First build. Need suggestions. No higher than $350.

Jay0253 · Jun 10, 2015

Approximate Purchase Date: Today

Budget Range: $300-$350

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching videos, and digital art.

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Any is fine

Location: USA

Parts Preferences: Any is fine

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I'd really prefer it if there weren't too many, "mail-in-rebates". I don't have time to do all that. Need a new computer soon. Literally.

I'm looking to get 30 FPS or more, and obviously 1080p+. The games I will playing are Fallout 3, Elder Scrolls: Online, CS:GO, World of Warcraft, Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, etc. etc.

Darkbreeze · Jun 10, 2015

Seriously, and I mean seriously, you can barely get a decent GPU card for two thirds of that budget, so I hope you're not expecting much out of it. Unless you're ok with integrated graphics, you can't even do an Athlon X4 build with a low end GPU for that price. You'd be better off to save some more money and wait.

Archaic59 · Jun 10, 2015

Should be able to get playable framerates on medium settings.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($31.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($33.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($93.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($30.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $340.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-10 09:34 EDT-0400

Darkbreeze · Jun 10, 2015

You're going to need pretty basic settings to get 30fps on most those titles at 1080p with that 260x. And it's going to seriously suffer in cities or mass gatherings. But it's probably about as close as you're going to get considering the budget.

Archaic59 · Jun 10, 2015

Darkbreeze :

It was the best I could do with the budget given. Maybe a console would be better?

Darkbreeze · Jun 10, 2015

For the price, a console probably might be better. I hate consoles though. I'd save another hundred bucks and improve the build considerably. This would be a much better unit for around another hundred bucks:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($41.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($182.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $454.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-10 03:07 EDT-0400

Outlander_04 · Jun 10, 2015

Archaic59 :

Not going to work without a hard drive

This could work though
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($124.94 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI A88XM-E45 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($30.40 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $353.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-10 04:25 EDT-0400

http://www.eteknix.com/complete-amd-kaveri-review-a10-7850k-a10-7700k-a8-7600/11/
1080P low settings even BF4 is playable
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_a10_7850k_apu_review,10.html

You could save more by using a bargain basement mb , but I think its worth paying more and giving yourself a chance at 1/ decent overclocks and 2/ a chance to upgrade

Darkbreeze · Jun 10, 2015

Hah, I completely overlooked that on his build. Nice catch.

Jay0253 · Jun 10, 2015

Thinking I may just save my money like others suggested. :|

Darkbreeze · Jun 10, 2015

That's my thought. If you can add another 150 bucks, for a total of 500, you could have a seriously improved system over anything you can get for less than 400. That extra hundred bucks or so makes a big difference.

Jay0253 · Jun 10, 2015

Darkbreeze :

Yeah. I'm going to do that.

Darkbreeze · Jun 10, 2015

When you are ready to move forward, let me know and I'll be glad to help. It doesn't do much good to select components until then as the prices change dramatically week by week.

snickersniff · Jun 10, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6FD1b-tYkk

That is a link to a YouTube video done by Austin Evans. It is a pretty good build and upgradeable I believe.

Jay0253 · Jun 10, 2015

Darkbreeze :

Will do.

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