Hi Folks,
I'm looking to put together a "core" build under 500. No monitor, no peripherals, no OS. I'm in NY.
And I'm driving myself nuts figuring out a viable gaming building. I'm a casual gamer and I do not need to play at max settings. I've always been playing games on pre-builts from Dell & HP.
I've been playing with pcpartpicker. I started with the 500 gaming budget article in this site and found myself creeping up to 1,000 build and realized that each incremental component would be better for the long run.
When I started considering 1,200 builds, I've realized I've lost sight of the original concept. I've gone back to the forums and circled back on the 500 gaming budget and it seems like AMD's the easiest way for me to incrementally upgrade over the coming years for my casual gaming.
I've been putting together Intel builds because I was caught up with the 3570k CPU because I live near a Microcenter.
Now that I'm focusing on my budget - it looks like AMD has the budget CPUs.
I'd appreciate feedback on the below build - please note that I just read about the GTX 650 IT Boost card coming out and I think that's probably the card I should pick for this build and I hope to pick it up for under 185.
So, I'm curious - will I experience any bottlenecks with this build?
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MpXY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MpXY/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MpXY/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Patriot Signature 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.24 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB Video Card ($153.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.90 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $463.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-26 18:41 EDT-0400)
Thanks in advance for reading and I look forward to all of your feedback!
I'm looking to put together a "core" build under 500. No monitor, no peripherals, no OS. I'm in NY.
And I'm driving myself nuts figuring out a viable gaming building. I'm a casual gamer and I do not need to play at max settings. I've always been playing games on pre-builts from Dell & HP.
I've been playing with pcpartpicker. I started with the 500 gaming budget article in this site and found myself creeping up to 1,000 build and realized that each incremental component would be better for the long run.
When I started considering 1,200 builds, I've realized I've lost sight of the original concept. I've gone back to the forums and circled back on the 500 gaming budget and it seems like AMD's the easiest way for me to incrementally upgrade over the coming years for my casual gaming.
I've been putting together Intel builds because I was caught up with the 3570k CPU because I live near a Microcenter.
Now that I'm focusing on my budget - it looks like AMD has the budget CPUs.
I'd appreciate feedback on the below build - please note that I just read about the GTX 650 IT Boost card coming out and I think that's probably the card I should pick for this build and I hope to pick it up for under 185.
So, I'm curious - will I experience any bottlenecks with this build?
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MpXY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MpXY/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MpXY/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Patriot Signature 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.24 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB Video Card ($153.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.90 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $463.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-26 18:41 EDT-0400)
Thanks in advance for reading and I look forward to all of your feedback!
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