$600 budget build.

[Skcorpion86]

So a co worker of mine asked me to build him a PC for mostly playing WOW, Unreal Tournament, Doom, RTS games and he will probably buy ESO. He told me he wants to spend less than $600 on the PC. 

My first question I have.... What kind of performance will can you get in the above games  at $600?

My second question i have... Can you guys help me build a PC for around $600? I'm not a good budget builder, I usually spend as much money as I need on my PC to get features that I want. 

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[PsychoticEpisode]

For then $600 will be more than enough with room to spare.

Try this

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Jw59

 

If you need a OS you can drop the card down to a R7 265 or R7 260X.

[Skcorpion86]

I don't need a OS. 

And I know about PC part picker, but I need help getting "the most bang for my buck" 

If someone could use PC part picker and help me that would be great.

[PsychoticEpisode]

I don't need a OS. 

And I know about PC part picker, but I need help getting "the most bang for my buck" 

If someone could use PC part picker and help me that would be great.

Click the link it has the build I picked out. It will give you the most gaming performance for your money.

[Skcorpion86]

Click the link it has the build I picked out. It will give you the most gaming performance for your money.

Sorry. I looked at it and thought it was just a link to the site. didn't know there was a build in there. Thanks

[toughtrasher]

With a $600 budget build, I imagine you can finish the year off playing the latest games on the lowest settings, probably a bit higher but I'm just setting expectations.

 

Anything 2012 and later, you'll be able to run no problem.

[PsychoticEpisode]

With a $600 budget build, I imagine you can finish the year off playing the latest games on the lowest settings, probably a bit higher but I'm just setting expectations.

 

Anything 2012 and later, you'll be able to run no problem.

A quad core with a 270 will do way more that low settings look at the numbers.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-270-review-benchmarks,3669-3.html

[OnCue]

With a $600 budget build, I imagine you can finish the year off playing the latest games on the lowest settings, probably a bit higher but I'm just setting expectations.

 

Anything 2012 and later, you'll be able to run no problem.

I think you're setting expectations unreasonably low. The build listed above will play most games at high to ultra @1080p no AA at around 45-60fps, depending on the game.

For the games he's running, he will definitely be able to play at the highest settings @1080p 60-120fps, if not higher. (A little bit lower for ESO)

[vitor_cut]

 

 

put a cheaper case, a cheaper board, and you can mantain the r9 270 for arround 600 ou put a r7 265

[CatinaHat]

Perfect for your needs, will work like a charm. APU builds are stupid for 600$.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($98.46 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  ($135.00 @ Newegg) 

Case:  NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Mwave) 

Power Supply:  XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.99 @ NCIX US) 

Optical Drive:  Asus DVD-E818AAT/BLK/B/GEN DVD/CD Drive  ($18.73 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $582.13

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-14 11:06 EDT-0400)

[CatinaHat]

For then $600 will be more than enough with room to spare.

Try this

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Jw59

 

If you need a OS you can drop the card down to a R7 265 or R7 260X.

Thats a terrible build.

[PsychoticEpisode]

Thats a terrible build.

How so? Do tell us O master of Computers.

 

PS. I think the advanced member that agrees with me knows a bit more than a new members with no build on his profile.

[Stevemario]

Thats a terrible build.

its really not.

I would go with:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K $79.50 + $7.15 (Tax) = $86.65 @ Amazon (Overridden) /* SEE NOTE 1 */

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 $18.16 + $1.63 (Tax) = $19.79 @ NCIX US

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M-HD+ $52.99 + $6.98 (Shipping) + $4.76 (Tax) = $64.73 @ Newegg /* SEE NOTE 2 */

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB $63.99 + $5.75 (Tax) = $69.74 @ Newegg

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB $54.44 + $4.89 (Tax) = $59.33 @ Amazon

Video Card: Gigabyte GTX 660 $159.99 + $14.39 (Tax) = $174.38 @ NCIX US

Case: Apex PC-389-C $29.99 + $2.69 (Tax) = $32.68 @ Amazon

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified $39.50 + $3.55 (Tax) = $43.05 @ Amazon

Total: $498.56 + $6.98 (Shipping) + $44.81 (Tax) = $550.35

Note 1: The cpu is shown as cheaper on PCPL at tigerdirect, where I don't get charged tax, and outletpc, that hides shipping cost. its only a 18 cent difference between tiger and amazon, but if I bought from amazon, $7 would go to the state, so I'd prefer that.

Note 2: you have over $100 subtotal at NCIX, so you qualify for free shipping. if you can price match the motherboard at NCIX, you save $7 on shipping.

I couldn't get a 660 Ti in there unfortunately, so there's $50 for you to save your co-worker, or for you to swap parts around.

[toughtrasher]

A quad core with a 270 will do way more that low settings look at the numbers.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-270-review-benchmarks,3669-3.html

Shoot didn't see the quad core. I apologize, I glanced at the build and didn't pay much attention to it.