Andrew_Carr
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I'm trying to put together a cheap build for a family friend that needs a computer suddenly. It would be primarily for office work but they have two teenagers that game on xbox and probably would want to game on PC. Trying to keep things around $500 or so excluding the cost of components I already have lying around. Does this look like a good choice?
Already have:
Ryzen x470 Motherboard, DDR4 Memory, Seasonic 650W focus PSU, 2 x 2TB HDDs, 1 x 256GB SSD
Plan to buy:
Ryzen 5700G ($240 @ microcenter)
Cheap case ($80)
Windows 10 license ($100?)
Cheap monitor ($140-170 https://www.microcenter.com/product/484761/asus-vp278qg-27-full-hd-(1920-x-1080)-75hz-led-monitor or https://www.microcenter.com/product...920-x-1080-60hz-hdmi-vga-dvi-d-va-led-monitor)
I was thinking of setting up the SSD as the boot drive and the HDDs in raid 1 as storage.
I kind of wanted to leave open the possibility of a cheap GPU later and the 5700G only supports pcie 3.0 so that could be annoying if they pick the wrong GPU later (6500xt or something like that), but probably not a big deal long-term. I also have a test rig consisting of a cheap Intel I3-10100F and motherboard I could use instead of the ryzen parts, but I feel like this would be too much of a compromise. Even if I did that I don't think I'd be lucky enough to find a cheap GPU to put into it (sometimes I find 6600's for $380 but that's still kinda pricey for the budget I'm considering).
Already have:
Ryzen x470 Motherboard, DDR4 Memory, Seasonic 650W focus PSU, 2 x 2TB HDDs, 1 x 256GB SSD
Plan to buy:
Ryzen 5700G ($240 @ microcenter)
Cheap case ($80)
Windows 10 license ($100?)
Cheap monitor ($140-170 https://www.microcenter.com/product/484761/asus-vp278qg-27-full-hd-(1920-x-1080)-75hz-led-monitor or https://www.microcenter.com/product...920-x-1080-60hz-hdmi-vga-dvi-d-va-led-monitor)
I was thinking of setting up the SSD as the boot drive and the HDDs in raid 1 as storage.
I kind of wanted to leave open the possibility of a cheap GPU later and the 5700G only supports pcie 3.0 so that could be annoying if they pick the wrong GPU later (6500xt or something like that), but probably not a big deal long-term. I also have a test rig consisting of a cheap Intel I3-10100F and motherboard I could use instead of the ryzen parts, but I feel like this would be too much of a compromise. Even if I did that I don't think I'd be lucky enough to find a cheap GPU to put into it (sometimes I find 6600's for $380 but that's still kinda pricey for the budget I'm considering).
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