Cheapest Budget Gaming build with low electricity consumption 2014

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Cheapest Budget Gaming build with low electricity consumption 2014


Budget Gaming build with low electricity consumption Feb. 7, 2014
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: April. 15, 2014
BUDGET RANGE: $190 - $235 playable in all latest games on decent settings.

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, surfing the net. (this is for 300 units Internet gaming cafe)

PARTS REQUIRED: Processor, Motherboard, RAM and Graphics card only.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: to show us selection & pricing
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Philippines

OVERCLOCKING: No SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1900 x 600 (from 20” or 21.5” preferred brand Samsung, AOC or Asus). ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: low electricity consumption is very important.

1. Low cost gaming builds, but can perform gaming my target is all latest games playable on decent settings at a MONITOR RESOLUTION of 1920 x 1080. Plus Cost is important cause I need 300 units of gaming pc.
2. Durable parts for heavy usage like 15 to 20 hours a day.
3. Less Electricity consumption.
4. Motherboard that can withstand frequent brownouts, cause in my country brown out happens almost twice a week. (Preffered brand mobo: Asus, Gygabyte, ASRock or Msi anybody can recommend other brand if they meet my needs )
heres my build...
Option 1

PROCESSOR AMD Athlon 5150 Kabini 1.6GHz Socket AM1 25W Quad-Core $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113365
MOTHERBOARD GIGABYTE GA-AM1M-S2H AM1 3.0 Micro ATX $34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128696
RAM HyperX 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 $38.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104244
VIDEO CARD EVGA 01G-P3-2631-KR GeForce GT 630 1GB 128-Bit $63.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130792
Total: $ 192.96


Option 2

PROCESSOR AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini 2.05GHz $64.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113364
MOTHERBOARD GIGABYTE GA-AM1M-S2H AM1 3.0 Micro ATX $34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128696
RAM HyperX 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 $38.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104244
VIDEO CARD: EVGA 02G-P4-2643-KR GeForce GT 640 2GB 128-Bit DDR3 $94.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130795
Total: $233.96

Option 3

Processor: Intel Pentium Processor G3220
Motherboard: Asus H81M-E
Memory 4GB Hyperx
Video Card: Sapphire R7-250 2048MB =
 
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Go for a GTX 750, if you can. Those things take an unbelievably small amount of power. A GTX 750 takes even less power than a GT 630 and performs much better, thanks to the new Maxwell architecture.

Also, you'll probably want a TN panel monitor. Normally I think they're kind of crap, but a large redeeming quality is that they take much less power than IPS panels.
 
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I agree on that point. It would cost more, but an i3 4130 with a GTX 750ti would be a great combo of performance/watt.
 
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Then he should go with a GT 610. That's the only thing with lower power draw than a GTX 750.

GT 610 for web browsing.
GTX 750 for gaming.

Anything else will alternatively perform worse and take more power.
 
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I actually meant his budget was equivalent to a web browsing computer, not his wants.
He wants gaming computers, but he can't afford them with that budget.
 
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This is probably the best balance. The R7 240 performs a bit better than the GT 630, and takes less power.
The R7 240 performs about 10-20% worse than a GT 640, but takes half the power.

At 900p, the R7 240 should allow medium settings at 30+ fps in most games. It might be worth it for you to consider a 720p monitor instead though. The cost will be lower and you'll run games better, for really not a huge of a difference in image quality.

I'm not sure if AMD allows dual graphics on any random GPU+APU combination, but that may be worth researching as well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113364 (25w)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128696
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313423
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121799 (30w)

Total: $200


This would be a good option for a monitor. It's one of the few inexpensive 768p monitors that supports DVI, which is much clearer than the more common VGA connections. As mentioned before, I think 720p/768p would work out better for your budget and GPU performance than 900p. This monitor also is EPEAT Gold certified for low power use, and takes less than 21 watts. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236312
 
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This is what I would put together personally

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3t74c
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3t74c/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3t74c/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A4-4000 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 240 1GB Video Card ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $181.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 22:13 EDT-0400)

~160 watts would be best to get ~250W PSU IMO
 
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yeah sorry I double post this thread. I forgot I already post it twice but thanks for reminding me. :)
 
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What a gaming build I think this is better than my build, price to performance but I already tried this build. The problem with FM2 right now is the Heat temperature of the processor. It's not normal almost all FM2 you guy's try to download a speecy http://www.filehippo.com/download_speccy run it. When playing games temperature go up to 70 to 80. Unlike FM1 gaming build before it's 45 to 55.
 
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