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Hello, I'm a New Zealander and I'm having trouble finding a good low budget gaming pc.
My budget is $550.00 NZD (nz.pcpartpicker.com will help!) which equals around $360.00 USD. This is i think equal to a Console so this could easily be a 'Console Killer'.

Budget: $600-700 NZD APPROX = $430-450 USD
Location: New Zealand
Recommended sites: nz.pcpartpicker.com
Thanks for the help guys really appreciate it! Will choose the best in 12 hours and get best solution.

Cheers and Thanks!
 
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RCFProd
G3240 + R7 260X. Not the most powerful setup, but I guess it should do at 1080p@30fps medium settings.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($84.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($92.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($171.35 @ PB Technologies)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01...
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This budget is not good enough for any type of gaming build. I haven't been able to do one. Best you can do is get a PC build without the graphics card, and add the GPU later when you have the budget for it. Even then in 550 NZD you'll be stuck with a weak processor.

Overall, you cannot beat a PS4 with 360 USD anyways. The prices in NZD are different also.
 
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G3240 + R7 260X. Not the most powerful setup, but I guess it should do at 1080p@30fps medium settings.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3240 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($84.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($92.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($171.35 @ PB Technologies)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.82 @ Aquila Technology)
Power Supply: Antec 500W ATX Power Supply ($78.23 @ Ascent Technology)
Total: $684.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-12 23:30 NZST+1200

Maybe PCPartPicker is not finding some shops with good prices in New-Zealand?

You can check gameplay of this setup here on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deaI7ZElESE

Check the description for more gameplay videos at the same specs. Note that you have 8GB RAM though so the performance will be better than the video shown.
 
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Budget is still too low for a gaming rig. The lowest (and I mean absolotely lowest) I would go for gaming is this build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($175.00 @ PC Force)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($88.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($85.00 @ PC Force)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($171.35 @ PB Technologies)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.82 @ Aquila Technology)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($96.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Total: $788.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-12 23:28 NZST+1200

Exceeds the budget by $88, and still makes a number of compromises, I had no choice. For instance, PSU is merely average (could not fit XFX/Seasonic in this budget), there is a single RAM stick (cheaper than 2x4 and allows 16GB upgrade later, but sacrifices several percent of overall speed by being single channel), graphics card is solid but nothing too special (expect medium/high at 1080p in most titles), and CPU also lacks more cores for very demanding games, although it is a capable one overall in most of them.

Bottom line: this build is a very good starting point, but it cannot max all games at 1080p/60fps. 30/40fps is doable, though.
 
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Congrats RCFProd for the solution! But don't be discouraged I appreciated all your guys and gals advice! I thank you all for your cooperation and may God Bless you all forever as well as your families!

One question though can dreamspark be used as an OS for a blank pc?
 
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