$400 and below - parts list
Despite some rising prices, you can make one heck of PC right now for just over $330 pre-tax. You are going to be able to play in 1080p at 60 fps on medium settings in most games.
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CPU, RAM, and Motherboard (+WIFI Adapter) ($165)
AMD has always been known for budgets value, so it shouldn't be any surprise here that's what we are going with. The Ryzen 5 4500 isn't going to blow anyone away, but at less than $65, it is a steal. The B450M motherboard lacks WIFI directly built in, so you'll need a cheap adapter if you don't' want to use an ethernet cable. Our RAM is 16GB (2x8) at 3200mhz speeds for less than $25, offering fantastic price to performance ratio for this ultra budget build.
GPU ($85)
The RX 580 8GB (GDDR5) linked is a resoldered RX 580 from another brand, but at $90, you are going to have a hard time finding something that can beat it that isn't from the used market. This is also the cheapest we have seen these types of cards listed in quite some time. It's closer to an RX 570 in performance, but it is still plenty powerful for most games.
Storage, PSU, and Case ($100)
The selected case is a basic MATX case with no frills, but at $30, but you aren't really going to find cheaper.
Power supplies continue to be hard to find cheaper at this budget so we are back to using the Apevia captian 550w unit that contains the one six pin connection we need for our GPU.
Storage prices are rising for M.2 SSD's, but the 2.5 inch ones are still decent for the budget and unless you are a super human who can feel the difference of nanoseconds, you aren't going to notice a difference here. A SATA III SSD is more than enough for a responsive system, and 500GB will let you download some games without the need to micromanage everything.
So that's it for this build. Want it, but don't want to build it yourself? We build PCs! We will charge a $50 build fee plus shipping to get it sent out to you. And even better, we offer warranty support (a full two years!), so if something goes wrong, send it back, and we will fix it. Click customs below, and let us know you want this exact build. If the parts are still available, or we have the same ones (or comparable/better substitutes), we will get back to you asap.