$600 Mini ITX Gaming PC (Things have changed)

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So I recently asked on this forum if people could come up with a build for me for a $600 micro atx or mini itx gaming pc, since then I have found out I can get things from the US shipped in to my country. Now I can use the cheaper US websites like Newegg.

Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP

Budget Range: $600

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Just Gaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Everything

Do you need to buy OS: Yup, want Windows 8

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Location: Qatar (I am going to try to get some of the stuff in stores here if not too expensive)

Parts Preferences: No preferences

Overclocking: Most likely not

SLI or Crossfire: Nope

Your Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024

Additional Comments: After seeing the pricing of AMD stuff I really dont care if the parts are nVidia or Intel. Also case must be small (MATX or MITX)
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair XMS 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Toshiba 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($36.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($52.13 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $589.04
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-07 09:08 EDT-0400)
 
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CPU: AMD A10-5700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($125.25 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A85X-ITX Mini ITX FM2 Motherboard ($98.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.58 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (White) Mini ITX Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $595.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-07 09:11 EDT-0400)

This one is good for gaming.
 
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$600 without shipping, the shipping is one of the reasons why the case has to be small.
 
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How about this?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VCKD

$29 over budget.

 
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There's a lot of ways you can play it, but frankly if you are sticking with that display resolution, you can go pretty low end on graphics without having any issues. Some of the cards suggested previously are great (GTX650ti boost/HD7790) but are likely to be overkill. If you did go cheaper on graphics, you could go surprisingly high-end on CPU, which places you a lot better if future upgrades are an option (a lot easier to just take out and replace a graphics card).

It's not exclusively newegg, but given you might be shopping around at home, it's an interesting alternative.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ECS B75H2-M3(1.0) Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Wintec One 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.45 @ Newegg)
Storage: Toshiba 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.90 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $600.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-07 09:22 EDT-0400)
 
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This, pretty much.
Planning for future upgrades is always a pain because its based on a load of factors which you just can't predict. For the average gaming build, I'd strongly recommend ploughing as much of your cash as possible into graphics - it's where you see the benefit really. Problem is, if your display resolution is only 1280x1024, that's just throwing money away because most modern cards will handle that resolution with ease. With that issue taken into consideration, the best solution (imo) is to focus on a good platform - a good modern CPU will last years. People are still using stuff like the Q6600 and that is a 6 year old processor.

My suggestion above is perhaps a more extreme example, and its fairly small PSU isn't especially friendly towards graphics upgrades, and personally I'd like to spend say $50 more on it to "tidy" it up a little (some of the brands I'm not very familiar with), but as an illustration of what you can do with your cash, I think it's pretty valid.
 
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So now I see that it would be better to get an i5 now, I have another question. Would I be able to get anything better if I were to go with a normal sized case?
 
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