Anyone else tired of seeing " best PC for $500 " ?

[GigaSnow]

My PC is a ~$500 rig. I wanted to build it to get my "foot in the door," if you will.

 

Someday, I'll build a bigger, badder, machine, but being a college student, that's just not possible right now.

[Lotus]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($167.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.45 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card  ($151.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design FD-CA-CORE-3300-BL ATX Mid Tower Case  ($42.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $537.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-11 14:29 EDT-0400

Done. This has been the go-to mid-range price conscious build for a few months now and I don't see it changing anytime soon. Yes the specific parts like case/psu/which MFP for GPU, MoBO etc will change, but the underlying idea and stuff (locked i5, h81 mobo, R9 280, etc) will stay the same.

[snoop doggie dogg]

excuse me while i go outside and get 1000$ off of my money tree 

[hawthorne]

Not everyone wants to max out games, the my most  played games are tf2, borderlands and csgo. You don't need a lot of horse power to run these. Just look at the top played games on steam, none of them are massively demanding.

[hawthorne]

£650 is about $1000 according to google

Computer hardware is much cheaper in america, the exchange rate is near to 1:1 on cpus.

[Yoinkerman]

Nice job on the trolling, 5/8 m8

I like the really low budget builds because they promote creativity through artificial limitations. Every $1000+ build is boring because they are all the same.

[othertomperson]

£300 pcs can be upgraded with better parts when you can afford it. A £350 console can only be upgraded in one way -- spending another £350 in a few years' time.

[The Gaige]

All I see in the PC community now is whats the best PC for under $500 or $400 and its like ? just get a console lol anything under 900 just dont even bother.

I would rather have a $400 PC than a console any day of the week!

 

BTW, just spend the $$$ & build a $1000 PC! 

[rentaspoon]

Computer hardware is much cheaper in america, the exchange rate is near to 1:1 on cpus.

Mm a 4690k is actually £40 cheaper at the moment. I'm gonna do some maths me thinks

[Dabombinable]

Nah just tired of "OMG you want an FX 83XX for gaming, you should get an i5 XXXX(k)" when the OP never said it was for gaming.

There is the small problem of the fact that those CPU's are only good for very specific purposes.

[Dabombinable]

So can this build

 

[PCPartPicker part list]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/s9pWdC) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/s9pWdC/by_merchant/)(

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $99.99 @ Newegg

**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $26.98 @ OutletPC

**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga78lmtusb3) | $45.99 @ Newegg

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmz8gx3m2a1600c9) | $54.99 @ Newegg

**Storage** | [samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e120bam) | $69.75 @ OutletPC

**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $52.49 @ OutletPC

**Video Card** | [MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9270gaming2g) | $169.99 @ SuperBiiz

**Case** | [Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcaarcminir2blw) | $92.91 @ Mwave

**Power Supply** | [Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500m) | $57.99 @ Newegg

 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

 | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $683.08

 | Mail-in rebates | -$20.00

 | **Total** | **$663.08**

 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-05-11 02:04 EDT-0400 |

Buy an older Intel Quad core, overclock it to 3.5GHz and you've got a far better gaming rig with a CPU that's even older.

[Dabombinable]

-double- 

[KayTees]

The satisfaction when we are drowning OP with words and he stops replying hehehehehe.

[Vivilacqua1]

I'm tired of it, but i did have a decent pc for $500  oc'd A10, 650, 4 gigs of ram, and a cheapo case. Ran games pretty well 720p little aa (solid build under $550)

[tomison25]

When i first planned my build, my budget was around $500 dollars. Back then I could get a 7850 alongside a decent cpu.

[beach_boy98]

I think what we need is pinned posts of Pcs at certain price points that are updated very frequently. At common price points that people can afford not like pcs that make AAA games at 4k Like boxs that can play mmos at 1080p 60fps.

[BOT Edward]

Omg dont you just hate it when people who aren't living with their parents cant prioritize building a quad titan X mega gaymen rig over food?

[Swndlr]

@ OP

youre very one sided,

sincerely, swndlr

[d1screet]

A lot of people who may not know so much about building computers are most likely to be looking around that price range; sorry if it REALLY bugs you that much to see those topics.

 

You know how you could probably make them those topics go away? The answer isn't to tell people to go buy consoles because their money isn't valid in a PC build.

 

Make a sticky of a budget build labeled "$500 PC Build Template" and then people are bound to flock to that instead. Or just make a separate forum section on budget PC's as opposed to enthusiast grade PCs, away from your "leet 900+ PC builds only" section.

 

Not everyone has money, so if you want to banish them, just push us off to a separate section and you won't have to see those topics unless you venture into that section.

[Luxpin_]

Also this^^ League, CS:GO, Minecraft, hearthstone, etc all run fine on $500 pc's.

 

 

The satisfaction when we are drowning OP with words and he stops replying hehehehehe.

I stopped replying because I went to work then went to sleep ... I dont sit on forums all day. Also , CSGO league minecraft hearthstone like I said before, CPU INTENSIVE GAMES of fucking course then run fine on a 500 dollar pc somebody else pointed out a high end i3 will run those games . which is BUDGET 

[Luxpin_]

A lot of people who may not know so much about building computers are most likely to be looking around that price range; sorry if it REALLY bugs you that much to see those topics.

 

You know how you could probably make them those topics go away? The answer isn't to tell people to go buy consoles because their money isn't valid in a PC build.

 

Make a sticky of a budget build labeled "$500 PC Build Template" and then people are bound to flock to that instead. Or just make a separate forum section on budget PC's as opposed to enthusiast grade PCs, away from your "leet 900+ PC builds only" section.

 

Not everyone has money, so if you want to banish them, just push us off to a separate section and you won't have to see those topics unless you venture into that section.

I honestly think thats a great Idea to make topics for pricerange of PC's like sub $500 and so on 

[Hero7750]

I stopped replying because I went to work then went to sleep ... I dont sit on forums all day. Also , CSGO league minecraft hearthstone like I said before, CPU INTENSIVE GAMES of fucking course then run fine on a 500 dollar pc somebody else pointed out a high end i3 will run those games . which is BUDGET 

Are you implying we stay on the forums all day? because I for one don't. And you also need to calm down and accept when you are wrong.

[Luxpin_]

Are you implying we stay on the forums all day? because I for one don't. And you also need to calm down and accept when you are wrong.

No, i'm implying that I dont stay on the forums all day because that one guy or girl whatever the hell it is because I highly doubt his profile picture is him said I stopped replying. Also , I am not wrong lmfao there are many people that agree with me.

[lutewan]

All I see in the PC community now is whats the best PC for under $500 or $400 and its like ? just get a console lol anything under 900 just dont even bother.

no just no

[bcredeur97]

$700 pc is good target for me. Makes a good pc for gaming and occasional work. But since I already have a PC ill never have to spend $700 again in one go unless i desperately need a top of the line GPU or something...