wow/fortnite) and coding
I already have a 120gb ssd, 2tb hdd and a 500watt psu.

bmockeg · Jul 9, 2018

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($108.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($149.00 @ Umart)
Total: $476.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-10 10:05 AEST+1000

I would recommend this and save toward a GPU.

jayden2you · Jul 9, 2018

I prefer a gpu and not an apu, is there any other build you could recommend

bmockeg · Jul 9, 2018

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($143.00 @ Newegg Australia)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($108.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($149.00 @ Umart)
Video Card: Inno3D - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Compact Video Card ($150.00 @ Umart)
Total: $550.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-10 12:34 AEST+1000

cisco9898 · Jul 11, 2018

You can get i3-8100 if you are not OC or upgrade CPU in future.