Description

This is my first submission for a build, my brother and sister needed new pc's so after time and talking to my mom she finally agreed to allowing me to put them together a rig for a cheaper value then buying HP OEM's as HP has went to crap lately (my younger sister got a pc last year and it crapped out 3 months later, over heating etc. On top of that had no graphics card.) I had a $700 CDN budget per PC. This is what I've put together after researching a good bit.

This machine will be purely used for gaming.

But here's my younger brothers build since his favorite color is blue.

The entire budget came up to exactly about $700, most of the parts were on sale that's tax included. But without it, it was 659.

On a side note, excuse the crappy cable management. This was my first time ever doing cable management.

Part Reviews

CPU

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor

The reason I chose a Ryzen 1200, is for starters the price, it was relatively cheap but had great performance for most mid to high setting's on games. For the price to performance I can't really argue with it.

Motherboard

Asus PRIME A320M-K Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

Works fantastic, I've had no problems with either builds now obviously I won't allow them to overclock with a stock cooler so I wasn't looking for anything too over high end with over clocking what so ever. It holds a max of 32 GB's but I only put 8 for now as they don't play anything too high end.

Memory

G.Skill Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

I should of probably got some better memory, but this one was onsale for a reasonable price as I got it in a Newegg bundle (Mobo, CPU, and Ram) for $300 Canadian.

Storage

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

I went with Western Digital as it was onsale at the time so I ordered it, so far no problems or arguments about it.

Video Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0 Video Card

At the time this card was on sale for 209.99 for amazon which normally runs for 239.99, so for the price for a budget build I couldn't argue especially with 4 GB of DDR5 video memory, it doesn't run too hot under load, and works perfect for this build.

Case

Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case

I loved this case, I ordered two (ones red, ones blue) my only complaint is the blue one's glass doesn't look great, as I thought it was like the red one. But no big deal! On the downside, the red LED was half working (I mean the actual light)

Power Supply

EVGA 400 W ATX Power Supply

Works great, only down side no power switch on the back, but not a big deal. Just a warning to anyone else.

Comments

  • 25 months ago
  • 1 point

Looks nice. I might be doing a similar thing for siblings soon, with nearly the same parts!

  • 25 months ago
  • 0 points

Thanks! It's definitely a worth it build for a budget build, I was originally going to put a Ryzen 1500 but since there was a budget it would of been abit over!

  • 24 months ago
  • 1 point

Only problem I have is power supply it's good to usually get an 80+ bronze rating or some similar rating. Also does the ram work well? it says it's for Intel chip sets but I figured it would work with ryzen to.

  • 24 months ago
  • 1 point

I do recommend getting an 80+ for sure, but this was just a budget build, but this one fit the budget more or less.

The ram works awesome, gets great performance they are able to hold World of Warcraft max settings at 40-50 fps 1080p. I really have no complaints as of yet. All work great! :)

  • 23 months ago
  • 1 point

So Im assuming since you bought the bundle (MOBO, RAM, and CPU) that the RAM works fine with everything? I have this G. skill memory and tried it in a couple of different MOBO's with none seeming to accept it. Also when I look online at this particular MOBO (ASUS Prime A320M-K AMD) the memory list does not have this listed anywhere on it. Im trying to do a very similar build to this but want to find a good MOBO that will work with the RAM i already have before I buy it.

  • 23 months ago
  • 2 points

Yes it worked find for my ram, just be sure your putting it in the proper dim slot! originally it wouldn't boot if it was in Dim Slot B, I had to put it in Dim slot A, so if it doesn't work just read the manual to your mobo quickly!

  • 23 months ago
  • 1 point

Awesome! thanks for the heads up! I just ordered the parts for that PC so Ill be posting it once completed!

  • 22 months ago
  • 1 point

Good luck, lemme know how it goes!