Budget PC build around $500?
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Samuel Castillo49 said:Using an SSD is just a matter of personal preference, and $100 isn't something you can ignore on a budget build because that money could easily mean the difference between a decent GPU or a better CPU. I have a slightly more expensive laptop as well as a desktop, and I don't use an SSD; I don't need one at all. I've worked on plenty of machines without them and I don't miss it one bit—everything runs perfectly fine and fast for me. I'd much rather spend that cash on a better monitor, a better component, or something else entirely.
Regarding future upgrades; the power supply is weak, the motherboard is mediocre (only 2 RAM slots to boot with), and the processor might be underpowered in 3-4 years (even the Ryzen 3 2200). Sometimes you buy something built for the long haul, and sometimes you buy something for the short term like this case, depending on your budget and what you need.
An SSD isn't a "personal preference." An SSD is clearly newer, superior technology compared to an HDD, which is becoming obsolete. The only thing keeping HDDs alive is the price-to-capacity ratio, nothing more. And even then, SSDs are catching up since you can already find a 250GB SSD for less than $167.
If you want to talk about preferences between Intel and AMD, fine, but you're claiming there's no difference between an HDD and an SSD when, in the hardware world, an SSD is becoming the standard.
Either you simply don't know what you're talking about, or you're the type of person who clings to crazy personal beliefs and refuses to accept what aren't "preferences," but facts.
That’s not even the issue, though. The issue is that you're passing off your nonsense idea that "an SSD isn't necessary" to other people. That's where the trouble starts. Because if someone takes it upon themselves to give advice to others, they should actually know what they're talking about when they give it—which obviously isn't the case here, considering you're spouting garbage that not one single hardware expert would agree with. Whether it's on this forum or anywhere else.
Furthermore, you're talking about a build I didn't put together—which we've already established isn't the way to go—just like you claim the "processor might be weak," yet you included a G4560 in your own setup, which is not only weaker than a Ryzen 3 2200 but sits on a dead platform. You're literally contradicting yourself.
The point is exactly what Amy Vaughn12 said: with a Ryzen 3 2200, there's enough power to run the games mentioned, and by adding an SSD along with the ability to upgrade both the CPU and the GPU later, you won't be stuck in a dead end like you would be with the worst possible combo: a G4560 and a 1050Ti.