Build $500 pc?

[Snipermachinema]

Hello I would like to build a $500 pc with windows 8.1 in the budget. I want this computer to have a better processor than gpu. Thank you. Also all parts must be from microcenter.

Also I want a ducky shine 3 keyboard and some mouse in the price as well.

[79wjd]

Also I want a ducky shine 3 keyboard and some mouse in the price as well.

purpose for the computer?

A mech keyboard at a $500 total budget is going to yield a trash computer.....unless of course you like Celerons (cringe).

[ShadowCaptain]

Also I want a ducky shine 3 keyboard and some mouse in the price as well.

 

Yeah good luck with that><

 

What is this pc for? I really do not think  a ducky shine 3 will fit into the budget...

[WereCat]

Why do you need better CPU than GPU? Will you play games or will integrated GPU be enough?

[Snipermachinema]

Why do you need better CPU than GPU? Will you play games or will integrated GPU be enough?

 

Yeah good luck with that><

 

What is this pc for? I really do not think  a ducky shine 3 will fit into the budget...

 

purpose for the computer? A mech keyboard at a $500 total budget is going to yield a trash computer.....unless of course you like Celerons (cringe).

Ok I built myself a $4500 pc this pc is for my dad I want to play sometimes on it for some reason at 1080p.

[Snipermachinema]

Ok I built myself a $4500 pc this pc is for my dad I want to play sometimes on it for some reason at 1080p.

 

Yeah good luck with that><

 

What is this pc for? I really do not think  a ducky shine 3 will fit into the budget...

 

purpose for the computer? A mech keyboard at a $500 total budget is going to yield a trash computer.....unless of course you like Celerons (cringe).

Ducky shine 3 is selling for $99

[Held657]

So if you take away the ducky shine 3, a mouse and windows 8.1 from the 500$ you have a budget about 250 - 300$ for the computer. You do realise that you won't get anywhere with that?

[ShadowCaptain]

Ducky shine 3 is selling for $99

 

Yeah so that means you only have a budget of 400$.. and you want to play games at 1080p....

 

Do you need anything else? Monitor? etc etc

we need all the details, just realise that at 400$ for a PC it will be pretty low end and will only really be good for 720p, or 1080p low 

[79wjd]

Amd x4 760k (90)

Hyper 212 (30)

Random fm2+ mobo (60)

Cheaper mech keyboard (50-100)

8gb ram (75)

W8.1 from g2a.com (30)

R7 260x (130)

Cx450 (40)

Although getting 1080p playable will be tough. There's no reason to get a sucky keyboard on such a right budget. Corsair and cooler master both make excellent options for around $100, and Roswell and thermaltke can be had for even less.

[Held657]

Yeah so that means you only have a budget of 400$.. and you want to play games at 1080p....

 

Do you need anything else? Monitor? etc etc

we need all the details, just realise that at 400$ for a PC it will be pretty low end and will only really be good for 720p, or 1080p low 

 

 

Amd x4 760k (90) Hyper 212 (30) Random fm2+ mobo (50) Cheaper mech keyboard (100) 8gb ram (75) W8.1 from g2a.com (30) R7 260x (130) Cx450 (40) Although getting 1080p playable will be tough. There's no reason to get a sucky keyboard on such a right budget. Corsair and cooler master both make excellent options for around $100, and Roswell and thermaltke can be had for even less.

 

Guys don't forget he want's Windows 8.1 and a mouse in the budget, too .

[79wjd]

Guys don't forget he want's Windows 8.1 and a mouse in the budget, too .

i included windows. And there are too many cheap mice around to suggest any.

[Snipermachinema]

Amd x4 760k (90) Hyper 212 (30) Random fm2+ mobo (50) Cheaper mech keyboard (100) 8gb ram (75) W8.1 from g2a.com (30) R7 260x (130) Cx450 (40) Although getting 1080p playable will be tough. There's no reason to get a sucky keyboard on such a right budget. Corsair and cooler master both make excellent options for around $100, and Roswell and thermaltke can be had for even less.

 

Yeah so that means you only have a budget of 400$.. and you want to play games at 1080p....

