Best Gaming PC for $500?

Surya Mylvahanan

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Jun 5, 2013
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Overclocking: no
Sli/Crossfire: no preference
Use: Gaming (medium)
Budget: $500
OS: yes
Peripherals: no

Also, my friend would like a nice case (this build is NOT for me)
 

antoni7

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Mar 24, 2013
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Building an entire PC with that budget is nearly impossible.
Considering most decent graphics cards cost anywhere upwards from $300+
There's also everything else still to buy.
Can your budget stretch at all?
 

Dark Lord of Tech

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($116.97 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.13 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Video Card ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $590.02
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-13 22:24 EDT-0400)
 
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