Best gaming PC sub $800

DiegoBoricua · May 13, 2013

I'm wanting to make a great operating gaming PC for the price, with a budget of under $800 at the most. I have gathered a list of parts that I'm looking into. My question is, will these parts give me that great performance, can I get better parts and if I can what would they be, are these parts all compatible w/ each other, and am I missing anything? Here is the list: Processor: AMD - Phenom II X4 965 ($89.89) Video/Graphic card: XFX – ultra overclock edition radeon HD 7770 1GB DDR5 PCI express 3.0 ($139.99) Ram: Corsair - 8GB DDR3 SDRAM ($66.99) Motherboard: Asus – M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX 2133MHz ($140.98) HDD: Seagate – Barracuda Green 1.5TB ($85.88) Power supply: Dynex – 520W ATX ($59.99) Case: Cooler Master – Elite 431 Plus ($54.99) Drive: HP – 48x write/32x rewrite/48x read cd ($39.99) Total: $678.70(before Windows software)

edogawa · May 13, 2013

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($122.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($88.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DVDE818A7T/BLK/B/GEN CD Reader, DVD Writer ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $821.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-13 19:56 EDT-0400)

If you're not going to overclock drop the hyper evo 212.

SuperGamerBoy · May 13, 2013

Op, the drive that you selected is a cd drive. You do know that right?

SuperGamerBoy · May 13, 2013

edogawa :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($122.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($88.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DVDE818A7T/BLK/B/GEN CD Reader, DVD Writer ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $821.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-13 19:56 EDT-0400)

If you're not going to overclock drop the hyper evo 212.

He still needs a OS. Anyhow, good build but over his budget. You have to drop something to make room for all the components and the OS.

DiegoBoricua · May 13, 2013

SuperGamerBoy :

Yes, I knew that

DiegoBoricua · May 13, 2013

SuperGamerBoy :

After getting the OS, lets say Windows 7 Home Premium, do you think this would be a decent performing system that can run games such as ARMA, Battlefield, DayZ, etc. with well performance of FPS for the price? If not could I do better and still stay under my budget at most $20 over?

SuperGamerBoy · May 13, 2013

Take a 15$ or 20$ dvd drive instead. Cheaper and with the ability to play dvds also and save yourself 20$ to 25$.
BTW Which build did you mean? Your build or thd other persons build.

edogawa · May 13, 2013

@GameBoy

He's well within his budget as long as he drops the heat-sink which he does not need unless he plans to overclock.

Also, I'm sure he capable of selecting Windows on his own.

@Diego

You can see the performance you can get here with the 7870 in the build I selected for you:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7870-review-benchmark,3148-6.html

DiegoBoricua · May 13, 2013

SuperGamerBoy :

The build I was mentioning was the build that I first listed.

DiegoBoricua · May 13, 2013

edogawa :

I'll see what I can do to get the 7870 to fit into the budget

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