Budget Build

[bprice1993]

I plan on building my first pc in a couple of months and I would like to see what yall think on the current build I'm considering. I'm on a budget of $500 so I would like to know how this would work running a heavily modded minecraft.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dgDt4D

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Nico123473]

It looks great for the price, i you can you should add an SSD. But overall great!

[bprice1993]

I thought about getting an ssd but I didn't see the point of getting one at the moment as I would prefer having more storage space overall for alot of the files that I downlad.

[Mistersprinkles]

Try to go to a 270X for your GPU it will make a difference. And even a small aftermarket cooler like a TX3 ($15) will make a difference for higher overclocks.

[EarthboundHero]

This http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BFwxt6

[bprice1993]

I thought about getting a 270x but my budget just doesn't let me do it right now.

[vern021]

I thought about getting a 270x but my budget just doesn't let me do it right now.

Oh really? Here's what I've came up. We can easily get an aftermarket cooler by changing the MOBO or case.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($77.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.82 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Team Zeus Yellow 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.85 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg)

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

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.49 @ NCIX US)

Total: $494.01

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-12 22:14 EST-0500

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($43.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.85 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($139.80 @ Newegg) 

Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $485.58

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-12 22:21 EST-0500

 

How's this?

[Kodey116]

I thought about getting a 270x but my budget just doesn't let me do it right now.

why not hold off on the aftermarket cooling then ? in all honesty overclocking sites overclocked it to about 4hgz on the stock cooler and the temps stayed below 70c

[SteveGrabowski]

why not hold off on the aftermarket cooling then ? in all honesty overclocking sites overclocked it to about 4hgz on the stock cooler and the temps stayed below 70c

 

Gotta agree with this. It's not like overclocking an i5 or i7 that gets really hot under the stock cooler. I could get my old G3258 up to 4.2 GHz on the stock cooler while staying in the mid to high 60s on Prime95 Small FFT.