 

Do you need anything else? Monitor? etc etc

we need all the details, just realise that at 400$ for a PC it will be pretty low end and will only really be good for 720p, or 1080p low 

 

So if you take away the ducky shine 3, a mouse and windows 8.1 from the 500$ you have a budget about 250 - 300$ for the computer. You do realise that you won't get anywhere with thatMy

My dad doesn't need a monitor he has one and actually he has a g502 mouse. Remember this is for my dad I know its low end but he doesent want to spend over $4000 like me. So please list all the parts and I will close this. Thank you

[Held657]

Plan at least 400$ for the pc alone (means OS and peripherals NOT included). With that you will be able to play 1080p on low - medium settings. Anything under that you can say goodbye to 1080p. And that 400$ build would be crap.

[ShadowCaptain]

Use the money left over to get Windows 8.1 off G2A

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard  ($34.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($36.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($50.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($25.98 @ Newegg) 

Keyboard: Ducky DK9008 Shine 3 Blue LED Backlit (Black Cherry MX) Wired Standard Keyboard  ($129.00 @ Mechanical Keyboards) 

Total: $454.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-28 10:37 EDT-0400

[Snipermachinema]

 

Use the money left over to get Windows 8.1 off G2A

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD 5350 2.05Ghz Quad-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard  ($34.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($36.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($50.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Core Edition Video Card  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($25.98 @ Newegg) 

Keyboard: Ducky DK9008 Shine 3 Blue LED Backlit (Black Cherry MX) Wired Standard Keyboard  ($129.00 @ Mechanical Keyboards) 

Total: $454.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-28 10:37 EDT-0400

 

If i get g2a is it a disc?

[ShadowCaptain]

If i get g2a is it a disc?

 

No, just a key, a disc versoin is like $90 and a g2a key is like $20

 

You can just put an iso on a usb stick 

[Snipermachinema]

No, just a key, a disc versoin is like $90 and a g2a key is like $20

 

You can just put an iso on a usb stick 

So please expalin how that works and how fast this pc would be and what can it play.

[TheKDub]

You're not going to get much power out of a $500 pc, I'd suggest saving up a bit more and spending 700-800ish.

 

From the builds a few people have posted it does not look like you will be able to get the " ducky shine 3 keyboard and some mouse in the price as well."

[ShadowCaptain]

So please expalin how that works and how fast this pc would be and what can it play.

 

I would say it can play most games in medium detail, 1080p and 30 to 60 fps, it should handle normal web browsing, basic photo editing and video playback just fine!

 

You download the ISO for windows 8, transfer it to a usb stick and boot from the usb stick from there it installs just like a normal disc version

 

Well it would certainly be a better pc without it the pc I did was low end at best not helped by the $130 keyboard ><

[Benjio]

How's this? 

Edit: might want to switch the 7770 out for a 260x.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.73 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($44.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($36.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($50.40 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: VisionTek Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($28.75 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: be quiet! 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 

Other: Windows 8.1 key from G2A ($20.00)

Other: Keyboard ($99.00)

Total: $499.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-28 10:49 EDT-0400

[Snipermachinema]

I would say it can play most games in medium detail, 1080p and 30 to 60 fps, it should handle normal web browsing, basic photo editing and video playback just fine!

 

You download the ISO for windows 8, transfer it to a usb stick and boot from the usb stick from there it installs just like a normal disc version

What is the iso? Please explain everything I never did that.

[Snipermachinema]

You're not going to get much power out of a $500 pc, I'd suggest saving up a bit more and spending 700-800ish.

 

From the builds a few people have posted it does not look like you will be able to get the " ducky shine 3 keyboard and some mouse in the price as well."

I know but this is for my dad my pc cost $4500.

[79wjd]

So please expalin how that works and how fast this pc would be and what can it play.

how exactly does one spend $4k on a gaming computer and not know this stuff...

IT will run poorly, but playable at 1080p and well at 720p.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media

[Held657]

Is it really necessary to buy all parts at Micro Center?

[Snipermachinema]

Is it really necessary to buy all parts at Micro Center?

Yes