A Challenge

[Pakonater]

My friend wants to get a gaming PC but he has a very limited budget. It must be ITX and the mobo must have built in wifi. I have 2 routes one with a g3258 and one wiht and apu in dual graphics

 

1. Budget & Location
Melbourne, Australia AUD $900 (Will hapily order things off newegg if they can beshipped to Australia)

2. Aim
Gaming: Gmod, CS:GO, Arma 3, FIFA 15, Sid Myers Civ 5

3. Monitors
1 Monitor 1080p

4. Peripherals
Need keyboard and mouse, Monitor, Headphones w/ mic

5. Why are you upgrading?
No current Desktop he has a laptop with integrated graphics which he games on.

[Comessy]

Alright i gotchu

 

Give me 10 min

[WereCat]

Why it must be ITX? I mean.. does he really want to sacrifice performance for formfactor?

[Comessy]

Ghetto level - 8/10

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($89.00 @ CPL Online) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($85.00 @ Centre Com) 

Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Mwave Australia) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($61.00 @ Umart) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB STRIX Video Card  ($199.00 @ Centre Com) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($49.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply: Corsair 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($73.00 @ IJK) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN721N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($9.90 @ IJK) 

Monitor: Samsung S22D300HY 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($145.00 @ Centre Com) 

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($48.00 @ CPL Online) 

Headphones: Logitech G230 Headset  ($56.00 @ IJK) 

Total: $894.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 18:12 EST+1000

[stconquest]

Only $200 over...no big deal right? 

 

Tell him to save more money.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($149.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($95.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($70.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Core Edition Video Card  ($199.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($45.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.00 @ IJK)
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($155.00 @ CPL Online)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($48.00 @ CPL Online)
Headphones: Cooler Master Ceres 300 Headset  ($45.00 @ IJK)
Total: $1000.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 18:24 EST+1000