Building with a $600 budget

joecool2 · Sep 19, 2014

Approximate Purchase Date: 1-2 weeks

Budget Range:$600, but could go a little more if it is really worth it.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the internet, etc.

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Location: City, State/Region, Country - Lower Michigan

Parts Preferences: None.

Overclocking: No.

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future.

So basically, I'm looking for a 600 dollar build to game and surf the web on. Also, I have a question: Would it be worth it to wait until Black Friday? Are there good deals and if so, is it worth waiting a couple months for? Thanks in advance for your help!

TechNoob127 · Sep 19, 2014

this should work http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6s7Hpg , you might want to change the psu to something better

Outlander_04 · Sep 19, 2014

TechNoob127 :

The MSI 970 chipset boards have a history of thermal failures , and even fires . The RE hard drive is for video surveillance not a desktop pc

OP what OS do you have and what is the resolution of your monitor?

joecool2 · Sep 19, 2014

Outlander_04 :

Sorry, forgot to mention that. I have Windows 7 home premium and 1920 x 1080.

Outlander_04 · Sep 19, 2014

This hits the budget , but does make some compromises .
Crossfire is not an option . Ive included the faster FX 6350 since you wont overclock . It has a better cooler than the FX 6300 .
Also included an optical drive

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/q9zRnQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/q9zRnQ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($129.67 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270X 2GB IceQ X² Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($48.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $605.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-19 21:09 EDT-0400

TechNoob127 · Sep 19, 2014

Outlander_04 :

Uhm look like i accidently put the wrong hard drive in , i don't know about thermal failures on the motherboard though.

joecool2 · Sep 19, 2014

Outlander_04 :

Thank you for the build. What kind of fps can I expect with this GPU on games like BF4, Skyrim, etc.? And also, would it be better to wait until Black Friday to buy this, and how much could I potentially save?

Outlander_04 · Sep 19, 2014

TechNoob127 :

joecool2 :

I have a similar system . My cpu is clocked a little higher at 4.2 Ghz and I have a radeon 7870 which is a little weaker than the R9 270X .On a 1080p monitor I get 50 - 55 fps in games like crysis3 with high detail settings . Al games would be playable in good detail with this set up

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