Approximate Price:

NO CHANGES. There’s been nothing but price drops this issue in our budget build, and a $17 saving is great if times are hard. There’s little we’d change here: The Ryzen 3 1200, although last-gen, is a strong entry-level processor, and the AB320M-DGS with a BIOS upgrade will happily support any Ryzen 2 part, if you’re interested at a later date. The one thing we’re not super-happy with is the GPU. Gigabyte makes some mighty fine cards, but Nvidia’s GTX 1050 GPU is just not powerful enough for our 1080p aspirations. The difference between that and the GTX 1060 3GB is staggering, and worth the extra $60–$80 if you can stretch that far. If gaming isn’t your thing, you could forsake the GPU, and replace the Ryzen 3 1200 with a Ryzen 3 2200G. Its integrated graphics will be able to drive your everyday content at 1080p just fine. Just bear in mind you’ll struggle with more demanding graphical tasks.