350$ Gaming Build

[Redsun20]

So one of my freinds has decided she wants to build a gaming computer, and for a miniscule 350 dollars. She wants something that will last a little bit and can play games somewhat ok. The list she sent me was from amazon and had incompatable crap everywhere, and I need a bit if help here. All suggestions are apreciated. My current build is a bit over budget but it is here (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FV46gs). All sugestions are greatly apreciated. Thanks!

[iamdarkyoshi]

Try finding a used videocard

[Redsun20]

Try finding a used videocard

I wanted to and that was my first go to, but she said she wants everything new

[Rampiks]

a athlon x4 performs better in a game then any FX processor iirc

[Rampiks]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ECS A58F2P-M4(1.0) Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($43.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.75 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $375.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 12:46 EDT-0400

[Redsun20]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ECS A58F2P-M4(1.0) Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($29.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill Value Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($26.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($119.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $358.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 12:44 EDT-0400

Ok then, I like this, any objections from anyone? The only problem I have is tha mobo is really kind of janky

[Taswell]

try this out

 

its pretty close to the one above except intel based

[Rampiks]

Ok then, I like this, any objections from anyone?

be aware, i edited the list now, check it again

[Rampiks]

try this out

 

its pretty close to the one above 

a x4 + 750ti will far outperform that list

[Redsun20]

a x4 + 750ti will far outperform that list

Yeah it will, the 750 is not as powerfull as the 750ti

[Rampiks]

Yeah it will, the 750 is not as powerfull as the 750ti

and a athlon x4 will be better then pentium

[SkywardKkalox]

I'd get this

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($48.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $370.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 12:51 EDT-0400

[iamdarkyoshi]

whatever you do, make sure it does not use an intel celery. http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.50856814.8419/flat,1000x1000,075,f.jpg

[WereCat]

Slightly over budget but quite a beast PC for $365

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($50.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.75 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270 2GB IceQ X² Video Card  ($126.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $364.68

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 12:53 EDT-0400

 

For the budget..almost.. had to tone down the GPU but the price is $358. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($50.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.75 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $357.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 12:54 EDT-0400

[Sam Z Man]

X4 860K beats the Pentium G3258 when no overclock is possible on the Pentium.

[Dzzope]

It's worth waiting for the 5xx series from Intel... the IGPis 50% better than anything currently available from Intel or AMD and will remove the need for a seperate GPU.. If she can wait.. if not then maybe:

 

About the same price as yours but any lower and she is really really better off going used or saving more...

Good upgrade path available though no oc or sli..

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($36.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Pareema 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($25.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $372.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 13:05 EDT-0400

[Rampiks]

 

It's worth waiting for the 5xx series from Intel... the IGPis 50% better than anything currently available from Intel or AMD and will remove the need for a seperate GPU.. If she can wait.. if not then maybe:

 

About the same price as yours but any lower and she is really really better off going used or saving more...

Good upgrade path available though no oc or sli..

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($36.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Pareema 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($25.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $372.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 13:05 EDT-0400

 

a 750ti will be better then 5xxx igpu,

it's better to have 8gb of ram rather then an i3

[Dzzope]

a 750ti will be better then 5xxx igpu,

it's better to have 8gb of ram rather then an i3

Yes but i3 give a much better upgrade path.

[Starelementpoke]

Yes but i3 give a much better upgrade path.

That doesn't mean much if the computer can't do much more right now then play something like vanilia minecraft, or LOL. Besides, if that's her max budget, upgrading isn't going to be happening for a long while. I'm with one of the 860k builds.

[Sam Z Man]

Yes but i3 give a much better upgrade path.

Non tech enthusiast don't really upgrade there system at all.

[Dzzope]

i3 is better than the AMD for gaming.. also in 4 - 5 years she can get a used CPU for a really cheap, drop in upgrade witha  gpu..

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/972-intel-core-i3-vs-i5-vs-i7/

[marldorthegreat]

i3 is better than the AMD for gaming.. also in 4 - 5 years she can get a used CPU for a really cheap, drop in upgrade witha  gpu..

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/972-intel-core-i3-vs-i5-vs-i7/

Not really, and this is cheaper. 

[Rampiks]

i3 is better than the AMD for gaming.. also in 4 - 5 years she can get a used CPU for a really cheap, drop in upgrade witha  gpu..

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/972-intel-core-i3-vs-i5-vs-i7/

and 8gb is better for gaming then 4gb...

stop making facts up

[Redsun20]

and 8gb is better for gaming then 4gb...

stop making facts up

GET WRECKED

[Dzzope]

Not really, and this is cheaper. 

yes really.. Not by much but as I said, the reasoning is that it leaves a viable upgrade path to extend the systems life by a significant margin.

 

and 8gb is better for gaming then 4gb...

stop making facts up

Not making up facts in any way.. I also agree 8Gb is better, nobody's arguing that.

 

GET WRECKED

What? Necessary?

 

End of the day, everyone has opinions and different strategies to builds.. OP knows enough to take everything everyone has said and make an informed decision.

Isn't that why we're here?