Budget Gaming PC

[sakoki]

Hello,

 

I'm planning to build a gaming PC for my little brother fairly soon as his current one isn't even capable of running source games (which means that I will not be reusing any parts). The budget is around 700 euros and my location is Austria (a very good way of figuring out austrian prices is using http://geizhals.at/, don't even using the american pcpartpicker and calculating how much it is in euros, prices in europe are a lot higher). I'm considering going for AMD with the CPU as it is significantly cheaper than intel and works perfectly fine, for the GPU I'm thinking either a mid-tier AMD GPU or the Nvidia GTX 750Ti.

However, I'm not sure, the last time I checked what new hardware had been released was last winter when I was building my own PC, so there might be some better options. Also, I would like this PC to really work well, not only have raw performance, as I will be the one fixing it when there's a problem, and I don't necessarily want to do that, so I might get fan control and what not. Anyway, I could really use some help choosing the parts (and I mean all parts, not just core components) aswell as building the whole thing later on, I've only build 2 PCs so far, one is mine which works but is a bit of a ghetto setup, and one for friends, however, that one doesn't seem to work perfectly . Also, both were really simple, I didn't even install any additional coolers, so any detailed explanation on optional parts which I haven't worked with so far is welcome.

 

Thanks in advance

[bry.yyyy]

with monitor or not with monitor ?

 

Hello,

 

I'm planning to build a gaming PC for my little brother fairly soon as his current one isn't even capable of running source games (which means that I will not be reusing any parts). The budget is around 700 euros and my location is Austria (a very good way of figuring out austrian prices is using http://geizhals.at/, don't even using the american pcpartpicker and calculating how much it is in euros, prices in europe are a lot higher). I'm considering going for AMD with the CPU as it is significantly cheaper than intel and works perfectly fine, for the GPU I'm thinking either a mid-tier AMD GPU or the Nvidia GTX 750Ti.

However, I'm not sure, the last time I checked what new hardware had been released was last winter when I was building my own PC, so there might be some better options. Also, I would like this PC to really work well, not only have raw performance, as I will be the one fixing it when there's a problem, and I don't necessarily want to do that, so I might get fan control and what not. Anyway, I could really use some help choosing the parts (and I mean all parts, not just core components) aswell as building the whole thing later on, I've only build 2 PCs so far, one is mine which works but is a bit of a ghetto setup, and one for friends, however, that one doesn't seem to work perfectly . Also, both were really simple, I didn't even install any additional coolers, so any detailed explanation on optional parts which I haven't worked with so far is welcome.

 

Thanks in advance

with monitor ? or not

[dragoon20005]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (€86.90 @ Caseking) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€31.63 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€87.35 @ Hardwareversand) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€69.90 @ Caseking) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€58.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€50.39 @ Pixmania DE) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card  (€224.89 @ Pixmania DE) 

Case: Cooler Master Force 500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€39.27 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€56.58 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Total: €705.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 09:31 CEST+0200

 

using German part picker

 

for 705 euros

[Clyne]

I have to use the dutch one

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (€114.90 @ Caseking) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€31.63 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€110.73 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€67.98 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 1TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card  (€224.89 @ Pixmania DE) 

Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€39.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€56.58 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Total: €695.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 09:33 CEST+0200

[bry.yyyy]

here with no monitor AMD Cpu and Dutch Part Picker

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (€147.90 @ Caseking)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€31.63 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€129.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€81.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 1TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (€147.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (€39.94 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€56.58 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €685.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 09:39 CEST+0200

[sakoki]

with monitor or not with monitor ?

 

with monitor ? or not

without.

 

here with no monitor AMD Cpu and Dutch Part Picker

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (€147.90 @ Caseking)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€31.63 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€129.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€81.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 1TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€49.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (€147.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case  (€39.94 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€56.58 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €685.73

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-19 09:39 CEST+0200

How does the 750Ti perform compared to the R9 280x? Also, is a 130 euro motherboard something I want in a budget PC? What is the difference to cheaper motherboards?

 

@Everyone Should I not get additional fans?

 

Thanks for all the advice so far, I really appreciate it