Looking to turn old computer into gaming PC

musial321

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Mar 28, 2015
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Need assistance on what parts to keep and what would not be worth keeping to turn into a gaming PC

Specs:

CPU-Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz
Motherboard-Foxconn 2ABF
Ram-Hynix 4gb and 2gb sticks
Graphics Card-None(Integrated graphics)
Power Supply-220W(I know I would need a new power supply)
HDD-Western Digital 1TB
Case-Random slimline case(Definitely need a new case as well)

Also, looking for budget of about 400$. Thank you
 
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Things marked as purchased are things that can be added in along this build (Your HDD, your 4gb stick of RAM)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($93.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.23 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($94.99 @ Newegg)...

akaChromez

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Mar 18, 2015
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4,660
Things marked as purchased are things that can be added in along this build (Your HDD, your 4gb stick of RAM)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($93.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.23 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Other: akaChromez Was Here (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $333.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-28 15:48 EDT-0400
 
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