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Hello all!I am trying to decide on building a budget gaming pcs(400-500$ each) or slowly part them together with nicer parts

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October 12, 2014 12:10:10 PM

Hello all!
I am trying to decide on building a budget gaming pcs(400-500$ each). One for the wife and me.
The other option is to slowly part them together with nicer parts like a nice mother board and power supply and ram. Then get decent(with in budget CPU w/ integrated video.)
The problem I'm having is it worth it being that I will probably be unable to buy any more parts for at least 1-2 years. Saving to move...


All I want is a pc that can play weld of warcraft on high and runs other games nicely.

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October 12, 2014 12:18:31 PM

Ok good luck
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October 12, 2014 3:37:11 PM

I generally don't recommend building a PC with parts bought separately over a period of time as you might necver know if a part you bought is DOA or not until you have all the parts. This owuld be what I'd do with 500$ right now:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-K Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.22 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB DEVIL Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($40.26 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($37.08 @ NCIX US)
Total: $505.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 18:36 EDT-0400
I'd wait for GPU prices to drop, though.
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12 minutes ago

Any reason for Radeon over nvidia
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1 minute ago

Nerdlove639 said:
Any reason for Radeon over nvidia

It's the best GPU you can get for 170$. The 750 Ti are worse than the 270X and the GTX 760 costs 30$ more, unless you want to stretch your budget:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($222.58 @ Amazon)
Total: $222.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-12 19:03 EDT-0400
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