PC specs help (legit im running on a potato here)

[SuitcasePizza]

This might not be a proper forum for this but here goes.

So I have a budget of over 600 to 550 dollars to spend, Ive been channel hopping on youtube and I have found some that fit but I wanna be sure that im not overpaying just to play some games. Some builds that I've found were somewhat helpful, but I need a pc that can be modified easily and is good for beginners with PC gaming.

Oh also is wifi or ethernet better? Cause i looked that up and I've found nothing helpful ecksdeeeeeeee.

[Saply]

TBH if you want to run GMOD only then a potato would do, but more workshop items would be pretty taxing.

Maybe for the $550 price range, you can get a Pentium G4560/RX 570 and 4-8GB of RAM or an i5-7500/Ryzen 5 1400 and a RX 560/GTX 1050 with 8GB RAM.

Tbh I don't know GMOD's performance but I guess it's pretty reliant on the CPU cores and RAM if more items get added. I don't know

[Anti]

Originally posted by ok sure whatever u say thanks:

Maybe for the $550 price range, you can get a Pentium G4560/RX 570 and 4-8GB of RAM or an i5-7500/Ryzen 5 1400 and a RX 560/GTX 1050 with 8GB RAM.

I think this is pretty good, 8gb RAM is perfect, a GTX 1050 is very good, and with a low budget, you should look for an AMD processor.

[BBL Mark]

Here is what I would do for your price range.

CPU: Ryzen 5 - $176.99 US
MB: ASRock AB350M Pro - $77.98 US
RAM: Crucial 1x8gb ddr4 2133 - $54.88 (literally the cheapest ddr4 8gb ram stick)
HDD: Western Digital RE4 (1 tb 7200 rpm 64mb cache) - $43.99
GPU: Zotac gtx 1050 ti - $149.99 (if you want to spend extra go with a 1060 3gb for $60-$80 more than the 1050 ti, but you would go over budget)
PSU: Corsair 450W Semi modular 80+ bronze atx - $26.99
Case: Fractal Design - define Mini C with window - $64.99

TOTAL - $595.81

[SuitcasePizza]

@Neo Saply Moon @4nt1S4p1ens @kpheifer

Thanks guys for the feedback and suggestions, was meaning to get back to this post and let it resinate before I got back to it. Ive been meaning to break out of the console realm for a couple years now and now that that i have the money and time, its just buying the right parts for the right price. I also have some questions regarding the setup, and one of them is can i build off of the build overtime? although it might seem to be a trivial question, I just would like to know. My other question I pushed out was if wifi or ethernet is better? Cause I get mixed results some saying that ethernet is better since its "through a cable" or all in all it doesn't matter.

I forgot to mention that I would need the parts by the near closure on the first week of july, would these parts be avalible by then? Cause I had a build a couple weeks back and those parts are either gone or out of stock.

Again thanks :)

[Saply]

Originally posted by speedboat:

@Neo Saply Moon @4nt1S4p1ens @kpheifer

Thanks guys for the feedback and suggestions, was meaning to get back to this post and let it resinate before I got back to it. Ive been meaning to break out of the console realm for a couple years now and now that that i have the money and time, its just buying the right parts for the right price. I also have some questions regarding the setup,

and one of them is can i build off of the build overtime?

I don't really understand this part, please elaborate?

Although it might seem to be a trivial question, I just would like to know. My other question I pushed out was if wifi or ethernet is better? Cause I get mixed results some saying that ethernet is better since its "through a cable" or all in all it doesn't matter.

I'll be real honest here, if you can't always access the Ethernet cable then don't force yourself into using an Ethernet cable all the time. Some fast Wi-Fi and it'll do the trick, I use 30 Mbps (yeah not that fast some might say) and I consistently get a stable connection while playing games, videos, etc. If you still want to use an Ethernet cable because your Wi-fi is bad, I recommend you use one of those TP-Link things where you plug in an Ethernet Cable from the Router to the adapter and you can plug in another Ethernet cable to your PC from another Adapter via wall electricity magic.
I can give you a link to these if you want.

I forgot to mention that I would need the parts by the near closure on the first week of july, would these parts be avalible by then? Cause I had a build a couple weeks back and those parts are either gone or out of stock.

Again thanks :)

I recommend you go with the i5-7500 and GTX 1050/RX 560 build for this. The i5-7500 (specifically known as Kaby Lake) has a bunch of Motherboards available for it since Intel's partners love these for some reason (rip Ryzen Motherboards). The reason I don't recommend Ryzen for you is because Ryzen is more targeted towards productivity work like Video Editing/Rendering and Streaming. But the FPS and performance gap between Ryzen and its competitors is pretty much a margin of error, like 5 FPS, 20 at most in games like GTA V.

