Budget PC Build (~$600)

dbinette03 · Dec 15, 2013

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kAEn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kAEn/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kAEn/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($59.91 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($145.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ 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) ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard ($10.77 @ Amazon)
Total: $608.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-15 04:02 EST-0500)

How does this budget gaming PC build look? I am trying to keep it as close to $600 or less, of which includes the costs for the Windows 7 OS and a cheap keyboard.

Also, are all the components compatible/recommended to work with one another well?

Any suggestions/tips/etc. would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Aspire77360 · Dec 15, 2013

Looking at your pcpartpicker list, if you didn't override where you are buying the parts from, you could get it for under your $600 budget. But all in all, its a good rig for gaming

Foldalot · Dec 15, 2013

I changed the GPU with ASUS DirectCU II HD7790 which is slightly better for the same price

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kB1Z

Novuake · Dec 15, 2013

This is considerably better on the CPU side and has a lot more upgrading options.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kB7V
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kB7V/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kB7V/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($72.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($131.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ 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)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard ($10.29 @ B&H)
Total: $603.73
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-15 04:28 EST-0500)

dbinette03 · Dec 15, 2013

Foldalot :

You would take the 7790 over the r7 260x? I understand it slightly outperforms the r7 currently, but I believe that the 7790 is more optimized and that the r7 is a new gpu with some cool features to improve the performance over some time.

Just my opininon, though.

Thanks

Foldalot · Dec 16, 2013

dbinette03 :

What cool features? If you are talking about AMD mantle, then it comes for HD 7000 series too. If anything, the r9 260x might only level with the 7790 (2GB GDDR5), but not overpass it.

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