Budget PC build under $800

Hey everyone—I’m pretty much a novice when it comes to PC parts, so I’m looking for some guidance on putting together a build around $1833. If we need to go slightly over that budget to make sense of things, I’m open to it.

The machine will be primarily for gaming, though it’ll occasionally pull double duty for work. I really want to be able to run modern titles without everything crawling to a halt—my current rig is about 10 years old and honestly struggles even with older games. 😁

Planning to head out and buy everything in cash this weekend.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

It’s honestly a pretty terrible time to be looking for a gaming rig because GPU prices are just ridiculously inflated right now.
If you're willing to play it a bit smart, I guess I'd suggest picking up a build with a processor that has decent integrated graphics—which, if you haven't upgraded in a decade, will probably feel way faster than what you're used to anyway—and then just grab a dedicated card for serious gaming once the market finally settles down.

Or, if you really want to dive in right now and need the most power possible immediately, you could go with this setup and just pay a little extra to swap in a 250GB SSD.

https://www.microcenter.com/p/gaming-pc-build...

Hmm, you think it’s actually worth holding off on a purchase instead?

If GPU prices are being driven up by this whole "mining" craze—it could drag on forever, or am I just being overly pessimistic?

Intel Core 5 6C/12T 1600
ASRock AB350 PRO4, AM4
Crucial DRAM 8GB DDR4 2666 MT/s
Seagate BarraCuda 1TB, 64MB, 7200rpm
Samsung SSD 870 EVO 120GB SATA3 2.5 SSD (7mm height)
Fortron napajanje Hexa 85+ 450W
MS PANTHERA gaming kućište
EVGA GTX 1050 Ti Twin X2 4GB GDDR5

Total: $1909 futura-it.com

You could always stretch your budget for a larger SSD if you want. It’s highly recommended, since 120GB gets cramped pretty fast.

Thanks for the help

What Halek posted regarding Futurin is actually better when you look at the FPS. You’ll almost certainly hit a GPU bottleneck before the processor even becomes an issue. Just keep in mind that the R5 1600 build is much more future-proof; you'll be able to just swap out graphics cards for a long time before the CPU starts holding you back.

Either way, your best bet is probably just to hold off on buying for a bit. GPU prices have nowhere to go but down.

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 3 WD10EZEX hard drive.
The AMD Ryzen 3 2200g.
Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Compact 2, INO-N1060-6DDN-L5GM
The Zalman Z1 mid tower case in black—features USB 3.0, though just a heads up, it doesn't come with a power supply included (ZAL-ZM-Z1).
The Thermaltake TR2 S 450W power supply.
It’s a Crucial 8GB DDR4 2400UDIMM, specifically the CRU-CT8G4DFS824A.
The MSI B350-PC MATE desktop motherboard features an AM4 socket, four DDR4 slots, two PCI-Express x16 slots, two PCI-Express x1 slots, two legacy PCI slots, USB 3.1, USB 2.0, and four SATA III ports.
Western Digital Green SSD (2.5", 120GB, SATA III 6 Gb/s)

All things considered: $1834 Centro

crimsonstag84 said:Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 3 WD10EZEX
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Compact 2, INO-N1060-6DDN-L5GM
Zalman Z1 Mid Tower Case Black, USB 3.0, no PSU ZAL-ZM-Z1
Thermaltake TR2 S 450W Power Supply
Crucial 8GB DDR4 2400UDIMM, CRU-CT8G4DFS824A
MSI B350 Desktop Motherboard (SAM4, 4xDDR4, 2xPCI-Ex16, 2xPCI-Ex1, 2xPCI, USB3.1, USB2.0, 4xSATA III) B350-PC_MATE
WD Green SSD (2.5", 120GB, SATA III 6 Gb/s)

Total: $1834 - Centro

Honestly, I'd rather just throw a 240GB SSD into the Futurin build and still stay under $550 than try upgrading to a barely better R3 2200G over an R3 1200.

Better case, way better motherboard, slightly weaker power supply. It’s somewhere in that ballpark, I guess.

Yeah, you're right. I totally missed the fact that it's an A320 chipset board. It's definitely in there somewhere, my bad.

Here’s some info from another thread if you need it:

https://prnt.sc/inrkgo

If you uninstall win10 and skip the SSD, you'll be right on budget. Otherwise, it's a solid gaming setup. You should probably thank the others instead of me—I'm just passing along what I found.🙂

Casey Barnes3 said:Here’s a link from another thread if anyone actually needs it:

https://prnt.sc/inrkgo

If you just remove win10 and ditch the SSD, you're looking at a budget build—otherwise, it's a solid gaming rig. Honestly, give the thanks to the others, not me; I'm just passing this along 🙂

I can back this up—this setup is an absolute steal for the price. I actually picked up something pretty similar about a month ago (not that I even saw this post, obviously) 👍it's a total Best Buy deal right now

Which store are we talking about here?