Building a gaming computer in Australia for $500, for skyrim

superdonny67

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Hi, I'm attempting to put together a gaming computer that can run Skyrim on ultra settings for absolutely no more than $500, also need it for word processing, sims and the internet. Needs to be wireless. Needs an operating system. So far I've tried and haven't been able to get it under $600, so I would really appreciate some help from all you budget builders out there, thanks.
 
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It's impossible to fit an OS for this build because you will have to trade a lot of gaming performance for it (the OS itself costs 115 AUD), so borrow someone an USB stick and load it with bootable OS

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/pzmwkL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/pzmwkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card ($135.00 @ PCCaseGear)...

IHaveDaBestPC

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It's impossible to fit an OS for this build because you will have to trade a lot of gaming performance for it (the OS itself costs 115 AUD), so borrow someone an USB stick and load it with bootable OS

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/pzmwkL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/pzmwkL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card ($135.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Cooler Master K380 ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($22.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $447.00

My choice of PSU is a Corsair VS350, which costs 45 AUD in PCCaseGear: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_354&products_id=22269&zenid=6537a62884c22bef07fe08890c4f09bc

So the entire build is 492 AUD total
 
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