Budget Build Idea

ClubGaming_ · June 26, 2015

This is a budget build I made up for my little brother. He saw my build and was SUPER jealous. Anyways, after two months of him pestering my parents, they asked me to build a rig for him. I figured giving him something halfway decent will last him for a while. This is what I came up with:

My personal Build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QsY43C

Build for Bro: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wVkNHx

Any tips? BTW my parents are paying for it so no budget

cheeze_tartz · June 26, 2015

I would recommend an after market cooler for $25 like the Be Quiet! Pure Rock, and an R9 280x. It's still a good build.

blueballs · June 26, 2015

Gtx 970 instead of 960 if there's no budget and don't listen to that cheeze over there the stock cooler will be perfectly fine

DarkBlade2117 · June 26, 2015

Eather a GTX 970 or a 280x would be better. You can get a cheaper kit of ram. Look into Kingston or RipJaws because $74 for 8gbs is a bit overpriced. Also I'd get a SeaSonic or EVGA GS or G2 series PSUs. It'll be much more reliable then that CX Corsair PSU.

ClubGaming_ · June 26, 2015

Gtx 970 instead of 960 if there's no budget and don't listen to that cheeze over there the stock cooler will be perfectly fine

Yeah I was thinking about a 212 EVO but its not able to over clock and if it was he wouldnt know how so....

shibewrath · June 26, 2015

An aftermarket cooler wouldn't be the worst addition, the 212 EVO is a solid cooler, as well as the Pure Rock. Overclocking headroom is not the only benefit to an aftermarket cooler, and noise reduction is a plus. And if you say you've got the money, go for a 970. EVGA PSU's are great as well. Grabbing a few blue LED fans would make it looks extra nice if you are into that, BitFenix Spectre Pros are real nice.

Speaker1264 · June 26, 2015

Guys, he has a 4460, it has a locked multiplier. There is no need for aftermarket cooling.

@ClubGaming_ With a $900 budget you can afford to get an amazing deal on an r9 290. This gpu is vastly superior to the 960. A few other changes were made. The corsair builder power supply you chose isn't that great of a psu. If you don't plan on upgrading to a 4690k for overclocking, or going SLI/Crossfire you could also save a few bucks by going for an h97 motherboard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.89 @ OutletPC)

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

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($73.59 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($240.00 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: Antec Basiq Plus 550W 80+ Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)

Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($124.99 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($27.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $897.37