Anyone know a good 500$ USD Gaming Build?

ExodusDJ · May 15, 2015

Eh just want a decent PC build specs list to play some current-next gen games. 400-500? Or not possible.

timeconsumer · May 15, 2015

Does that have to include the OS? If it does I think you'd be better off buying a cheap refurbished office PC like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4GH2Y50488 (Xeon i3+8gb of ram)

then you swap out the PSU for a decent one and plug in a nice GPU like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($201.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $241.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-15 12:55 EDT-0400

Total comes to $500 after rebates before shipping. Although I can't guarantee that GPU will fit in that case, you may need to do some research (or just use a Dremel on the drive cage when it gets to your house)

Otherwise for $500 without OS you can do a full build like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($70.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($50.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Zeus Yellow 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($201.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $489.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-15 12:58 EDT-0400

filippi · May 15, 2015

This would do the trick:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($103.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Apotop 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($23.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $508.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-15 13:11 EDT-0400

James Mason · May 15, 2015

timeconsumer :

Does that have to include the OS? If it does I think you'd be better off buying a cheap refurbished office PC like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438012 (Xeon i3+8gb of ram)

then you swap out the PSU for a decent one and plug in a nice GPU like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($201.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $241.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-15 12:55 EDT-0400

Total comes to $500 after rebates before shipping. Although I can't guarantee that GPU will fit in that case, you may need to do some research (or just use a Dremel on the drive cage when it gets to your house)

Otherwise for $500 without OS you can do a full build like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($70.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($50.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Zeus Yellow 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($201.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $489.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-15 12:58 EDT-0400

Your first link to the PC just goes to the PSU.

timeconsumer · May 15, 2015

James Mason :

Thank you. fixed in original post.

Archgaull · May 15, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.20 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 342 (Black) MicroATX Mini Tower Case w/400W Power Supply ($48.03 @ Amazon)
Total: $497.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-15 13:55 EDT-0400

James Mason · May 15, 2015

hmm, that cheaper i5 isn't much better than a i3-4130 though...
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/412/Intel_Core_i3_i3-4130_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-4430.html

filippi · May 15, 2015

James Mason :

Some applications and games like GTA5 will present superior performance (smoothness) w/ any Haswell i5. Even i5-4430.
Dont you think so?

James Mason · May 15, 2015

Not necessarily, If we were talking like video encoding I'd be more inclined towards the i5 though.

Archgaull · May 15, 2015

The Intel quad core will greatly help with running games, plus it will "future proof" your system. Even today we are seeing games where you need to do special hacks to run them on dual cores, I don't think it will be long before you can't run them period without a quad core.

James Mason · May 15, 2015

But i3's aren't dual cores. The Hyperthreading does make them quad cores for all intents and purposes.

The main thing is you could probably get the i3, and then upgrade to gtx 960.

Archgaull · May 15, 2015

James Mason :

No, no it doesn't.

Hyperthreading doesn't equal extra cores. Hyperthreading means you have logical cores, but you still need physical ones for it to be a proper quad core. This has been discussed billions of times.

James Mason · May 15, 2015

Then why do people with the g3258's have stuttering problems and people with i3's don't?
And why does it not matter for gaming?
http://www.techspot.com/review/972-intel-core-i3-vs-i5-vs-i7/page7.html

Archgaull · May 15, 2015

I didn't say it didn't help, and I didn't say it doesn't matter. Don't put words in my mouth. I said a logical core is not a physical core, and a i3 is not a quad core. The link you posted was to a value comparison, not a performance comparison.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/415/Intel_Core_i3_i3-4160_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-4430.html
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-4430-vs-Intel-Core-i3-4160/m1920vs2816

ExodusDJ · May 16, 2015

Alright thanks you guys for the suggestions. I'm not that much of a tech-savvy person when it comes to building computers as it is my first time.

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