[Advice Needed] First-time builder here

[Guinea Pig]

I am looking to build a budget gaming PC that is able to run games like LoL, The Sims 4 and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Not looking to run games on high settings or anything. I've come up with this build with the help of pcpartpicker, do you guys have any recommendation on bringing the cost down lower?

MOBO + CPU: ASUS H110m-A.M2 + Pentium G4560

MEMORY: Kingston HyperX Fury 2400 mHz CL 15 (2x4GB)

STORAGE: Western Digital 1TB Blue 7200rpm

CASING: Cooler Master N200

PSU: Cooler Master Lite 500W

OPTICAL DRIVE: ASUS 24x DVD-RW

GPU: ASUS GTX 1050

WIFI: *Not sure to get the PCI card or USB adapter for this* TP-Link Archer T6E any good?

 

[Psycovirus]

do you guys have any recommendation on bringing the cost down lower?

OPTICAL DRIVE: ASUS 24x DVD-RW

Remove OPTICAL DRIVE: ASUS 24x DVD-RW!

 

[VoltechSG]

I am looking to build a budget gaming PC that is able to run games like LoL, The Sims 4 and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Not looking to run games on high settings or anything. I've come up with this build with the help of pcpartpicker, do you guys have any recommendation on bringing the cost down lower?

MOBO + CPU: ASUS H110m-A.M2 + Pentium G4560

MEMORY: Kingston HyperX Fury 2400 mHz CL 15 (@x4GB)

STORAGE: Western Digital 1TB Blue 7200rpm

CASING: Cooler Master N200

PSU: Cooler Master Lite 500W

OPTICAL DRIVE: ASUS 24x DVD-RW

GPU: ASUS GTX 1050

WIFI: *Not sure to get the PCI card or USB adapter for this* TP-Link Archer T6E any good?

You can consider getting a Ryzen system. And please do not get cooler master PSU, get a more reliable brands like Corsair, Seasonic (excluding their X series), FSP for budget.

 

[Byfrost]

I am looking to build a budget gaming PC that is able to run games like LoL, The Sims 4 and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Not looking to run games on high settings or anything. I've come up with this build with the help of pcpartpicker, do you guys have any recommendation on bringing the cost down lower?

MOBO + CPU: ASUS H110m-A.M2 + Pentium G4560

MEMORY: Kingston HyperX Fury 2400 mHz CL 15 (@x4GB)

STORAGE: Western Digital 1TB Blue 7200rpm

CASING: Cooler Master N200

PSU: Cooler Master Lite 500W

OPTICAL DRIVE: ASUS 24x DVD-RW

GPU: ASUS GTX 1050

WIFI: *Not sure to get the PCI card or USB adapter for this* TP-Link Archer T6E any good?

Would be good if you can tell us your budget, monitor resolution / refresh rate.

 

[Guinea Pig]

Remove OPTICAL DRIVE: ASUS 24x DVD-RW!

How can I install the OS without the drive?

You can consider getting a Ryzen system. And please do not get cooler master PSU, get a more reliable brands like Corsair, Seasonic (excluding their X series), FSP for budget.

I'm not familiar with AMD systems, do you have any AMD mobo+cpu combi in mind? I could swap the Cooler Master to the Seasonic S12II 520W.

Would be good if you can tell us your budget, monitor resolution / refresh rate.

My budget is around $800 - $1000. I have a spare 24" Samsung monitor with a resolution of 1920x1080 and a refresh rate of 60Hz.

 

[Koenig168]

How can I install the OS without the drive?

 

[Guinea Pig]

I think I'll pass the flash drive installation. I still want to play my CDs and DVDs.

 

[FlipGor]

I am looking to build a budget gaming PC that is able to run games like LoL, The Sims 4 and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Not looking to run games on high settings or anything. I've come up with this build with the help of pcpartpicker, do you guys have any recommendation on bringing the cost down lower?

MOBO + CPU: ASUS H110m-A.M2 + Pentium G4560

MEMORY: Kingston HyperX Fury 2400 mHz CL 15 (2x4GB)

STORAGE: Western Digital 1TB Blue 7200rpm

CASING: Cooler Master N200

PSU: Cooler Master Lite 500W

OPTICAL DRIVE: ASUS 24x DVD-RW

GPU: ASUS GTX 1050

WIFI: *Not sure to get the PCI card or USB adapter for this* TP-Link Archer T6E any good?

