Deciding between high price gaming pc or upgrading barebones

aaronfrikinaustin · Mar 17, 2014

Would it be better overall to buy the Asus M70- http://promotions.newegg.com/asus/14-0138/index.html?icid=231508
Or to get a cheap barebones pc- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856119059 and upgrade the parts with the following
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113330
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130592

Also- I don't have tons of money for computers, so would the price be good with the barebones?

vmN · Mar 17, 2014

What exactly are you going to use this computer for?

And where would you like to keep the budget?

aaronfrikinaustin · Mar 17, 2014

vmN :

I'm planning on using it for gaming, and I would like to keep the budget under $400 if I'm building it/replacing all the parts. Someone else might be able to pay for half of the M70

vmN · Mar 17, 2014

For $400, you will mostlikely be looking for an AMD APU build or an Intel.

example:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($65.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($53.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($44.74 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($105.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $383.04
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 16:05 EDT-0400)

aaronfrikinaustin · Mar 17, 2014

vmN :

For $400, you will mostlikely be looking for an AMD APU build or an Intel.

example:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($65.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($53.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($44.74 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($105.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $383.04
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 16:05 EDT-0400)

Could I buy the barebones, and upgrade it, or would it be better to straight up build one using those parts?

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