Best $500 gaming pc

[ExcaliburMC]

Hi, I need a new gaming pc for minecraft robocraft and plantside 2.

My budget is $500 us for a pc with windows.

[SImoHayha]

You might want to bump that up a tad bit...there aren't very many cheap gaming laptops. Either you pay a good amount or nothing

[ExcaliburMC]

I dont want a laptop!!

[EleventHour]

You can buy my tower lol

[ForsakenLive]

You need strong CPU horsepower for that.

 

I'd go with something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($148.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $490.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-27 19:40 EDT-0400

 

 

The new i3s pack a real punch when it comes to single threaded performance. Any 1150 socket mobo will do, this is cheap and has most features you could need. Min 8GB ram (you don't really loose performance by going with a single stick instead of dual channel, this way you can upgrade later) + 1TB HDD, no less than that.

Good enough case and PSU (these can vary, there are different options at this price).

The best GPU at this price ($150) is the R9 270 2GB.

[ExcaliburMC]

Hi, i forget to tell you i have a hard drive

[Captain_Slow]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sTtKQ7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sTtKQ7/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($47.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Patriot Blaze 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.00 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $525.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-27 19:51 EDT-0400

[ExcaliburMC]

Thanks Captain_Slow

[Inventrious]

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sTtKQ7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sTtKQ7/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($47.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Patriot Blaze 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.00 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $525.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-27 19:51 EDT-0400

 

All he needs is Windows 7. When Windows 10 is released everyone with Windows 7/8 will get to upgrade to 10 for free

[EleventHour]

Hi, i forget to tell you i have a hard drive

 

what hard drive do you have/plan on using?