$400-$500 dollar PC build

OutOfAmmo907

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I have been looking into some PC builds, and I have posted about different PC builds on these forums plenty of times, but I want a low cost PC build that will be able to play games like Minecraft, LoL, WoW, BF3 and maybe BF4, Left 4 Dead 2, GTA 4 and possibly GTA 5 when it comes out, Far Cry 3 and Blood Dragon, all the counter strike games, all half life and portal games, and DayZ, Arma 2 and 3, and both borderlands all on high settings or medium settings, my budget for this build is around $400 US dollars, excluding shipping and handling. I already have a HD Asus monitor from a friend, The OS, mouse and keyboard, so no worries there but I need the gaming rig to play on. Please help? This is my first PC build, I am only 14 but I know computer parts, and I have done my fair share of research on PC's, so I'm not a complete noob at it ;)

Some of the games that I could cut out, are BF3 and 4, Blood Dragon, and GTA 5 and Arma 3. Those are just games that would be fun to play, if possible, if not for the amount of money, I don't need to play them. If there is some parts that cost a little extra, there is no problem, I can go max $500 but no higher, I am hoping for a $400 dollar build, but if not, $500 is fine.
 

Surya Mylvahanan

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$400
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1jsUT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1jsUT/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1jsUT/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Pentium G2120 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($66.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.49 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($95.38 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $403.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-22 15:45 EDT-0400)

With the motherboard you can upgrade to i3/i5/i7 later however this is socket lga 1155 so you can't upgrade to the new haswell

$500 (recommended)
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1iLPp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1iLPp/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1iLPp/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($119.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B75MA-P45 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.49 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1GB Video Card ($144.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $509.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-22 15:54 EDT-0400)

Sorry i went $10 over budget but im sure you can earn that somehow. But this build can play all of your games on medium with excellent frame rates. This also includes a gtx 650 ti boost which is great for gaming.

 

Surya Mylvahanan

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The gtx 650 2gb is not as powerful as the gtx 650 ti boost 1gb (the gtx 650 ti boost is almost like a gtx 660)
and with the amd processor he can't upgrade to a i5/i7 which is ideal for gaming

 

steven37

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Yeah but he can always get a nice aftermarket cpu cooler in the future and overclock his cpu, and which 650 ti are you looking at? theres different ones
 

Surya Mylvahanan

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refer to my build and he could only overclock if the motherboard allows it