$300 Budget Gaming PC for my wife

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hodgie404

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Approximate Purchase Date: this week

Budget Range: $300 After Rebates; After Shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming and surfing, blogging

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com please!

Location: Leander, TX 78641

Parts Preferences: No preference

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050

Additional Comments: Need a cheap computer for occasional gaming (i.e. Borderlands 2) and general use (managing pictures and music, word processing, blogging, surfing, etc.)

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: old computer blew up!


 
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burritobob

burritobob

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CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Biostar A55MD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($55.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX12V Power Supply ($28.80 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $312.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
 
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tenaciousk

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($48.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Apex SK-393-C ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $327.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-03 19:57 EDT-0400)
 
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feeblepenguin

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And a hd 7770 is even better!
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Celeron G530 2.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($43.30 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ECS H61H2-MV Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($44.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: A-Data Premier Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($25.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.13 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Rosewill R218-P-BK-450W ATX Mid Tower Case w/450W Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $308.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-03 20:44 EDT-0400)
With all newegg, it would come to about $320, a little over budget, BUT it does come with farcry 3, easily sold for $20. Personally, I'm not sure if I would go with a AMD build(more upgradeable for future; better cpu), or a cheap intel build with dedicated graphics and twice the performance now.
Note that i didn't include a disk drive; as nowadays, do you really need one? Use a flash drive for windows, or shell out $20.
 
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Azn Cracker

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to be fair, your cpu + gpu costs $35 more than an A10 apu but the A10 is a better cpu than the ahtlon. Also your build doesnt include an optical drive. where the other builds did.

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Btw OP, dont go with the Celeron cpu. Its garbage and you will struggle with your other tasks.
 
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