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DaTruPotato

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Hi,

My brother is looking for a desktop to use for work/small level gaming(CIV V or rocket league) at home. But he is more of looking to use it for work purposes. His budget is around $350-500 but no more than $500. As cheap as possible would be great. Will not need OS.

Thanks in advance.
 
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This should be a solid build for that usage, just bear in mind this board needs the up to date BIOS in order to be compatible so you'd need to check that with the store before buying.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-E/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($61.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($78.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 460 2GB Dual OC Video Card ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($33.69 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $411.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-09 11:42 EDT-0400
 
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WiiUMasterGman

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PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BRMbD8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BRMbD8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 460 2GB Dual OC Video Card ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: VIVO CASE-V06 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ Jet)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $401.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-09 11:45 EDT-0400

This is as close to 350 I can get. Used parts would be OK in this situation. Maybe finding a i3 or i5 Haswell combo would be good.
 
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DaTruPotato

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Thanks for the replies. I will take a look at both and see which one would work best. From what i can see both of you selected the same graphics card, which is good and helps narrow down the search.
 
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I am also looking at a Intel Pentium G4560 build around a graphics card that is incompatible with the motherboard in my current system. They both recommended the same processor, and 2 different motherboards for it, as well as the same graphics card.

I would be weary of the ASUS H110M mobo because it would require a BIOS update for a 7th gen Kaby Lake processor - the MSI is the same mobo I'm considering for my build and supports 7th gen out of the box (but is $20 more).
 
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