Thinking of making my first Gaming PC Build! Budget: 550$

roadfox

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Feb 10, 2014
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Approximate Purchase Date: Late March-Early April

Budget Range: 550$ (Can go 50$ over if needed)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: New egg.com and Amazon.com

Location: Virginia, United States

Parts Preferences: No real preference, although if I need a GPU, I would prefer Nvidea but I won't mind either way.

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Looking for reliable parts that will last me a good while.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Been using laptops for most of my life, usually only had hand me downs since I was a kid, now that I have a job I have been saving up to have a PC of my own. I was originally gonna buy a prebuilt and upgrade along the way but now I decided to build my own. Thanks.
 
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you can start from here

FX 6300 six cores
2x 4GB ram
Radeon 260X (better than GTX 650 ti)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card ($124.36 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($41.56 @ Mwave)
Power Supply:...
you can start from here

FX 6300 six cores
2x 4GB ram
Radeon 260X (better than GTX 650 ti)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card ($124.36 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($41.56 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $610.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-17 20:38 EST-0500)
 
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