First Time System Builder With A Budget That Needs Help.

Josh56040

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Hello Guys!

I am very interested in building a computer gaming system, but I have never built one before. I do have a budget for my build, which is $500. That $500 does NOT include the price of an operating system OR a hard drive. I already have a hdd and I will buy the os separately.

I would like a relatively very cheap case, as the look of the system is not important to me, because it is going to be hooked up to a tv and mostly hidden. I want most of the budget to go into getting the best graphics card I can get for the price. Everything else is up to you guys!

Also, I wanna run most games @ 1080P & have 8gb of ram.

Thanks for all your help!

- Josh56040
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $501.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $501.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-22 09:24 EDT-0400

i5 for modern games
WiFi/Bluetooth on motherboard
8Gb
Storage -you have it
Case is cheap but good
PSU - decent
GPU best that will fit budget.

Here's what you could do for a very little bit more.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq Plus 550W 80+ Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $531.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-22 09:28 EDT-0400

The better GPU also needs a better PSU

Both systems will need a case fan or two.
 
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