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MachineKillx
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Honestly, if it were me I'd go with either:

1) a lesser GPU and an i5-4460 (highly dependent on what GPU is currently on sale. If there's a good one on a big sale, do this, if not do #2)

2) a G3258 and a CM 212 Evo

 

Give a moment and I'll try to put two builds together, one for each option.

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Honestly, if it were me I'd go with either:

1) a lesser GPU and an i5-4460 (highly dependent on what GPU is currently on sale. If there's a good one on a big sale, do this, if not do #2)

2) a G3258 and a CM 212 Evo

 

Give a moment and I'll try to put two builds together, one for each option.

Well, honestly I really don't think that I need more than this i3, it's actually very very good, for gaming a rendering. The stock cooling is good for me, I don't plan on overclocking. I really think that an i5 would be overkill.

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Gotta love sales. Fit everything in for only around $5 more. Honestly, I'd ditch the optical drive because it's really unnecessary in this day and age. I even fit in a better CPU as well as GPU, and even a better case. Enjoy.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($187.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Zeus Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($243.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($17.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $751.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Hey guys, I was working on a budget build, for around 700US$.

Is this a good budget rig?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PkVxVn

 

I think this is a good build, you can always upgrade the processor later on if you want.

PC Specs: 

CPU: i7-9700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite | RAM: 16GB's Team T-Force Vulcan 3000MHz | GPU: Zotac GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Edition  | Storage: 500GB WD Caviar Blue | 1TB WD Caviar Black | Crucial BX200 240GB SSD | OS: Windows 10 64-bit  | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold | CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 | Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 Special Edition's, HD 598 Cs | Keyboard: CM Storm QuickFire XT MX Blues | Monitors: Acer GN246HL 144Hz, Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro.

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Gotta love sales. Fit everything in for only around $5 more. Honestly, I'd ditch the optical drive because it's really unnecessary in this day and age. I even fit in a better CPU as well as GPU, and even a better case. Enjoy.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($187.93 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.78 @ Newegg)

Memory: Team Zeus Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($243.00 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.98 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  ($14.99 @ Amazon)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($17.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $751.63

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Thanj you for your build, I will try to study this.

I am  MCCCXXXVII

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Hey guys, I was working on a budget build, for around 700US$.

Is this a good budget rig?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PkVxVn

At this budget you better go full AMD, and also a 280 and 280x is really almost the same, but the 280x is alot more expensive compare to a 280, so get a 280 instead:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.97 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($69.79 @ Newegg)

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

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.95 @ Amazon)

Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 280 3GB IceQ OC Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Aerocool Strike-X One ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.14 @ Amazon)

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($19.51 @ Amazon)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.98 @ OutletPC)

Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard ($8.99 @ B&H)

Total: $656.30

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Well, honestly I really don't think that I need more than this i3, it's actually very very good, for gaming a rendering. The stock cooling is good for me, I don't plan on overclocking. I really think that an i5 would be overkill.

The i5 isn't unnecessary in this day. The extra cores really help with just about everything, and games these days are finally beginning to take real advantage of the extra cores.

 

The G3258, because it is a K-series CPU, can overclock to ~4.5-4.7  GHz with that cooler, and so will perform way better in single-threaded tasks than the i3. Overclocking is easy and reliable, so if you're willing to build your own PC, there's no legitimate reason to avoid overclocking if you can get better price to performance. Also, if you do things that aren't single threaded, then its worth it to get the i5 instead of the G3258. Luckily I found a build that fits everything in at once, so you don't have to compromise.

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Well, honestly I really don't think that I need more than this i3, it's actually very very good, for gaming a rendering. The stock cooling is good for me, I don't plan on overclocking. I really think that an i5 would be overkill.

I have the same i3 and it does suffer slightly in games while a good chip you will be much better off with the i5

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4360 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz) 



Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($233.00 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 


Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($17.98 @ OutletPC) 

Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($8.99 @ B&H) 

Total: $696.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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The R9 290 is too tempting, and too close to the R9 280x you chose to ignore.

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4360 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($233.00 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($17.98 @ OutletPC) 
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  ($8.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $696.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 13:15 EDT-0400
 
The R9 290 is too tempting, and too close to the R9 280x you chose to ignore.

 

yeah and if he has more money in one year he could get an i7 

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