Looking at building a $600 budget gaming pc.

[Memnok]

My cousin recently killed his 8yr old pc and needs a new one. He plays Heroes of the Storm and is thinking about a return to warcraft. At the moment he has around $600 U.S. to spend. I was looking at the Febuary 2017 puppy build on these forums that looks like a good start, I think the motherboard maybe overkill for what he needs and the video a bit low. Any ideas?

[Thunderball]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 200T 54.2 CFM CPU Cooler ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($55.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 8GB ROG STRIX GAMING Video Card ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($30.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $582.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-02 07:55 EST-0500

Note that you may need a BIOS upgrade, so either be ready to get a Skylake CPU for a moment, or get i5-6500 instead.

[UNHEILVOLL]

You can also get a Gigabyte B250 mobo that usually goes around 50-60€ and forget about bios update

[Denpepe]

I would advise more something like

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-7300 4.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($139.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250-PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.00 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card ($144.99 @ B&H)
Case: Zalman Z3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($37.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $600.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-02 20:18 EST-0500

[hellhamster]

Edit: woops, didn't read it's mainly for Blizzard games

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-7100 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($116.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($71.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($56.79 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($139.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($46.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $527.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-04 08:39 EST-0500

I really can't justify spending more if it's not mainly intended for new AAA titles.

[revor]

Hi all,

I am looking for a new PC in a similar price range (~600€, but also need a screen), mainly for Blizz games as well. However, can you guess how the setup would fare with new games (esp. Mass Effect Andromeda)?

[Pyrophobia]

RX 470 is far better than 1050ti just saying.

If you want better than RX 470 you go RX 480 or 1060 - 6Gb because the 1060 3gb is equal if not weaker than rx 470.

And 1050ti is weaker than 1060 3GB