Need help on budget computer

[Alexkiss21]

Hi, I would like to build a computer for playing games. 

 

My budget is around 550 USD( = 450 EUR = 355 GBP).

 

As I said before, I will use it for playing games, and watching videos online, maybe streams.

 

I am not planning on playing the newest games. 

The games that I would like it to run are Valve's games, Skyrim and Call of Duty games, but only until Black Ops 2, I'm not interested in Ghosts and Advanced Warfare. Also, I am not interested in the newest games, like Watch Dogs, Battlefield 4 and so on, with very high requirements.

 

The components I'm thinking about:

 

The motherboard would either be an Asus H81-Plus or a B85-Plus. 

I would like an ATX sized motherboard from Asus. If you have got anything better to recommend that is ATX sized and from Asus please comment.

 

I'd like a processor from Intel, if possible an i3. It can fit in my budget. (Please don't recommend me an AMD alternative, I would like to stick with Intel.)

Also, I can't get the Pentium G3258, because I'm not willing to overclock my system. Yes, you have heard it right, not the processor, not the graphics card, not the memory, nothing.

I apologise, but I'm not willing to overclock it.

 

The graphics card doesn't matter to be as much as the components above, it could be nVidia or Radeon. I was thinking about a GTX750Ti.

 

I've already picked a case, so you don't have to. It's ATX sized.

 

I don't need a HDD, I already own one for the build. If it fails, it will see an upgrade in the future.

 

I don't need an operating system, I own both Windows 7 and 8.1.

 

I don't need peripherials.

 

Thank you very much for your help.

 

 

[AlwaysFSX]

<.< What currency are you using?

[Alexkiss21]

<.< What currency are you using?

You don't want to know.

 

HUF.

[AlwaysFSX]

You don't want to know.

 

HUF.

Hrm, PCPP doesn't have a Hungary version so Germany should be close enough.

[Alexkiss21]

Hrm, PCPP doesn't have a Hungary version so Germany should be close enough.

Oh and also, I'm not really keen on web-stores, I'd rather buy it in a store, I have one pretty close to me, everybody buys their pc stuff there in Hungary.

[AlwaysFSX]

Oh and also, I'm not really keen on web-stores, I'd rather buy it in a store, I have one pretty close to me, everybody buys their pc stuff there in Hungary.

Eh... that really only makes it harder. You can probably get stuff cheaper from say, Amazon.

 

Here's something I threw together, as a basic guideline.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€104.94 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€51.46 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€71.14 @ Home of Hardware DE)

Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270 2GB '14Series Video Card  (€155.08 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€56.94 @ Home of Hardware DE)

Total: €439.56

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-09 10:46 CET+0100

[Alexkiss21]

Thank you very much!

I would still swap out the motherboard if you don't mind. Also, I'm planning to get the EVGA 500B as a PSU.

[NeatSquidYT]

I'd say an i3 4150 and GTX 760

[AlwaysFSX]

Thank you very much!

I would still swap out the motherboard if you don't mind. Also, I'm planning to get the EVGA 500B as a PSU.

That's why I said as a guideline, doesn't have to be exactly what I put.

[Alexkiss21]

I'd say an i3 4150 and GTX 760

If I would choose the 760 I would have to sacrifice like on the memory, to only get 4 gigs.

[NeatSquidYT]

If I would choose the 760 I would have to sacrifice like on the memory, to only get 4 gigs.

Only 4GB? What are you doing?

[Alexkiss21]

Only 4GB? What are you doing?

I mean if I would get the 760 instead of the 750Ti I would have to cut on the memory, beacuse the 760 is that much more expensive.

[Johannes_Lazor]

Here is what i would build within what you want.

This will be able to handle skyrim at ultra preset without problems, But if you download some ENB you might have to lower the shadows to stay over 30 fps.
And it is mainly black-red exept the motherboard.
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.00 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.96 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB STRIX Video Card  ($155.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($25.00 @ Newegg) 

Total: $547.41

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-09 04:54 EST-0500

[NeatSquidYT]

Here is what i would build within what you want.This will be able to handle skyrim at ultra preset without problems, But if you download some ENB you might have to lower the shadows to stay over 30 fps.And it is mainly black-red exept the motherboard. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.00 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.96 @ OutletPC) Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ Amazon) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB STRIX Video Card  ($155.98 @ SuperBiiz) Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($25.00 @ Newegg) Total: $547.41Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-09 04:54 EST-0500

^

[Alexkiss21]

 

Here is what i would build within what you want.

This will be able to handle skyrim at ultra preset without problems, But if you download some ENB you might have to lower the shadows to stay over 30 fps.

And it is mainly black-red exept the motherboard.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.00 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.96 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB STRIX Video Card  ($155.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($25.00 @ Newegg) 

Total: $547.41

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-09 04:54 EST-0500

 

The sad thing is that without the storage devices and with a tad worse GPU it's still around 600 USD. So yeah...

[Johannes_Lazor]

The sad thing is that without the storage devices and with a tad worse GPU it's still around 600 USD. So yeah...

It is hard to get it much lower without ending up spending more money later.

But a athlon 860k and a fm2+ motherboard

or a G3258 and not overclock it with a fitting motherboard

The G3258 is still pretty good even without a overclock.

If you do one of those things and only go with a ssd or hdd and only one stick of 4gb 1600mhz RAM you can probably get a similar FPS

And upgrade to 8gb later and maybe another storage device later

[Alexkiss21]

It is hard to get it much lower without ending up spending more money later.

But a athlon 860k and a fm2+ motherboard

or a G3258 and not overclock it with a fitting motherboard

The G3258 is still pretty good even without a overclock.

If you do one of those things and only go with a ssd or hdd and only one stick of 4gb 1600mhz RAM you can probably get a similar FPS

And upgrade to 8gb later and maybe another storage device later

I could get this for that much money, and later on throw in an SSD.

 

ASUS B85-PLUS

INTEL Core i3-4130 3.40GHz 1150 BOX

CRUCIAL 8GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600MHz CL9 KIT BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU

ASUS GTX750TI-OC-2GD5 GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 OC

(And of course the PSU and case)

[Johannes_Lazor]

I could get this for that much money, and later on throw in an SSD.

 

ASUS B85-PLUS

INTEL Core i3-4130 3.40GHz 1150 BOX

CRUCIAL 8GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600MHz CL9 KIT BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU

ASUS GTX750TI-OC-2GD5 GTX750Ti 2GB GDDR5 OC

(And of course the PSU and case)

That sounds like a plan. Id say, Go for it.