Hi there! My friend wants to buy a low budget pc for his girlfriend. I told him today might be a good day for it since it's Cyber monday.
Do you guys have any suggestions for him please?

thanks

Budget: $800-1000$
More specific use (what games, what programs): largely for gaming. Heroes of the storm, Paladins, Fortnite, Warcraft, small games likes that.
Planned time until purchase: ASAP
Do you need an Operating System?: No
Do you have any specific preferred components?: No
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: No
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: No
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: No
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): CANADA, QUEBEC, G1X 1B5

Potential Issues / Incompatibilities
Some AMD B350 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Pinnacle Ridge CPUs. Upgrading the BIOS may require a different CPU that is supported by older BIOS revisions.

Yeah. AMD has a program where they will send you a CPU (if necessary) so you can upgrade the BIOS (if necessary). The CPU they send is just a loaner ofc.

/e For a few bucks more...

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/wNVmKB


The cheaper board, with the incompatibility is actually a better motherboard though. If I use the same quality board, the price goes up more...

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/hmM4mq

This post was edited by Ghot on Nov 26 2018 09:21am

Thanks!! I sent him the build, I'll wait to see if he's okay with it

from what i understand, ryzen tends to benefit from ram clock speeds more than intel; why not take this ram instead? https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/Cw2rxr/team-dark-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-tdred416g3000hc16cdc01