Budget Gaming PC

[Kappa Wolf]

Hello all! My Brother is looking to upgrade his PC. The budget is around 1200$ Australian Dollars

 

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB

Seagate Barracuda 3TB HDD

AMD FX-8350

Asus M5A99FX AM3+ 990FX ATX

Corsair CX750M

Corsai Vengence 16GB 2X8GB 1600MHz 

Corsair Graphite Series 230T

EVGA GTX 760 superclocked 2GB

Coolermaster 212Hyper Evo

 

 

Thanks!!

[OriginalPromise]

Get a 270X/280/285 instead of the 760.

[Tagiau]

'Budget PC' still gets the expensive ssd. mkay, you can drop a bit of money out of that, and still get fast, and reliable storage with a plextor m5p(if from newegg/ncix), or plextor m6p if from amazon.

 

 

Edit: Read it wrong. Still try to lean towards a plextor drive if it is cheaper. In my experience, they last longer. 

[Krytopsy]

Why you don't care about the long run ?

[mapegl]

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/W2Wjqs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/W2Wjqs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($223.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.00 @ Centre Com)
Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($109.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($123.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($249.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case  ($95.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $1191.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 17:49 EST+1100

 

CPU: better performance per core, you don't need 8 cores for gaming!

 

RAM: You don't need 16GB of RAM. No performance boost to be expected. Unless you are editing video or sth. similar, it is totally unnecessary. And since you wrote gaming PC...

 

Video Card: Very solid performance, good amount of VRAM for higher res. I didn't find the MSI version on PCPartPicker, if you can, get that. It is very quiet.

 

PSU: Get the 550W RM series, it is better in efficiency and has nicer cables.  Also 550W is plenty for any single GPU setup.

[KingDaddyDaniel]

I would suggest these if you're looking for 8GB sticks; however, you seem to get a bit more performance from these 4GB sticks.

If you're doing a Corsair build, then get two sets of these 4GB sticks

[Demons Wrath]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($175.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Respire T40 68.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($159.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($123.00 @ Centre Com) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card  ($299.00 @ Storm Computers) 

Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.00 @ Mwave Australia) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.00 @ PCCaseGear) 

Total: $1250.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-16 18:19 EST+1100

 

$50 extra if you can squeeze that. If not I suppose you could get Asus R9280-DC2T-3GD5 instead.

[Demons Wrath]

I would suggest these if you're looking for 8GB sticks; however, you seem to get a bit more performance from these 4GB sticks.

If you're doing a Corsair build, then get two sets of these 4GB sticks

 

Recommending an Australian something on newegg isn't a great plan. Prices are way different down under, if those products are even available.

[KingDaddyDaniel]

Recommending an Australian something on newegg isn't a great plan. Prices are way different down under, if those products are even available.

I'd hate to assume prices correlate, but 4x4GB sticks are usually around the same price as 2x8GB. Is this the case for your preferred retailer?

Also, those Trident X series are amazing with overclocks. Mine are stable with 8-9-9 24 at 2200MHz. 

[Demons Wrath]

I'd hate to assume prices correlate, but 4x4GB sticks are usually around the same price as 2x8GB. Is this the case for your preferred retailer?

Also, those Trident X series are amazing with overclocks. Mine are stable with 8-9-9 24 at 2200MHz. 

 

Those sticks I recommended are the lowest price to GB sticks in the whole of Australia (according to pcpartpicker that is).

[KingDaddyDaniel]

Those sticks I recommended are the lowest price to GB sticks in the whole of Australia (according to pcpartpicker that is).

holy balls! If that's true, then someone needs to partner with a retailer and grease some pockets to get import taxes reduced