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Looking for a Gaming PC for under $400, including the tower, a wifi adapter, and an OS (Preferably Windows 8 or 7)

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September 10, 2014 3:01:51 PM

Hi. I'm looking for a $400 gaming PC that will mainly be used for playing Minecraft (Default settings or higher), League of Legends (Preferably high settings), and Team Fortress 2 (Default settings or higher) gameplay. If anyone has any suggestions, please help! Thank you


- Holden

More about : gaming 400 including tower wifi adapter preferably windows

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September 10, 2014 3:10:28 PM

Best I can do on such a small budget. You're not a student by any chance? If you are you can get Windows at a discount.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($51.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 250X 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($8.88 @ Amazon)
Total: $385.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 18:09 EDT-0400
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September 10, 2014 3:11:56 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($100.86 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-S1 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($34.69 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.95 @ Mwave)
Case: BitFenix Merc Beta (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $366.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 18:10 EDT-0400

or if you can stretch your budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($67.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.95 @ Mwave)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card ($77.98 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Merc Beta (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $421.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 18:11 EDT-0400
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September 30, 2014 6:46:44 PM

Thank you, the two people who answered my question. But I've actually decided to just go with a pre-built.
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