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$460 Budget build

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Any recommendations for a gaming tower for under 460$? I've built a higher powered tower for my own use but I don't have much experience on the more value oriented. It's for my school club and we're going to be projecting this playing mostly indie games, but possibly some more 3d intensive games such as Kerbal Space Program (and Minecraft if that counts haha).

 

edit: this is purely a gaming box so if steamOS is preferable to a cheap copy of windows for any reason please let me know

 

Thanks in advance everyone

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How's this do?

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($41.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($134.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Xion XON-560 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($36.99 @ Directron) 
Total: $450.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-15 00:40 EDT-0400

if you have to insist you think for yourself, i'm not going to believe you.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.95 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($50.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($45.99 @ Newegg)

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

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $457.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-15 00:43 EDT-0400

Get a little overclock going on and you got yourself one hell of a budget gaming rig.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/451339-help-me-find-him/
 
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Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($96.64 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB HAWK Video Card  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($35.00 @ Newegg) 

Total: $469.25

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-15 00:50 EDT-0400

 

This build has larger room for upgradability

Scarlet Knight: Intel Core i3 6100 || Antec A40 Pro CPU Cooler || MSI Z170A Gaming M5 || Kingston HyperX 16GB DDR4-2133MHz || Samsung 850 Evo 120GB || Seagate Barracuda 1TB || Gigabyte G1 Gaming R9 390X 8GB || Seasonic M12II 620W || In Win 503 || Corsair Strafe || Steelseries Kinzu V3 MSI Edition || Dell UltraSharp U2414H || Xiaomi Alumunium Mouse Pad (S)

 

#Gadget: 

Phone: BlackBerry Classic Q20, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 S-LTE SM-N916S

Console: PlayStation 4 500GB CUH-1206A

Tablet: iPad Air 2 16GB Wi-fi Only

Laptop: MSI GE62 (i7 4720HQ || 8GB DDR3 || NVIDIA GTX960M || Samsung 650 EVO 120GB + 1TB HDD)

In-ear Monitor: Xiaomi Piston 3.0

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.95 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($51.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($194.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $471.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-15 01:30 EDT-0400

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