Cheap Gaming Machine - need advice

mdallaire12 · Apr 1, 2016

Good day, a friend of mine challenged me to build him the cheapest but still very good performer machine. He basically wants to play games like World of Tanks and the like, nothing too heavy. He wanted it under 1500$CAN to include the box and a monitor, no peripherals.

Here is what I am proposing and I'm all hear to anyone's comment:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($136.54 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($71.98 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($90.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Kingston Savage 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($106.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($268.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($77.50 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Newton R3 600W 80+ Platinum Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($124.00 @ shopRBC)
Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor ($148.88 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1025.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-01 22:41 EDT-0400

Nuckles_56 · Apr 2, 2016

It isn't cheap but it will be a better gaming machine than the one listed above

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($155.25 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($118.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($53.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($196.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($268.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($77.50 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: Antec Green 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($78.50 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($124.00 @ shopRBC)
Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor ($148.88 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1221.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-02 00:18 EDT-0400

Outlander_04 · Apr 2, 2016

The FX 6300 is a still a decent gaming processor , but they do not perform well on the boards with the older 760G chip sets .

Something like this is a little more expensive but is newer and sharper
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($155.25 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($108.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($48.08 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($268.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($54.25 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($74.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($124.00 @ shopRBC)
Monitor: Asus VN248Q-P 60Hz 23.8" Monitor ($208.00 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1107.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-02 00:33 EDT-0400

You can save by including the original monitor .
An SSD can be added later as an upgrade . The hard drive wont be slow in the game but it will take longer to load and boot

mdallaire12 · Apr 2, 2016

Both of you suggested the intel Core i3-6100, so I guess I should look into this more carefully