ULTIMATE BUDGET PC!

[jtchimesin]

Alright, so I want to do the cheapest possible build while still maintaining to game at 1080p 60fps and video editing. No, I do not want to go out there and buy used parts like Linus and Luke did in Scrapyard Wars, I just want to order online or go to a computer store and buy brand new parts. I wanna see what people can come up with. Any ideas?

[Ostwind]

If you do 1080p on the absolute lowest settings this could possibly be done.

[Sauron]

Are you willing to sacrifice build quality and reliability to reach the lowest price possible?

 

By the way, "video editing" is a broad term. Depending on how much of it you do you may need to spend 600 bucks or 6000.

 

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by the way @jtwalker welcome to the forum! Please remember to follow your topics

[ThisIsMyWorkAccount]

G3258 and titan X should do the trick. #PostABudget #ReadTheGuidlines

[jtchimesin]

Are you willing to sacrifice build quality and reliability to reach the lowest price possible?

 

By the way, "video editing" is a broad term. Depending on how much of it you do you may need to spend 600 bucks or 6000.

 

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by the way @jtwalker welcome to the forum! Please remember to follow your topics

Light video editing, I'm wanting best bang for your buck but at the smallest price. If you absolutely need a budget price, i would say $400. I do want reliability, but in a sense such as I don't want some faulty PSU ruining my day.

[jtchimesin]

G3258 and titan X should do the trick. #PostABudget #ReadTheGuidlines

Hey man, I was posting this as a serious thread. Obviously a $1000 gpu isn't going to work.

[PotatOS - Andrew]

Hey man, I was posting this as a serious thread. Obviously a $1000 gpu isn't going to work.

lol, you can never expect full seriousness on LTT.  However, $400 is REALLY low for a pc, and gaming and video editing often require quite different hardware.

[jtchimesin]

lol, you can never expect full seriousness on LTT.  However, $400 is REALLY low for a pc, and gaming and video editing often require quite different hardware.

Alright, just for gaming, $400. 

[ThisIsMyWorkAccount]

Hey man, I was posting this as a serious thread. Obviously a $1000 gpu isn't going to work.

Yeah, but you didn't follow the guidline rules

+ what this guy said.

lol, you can never expect full seriousness on LTT.  However, $400 is REALLY low for a pc, and gaming and video editing often require quite different hardware.

 

 

At $400 you are looking at a i3 max, OR AMD with possibly a 750ti...

[Jamdog]

This is my best shot at a pc just under £300

Note how I spent half the money on the GPU

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A4-6300 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£27.01 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£29.99 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.40 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital AV 160GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£10.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£156.84 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£13.80 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£33.59 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £295.62

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-24 21:27 GMT+0000

[Manu_9830]

What about a FX-6300 with a r7 260x, a 500w psu (80+ bronze), 8GB 1600Mhz, 500Gb HDD a in a 960GM-VGS3? I mean, that about $600 but it will do. I dont think you can do a lot with 400.

[Sauron]

Light video editing, I'm wanting best bang for your buck but at the smallest price. If you absolutely need a budget price, i would say $400. I do want reliability, but in a sense such as I don't want some faulty PSU ruining my day.

 

400$? I must warn you, no ultra settings.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($78.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($53.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($25.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($25.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($40.49 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: HIS Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: HEC Enterprise MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($20.39 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Directron) 

Total: $400.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-24 17:38 EDT-0400

[jtchimesin]

 

This is my best shot at a pc just under £300

Note how I spent half the money on the GPU

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A4-6300 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£27.01 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£29.99 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£23.40 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital AV 160GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£10.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£156.84 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£13.80 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£33.59 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £295.62

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-24 21:27 GMT+0000

 

damn, thats actually a really solid build for the price. Now, whats the best way to get a cheap copy of Win7?

[Skora]

Alright, so I want to do the cheapest possible build while still maintaining to game at 1080p 60fps and video editing. No, I do not want to go out there and buy used parts like Linus and Luke did in Scrapyard Wars, I just want to order online or go to a computer store and buy brand new parts. I wanna see what people can come up with. Any ideas?

That's quite vague. Budget?

[WildCAt]

Alright, just for gaming, $400. 

Mmm yeah, it's hard to build 1080 60 fps PC with 400$

All I can suggest:

Sth like Intel Pentium G3258 (+cooler)

nvidia 750/750Ti

simple MOBO, asrock - cheapest ones

6GB DDR3 RAM

400W PSU

500GB HDD

 

Thats around 420$

Hope it will help

 

EDIT: Oh, I was thinking for too long ^^""

and prices according to my country and dollar rate ^^"

[Sauron]

damn, thats actually a really solid build for the price. Now, whats the best way to get a cheap copy of Win7?

 

Use the windows 10 tech preview. Works just fine for most uses, especially gaming. And it's currently free. If you're willing to spend a bit more you should really consider the R9 280 in @Jamdog 's build paired with my selection of parts.

[CatzRuleZWorld]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Apotop 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($31.50 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F1 DT 80GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($14.15 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Diablotek DIAMOND ATX Mid Tower Case w/400W Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $284.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-24 17:46 EDT-0400

 

This could probably do BioShock: Infinite at 1080p 60fps with low-medium settings. Basing that on my build (in sig) and having used that case/psu combo.

[Starelementpoke]

I did something like this before. Use an FX 6300(for the editing, won't be terrible for the games) and something like an R7 260x.

[Starelementpoke]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wrqbD3

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wrqbD3/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($93.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($40.49 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 250X 2GB Video Card  ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: DIYPC FM18-W ATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $403

IF you can afford 3 extra dollars.

[eaglecamp222]

Agreed. While $400 builds are impossible in Aus in USA it's doable. 

 

G3258+Any cheap H81 board 

1x4GB DDR3 Ram stick

Case+PSU Bundle. 500w preferred

GTX 750 TI or 280

 

That's probably the best that can be done. But tbh I'd look second hand for GPU or CPU. A old Q6600 and a 290 will be much better and cheaper. 

[Williamchan87]

 

 

400$? I must warn you, no ultra settings.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($78.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($53.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($25.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($25.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($40.49 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: HIS Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: HEC Enterprise MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($20.39 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Directron) 

Total: $400.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-24 17:38 EDT-0400

 

not bad, not bad at all.

[Thony]

That's quite vague. Budget?

He wants u to make a build for as low as u can but still be able to run games 1080p 60fps. THERE IS NO BUDGET !

Every build posted here is pretty useless unless someone does the benchmarks on the specific build for specific games (good luck running Arma 3 at constant 60fps).

[jtchimesin]

Every build posted here is pretty useless unless someone does the benchmarks on the specific build for specific games (good luck running Arma 3 at constant 60fps).

dude lol it doesn't matter how beefy a rig is, Arma III's optimization is terrible it's so hard to run on multiplayer, although the gameplay makes up for it.

[Thony]

dude lol it doesn't matter how beefy a rig is, Arma III's optimization is terrible it's so hard to run on multiplayer, although the gameplay makes up for it.

I know man, but thats why i said "specific games" . Arma is not the only not very well optimized game

[Sauron]

Every build posted here is pretty useless unless someone does the benchmarks on the specific build for specific games (good luck running Arma 3 at constant 60fps).

 

...which is why we want a budget...