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db87

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hello everyone
i am building a budget gaming pc for a friend but i dont know where to start.
he wanted the price to be arround $400 to $500, he wants it to have atleast 6GB to 8GB of ram and 1TB to 2TB hdd, he need it to have a hdmi out port and he's going to use his old windows 7 install disk, so the os is not needed.
any help would be great.
 
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rvilkman
Yeah pertty much you probably 'should' get something like this.
Even so an extra $50 on the GPU would be quite welcome going for GTX660 or R9 270.

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($205.00 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M Pro4/ASM Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($92.79 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.75 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video...
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rvilkman

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This would be pretty good.

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

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($114.47 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
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)
Total: $506.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-11 13:20 EST-0500)
 
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Tom Tancredi

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Might just want to save the headache at this point too, and just say "wait a little longer". He could do better for only a couple hundred more, for longer term (4-5 years) gaming as the FX-6300 has been shown to been maxed out in BF4, imagine what BF5 might do to it? Yeah, unplayable.

If he is set about only $400 (in PC gaming you can't do it that low it is normally minimally $600, best around 700+) then tell him to get a console. Then he will be good for ALL games produced for it for the next 10 years (see the age of the PS3/Xbox360 still playing today).
 
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rvilkman

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Yeah pertty much you probably 'should' get something like this.
Even so an extra $50 on the GPU would be quite welcome going for GTX660 or R9 270.

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($205.00 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M Pro4/ASM Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($92.79 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.75 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($144.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.27 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $722.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-11 15:44 EST-0500)

However This one actually fits the bill. It has pretty much chopped up everything it can, while still maintaining some level of CPU and graphics juice.

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

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($88.32 @ TigerDirect Canada)
Motherboard: Asus A55BM-A/USB3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($71.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.79 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($105.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $509.08
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-11 15:50 EST-0500)

 
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