As for the parts, I don't recommend the RX 570 because ta-da they're all out of stock right now due to a bunch of Cryptocurrency miners (or maybe other things but oh well). But the RX 560 is not used by them (from my understanding) so might as well go with the 560 because the card is better than the GTX 1050 with the unlocked extra Stream Processors.

[SuitcasePizza]

@Neo Saply Moon

Originally posted by Neo Saply Moon:

Originally posted by speedboat:

@Neo Saply Moon @4nt1S4p1ens @kpheifer

and one of them is can i build off of the build overtime?

I don't really understand this part, please elaborate?





Say I want to upgrade a certain part or I know that another part is better then the one I have. lets say hypothetically I need another graphics card, could it just be as simple as pulling the current one out and reinstating another?

Although it might seem to be a trivial question, I just would like to know. My other question I pushed out was if wifi or ethernet is better? Cause I get mixed results some saying that ethernet is better since its "through a cable" or all in all it doesn't matter.

I'll be real honest here, if you can't always access the Ethernet cable then don't force yourself into using an Ethernet cable all the time. Some fast Wi-Fi and it'll do the trick, I use 30 Mbps (yeah not that fast some might say) and I consistently get a stable connection while playing games, videos, etc. If you still want to use an Ethernet cable because your Wi-fi is bad, I recommend you use one of those TP-Link things where you plug in an Ethernet Cable from the Router to the adapter and you can plug in another Ethernet cable to your PC from another Adapter via wall electricity magic.
I can give you a link to these if you want.




Oh well I guess I won't be needing an ethernet cable since my wifi is up to 60 mbps, I think I will manage untill then. That was really helpful seriously thanks :)

I forgot to mention that I would need the parts by the near closure on the first week of july, would these parts be avalible by then? Cause I had a build a couple weeks back and those parts are either gone or out of stock.

Again thanks :)

I recommend you go with the i5-7500 and GTX 1050/RX 560 build for this. The i5-7500 (specifically known as Kaby Lake) has a bunch of Motherboards available for it since Intel's partners love these for some reason (rip Ryzen Motherboards). The reason I don't recommend Ryzen for you is because Ryzen is more targeted towards productivity work like Video Editing/Rendering and Streaming. But the FPS and performance gap between Ryzen and its competitors is pretty much a margin of error, like 5 FPS, 20 at most in games like GTA V.

As for the parts, I don't recommend the RX 570 because ta-da they're all out of stock right now due to a bunch of Cryptocurrency miners (or maybe other things but oh well). But the RX 560 is not used by them (from my understanding) so might as well go with the 560 because the card is better than the GTX 1050 with the unlocked extra Stream Processors.

I will start by saying I am not as savvy in computer lingo, but I can interpret what you mean by the "i5-7500" as a processor and the "GTX 1050/RX560" as graphics cards (I am most likely wrong, please correct me if I am) and I dont think you've mentioned other components aside from internal. I appriciate some backround info on the state of the RX 570's and those Ryzen motherboards. I'm starting from scratch here, I have a boat load of questions and I have a basic keyboard and mouse and thats it. (I'm typing this from the potato laptop)

Also could I get a list of what the build you've recommended so I know what to order? Thanks :)

[Saply]

lol rip quote boxes

Say I want to upgrade a certain part or I know that another part is better then the one I have. lets say hypothetically I need another graphics card, could it just be as simple as pulling the current one out and reinstating another?

Well, it depends on the wattage that your Power Supply can handle. For example, the i5-4690 (4th gen) is a socket LGA 1150 (keep this in mind) chip while the i5-6400 (6th Gen) is a LGA 1151 socket CPU. This means that you can't change from an older i5-4690 (LGA 1150) to an i5-6400 (LGA 1151) as they're both different sockets and can't be changed either way. They're also not backwards compatible. Sockets depend on the motherboard that you're using, it's pretty easy to hint out what sockets the motherboards use since that's usually the first thing they tell you when buying a motherboard. So if you're planning on using an i5-7500 (7th gen), then use a LGA 1151 Socket Motherboard as those are compatible together. (Also don't be confused about me saying 6th Gen and 7th gen using the same sockets, they do use the same sockets and it depends entirely on the CPU you're using).

As for the Graphics Card, the wattage of the Power Supply still applies, so if you have a 350W power supply and want to upgrade to a newer Graphics Card that takes up more power than what your PSU can handle, you're out of luck. Here's an example, let's say I have a PC with a Pentium G4560 and a GTX 1050 Ti with a 400W Power Supply. The Power Supply can still feed my PC enough power to turn it on and become stable. However, if I want to use a higher end card like the GTX 1080, then my PC can't even turn on and be stable because my Power Supply can't feed enough power to my PC due to the GTX 1080 taking up a lot of power. So yes, you can upgrade but you may want to pick up a higher end Power Supply for "future proofing" (Google it) if you have that in mind.

