Need a good gaming build at 500 USD

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Does anyone know of any on like pcpartpicker or something? Needs to be able to run mine craft on full settings and games on Steam at mid. Preferably Windows 7 and again, 500 is the budget, a little over might be fine. This doesn't include a keyboard, mouse, or monitor. Thanks in advance!
 
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Yes, mostly, but made some changes to save you a bit of money as well.
1. You don't want that hard drive, its not meant for desktops.
2. Don't do your ram like that.
3. Got you a cheaper mobo without usb3.0 headers for a case that won't support them.
4. A 750ti is slightly better than a r7 260x and cheaper.
5. Saved you a little money on a cheaper CPU that you can overclock if you want to 3.8 like the more expensive one, and got you a slightly cheaper optical drive because of a combo purchase.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core...
This would be the ideal build at 600:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($52.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($42.99 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $599.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

500 is just short of being a truly good budget computer.
 


Yes, mostly, but made some changes to save you a bit of money as well.
1. You don't want that hard drive, its not meant for desktops.
2. Don't do your ram like that.
3. Got you a cheaper mobo without usb3.0 headers for a case that won't support them.
4. A 750ti is slightly better than a r7 260x and cheaper.
5. Saved you a little money on a cheaper CPU that you can overclock if you want to 3.8 like the more expensive one, and got you a slightly cheaper optical drive because of a combo purchase.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($45.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($72.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 350 ATX Mid Tower Case w/500W Power Supply ($53.99 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $541.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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