$350 Gaming pc, WITHOUT REBATES!

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I am on a very tight budget, i have no idea what to buy, so any suggestions are welcome. I will only be playing minecraft, league of legends, csgo, star wars battlefront, and maybe dota 2. Thanks, i plan on buying the pc in the next 2 months or so. As stated in title, budget is $350 before rebates.
 
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I don't think anybody is under any illusions that's a $350 rig will be a world-beater, but you can just about put together a viable rig that will handle CS:GO, LoL, Minecraft. Battlefront you would have to tone right down. Low settings should be ok.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($27.75 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce...
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Deehomes

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Sorry but that's not really a realistic price for a gaming PC. The only games that would probably be playable on a machine for that price would be League, minecraft, and maybe CS:GO. If you could get up to a $500 budget you could build a decent console equivalent PC that should play those games reasonably well for the price.
 
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maddogfargo

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For $350, no windows, no optical drive.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($114.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($43.24 @ Mac Mall)
Total: $352.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-25 15:42 EDT-0400

Optical drive is inexpensive. Windwos 10 home adds ~$85
 
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DeathRabit

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ask as one week before you decide buy.

Atm APU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7860k 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($105.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($47.55 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Klevv Neo 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($23.26 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX XT 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $305.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-25 15:42 EDT-0400

Or this one 2x more powerful GPU * GPU prices will drop in next 2 months because new generations release around June.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($47.55 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Klevv Neo 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 360 2GB Ultra Durable 2 Video Card ($93.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($23.26 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX XT 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $363.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-25 15:44 EDT-0400
 
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IckyPickle

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You have 3 basic choices:

    ■You have all the peripherals (kb/m, monitor, etc), and are willing to pirate an OS. Then I would go with what others have recommended for a build. You can surf at your own leisure.
    ■You have nothing, only a few peripherals, or don't want to pirate an OS. You would be best off to buy a pre-made PC. I wouldn't recommend this for gaming
    ■Buy a console

At $350, your system will be outdated super quick, and not worth the investment since you will need to put in more money within the next 1.5-2 years (and that's being optimistic). My personal opinion is that you either save $600-$800 and get something decent for gaming, or buy a console.

~Icky
 
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Dell outlet has Alien are Alphas onsale with Coupon for around $350 at times keep an Eye out. Otherwise with coupon code you can get Off lease Dell i5 2400 for around $250 http://dellrefurbished.com/ and throw in a 750ti from EVGA B stock website for $80.
 
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Barty1884

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I don't think anybody is under any illusions that's a $350 rig will be a world-beater, but you can just about put together a viable rig that will handle CS:GO, LoL, Minecraft. Battlefront you would have to tone right down. Low settings should be ok.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($27.75 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($101.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Zalman T2 Plus MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($27.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $339.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-25 15:51 EDT-0400

Doesn't give you much storage, any upgrade path, an OS or a "great" PSU.....but at $340 I'd hope you expected that.

Remember, an OS through legit retail channels costs around 1/3 of your total budget....do with that what you will.
 
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