$500 Potential Gaming Build

[beastfighter1]

Hey LTT forums! Like the title states, this is a potential $500 gaming/light workstation PC build. I live in Canada and I've already taken account for the tax rates in the PCPartPicker preferences. Let me know if I should change anything up! Feed back is always appreciated. Thanks!

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/LcWhZL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/LcWhZL/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($87.41 @ TigerDirect Canada) 

Motherboard: MSI CSM-H81M-P32 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($67.78 @ Memory Express) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($79.59 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($67.74 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card  ($119.27 @ Newegg Canada) 

Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($50.83 @ Memory Express) 

Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($35.18 @ NCIX) 

Total: $507.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-18 21:58 EST-0500

[aidenrelkoff]

Ncix has free shipping on orders over $50, so even if the part is lets say $12 more, free shipping will make up for it

[Zauski]

 

Hey LTT forums! Like the title states, this is a potential $500 gaming/light workstation PC build. I live in Canada and I've already taken account for the tax rates in the PCPartPicker preferences. Let me know if I should change anything up! Feed back is always appreciated. Thanks!

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/LcWhZL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/LcWhZL/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($87.41 @ TigerDirect Canada) 

Motherboard: MSI CSM-H81M-P32 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($67.78 @ Memory Express) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($79.59 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($67.74 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260 1GB Video Card  ($119.27 @ Newegg Canada) 

Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($50.83 @ Memory Express) 

Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($35.18 @ NCIX) 

Total: $507.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-18 21:58 EST-0500

 

 

You can get 2x4GB of the same RAM for cheaper, and it's better (Dual Channel). http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbxl

[AverageHardware]

You can get 2x4GB of the same RAM for cheaper, and it's better (Dual Channel). http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbxl

Agreed. You can go dual channel for a performance increase. You should also go for 1600mhz RAM since your mobo supports it.

 

If you're only getting 1x8GB for future expansion, pick up a 1600 mhz one.