Low budget pc build

Matthew Renna · Jan 24, 2017

My brother wants me to build a computer for him. He doesn't mind it being super great as long as it can handle light gaming, say war thunder at 45 fps on median settings at 1490 by 900. He also wants it to be upgradable in the future. However, he's only got about 250 dollars to play with.

I do not need a case because I've got an older case from like 2003 that I plan to use. I already have a pci wifi card, a 4gb stick of ddr3, and a copy of Windows 7.

This is the hardware I'm thinking of buying,
Motherboard-https://www.amazon.com/Asus-uATX-DDR3-SB710-Motherboard/dp/B0054U7HIO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485308262&sr=8-1&keywords=socket+am3+motherboard

CPU-https://www.amazon.com/AMD-FD6300WMHKBOX-FX-6300-6-Core-Processor/dp/B009O7YORK/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1485308292&sr=8-8&keywords=socket+am3+cpu

Power supply-https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-WHITE-Warranty-Supply-100-W1-0500-KR/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1485308340&sr=1-2&keywords=power+supply

Graphics card-https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-DDR3-2GB-Graphics-GV-R724OC-2GI-REV2-0/dp/B00JRSPXMQ/ref=sr_1_14?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1485308376&sr=1-14&keywords=graphics+card

This is what I think would be good. I do not know that much about lower priced graphics cards so if you have any suggestions about it or any other part of the build please tell me.

Matthew Renna · Jan 24, 2017

250 dollars is my max budget.

King Dranzer · Jan 24, 2017

Here is the build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($57.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-E/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($24.38 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB SC GAMING Video Card ($109.99 @ Jet)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $272.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-24 21:36 EST-0500

Upgrade RAM by adding second 4GB stick in near future.

Sell that DDR3 RAM.

This is far better than that AMD FX 6300 build

King Dranzer · Jan 24, 2017

Sell that DDR3 RAM and add the price to the budget

Get that Antec PSU instead of that EVGA one. It is of better quality.

The Paladin · Jan 24, 2017

for 250$ that's is a pretty god setup for an AMD, with little updating left on it (FX 8350) later I guess. I would find funds to boost that 4gb to 8gb. There is also no mention of a hard drive. I will assume you have one. Another thing to have for an SSD drive 120G for O/s runs about 45$ something to think about later but worth mentioning. The R2 470 is a decent video card, don't expect to run battlefield 1 on it and you will be fine.
my only problem with your system, is that constricted by budget you have to fall on older components that truly said are dead-end hardware with no real upgrade path in the future aside a better cpu. I am suggesting injecting another 30$ in your setup to truly modernize the system with tons of abilities to upgrade later below... if only food for though, but if I was in that budget of yours I would look more closely at the performance offered by the setup and ability to grow forward on it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($57.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($24.98 @ Directron)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($109.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.90 @ Jet)
Total: $284.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-24 21:56 EST-0500

Matthew Renna · Jan 25, 2017

Yeah I forgot to say I already also have a hard drive and a DVD drive. The only thing is I need the motherboard to have at least one older style pci slot on it. Also, so your saying an AMD build wouldn't be as good as a newer skylake build?

Matthew Renna · Jan 25, 2017

Oh and plus a gtx 1050 would be overkill for what he's going to use it for.

The Paladin · Jan 25, 2017

okay best I got for you will be this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($57.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($24.98 @ Directron)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250 2GB Video Card ($72.17 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.90 @ Jet)
Total: $246.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-25 07:20 EST-0500

Matthew Renna · Jan 25, 2017

How much better is that build you posted than the one I came up with? I'm just asking because I need at least one conventional pci slot and one of those tiny pci slots also. Sorry for all the questions but I'm pretty new to building computers. So with the AMD build I would just not be able to upgrade the cpu much in the future?

The Paladin · Jan 25, 2017

the thing is there is nothing wrong with the AMD setup you chose per say, but if you or your brother wants to upgrade later on he will be looking at a cpu/mobo and ram upgrade, the choice I offered, permits you to upgrade the bough hardware in smaller increments. and keep it current.

as for the short PCi slot you need this mother board has this as you can see in this picture

Matthew Renna · Jan 25, 2017

Yeah I forgot to say I've got a hard drive and a DVD drive already. The only thing is I need older style pci slots on the motherboard. So an AMD build wouldn't be the best idea? I just though AMD would be better for a cheaper build because I thought their cpus were generaly cheaper.

Matthew Renna · Jan 25, 2017

oh whoops, accidentaly posted the post above this which is a copy of an earlier post, don't know how I did that. What if I were to build a haswell based build because I found this motherboard which is pretty cheap and has everything I need on it. Also, can't you still get extremly powerful haswell cpus?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IZHHBR0/ref=twister_B01D1DQRKE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

King Dranzer · Jan 25, 2017

Matthew Renna :

There is no further upgrade path with that AMD setup.

With Intel(Skylake) setup you can upgrade to some extent down the road.

In this case Intel is better path to take.

Seaweed Monster · Jan 25, 2017

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($42.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GT 740 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $270.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-25 09:51 EST-0500

The GT 740 Superclocked can pull its own weight from the videos I've seen. Good for light to medium gaming.

Went for a Intel i3 instead of a Intel Pentium.

Matthew Renna · Jan 25, 2017

I found this skylake motherboard. It has all of the older stuff I need on it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ASY08HW/ref=twister_B01KIHND8A?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

Here's the cpu you suggested
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80662G4400-Pentium-Processor-FCLGA1151/dp/B015VPX05A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485365898&sr=8-1&keywords=skylake+pentium

My brother won't need more than 4 gbs of ram
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TY6A2Z4/ref=twister_B01N4FCO71?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Here's a power supply, don't know if it's the best but the reviews were good and it looked good
https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-WHITE-Warranty-Supply-100-W1-0500-KR/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1485365671&sr=1-1&keywords=power+supply

Graphics card, I do not know

I'm just buying everything on amazon because that's all my parents want to use and I'm too young to have my own money accounts or anything like that

So that's 192 dollars, would the intergrated graphics be better or would a graphics card I could get for under 50 dollars be better?

Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it

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