What is the best affordable gaming pc

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This is the best cheapest / cheapest best. It's still fairly weak though either way. You'll need over $500 to get anything worth buying.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.49 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($46.74 @ Mwave)
Memory: *G.Skill Ares Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($25.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: *Western Digital RE3 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($25.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: *MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($21.99 @...

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if you already have a copy of windows this will cost $500, and is a good build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($164.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($25.00 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $625.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-21 17:49 EDT-0400
 
This is the best cheapest / cheapest best. It's still fairly weak though either way. You'll need over $500 to get anything worth buying.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.49 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($46.74 @ Mwave)
Memory: *G.Skill Ares Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($25.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: *Western Digital RE3 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($25.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: *MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Case: *Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($21.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: *Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: *Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $422.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-21 19:36 EDT-0400
 
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