$500 Gaming PC

[Camcognito]

My friend wants to make an upgrade from a Macbook Air. So he decided to build. His budget is $500 with OS, no peripherals. Thanks!

[askmax]

500$ With an OS is a hard one. Don't expect BF4 on ultra with a budget like this.

[theKumba]

How about selling one of your New Rig SSDs and highering your budget to around 1.2k $?

JK, I made a similar one some time ago, let me search for it.

-edit: It was too old. LTT deleted it from the "my content" page. Sorry.

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

Your friend needs an OS? Is it mandatory to have Windows? 

[Camcognito]

500$ With an OS is a hard one. Don't expect BF4 on ultra with a budget like this.

Yeah I know, it would be just a basic PC for stuff like Minecraft atm.

[Camcognito]

Your friend needs an OS? Is it mandatory to have Windows? 

Yes, but I was thinking G2A, everyone I heard its legit.

[lx_srs]

Yeah I know, it would be just a basic PC for stuff like Minecraft atm.

So he needs a CPU with fast cores... Hmmmm

[Camcognito]

I was thinking an i3, mine handles Minecraft, and Garry's Mod perfectly.

[GarnetDevil]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($106.01 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.65 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($90.26 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $548.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-23 11:08 EDT-0400

 

If he's willing to spend 50$ then go for this build

[themaniac]

here i chose a pentium because if its just minecraft it you won't need much more and it will be able to run alot of game at 1080p on low to high depending on which game if it has a decent gpu which is a gtx 750 ti evga ftw acx i grabbed an optical drive because i didn't know if your friend will need one and i grabbed 4gb of ram because it will be fine for the time as long as your friend doesn't play games like bf4

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Micro Center) 

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Total: $518.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-23 11:15 EDT-0400

[Camcognito]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($106.01 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.65 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($90.26 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $548.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-23 11:08 EDT-0400

 

If he's willing to spend 50$ then go for this build

 

Why not just take out the cpu cooler?