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Making A New Gaming Pc In Low Budget

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July 2, 2014 12:53:56 PM

Hey guys .... i am trying to buy a new gaming pc ... i need some suggestions about it ... As i was thinking of taking a Intel Processor Core i3 4150 ... I need some suggestion about the motherboard and the graphic card ... i got a suggestion from my friend for graphic card of Nvidia Geforce Gtx 650 Ti ( which is also in my budget ) and i think its okay with me if u think its not suitable for games nowadays ... suggest me another one ... and for motherboard i need ur suggestion ... but keep that in mind that i will change the processor in 2 or 3 years from core i3 to core i5 or i7 of 4th generation or 5th generation ... so suggest me a good motherboard !!! in low budget !!! I will be very thankful to u :) 

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July 2, 2014 12:58:04 PM

What's your budget?

Get the GTX 750 over the 650 ti, it's far faster and only 55W power draw.

Get the H97, or Z97 motherboard for future support for Broadwell cpus.

Ill whip a build up once I have your budget.
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July 2, 2014 1:16:08 PM

My budget is upto $400 for the whole gaming pc
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July 2, 2014 1:18:51 PM

As you said that i should take z97 motherboard so which model should i take for the motherboard my budget is upto $100 - $130
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July 2, 2014 1:31:49 PM

OK, I've re-typed. With a $400 budget for the whole thing, it starts to get really tight on a few parts. Here's what I'm thinking:

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R7 250 1GB Video Card ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Xigmatek Recon ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($65.48 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $452.33

Now, I know that's $50 over, and I know that's not insignificant, I just didn't know where else to cut prices that wouldn't come and bite you in the butt later.

With only $400, I'd say an i3 is out of the picture. That's at least $120, or 30% of your budget. This Pentium is half that cost and will still work well for mainstream gaming. It will struggle a bit in the bigger games, but it can be swapped out for an i5 as well, so you do have that upgrade option.

You could probably cut a little cost on mboard, but I wouldn't recommend it. This one won't support overclocking, but it's a solid board with good features and it will serve as a good workhorse for years.

You can get a 500GB HDD for $8 cheaper, but doubling the capacity for $8 seemed like a no-brainer to me.

This PSU is overkill for the build as is, but it has the capacity to grow with the machine as you upgrade it. XFX makes a bullet-proof PSU ( well Seasonic makes it for them, ) and this can power just about any single GPU you want to throw in the board. If you go lower than this, you're likely going to lose 12V power cables which would really limit what GPUs you can upgrade to in the future. Seasonic makes a good 430W PSU with enough power cables, but it only saves you $5.

So the only thing that I think you can cut more is the GPU I picked. You can save $10 or so going down to a 240, but that barely warrants being called a gaming GPU IMNSHO. The 250 may not be a whole lot better, but at least it has GDDR5 VRAM, which is a whole lot faster than DDR3.
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