Looking for an under $700 build for a friend

MyHorse · Mar 18, 2015

Approximate Purchase Date:10 July

Budget Range: Under $700

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, browsing the web

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Everything

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Not very picky.

Location: Australia, NSW, Sydney.

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU please.

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: He would really like to be able to play Counter-Strike, DayZ and Battlefield 4 at Medium settings with 60FPS steady.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: His current PC sucks and he is looking for a new one at a budget of $700.

Thanks guys! <3

wolverine96 · Mar 18, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4350 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($159.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($92.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($179.00 @ Centre Com)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($125.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $684.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-18 16:24 EST+1100

Use the hard drive, optical drive, case, and power supply from the previous build. This is pretty much the best you can do for that price.

MyHorse · Mar 18, 2015

wolverine96 :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4350 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($159.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($92.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($179.00 @ Centre Com)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($125.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $684.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-18 16:24 EST+1100

Use the hard drive, optical drive, case, and power supply from the previous build. This is pretty much the best you can do for that price.

His old build was a laptop.

ExOArTiE · Mar 18, 2015

A bit hard to achieve all your needs since AU prices are so expensive. This is the best I could come up with. It will allow you to browse the web and do some light gaming.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($149.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($63.00 @ Centre Com)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($93.98 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GT 730 1GB Video Card ($69.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($48.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($78.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($125.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $697.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-18 17:12 EST+1100

wolverine96 · Mar 18, 2015

MyHorse :

Ah. Forget that, then.

ExOArTiE :

This is the best full build you can get for that price. It won't play games at medium settings, but it should at least be able to play them. And with a 500 watt PSU, you can always upgrade the GPU later to a GTX 750Ti, or even a GTX 970.

Matt Dobe · Mar 18, 2015

This is considerably more able than the other builds but limited to a dual core processor. GPU makes it able to game though. Should manage:

BF:Medium/High at 50+fps
CSGO: High/Ultra at 60+fps
Dayz: Medium/tweaked at 35+fps

He has decent upgrade options too with the CPU (move to a quad core later on)

I would advise he ups budget by another 50-100 dollars to try squeeze in an i3 as it would handle some games a lot better.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($89.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($75.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.00 @ PLE Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($70.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($155.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($48.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.00 @ IJK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($125.99 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $696.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-19 02:54 EST+1100

DAYZ: this guy runs same CPU (easily overclocked abit) and a far weaker GPU:

[–]HuckorrisRabbit Eradication Force 2 points 3 months ago
I use one (G3528), overclocked to 3.8 on a stock cooler, and I could go higher pretty easily. I have 8 GB ram, and an SSD. Also a $60 POS R7 240 (overclocked ~20%), that I plan on eventually upgrading.
I run textures, objects, and foliage on low (not lowest), and get over 30 fps in big towns. Outside of towns, I can turn on FXAA and get 45+ FPS.
I think the G3258 is an amazing deal if you are interested in playing heavy single thread games, like Arma 2 and Dayz.

BF3 (will be similar performing, maybe drop 5-10fps off it) Same CPU and GPU as this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tySmRae5u7c

CSGO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iSL4fl-Jf4

FPS is crazy like over 100fps...

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