Item Wanted: AM4 APU build/parts and suggestions
Packaging Essential: yes
Desired Age: as new as possible
Location: Durban
Willing to accept a shipped item: Yes, in parts
Ballpark/Budget Amount: various- listed below
Considering building an APU build on the cheap and adding a GPU next year when I will have more time to game, so just putting a feeler out for parts and ideas. I'm not definitely building anything as I know the time isn't right, but I have a feeling after my exams on the 18th, and until I start my 2nd year of CTA, I am going to be very bored after work and be looking for a project. I was thinking I could put this together, hook it up to my TV and router and use it with the TV for light games/emulation and stream to my tablet for productivity purposes. I'll only start looking at making purchases after/around the 18th so that I don't get too distracted. This is competing with my other idea, to get a low end DGPU laptop for the same purposes but I think this may be more worth it in the long run.
The specs I was thinking of:
CPU:
5600/5700G(5500/5600GT also an option)- R1500-3000
MOBO-MATX/ITX: as cheap as possible, B550 ideally and I don't want to spend more than 1500-1800 ideally. Would be great if it had Wifi/bluetooth.
RAM:
DDR4- 16GB- 3200 or 3600Mhz-R400-R800
Case-MATX/ITX- Don't have a specific case in mind, but needs to be big enough to fit a GPU in eventually. Budget of R1000 max
PSU: Would prefer to buy new but if anyone has anything decent on the cheap that is new/newish, I would consider around R1000-R1500.
SSD-any 512GB NVME 3.0 or 4.0 drive with 100% health as a boot drive- R300-R500
My goal is to keep the total build price as close to what I got for my PS5 as possible(R8000, +-R500). I'm open to other suggestions for build compositions if they can provide more power at a similar price but also with an upgrade path, like AM4 has, as I haven't built a PC in years. I am aware some consider AM4 dead but I feel it still has some life, especially since you can always go higher than the 5600G and also can always include a GPU at a later stage when affordable. I don't want to buy a cheap GPU now and not be able to get much back for it later.
FYI
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Packaging Essential: yes
Desired Age: as new as possible
Location: Durban
Willing to accept a shipped item: Yes, in parts
Ballpark/Budget Amount: various- listed below
Considering building an APU build on the cheap and adding a GPU next year when I will have more time to game, so just putting a feeler out for parts and ideas. I'm not definitely building anything as I know the time isn't right, but I have a feeling after my exams on the 18th, and until I start my 2nd year of CTA, I am going to be very bored after work and be looking for a project. I was thinking I could put this together, hook it up to my TV and router and use it with the TV for light games/emulation and stream to my tablet for productivity purposes. I'll only start looking at making purchases after/around the 18th so that I don't get too distracted. This is competing with my other idea, to get a low end DGPU laptop for the same purposes but I think this may be more worth it in the long run.
The specs I was thinking of:
CPU:
5600/5700G(5500/5600GT also an option)- R1500-3000
MOBO-MATX/ITX: as cheap as possible, B550 ideally and I don't want to spend more than 1500-1800 ideally. Would be great if it had Wifi/bluetooth.
RAM:
DDR4- 16GB- 3200 or 3600Mhz-R400-R800
Case-MATX/ITX- Don't have a specific case in mind, but needs to be big enough to fit a GPU in eventually. Budget of R1000 max
PSU: Would prefer to buy new but if anyone has anything decent on the cheap that is new/newish, I would consider around R1000-R1500.
SSD-any 512GB NVME 3.0 or 4.0 drive with 100% health as a boot drive- R300-R500
My goal is to keep the total build price as close to what I got for my PS5 as possible(R8000, +-R500). I'm open to other suggestions for build compositions if they can provide more power at a similar price but also with an upgrade path, like AM4 has, as I haven't built a PC in years. I am aware some consider AM4 dead but I feel it still has some life, especially since you can always go higher than the 5600G and also can always include a GPU at a later stage when affordable. I don't want to buy a cheap GPU now and not be able to get much back for it later.
FYI
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