500 dollar gaming rig

modeldragonator · Nov 17, 2013

My parents are interested in getting my brother (11) a gaming pc for christmas since I now have one. They don't want to spend more than around 550 and we need an OS, but we have a keyboard, mouse, etc. All suggestions welcome. And they don't care about it being a monster rig because my brother can't tell the difference between high and low. Resolution will be at 720p by the way.

realchaos · Nov 17, 2013

Here: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($77.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($81.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $578.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-17 02:55 EST-0500)

FM2+ motherboard for future upgrade-ability.
Should max out anything at 720p.
High quality psu for future upgrades.

sora · Nov 17, 2013

realchaos :

Here: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($77.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($81.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $578.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-17 02:55 EST-0500)

FM2+ motherboard for future upgrade-ability.
Should max out anything at 720p.
High quality psu for future upgrades.

This, BF4 should play smoothly
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