Help with Sub-600$ build

Castanosaur · Apr 6, 2014

Hi guys, planning to build a pc with a budget of maybe 600$ planning to play mostly LoL, DotA 2, and other MOBA and FPS games. I've checked pcpartpicker and have seen good deals on microcenter. But unfortunately, there's no microcenter near where my uncle lives, which is whom I'm getting it from. I would prefer to buy the parts from either tigerdirect, newegg, ncix, or any site that can deliver. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Alec Mowat · Apr 6, 2014

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I just built something like this:
AMD A10-7850K APU Quad Core Socket FM2+ Processor W/RADEON R7
http://products.ncix.com/detail/amd-a10-7850k-apu-quad-core-b0-92941-1296.htm

ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Dual Channel 1XPCIE3X16 1XHALF/FULL(MSATA)MINI-PCIE Motherboard
http://products.ncix.com/detail/asrock-fm2a88x-itx-mini-itx-fm2-e7-92615.htm

G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1866 CL9-10-9-28 Memory
http://products.ncix.com/detail/g-skill-ripjaws-x-f3-14900cl9d-8gbxl-8gb-73-58519-1296.htm

Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced mITX Compact Aluminum Case Black 1X5.25 3X3.5INT USB3.0 No PSU
http://products.ncix.com/detail/cooler-master-elite-120-advanced-40-76033.htm

Thermaltake TR2 500W Power Supply Cable Management ATX12V V2.3 24PIN With 120mm Fan
http://products.ncix.com/detail/thermaltake-tr2-500w-power-supply-4b-66855-1296.htm

And I'm very satisfied. I got a significantly better FPS than I was expected as a second system. I'm considering parting out my gaming rig and keeping this one.

MalakiArtook · Apr 6, 2014

ok do you want to oc? intel or amd? also do you need monitor, keyboard ect?

jbgoedebeste · Apr 6, 2014

You can also use most of the money on the video card and get much better gaming performance, including battlefield 4 on ultra 1080p with 50+ fps:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3mWTr
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3mWTr/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3mWTr/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E35 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($67.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $654.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-06 10:03 EDT-0400)

AMD Radeon · Apr 6, 2014

you can start from here
non-OC amd 6 cores build
+cheap 270X

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($58.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($179.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $547.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-06 10:04 EDT-0400)

MalakiArtook · Apr 6, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($52.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $551.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-06 10:14 EDT-0400)

i didn't choose a case, i figure you could do that. i tryed to build this OCed but just couldn't in that price range.

Castanosaur · Apr 7, 2014

Thanks everyone for their input! I would like to stay away from APUs and I am leaning towards AMD Radeon's build. Any other suggestions, guys?

CTurbo · Apr 7, 2014

This is the best you can do under $600

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3mRIP
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3mRIP/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3mRIP/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($55.04 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($229.20 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $595.12
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-07 03:00 EDT-0400)

CTurbo · Apr 7, 2014

I think I would get this and just modify the other parts.

lol how would you "modify" the other parts?

Alec Mowat · Apr 7, 2014

Castanosaur :

You can always build a good APU build that will run games now, and add a card into it later for extra, instead of getting stuck with a cheap dual-core processor.

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