<$350 Budget Gaming PC -

SkyQ88 · Jun 4, 2014

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I'm looking to build my first gaming pc and have a budget of around $350 - would like to spend closer to $300, but not sure I can cut anymore corners without losing quite a bit of performance. any suggestions/input on this current build would be greatly appreciated.

MalakiArtook · Jun 4, 2014

You can not build a gaming pc for 300. your only option is to buy a used one of craigslist or something.

A apu alone is $150 and that's only 1 piece of like 6

Cons29 · Jun 4, 2014

you can build a rig.. but i won't really consider it for gaming. maybe for dota or something

MasterDell · Jun 4, 2014

MalakiArtook :

Then operating system is usually $100 so thats already $250..

MalakiArtook · Jun 4, 2014

My advise would be buy a Playstation. thats what gaming consoles are for. It's a cheaper easier gaming option

Mike Friesen · Jun 4, 2014

So this seems like the best performance per dollar you can buy at the moment. I'm going to assume that you aren't including a OS in the cost and even so it runs a little over budget. You could cut $30 from the build by picking up only 4 gigs of ram, but I recommend splurging a little.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($48.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $396.32
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-04 23:50 EDT-0400)

SkyQ88 · Jun 5, 2014

Mike Friesen :

So this seems like the best performance per dollar you can buy at the moment. I'm going to assume that you aren't including a OS in the cost and even so it runs a little over budget. You could cut $30 from the build by picking up only 4 gigs of ram, but I recommend splurging a little.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($48.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $396.32
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-04 23:50 EDT-0400)

This build looks solid, thank you.

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