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miit123

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Could you guys please give me 2 builds for gaming ? I preferably need it for gta 5. Don't need monitor keyboard mouse etc.

One of 350 USD, and one of 450 USD.

Thank you.
 
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Rammy
If you need an OS, a $350 gaming machine is a really tough ask. It'd also be good to know what you want to achieve. GTA5 is a bit of an unknown, but your desired display resolution would give a good idea of what you might need to spend.

It's also worth considering that if you can afford to spend say $500, you stop looking at the "budget" market and are properly into decent gaming machines. As an illustration, here's a sub $500 machine that lacks in a few areas but packs in an i5 and a HD7850.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ECS B75H2-M3(1.0) Micro ATX LGA1155...
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus F2A55-M LK PLUS Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital WD Blue 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1GB Video Card ($128.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.72 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $472.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-19 00:15 EST-0500)
 
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If you need an OS, a $350 gaming machine is a really tough ask. It'd also be good to know what you want to achieve. GTA5 is a bit of an unknown, but your desired display resolution would give a good idea of what you might need to spend.

It's also worth considering that if you can afford to spend say $500, you stop looking at the "budget" market and are properly into decent gaming machines. As an illustration, here's a sub $500 machine that lacks in a few areas but packs in an i5 and a HD7850.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ECS B75H2-M3(1.0) Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($48.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xigmatek Aeos ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $479.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-19 01:03 EST-0500)
I'd really want to go for a 1TB HDD as they are better value, and maybe a slightly more quality motherboard and case, but in terms of bang/buck, it's pretty impressive.



Sticking more rigidly to the $450 target
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE U3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($27.50 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $443.43
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-19 00:50 EST-0500)

$350
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-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE U3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($27.50 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $347.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-19 01:01 EST-0500)

Note that all of these builds heavily exploit deals/rebates to get the price down, so they aren't totally price representative. Neither include an optical drive as A) they are cheap B) it's likely you probably have one already that might be reusable. Also, if you do need to fit an OS into the budget, you'll be looking at something nearer the $350 build, with probably a bit more spent on graphics.
 
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