$500 (canadian) gaming pc

Kyle T · Apr 25, 2015

Hi, my cousin's wanting to buy a pc at bestbuy for 400-500 and I'm thinking that I can probably build him one for the same price. My last pc build was 3 years ago so I'm not really updated to the new/cheaper parts. If you can help that would be great!
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/PN7NFT
Not sure if this is good enough.

McFee · Apr 25, 2015

the CPU has no price in this build cause its pretty old. i would suggest picking a newer CPU tho. Those older Athlon x4 lack L3 cache and is known to effect newer titles.

AnPCtester · Apr 26, 2015

A solid upgradable machine that will play most modern games well with medium quality settings @1080p.

Intel build
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($66.95 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($85.27 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($150.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Zalman ZM-Z9 U3 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($35.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $506.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-25 23:54 EDT-0400

AMD build
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($150.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Zalman ZM-Z9 U3 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($35.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $509.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-25 23:59 EDT-0400

Let me know what you think .......

McFee · Apr 26, 2015

I second AnPCtester's Intel choice. Great upgrade potential down the road.

Kyle T · Apr 26, 2015

AnPCtester :

A solid upgradable machine that will play most modern games well with medium quality settings @1080p.

Intel build
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($66.95 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($85.27 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($150.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Zalman ZM-Z9 U3 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($35.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $506.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-25 23:54 EDT-0400

AMD build
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($150.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Zalman ZM-Z9 U3 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($35.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $509.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-25 23:59 EDT-0400

Let me know what you think .......

Thank you! This looks way better than what I had!

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