800$ pc

[fading rover]

so i am going to build a pc for my friend and i just dont know what to get for him the budget is 800$

[fervent tusk]

What are they doing with the pc?

[covert condor]

oy

yo

[covert condor]

we neED to ask you a bunch o questions:

1. location - budget is 800$ - USD right? also are you buying from USA or somewhere else
2. pc purpose - what's the main pc purpose? gaming? 3d rendering? streaming? or maybe something else
3. aesthetics - any preferred PC sizes? is RGB allowed? should it be all black or maybe white, or maybe dont care

[fading rover]

usd, gameing like fornite , with some rgb but not alot

do live near a micocenter

[covert condor]

yo

thats cool

[fading rover]

yea\

[covert condor]

microcenter is rad

you can literally byuld the pc in the store i think

and they can just build it for you

this will be very helpful

thier prices shouldn't differ too much from pcpartpicker

for a 800$ PC i guess best gaming gpu would be 350$ at most

[covert condor]

how about this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZgNYVw

note this is performance and FPS/$ first, and 'not being load af' second

[fading rover]

yea fs

but this would fs work

[covert condor]

fs?

[rare wasp]

for sure? idk

[fervent tusk]

What resolution would you be playing at?

[silent rivet]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nZtL6r

@fading rover

I’m a bit late, but- here

My take on the list

[fading rover]

yk it is like the same as the outher guy

funny

[silent rivet]

?

[fading rover]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZgNYVw

this one it has around the same parts

ryzen 5 5600 rx 6750

[silent rivet]

over half the parts got swapped

[fading rover]

same ram

yea the case

[silent rivet]

I said it was my take on the list

[fading rover]

i mnea the gpu dif brand

yea it good fs tho

[fading rover]

yk bc there was some money left over i was able to get a cooler

it 19$

[silent rivet]

214xt or assassin x?

or what

[fading rover]

thermalright

[silent rivet]

assassin x then

[fierce steppe]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nqBywc same amount of money but better stuff, 6750xt uplift is negligible

[fervent tusk]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PdQL6r the 6600xt is pretty good for games like fortnite

it can run mostly any game at 1080p and in less demanding games 1440p

55.2 fps average in 1440p on AAA games

so in non-AAA games youll get playable frames easily

[rare wasp]

note that the AAA games tested arent the most intensive

[fervent tusk]

Yeah like cyberpunk and hogwarts all that

[rare wasp]

Borderlands 3 (DX12), Far Cry 6 (DX12), Flight Simulator (DX11 AMD/DX12 Intel/Nvidia), Forza Horizon 5 (DX12), Horizon Zero Dawn (DX12), Red Dead Redemption 2 (Vulkan), Total War Warhammer 3 (DX11), and Watch Dogs Legion (DX12)

fh5 and borderlands 3 are basically free fps boosters

the rest id consider good indicators

[fervent tusk]

borderlands 3?

uh

at 1440p ultra?

[rare wasp]

i have no idea how intensive it is but i dont think borderlands is that difficult to run?

[fervent tusk]

its definitely not a free game

[rare wasp]

its not that tough

[fervent tusk]

i had a 5700 when i played bl3 and it struggled at 1080p ultra

i got like 60fps average

[rare wasp]

ah so borderlands 3 is just a different breed compared to borderlands 2

[fervent tusk]

was borderlands 2 easier t run when it realeased?

[rare wasp]

only borderlands game ive played is 2, although only got not even halfway through it

[fervent tusk]

Yeah but borderands 2 is 10 years old

[rare wasp]

no idea, i was 5yo when it released i guess

[fervent tusk]

[fervent tusk]

lel

borderlands games amazing

[rare wasp]

so basically you needed a mid range card to run it well?

[fervent tusk]

Is that bl3 or bl2?

[rare wasp]

2

[fervent tusk]

hell nah that thing can run on a 1050

[rare wasp]

borderlands 3 is above, recommended is a 1060/rx 590

[fervent tusk]

recommended also isnt utra requirements though

[rare wasp]

gtx 560 is much older than a 1050

[fervent tusk]

Yeah thats why

and most people recognize 1050 as being cheeks

6700xt borderlands 3 1440p average

[rare wasp]

huh

interesting

[fervent tusk]

6700xt in far cry 6

6700xt aso gets higher frames in horizon zero dawn (Wasnt expecting that)

Total warhammer shits on the 6700xt though getting it to 49fps 💀

but point is that i dont know many people who genuinely only play AAA games

like honestly anyone i know played like elden ring for like 20 hours and then thats it

the rest is playing like bindding of issas ror2 or other games like minecraft

[rare wasp]

AAA games are simply not fun

[fervent tusk]

ON GOD

[rare wasp]

except GOW :)

[fervent tusk]

Like okay some of them like borderlands 3 is cool but honestly im having fun playing my 13 year old fallout new vegas

ive never played gow

but it looks fun from what ive seen

but for the most part im not very interested in story games

And then i mean

games like fortnite

the epic settings are just rediculous

if u turn it down by like 1 it becomes competely playable

and u can barely see a difference

[rare wasp]

lumen is sick

tanks the FPS though

[fervent tusk]

yeah

[rare wasp]

its a very enjoyable experience

[covert condor]

for a 5600?

for a gaming focused 800$ build you can do better than 6600XT

quality RX6750XTs are around ~380$

@fading rover would you care more about pure performance or lower loudness of the pc etc