Gaming build for future upgrading? ($300~)

Kite-GX

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I'm planning to build my own PC, mainly for games and pretty much everyday use. I'm pretty capable of assembling it myself, and even though i'm not so informed in the area of "how high settings can it handle" I think I more or less know what I want. The main problem here is budget. I want it to cost as little as possible while not being obsolete or outdated; What I mean is that i'm looking for a build I can eventually invest into, and upgrade with ease. I'd call it a rush build; I need a new PC because my only PC at the moment is a Dell Inspiron 1440 (Notebook) that struggles to run Minecraft even on ultra low settings with all framerate/performance mods.
I'd say i'll mostly play games like Minecraft, Dark Souls 1/2 and some other games I might feel like playing. I don't require ultra high settings. I just want things to run well.

I already did my research and already placed together a $300~ build that is meant to just work for now even if at the moment it can't do much gaming. Here it is: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VBQWmG
The main idea being cheap, I picked an APU just so I can leave the GPU for later. I think the APU alone won't work well for games, but if i'm not mistaking later on when I add a proper GPU , that won't be a problem. I picked little RAM just to be in budget, and little storage because that's just for the OS. Later ill upgrade to SSD because I already got a HDD. I'm not going dirt-cheap on the case because I want to keep it for long. not a fan of changing cases. The Disk drive and the RAM may not be the exact ones ill get, that's just the price range.
 

Entomber

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are you kidding me with that 80GB HDD? If you already have a HDD then you can simply use that in your new build.

Also, if you're buying an APU then upgrading your build later with a GPU is not a good investment. What you have there is not easily upgradeable, and if someone I knew had an existing system that looked similar to that I would recommend that they start entirely from scratch.

TL;DR
I recommend you spend a little more money on your computer so that you won't be literally throwing money down the drain when your parts become obsolete or inadequate for your gaming needs in the very near future.
 

bliq

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it's up to you, but if it was me, I'd be buying the cheapest, shittiest case, so I could swing a nice video card and buy a nicer case if I have more money later. I'd rather be able to play now- call it instant gratification.

Im thinking I'd try swapping out the the CPU/mobo for a pentium G3258 and an MSI H81 board that is capable of using the overclocking BIOS. G3258 is pretty legendary already for overclocking capability.

with the money I;d save from that, and using a $20 case, I'd look into buying a R7 260 or something in that class.
 

Kite-GX

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Thanks for the feedback, I'll reconsider other alternatives. Say, what CPU/GPU combination would you recommend?

EDIT: & bliq, thanks i'll look into those parts too. :)
 

Kite-GX

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Thanks. I'm now strongly considering switching to the Pentium G3258 though i'm not familiar with PC overclocking. I wonder if this CPU would be a better alternative than my previous choice? It seems like so though i'm still not sure on what video card to go for, should I go for said CPU.