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Building low budget PC, what build should I go with?

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October 1, 2013 5:00:37 PM

A friend of mine wants a gaming Pc for around $300 that he can upgrade around christmas time, I was thinking he could add more RAM, maybe a 7770, and better power supply. and I came up with a build. I was on newegg browsing today and I found a kit with components in it. They are simmiler builds, which one is better for the price?

APU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor

Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard

RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply: Logisys 480W 20/24-pin ATX Power Supply (Silver)

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?I...

The newegg one is on a good sale. But I'm still not sure. The newegg one is $299.99, and mine is $315.

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October 1, 2013 5:12:34 PM

In this build he can up grade the ram to 8gb he can get a better graphics card with out upgrading the cpu (because the cpu is not bad) and the power supply is good quality

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1JNfa
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1JNfa/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1JNfa/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Biostar A55ML2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($38.25 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 10th Anniversary Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($31.99 @ Mac Mall)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Gamma Classic (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $337.17
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-01 20:10 EDT-0400)
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November 20, 2013 11:30:28 PM

Instead of the 7770 go for the 7850. It has a good OC ability as well so you can OC it over or about the same as a 7870 without adjusting voltage. Where I am in Australia it costs around 200ish dollars
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