That dual core HT Pentium and 8gb of ram wont cut it if you wanna play pubg. Pubg known to be quite cpu intensive and ram intensive. Inadequate cpu processing power and ram power will lead to severe stuttering making gameplay unplayable. Additionally, your gpu is quite weak too for pubg. Would recommend you at least upgrade to a ryzen 1400 at the very least or if possible ryzen 1600, up your ram to 16gb and up your gpu to at least a 1050ti or a 1060 3gb

 

[Guinea Pig]

That dual core HT Pentium and 8gb of ram wont cut it if you wanna play pubg. Pubg known to be quite cpu intensive and ram intensive. Inadequate cpu processing power and ram power will lead to severe stuttering making gameplay unplayable. Additionally, your gpu is quite weak too for pubg. Would recommend you at least upgrade to a ryzen 1400 at the very least or if possible ryzen 1600, up your ram to 16gb and up your gpu to at least a 1050ti or a 1060 3gb

Would that build work for the other 2 games besides Pubg? I have my own gaming PC, building this budget PC for my teenage cousin.

 

[VoltechSG]

I'm not familiar with AMD systems, do you have any AMD mobo+cpu combi in mind? I could swap the Cooler Master to the Seasonic S12II 520W.

You can consider this combo Ryzen 5 1600 with Asus B350 Plus. I suggest you get the M series PSU as it is semi modular.. When it comes to cable management, it looks much better than the S Series.

 

[FlipGor]

Would that build work for the other 2 games besides Pubg? I have my own gaming PC, building this budget PC for my teenage cousin.

yea definitely. Among the 3 games u mentioned, pubg is the most intensive by a long shot. So if its enough for pubg, it would be more than enough for league and sims4

 

[Typhoon Systems]

Ryzen 5 1600 + B350 motherboard = Most value for money combo right now for mid-range user.

Windows 10 can just use the magical USB drive to install

 

[Guinea Pig]

You can consider this combo Ryzen 5 1600 with Asus B350 Plus. I suggest you get the M series PSU as it is semi modular.. When it comes to cable management, it looks much better than the S Series.

Thanks for the tip on the PSU! I'll be getting the Ryzen 5 1600 and ASUS B350 Plus combi.

yea definitely. Among the 3 games u mentioned, pubg is the most intensive by a long shot. So if its enough for pubg, it would be more than enough for league and sims4

Thanks so much! You're right, I'm going to take your advice on getting a better CPU+mobo. Definitely worth it.

Ryzen 5 1600 + B350 motherboard = Most value for money combo right now for mid-range user.

Windows 10 can just use the magical USB drive to install

Lol yeah getting that combi for a beefier system. I've never heard of this magical USB drive, I've always (stupidly?) went and bought the OS from retail stores. D: Teach me your ways, senpai!

 

[singupingu]

Everyone keep recommending Ryzen 5 1600 and so on but do most of you actually notice his budget is about 1k? I know it's better worth the money but if TS budget cannot cut it also no point right?

How can I install the OS without the drive?



I'm not familiar with AMD systems, do you have any AMD mobo+cpu combi in mind? I could swap the Cooler Master to the Seasonic S12II 520W.



My budget is around $800 - $1000. I have a spare 24" Samsung monitor with a resolution of 1920x1080 and a refresh rate of 60Hz.

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[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Everyone keep recommending Ryzen 5 1600 and so on but do most of you actually notice his budget is about 1k? I know it's better worth the money but if TS budget cannot cut it also no point right?


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Easy ask those who recommended him that build to chip in a few hundred to him and he will be able get such build

 

[lifeishard]

Gtx 1050 can play pubg? Lowest setting how many fps?

 

[killless]

Looking to build a new cpu for casual gaming

 

[killless]

For playing SC2 & D3

 

[FlipGor]

Wa i didn see his budget of 800-1k , but still...

CPU + Mobo ： r5 1600 + Asrock ab350m = 436
RAM ： G.SKILL F42400C15S 2400MHZ CL15 ( 8GB ) = 98
GPU ： Galax GTX 1060 3GB = 319
HDD : Toshiba 1TB = 63
PSU : FSP hyper K 500W = 69
Casing : Tecware F3 elite = 55

Total : 1040

Abit over but definitely doable leh i feel, all items quoted from PcThemes de price list. If TS go buy from places like dynacore or tradepac can maybe squeeze down to 1k?

 

[riotpatriot]

Looking to build a new cpu for casual gaming

you post in other people's build advise thread sometimes will mix up you and TS one.

also quote budget and anything you reusing