Oh well I guess I won't be needing an ethernet cable since my wifi is up to 60 mbps, I think I will manage untill then. That was really helpful seriously thanks :)

60 Mbps

Crud I'm outnumbered ):

I will start by saying I am not as savvy in computer lingo, but I can interpret what you mean by the "i5-7500" as a processor and the "GTX 1050/RX560" as graphics cards (I am most likely wrong, please correct me if I am)

You're correct

and I dont think you've mentioned other components aside from internal. I appriciate some backround info on the state of the RX 570's and those Ryzen motherboards. I'm starting from scratch here, I have a boat load of questions and I have a basic keyboard and mouse and thats it. (I'm typing this from the potato laptop)

So here's basically what happened to the RX 470/480/570/580

In the global market, they're literally out of stock right now due to high demand for Cryptocurrency miners and maybe other things as well. You can look this up if you wish.

If you're lucky to see a RX 570/470 in your local store then I recommend you get that. If there isn't, just get a RX 560 (don't get the 460 version, it's pretty complicated but just don't get it in this timeline)

As for the Ryzen Motherboards, they're pretty hard to find because the companies who make these Ryzen Motherboards didn't produce a lot of them for very logical reasons that I will not explain because I'm typing on mobile. But yeah, if you're planning on gaming only I think the i5 would suit you better. No bias to Intel over AMD, they're both good chips but they're both aimed at different people (well not completely different).

Also could I get a list of what the build you've recommended so I know what to order? Thanks :)

I'll try and hook you up with a PCPartPicker, it's a website that allows you to choose what components you need and to see if they fit or not. But I need to know what select budget you have for this build.

Also you can try and ask the legendary tech support Hardware & OS forum locales under Discussions > Scrolling down and seeing Hardware & OS. I'm sure they can explain a bit more to you and even give you links to do your research because right now I'm on mobile and it's really a pain to type on this. But no worries, I'm fine

[Chinfu1189]

Originally posted by speedboat:

This might not be a proper forum for this but here goes.

So I have a budget of over 600 to 550 dollars to spend, Ive been channel hopping on youtube and I have found some that fit but I wanna be sure that im not overpaying just to play some games. Some builds that I've found were somewhat helpful, but I need a pc that can be modified easily and is good for beginners with PC gaming.

Oh also is wifi or ethernet better? Cause i looked that up and I've found nothing helpful ecksdeeeeeeee.

Im getting a Gtx SCC 1060 intel i5 a gigabyte drive a 250gb ssd and all cost total of 560 and test of these specs are very good but trust me even with a good pc for Gmod youll still lag on multiplayer no matter what

[Chinfu1189]

Originally posted by speedboat:

This might not be a proper forum for this but here goes.

So I have a budget of over 600 to 550 dollars to spend, Ive been channel hopping on youtube and I have found some that fit but I wanna be sure that im not overpaying just to play some games. Some builds that I've found were somewhat helpful, but I need a pc that can be modified easily and is good for beginners with PC gaming.

Oh also is wifi or ethernet better? Cause i looked that up and I've found nothing helpful ecksdeeeeeeee.

Also Ethernet is always better hardwire is so much better cause wifi is bad cause the connection can cut out any time with the usb or what ever you use

[SuitcasePizza]

@Neo Saply Moon

Thats a supple amount of info to digest, thank you for that as it might come in handy though :)

I've been familiar with Pcpartpicker as I've looked around there in my spare time, however now I will be able to navigate somewhat clearly, thanks :)
To add I'll probably be ordering from either amazon, newegg, or Pcpartpicker.

Oh and if your wondering on the budget I'm going for a 600 dollar one (Just as a friendly reminder if your hooking me up, I'll need the part list by or near the 5th of July)

I'll friend you and we can share over the details there, that okay?

[SuitcasePizza]

@Chinfu1189

Thanks for your contribution as well, much appriciated :)

[Saply]

Originally posted by speedboat:

@Neo Saply Moon

Thats a supple amount of info to digest, thank you for that as it might come in handy though :)

I've been familiar with Pcpartpicker as I've looked around there in my spare time, however now I will be able to navigate somewhat clearly, thanks :)
To add I'll probably be ordering from either amazon, newegg, or Pcpartpicker.

Oh and if your wondering on the budget I'm going for a 600 dollar one (Just as a friendly reminder if your hooking me up, I'll need the part list by or near the 5th of July)

Not really much to type here so here you go
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xQLs7h

Here's a build guide for the case since the case is a bit different
https://youtu.be/bHF2eEnXP6I

[SuitcasePizza]

@Irresponsible Individual

Thanks again man, very helpful :)

[LNug342]

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[Seal]

Originally posted by LNug342:

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