Budget Build

[Zentorno56]

So for Christmas im making a PC for 700$ that can run BF4, Skyrim, and others on high to ultra settings with 40+ FPS. Thanks!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/j94QBm

[79wjd]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($182.95 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  ($273.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $688.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-07 00:35 EST-0500

[EcoBoost]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($182.95 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  ($273.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $688.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-07 00:35 EST-0500

 

 Way to copy paste lol

 

Look at OP's build and notice he needs OS and WiFi

[79wjd]

 Way to copy paste lol

 

Look at OP's build and notice he needs OS and WiFi

Add both an OS and wifi and my build is only marginally more but quite a lot better. 

[EcoBoost]

Add both an OS and wifi and my build is only marginally more but quite a lot better. 

It'd be $125 more for OS + WiFi. $800 isn't "marginally" more IMO

[79wjd]

It'd be $125 more for OS + WiFi. $800 isn't "marginally" more IMO

$30~ more is marginally more.

[Rodneyg87]

if you need it to be cheaper id say go with a cheaper case and go with windows 10 technical preview for 90 days while you save up for a full copy

[EcoBoost]

$30~ more is marginally more.

idek if you read the reply before you clicked quote, but it's gonna be $100+ for (legit) OS and WiFi.

[EcoBoost]

So for Christmas im making a PC for 700$ that can run BF4, Skyrim, and others on high to ultra settings with 40+ FPS. Thanks!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/j94QBm

Unless you insist on overclocking you'll be better off with an i3 for gaming. With this build if in the future you wish to upgrade to an i5 or Xeon/i7 then it's totally possible, and also this build has a high wattage PSU and a Crossfire-compatible motherboard, so if in the future you feel that you don't have enough graphics power, you can add a second graphics card.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($97.27 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($80.66 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($164.99 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ NCIX US)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($102.98 @ Newegg)

Wireless Network Adapter: Intel 62205ANHMWDTX1 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($34.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $690.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-07 01:19 EST-0500

[79wjd]

idek if you read the reply before you clicked quote, but it's gonna be $100+ for (legit) OS and WiFi.

$30 more than the build he linked is marginally more. 

[EcoBoost]

$30 more than the build he linked is marginally more. 

Then the budget of $700

[Zentorno56]

Unless you insist on overclocking you'll be better off with an i3 for gaming. With this build if in the future you wish to upgrade to an i5 or Xeon/i7 then it's totally possible, and also this build has a high wattage PSU and a Crossfire-compatible motherboard, so if in the future you feel that you don't have enough graphics power, you can add a second graphics card.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($97.27 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($80.66 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($164.99 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ NCIX US)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($102.98 @ Newegg)

Wireless Network Adapter: Intel 62205ANHMWDTX1 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($34.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $690.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-07 01:19 EST-0500

But like you said in my other post, people are starting to need more cores. So is the CPU ok?

[EcoBoost]

But like you said in my other post, people are starting to need more cores. So is the CPU ok?

Technically more threads. The i3 has 4 threads and is perfectly able to handle gaming. If in the future you do feel like you need more CPU power, you can upgrade to an i5, i7, or Xeon while keeping the same motherboard.

[SkimmyMcG]

But like you said in my other post, people are starting to need more cores. So is the CPU ok?

Yeah that CPU is ok, it has Hyper-Threading which delivers two processing threads per physical core. So it appears as a quad core CPU to most games and applications if I'm not mistaken.

[Zentorno56]

Technically more threads. The i3 has 4 threads and is perfectly able to handle gaming. If in the future you do feel like you need more CPU power, you can upgrade to an i5, i7, or Xeon while keeping the same motherboard.

 

 

Yeah that CPU is ok, it has Hyper-Threading which delivers two processing threads per physical core. So it appears as a quad core CPU to most games and applications if I'm not mistaken.

Alright thanks! Thats probably going to be my build! I never knew it had Hyper-Threading.

[79wjd]

Yeah that CPU is ok, it has Hyper-Threading which delivers two processing threads per physical core. So it appears as a quad core CPU to most games and applications if I'm not mistaken.

It's looked at as a quad core, but not exactly since a true quad core does perform quite a bit better in any game optimized to run on 4 cores.