"Budget" gaming pc

[GiovanniRiggatoni]

Hey guys, I'm new here, and I'm looking for a new gaming pc for around $550-650(including postage). I currently live in Australia, and parts are more expensive over here. I mostly play FPS games like Borderlands, Minecraft, Half life, Doom and all those types of games,so basically I need a good enough pc that can run those games, and that I can use for basic home studio to record my bands' music and solo projects. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

 

[Faceman]

Hey guys, I'm new here, and I'm looking for a new gaming pc for around $550-650(including postage). I currently live in Australia, and parts are more expensive over here. I mostly play FPS games like Borderlands, Minecraft, Half life, Doom and all those types of games,so basically I need a good enough pc that can run those games, and that I can use for basic home studio to record my bands' music and solo projects. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

Do you already have an operating system?  Do you have a monitor?  Do you have any spare parts from an old build that you can reuse?  Like a case, HDD, optical drive?

[GiovanniRiggatoni]

Do you already have an operating system?  Do you have a monitor?  Do you have any spare parts from an old build that you can reuse?  Like a case, HDD, optical drive?

Yes, already have a monitor and Windows 7, I also have my HDD from my old system. EDIT: I dont really need an optical drive since I dont use them.

[Faceman]

Yes, already have a monitor and Windows 7, I also have my HDD from my old system. EDIT: I dont really need an optical drive since I dont use them.

One australian budget PC build coming up!

[GiovanniRiggatoni]

One australian budget PC build coming up!

Haha thanks!

[Jerakl]

@SAV1OUR Is in AUS and he knows a lot about budget builds.

He might be sleeping at the moment. IDK time zones. Curse you daylight savings!

[Faceman]

Hey guys, I'm new here, and I'm looking for a new gaming pc for around $550-650(including postage). I currently live in Australia, and parts are more expensive over here. I mostly play FPS games like Borderlands, Minecraft, Half life, Doom and all those types of games,so basically I need a good enough pc that can run those games, and that I can use for basic home studio to record my bands' music and solo projects. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3qOZV

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3qOZV/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3qOZV/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($67.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($98.99 @ Mwave Australia)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($65.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($195.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Case: Cooler Master Force 500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ CPL Online)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $672.99

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-13 15:06 EST+1000)

 

Some areas where you can make some reductions:

 

Case, find a less expensive case.  Case has no impact on performance, get the least expensive, functional case you can find.

PSU:  You only need about 350-400W to power this machine, so if you can find a less expensive 400W PSU that is 80+ Bronze certified, get it.  Corsair CX430?  I couldn't find it on PcP, maybe a different website or local store will have one.

RAM:  Start off with 4GB of RAM and upgrade to 8GB later on?  For the games you are playing, you only need 4GB of RAM.  and if you decide 4GB isnt enough, you can easily upgrade!

SSD:  I really advise you to get at least a 60GB SSD to install your operating system on and to manage your C drive, everything else goes on the HDD.  This will make your computer blazing fast.  This is optional, but highly recommended.

[GiovanniRiggatoni]

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3qOZV

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3qOZV/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/3qOZV/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($67.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($98.99 @ Mwave Australia)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($65.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($195.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Case: Cooler Master Force 500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ CPL Online)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $672.99

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-13 15:06 EST+1000)

 

Some areas where you can make some reductions:

 

Case, find a less expensive case.  Case has no impact on performance, get the least expensive, functional case you can find.

PSU:  You only need about 350-400W to power this machine, so if you can find a less expensive 400W PSU that is 80+ Bronze certified, get it.  Corsair CX430?  I couldn't find it on PcP, maybe a different website or local store will have one.

RAM:  Start off with 4GB of RAM and upgrade to 8GB later on?  For the games you are playing, you only need 4GB of RAM.  and if you decide 4GB isnt enough, you can easily upgrade!

SSD:  I really advise you to get at least a 60GB SSD to install your operating system on and to manage your C drive, everything else goes on the HDD.  This will make your computer blazing fast.  This is optional, but highly recommended.

Thank you so much for your help! Ill be sure to have a look and see if I can change the case if there a cheaper one!

[SAV1OUR]

pretty much what @Faceman said with a 760

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory:  Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($76.74 @ Amazon)
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card  ($239.99 @ NCIX US)
Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply:  Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $685.66
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-13 01:59 EDT-0400)