$500 Haswell Build

[matthgriff.mg]

I've already gotten a gtx 750ti, but other than that we have a 10 year old computer.

[rtpb5642]

For gaming?

[rtpb5642]

I've already gotten a gtx 750ti, but other than that we have a 10 year old computer.

Follow your topics

[manikyath]

what will your parents be doing on the system?

[matthgriff.mg]

Follow your topics

I was, I'm mainly looking for mobo, cpu, and ram suggestions.

[matthgriff.mg]

what will your parents be doing on the system?

They'll mainly be doing basic word processing my sisters will be playing a few games like sims and minecraft.

[rtpb5642]

I was, I'm mainly looking for mobo, cpu, and ram suggestions.

Any RAM 1600mhz+ will do, grab 8GB

 

i5 4460 and any H97 motherboard

[AlwaysFSX]

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  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($161.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $510.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-10 20:54 EDT-0400

[matthgriff.mg]

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  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($161.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $510.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-10 20:54 EDT-0400

Awesome! Thanks!

[manikyath]

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  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($161.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $510.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-10 20:54 EDT-0400

basicly this, maybe add in a DVD drive, because some folks appareantly still like disks...

also, sims REALLY likes fast storage (yay SSDs), but i'm not too worried about the processor, perhaps even an i3 would do.