Gaming Pc Build help strictly 400$ budget

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oscaru12345

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Um, hi I need help on building a 400$ pc for next gen
i know how to build but just dont know which parts
i need EVERYTHING for a pc except a mouse and keyboard yes including monitor. i know its tough.
i need a case, hard drive , Os, monitor, power supply , ram , optical driver, graphics card, etc
 
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crookedmouth

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You will need to deal with rebates.

Barebone Kit $199.99 ----AMD FX-6100 OEM/GB 760/4GB/DVDRW/COOLER/450W/CS
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8584874&csid=_61

Toshiba 1TB HDD $39.99
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3303660&CatId=8

Windows 8 64-bit $89.99
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4864601&csid=_61

PowerColor 7750 1GB $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131481

Total:$389.96


Asus 7790 1GB $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121727

with this $419.96

You will need more RAM at some point.
 
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Concur. Even if you tried to get a Walmart $349 Desktop PC, which has 8GB Ram, 500+GB HDD, DVD or BluRay, keyboard mouse and Windows, it does NOT include a monitor normally (can double check but only the i3s had the monitor included). But you still couldn't play Ghosts or BF4 nor much else. You would still need to spend $99 for a 600W Power supply (PSU) to power a gamer's GPU, then another $149-$499 for the card.

Realistically, all you need to do is go get a full time minimum wage job for a month, just 4 weeks, at Walmart, TacoBell, etc. and you will have enough to get those components as I mentioned on the cheap. Then of course you work for 5 weeks, you could go for a higher end video card ($400+).
 
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Chicharun

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This was the best I could do, I think this can play BF4 on all time low settings, and you'll be getting less than 30 fps, still overall a good pc, and can run Minceraft easily.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2rwbo
 
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Please don't get that; you'll regret the waste of money in short order. Even if you replace the Raidmax PSU-shaped object with a real PSU, the rest of the parts are still not worth re-using, and are ultimately weak enough that you'd want to rebuild soon anyway.
 
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CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($44.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: A-Data XPG Gaming Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Sentey CS3-3340 TAC2.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($23.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($88.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Samsung E1920X 18.5" Monitor ($74.99 @ Mac Mall)
Total: $419.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-28 11:35 EST-0500)

Not even close to next gen. I strongly suggest to save at least $600 to get a decent rig.
 
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mohit9206

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The above build is very good for the budget.However I would change a few things.Instead of A6 I would go for cheap Intel dual core celeron or pentium with cheap H61 mobo and a 6670 ddr3 gpu.This would alone increase the performance by almost double for barely any extra cost.
 
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I would do that but it would go over his budget
 
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About $50 above budget for double the performance.
 
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ScrewySqrl

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Celeron G1620 2.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($45.99 @ J&R)
Motherboard: Foxconn H77MXV-D Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($35.70 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GT 640 2GB Video Card ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman ZM-T1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Mwave)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($88.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Samsung E1920X 18.5" Monitor ($74.99 @ Mac Mall)
Total: $401.61
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-29 08:17 EST-0500)

this should run games on low, with the included 1360x768 monitor. Also includes an OS.

however, its only going to be a viable system for a year, maybe two
 
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Chicharun

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Dude, all of us strongly suggest that you just get some more money before asking us about this. Maybe ask again when you have $600 - $800.


 
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