$500-$600 gaming build

[catbutts]

My friend wants to get in on PC gaming and asked me for help. I'm giving him my old case, some fans, and 2 hard drives for free. Mouse, KB, OS, and monitor are covered too.

 

I'm hoping this opens up his budget for a better GPU. I was thinking an R9 270X or R9 280 would be good for high settings at 1080p.

I am thinking the G3258 would be a good choice too since he will only be gaming/browsing the internet.

$650 including tax would be the highest he can offer.

 

Any suggestions?

[Wiff]

an atx board with am3+, at about 70$ and an amd fx 6350

[Hotnuggets]

get a cheap SSD of any kind if theres room for it in the build, SSDs make the world go round

[madscientist56]

My friend wants to get in on PC gaming and asked me for help. I'm giving him my old case, some fans, and 2 hard drives for free. Mouse, KB, monitor are covered too.

 

I'm hoping this opens up his budget for a better GPU. I was thinking an R9 270X or R9 280 would be good for high settings at 1080p.

I am thinking the G3258 would be a good choice too since he will only be gaming/browsing the internet.

$650 including tax would be the highest he can offer.

 

Any suggestions?

he needs an os right?

[Wiff]

get a cheap SSD of any kind if theres room for it in the build, SSDs make the world go round

in that price range h shouldnt buy a ssd, its not worth, you can easily upgrade the hdd later

[SSOB]

This will do perfectly:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tKXqP6

[catbutts]

he needs an os right?

that's covered too, I'll edit the op

I'm giving him the win7 CD that came with my old computer

[Wiff]

aftermarket coolers are stupid if you want to go cheap and dont choose v300, it has a new and bad firmware aswell as controller, its as slow as a hdd now

[madscientist56]

that's covered too, I'll edit the op

I'm giving him the win7 CD that came with my old computer

 

I tried to fit the Pentium anniversary in with a good cooler and mobo

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.00 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($72.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($224.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $641.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-23 17:18 EDT-0400

[catbutts]

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This fits the budget a lot better

Do you think a Hyper 212 would perform decently for about half the price?

[madscientist56]

This fits the budget a lot better

Do you think a Hyper 212 would perform decently for about half the price?

it would be decent, just don't expect to get past 4.5ghz though (assuming you have normal luck)

and actually if your really on a budget and don't plan on crossfireing anytime soon you could go with the 500 watt version of the power supply in the build, http://bit.ly/1msghaA

however If you stick with the Dark rock pro 3 keep the 600 watt powersupply for the extra overclocking headroom (and you could possibly crossfire)