$600 GAMING ONLY PC

[Number 29]

I've been looking for parts etc what not for my friend and he wants around 600 for his budget so I came up with this.

I've seen that the 750ti is a great card however I went with the SC instead of FTW because I've read that the FTW is kind of loud due to the cooler but it stays very cool due to it.

 

this is the build i came up with: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pc101201/saved/s7XJ7P

[Freaky_spider]

dont go nvidia with this budget, equally priced AMD will own it

[Number 29]

dont go nvidia with this budget, equally priced AMD will own it

Well from what I've read the 750ti out performs the 260x which is right around the same price area as this card (approx 10-20 dollars) so I figured might as well as spend a bit more for more performance 

[strawberrymaker]

For Gaming only, i can recommend you too a amd gpu. you wont need these cuda cores for gaming.

 

~Straw

[wkronbaek]

You can get a r9 270 for $155

[PhantomChevron]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($79.49 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($62.78 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($164.99 @ Micro Center) 

Case: Antec VSK-3000 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $589.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-09 06:17 EDT-0400

[Number 29]

@Number 29

Does he need an ODD?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.09 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($73.95 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2GB Dual-X Video Card  ($144.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $587.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-09 06:16 EDT-0400

He wants to build it on his own and he wants it to be easy and straight forward so I just threw in a cheap ODD for him for the OS install.

[Held657]

I've been looking for parts etc what not for my friend and he wants around 600 for his budget so I came up with this.

I've seen that the 750ti is a great card however I went with the SC instead of FTW because I've read that the FTW is kind of loud due to the cooler but it stays very cool due to it.

 

this is the build i came up with: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pc101201/saved/s7XJ7P

 

The 750ti has about the same performance as the R7 260X. Sometimes the GTX is 5-10% better, sometimes the R7 is, it depends on the game, but it balances. Why you chose 2133MHz in a 600$ build is complety not understandable for me. You won't get anything from it, but you waste some budget. Normal 1600MHz RAM will do just fine:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($67.49 @ Newegg)

Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($71.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card  ($164.80 @ Newegg)

Case: Rosewill REDBONE U3 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Rosewill 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($16.98 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $602.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-09 06:24 EDT-0400

 

So I hooked you up with a better motherboard and got rid of the RAM. Also I put in a PSU that is semi modular and very cheap at the moment due to mail in rebates. That way I was able to scramble in a R9 270X, which will simply crush your 750Ti.

[bry.yyyy]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LRK3NG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LRK3NG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB Dual-X Video Card  ($208.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Phantom 240 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $608.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-09 06:44 EDT-0400