Looking for a good prebuilt PC for gaming and video editing/uploading/rendering

Slayerr555 · Aug 26, 2014

Title says it all. My budget is NO MORE than $500. NOT including discounts, etc... I need someone to play/record League of Legends, Minecraft, Tera... Games such as these.

The PC needs to be dual monitor capable. All I need is the PC itself. I have monitors, mouse, sound, keyboard. In the future I will be upgrading it but for now I just need something to get me started.

ALSO - Do not forget that this budget needs to include an OS. And I'm looking for prebuilts. Unless the build-it-yourself you come up with is just too good to not share then I don't need to see it.

Winner gets a cookie. But you have to get it yourself. And make it. :pt1cable:

ksarex · Aug 26, 2014

You know that members of this forum are not just crazy posting parts instead of prebuilt rigs. The result is 90% of the time better...
Maybe something like this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227537

Slayerr555 · Aug 27, 2014

That may be true. But 90% of the time I get builds that include no OS. Or have people tell me well... if you could afford $200 more than your budget you could do this! Prebuilts include OS. And have a set price. Sooo... simplicity.

tiny voices · Aug 27, 2014

ksarex :

This build will render and edit videos ALRIGHT. Not great, but decently well for the average user.

Gaming it will be pretty poor. In modern AAA games it will struggle at low/med settings. While recording you will be at low in most games. MC will be an exception and you might could record that 720p with max settings at 30fps.

The build has a junk PSU and cheap-o motherboard. These are the short-comings with any prebuilt computer.

Slayerr555 · Aug 27, 2014

A couple PC's I'm wondering about are these --->

http://www.amazon.com/CyberpowerPC-Gamer-Ultra-GUA880-Desktop/dp/B0089KDCIU/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1409165235&sr=1-1&keywords=gaming+pc

http://www.amazon.com/CyberpowerPC-Gamer-Ultra-GUA890-Desktop/dp/B009MPBMVA/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1409165235&sr=1-3&keywords=gaming+pc

Any opinions on these?

tiny voices · Aug 27, 2014

top link won't even run games at all. The GPU is 3 years old and weaker than integrated graphics.

Bottom link has same issue. Won't even run games at all. GPU is about as weak as they come.

Slayerr555 · Aug 27, 2014

You say it won't run games at all but I run league of legends on a 6 year old Dell 2gb ddr2 ram integrated graphics. And it runs 25fps on minimum settings. What am I missing here? Honestly don't get it.

tiny voices · Aug 27, 2014

At 1080p, those system have the same or worse graphics than your integrated to be honest. The gt610 and hd6450 are as low end as it gets. Both considerably worse than modern integrated graphics.

Neither will play any modern AAA game at 1080p at low. Even Tera and Lol will be rough to run at low settings at 1080p.

The computer linked by the guy above is WAY WAY WAY better than those two.

flamefire999 · Aug 27, 2014

Slayerr555 :

Yes but those builds will get about the same performance while recording. It won't be enjoyable for you or the viewers

Slayerr555 · Aug 27, 2014

Okay let's say I get one of those pc's for the sole purpose of playing and plan to upgrade in the future for recording and such. Would either of those be a good start? And good enough for future upgrades?

flamefire999 · Aug 27, 2014

Slayerr555 :

Build your own PC. It's not that hard. You get more bang for your buck

Slayerr555 · Aug 27, 2014

Okay fine what is your idea of a $500 rig that includes OS, PSU, CPU, GPU, MOBO, case, HDD, and optical drive that will run my games and record/edit/render?

tiny voices · Aug 27, 2014

Honestly $500 with OS is pretty low for a gaming/ recoding computer. Even the BEST computer for that price will only record at low/medium.

tiny voices · Aug 27, 2014

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3N2dGX

This will run games better than any other option out there. Will game at mostly medium/ some high settings and record pretty solid at medium. All at 1080p.

Teemi · Aug 27, 2014

Hey Slayer, I agree with what everyone else said about just building it yourself. Also, if you're going with cyberpower or ibuypower make sure you get a custom configuration from their website so that you can upgrade the psu. Their standard ones are known to have problems and can damage your whole system.

flamefire999 · Aug 27, 2014

Slayerr555 :

Here's a build that's about your budget: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tbcXVn . $500 isn't a good budget for trying to record. You can get more RAM later. This will be OK for gaming and rendering and recording might be a struggle, but I think it will be good for a little while

Teemi · Aug 27, 2014

Tiny voices, your build is fine but it goes over his strict budget. He also doesn't want to count rebates in his budget. Maybe use the Pentium chip instead?

tiny voices · Aug 27, 2014

No, the Pentium will not work well for recording. Although better for gaming, when he tries to record his FPS will quite literally be cut in half. He REALLY needs 4 cores or an i3 (due to hyper threading) for having hope of recording gameplay smoothly.

The Pentium would allow for better upgrade path though. It is a solid option.

flamefire999 · Aug 27, 2014

Teemi :

If he doesn't want to go over $500 without rebates then recording is almost completely out of the question. He could play with a Pentium but unless he uses a capture card or something he won't be able to record.

Teemi · Aug 27, 2014

I changed tinyvoice's build to fit your strict criteria about budget.

Edit: Well, I guess this is not the best for recording, but it's the most powerful system that fits into your strict budget I think.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/eivuwan/saved/vbgFf7

CPU Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core $59.00
Motherboard MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 $44.99
Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 $39.98
Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM $53.99
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB $135.00
Case Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower $24.99
Power Supply SeaSonic 400W ATX12V / EPS12V $43.98
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) $89.99
Total: $491.92

tiny voices · Aug 27, 2014

This will game pretty well at medium settings at 1080p, expect low/medium while recording.

Also if you are going to record/ edit/ upload alot, you will need WAY more than 1tb.

A 1080p 30fps FRAPS recording will be about 70gb per hour or footage.

flamefire999 · Aug 27, 2014

Teemi :

This is most likely the best you can get for $500. Unless you can find a cheap case elsewhere for almost nothing or have a friend with a PSU that you can have then you don't really have any other choice

Teemi · Aug 27, 2014

Maybe he should just buy a used desktop system.

tiny voices · Aug 27, 2014

I wouldn't do that. I would recommend he said for a bit longer. Even just $100 more will get him an fx6300 build that will be WORLDS better everywhere.

Teemi · Aug 27, 2014

True. I also think that people with such limited budgets should look into using ubuntu to save on OS costs.

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