New 600-700$ Build PC- Need advise

Nico Da Ninja · Sep 29, 2014

I'm building a PC for a friend and his budget is around 600-700$ including the monitor. How could I make this little cheaper and does this build make sense? What could I change to make it better or get more bang for the buck? Do these parts seem good? He is planning to play games like Skyrim and Middle Earth: Shadow of Morder. I was thinking to get a second stick of the same ram to increase it to 8gb later on. The cpu will run off the stock cooler with no oc's. Thanks for the help.

Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/nicosev/saved/L6ZXsY

NiCoM · Oct 1, 2014

Here's soem changes I've made, I'll explain them below the parts list.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($67.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card ($144.50 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $754.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-01 14:16 EDT-0400

1: Changed motherboard to something cheaper, yet with decent ratings by others.
2: Used some of that saved money to afford 2x4GB of G.Skill ram.
3: Changed storage to Western Digital, $1 more and a little better according to others recommendations.
4: Changed the GPU to R9 270, this is only $5 more and better performing than the 750ti.
5: Changed case to something that didn't take as big a chunk of the budget, the source 210 is pretty much NZXT's own cheapo case like the Corsair 200R is, pretty much same design.
6: Changed the power supply, this competes with psu's in much more expensive builds when it comes to quality, and yet it's $5 more affordable compared to the 500w you've chosen, which is btw medicore quality even though it's Corsair.

In total it's about $10 cheaper than your build at the time i write this.

Hope this helped you and your friend!

Gretsi · Oct 24, 2014

Hi guys,

I am building first time a gaming PC so I would like some advice on cpu/gpu.
Firstly, you would pick a very new i3 model, or a very old i5?
Secondly, what gpu you would suggest me? gti750/ r9 270/ r9 280 or r9280x?

NiCoM · Oct 25, 2014

Gretsi :

if you're comparing first gen i5 (etc. i5-750) with the newest i3's (etc. i3-4130), then defently any new i3, they're gonna be way faster.
The R9 270 or R9 280 are very good value, maybe you'll be able to get the "X" version of either for just a few bucks more (if over 10-15 more then take the non-X), both are good cards and depends on your needs,

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