Budget Gaming Build

[Tmant123]

Hello Toms hardware

I'm doing a build for someone who will use it for pretty much only gaming, but their budget is only $450.

I'd like to get a recommended build setup, parts should be from Newegg only.

I prefer to build with Radeon cards

Thanks in advance.

 

[manofchalk]

For $450 you are going to have trouble building a machine outright.

This is as about low end as you can get, and is still outside your budget by $50. Thats not even including an OS.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-pc-do-it-yourself-geforce-gtx-560,3216.html

 

[Tmant123]

Thats a sad excuse for a gaming pc, and I don't need to purchase OS.

I came up with this:

ASUS M5A78L-M LX AM3+
Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz
CM V6 GT Cooler
Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 XMS3 2x4gb 1333mhz Ram
Ultra 600w psu (Not the best, I know)
CM HAF 912 Case
Samsung DVD Burner
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 GPU
Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM
All this for around $450.

 

[hiporc]

Best to get a laptop or something from Costco...

 

[manofchalk]

I doubt you can get that for $450.

PSU is not the place to cheap out. I would rather get an Athlon CPU before a generic PSU.

 

[Tmant123]

Best to get a laptop or something from Costco...

Find me a laptop that can beat the build I listed for the same price then.

 

[Tmant123]

I doubt you can get that for $450.

Yes actually, tiger direct diy combo, then i added stuff. Major combo dealing.

Here:

First:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4870370&Sku=B69-0604&cm_re=Homepage-_-Spot%2001a-_-CatId_31_B69-0604

I added before the rebate was taken off the $310 price, so incase rebate goes through the whole.

Then added

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148538
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

Sure its a bit over $450 but if I really had to I could just leave it as 4gb of ram.

 

[manofchalk]

Tiger direct Combo deals huh?

parts should be from Newegg only.

Thanks for telling us we could do that.

Also don't factor rebates into your build cost. They are hard to get at best and shouldn't be relied upon.

 

[Tmant123]

Forgot Tiger has good combo deals..anyways, I think i answered my own question by being not so set on newegg only...

/end thread.

 

[hiporc]

Find me a laptop that can beat the build I listed for the same price then.

I was just pointing out that custom building at that price in my mind is very hard and you mine as well get a pre-build system on sale at a outlet store.