Decent Budget Build?

[Rasmuff]

So I'm planning on putting together a new budget computer this Fall for a friend so i put together a PCPartPicker list but i don't know how well i did. It will be only for gaming and decently light gaming at that. It doesn't need to run everything at ultra so nothing overboard. Im just looking to play minecraft packs and play maybe a little FPS with maybe some League or something like that every once in a while.

 

Here is the list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Qw7WmG

 

Let me know what you think and what you think i could do better to either save money, boost performance for few buck or both!

 

Thanks in advance,

Matt

[79wjd]

Get a Z97 board, an R9 280, and an Crucial Mx100/Samsung 840 Evo ssd. 

 

And R9 270, or even a GTX750Ti can run either of those games just fine, but its worth the extra money to get a real gpu should you choose to play different games. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.99 @ Micro Center) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($15.00 @ Newegg) 

Total: $724.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-06 15:48 EDT-0400

 

 

Alternative Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($144.50 @ Newegg) 

[Aniallation]

Here is the list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Qw7WmG

 

Everything is good except the motherboard. You cant overclock on H81

[Extingquish]

Z97 board, and  r9 270 maybe

[Deletive]

Everything is good except the motherboard. You cant overclock on H81

[79wjd]

You 'shouldn't' overclock on non z boards as they weren't designed to handle over clocks. 

[Aniallation]

B85 is the only really non-Z boards that should be considered for overclocking. With any OC you will at least want VRM heatsinks

[Deletive]

You 'shouldn't' overclock on non z boards as they weren't designed to handle over clocks. 

 you can't go over i5 stock voltage. So it can still give you a good overclock

 

B85 is the only really non-Z boards that should be considered for overclocking. With any OC you will at least want VRM heatsinks

there is h81 and everything there too. H97 is also another opiton for overclock. still has features for even i7's.

[79wjd]

 you can't go over i5 stock voltage. So it can still give you a good overclock

 

there is h81 and everything there too. H97 is also another opiton for overclock. still has features for even i7's.

H81 boards still require a bios update for the g3258...so without a pre-devils canyon cpu or a board that has a usb flashable bios its going to be difficult to use an h81 board. 

[Deletive]

H81 boards still require a bios update for the g3258...so without a pre-devils canyon cpu or a board that has a usb flashable bios its going to be difficult to use an h81 board. 

It would probably work as a G3220/3420 till a bio update. but good point.