New Small Gaming Build Help

penguin0z

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Hello! I am wanting to try and build a gaming machine that doesn't take up much space I have . I have already found a case I plan on using, it's a Cubitek Mini Cube. I plan on buying within a couple months (1-4), and I have a budget around $400-$500(Not including case purchase). It'll be used for games on the little higher end. SSDs are not mandatory, and I only need about 8GB of RAM, and I would like a GeForce if possible, I do not mind other kinds. I do have OS, monitor, keyboard, mouse. Thanks for the help!
 
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Here is my revised build in american $ and made it pretty basic. It will have more upgrade paths than an AMD build fm2+/am3+ but you won't have quite as much power. You could add a r9 270 and an i3 if you wanted to and it would make things more even to compare to the am3+fm2+ builds. But he g3220 is a pretty good budget CPU even when compared to an i3.

For under $500 with any socket, you may not be able to play at a great resolution or setting.

Can you list what games you will be playing so we can optimize our builds?
Do you want it to be upgradable?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($54.99 @...
You wont be able to play games on high with a budget like that. Not to mention it has to be smaller.. Here is what I could put together:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.73 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS5X Performa CPU Cooler ($17.63 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $509.30
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-07 21:58 EDT-0400)
 

jaraldo

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Hey, I need to do a little bit of research on your case, it's pretty small! :p Not sure what components we can get into it. I know the cheapest motherboard for it is $80 though which doesn't really help budget build :S

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($68.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($83.59 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($142.59 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Cubitek Mini Cube Mini ITX Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $454.15
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-07 21:22 EDT-0400)

I can say this though, by going 1150 socket, you will guarantee yourself a nice upgrade to a i5 later. And the r7 265 is the best budget card you can get at this price.

Edit: wasn't sure of your location, but that's in canadian dollars. This build is in american $410
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pQpGnQ
 

joker50060

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A budget pc to run most of the new games on medium to high
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($88.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $497.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-07 21:35 EDT-0400)
 


Joker before you start suggesting builds to people please do your homework. OP clearly stated his case. That is a Mini ITX case which means an ATX motherboard will not nearly fit in the case.
 

jaraldo

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Here is my revised build in american $ and made it pretty basic. It will have more upgrade paths than an AMD build fm2+/am3+ but you won't have quite as much power. You could add a r9 270 and an i3 if you wanted to and it would make things more even to compare to the am3+fm2+ builds. But he g3220 is a pretty good budget CPU even when compared to an i3.

For under $500 with any socket, you may not be able to play at a great resolution or setting.

Can you list what games you will be playing so we can optimize our builds?
Do you want it to be upgradable?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($65.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cubitek Mini Cube Mini ITX Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $385.33
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-07 21:51 EDT-0400)

I have checked and my PSU fits in your case aswell as many different GPUs.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/case/?compatible_with=evga-power-supply-100b10500kr
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/?compatible_with=cubitek-case-cbmnib004

Edit: The r7 265 is an overclocked 7850, this would put it closer to the r9 270 than other cards like the 750 ti.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Review of the r7 265
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r7-265-review,3748.html
The gaming benchmarks included in the review only show on average 5 more FPS when compared to the r9 270. So for an extra $30 you only get 5+ fps.
 
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adam papas

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.50 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85N Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.67 @ Mwave)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($162.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $507.12
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-07 22:10 EDT-0400)
 

Some people don't know and some people also forget to read the thread title all the time or skim through all the information... Give him a break.