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The best you can get for ~500 tbh.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card  ($162.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $533.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 08:27 EDT-0400

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Retoast....

 

The best you can get for ~500 tbh.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card  ($162.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $533.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 08:27 EDT-0400

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Mobo MSI X370 Carbon CPU Ryzen 7 1700 3.8GHz RAM Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x8GB 3000MHz GPU ASUS GTX 1070 Strix Case NZXT S340 Storage Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2 - Seagate 1TB  PSU EVGA 750W Cooling NZXT Kraken X52 OS WIndows 10 Pro

Keyboard Arachnid Recore - Cherry MX Red Mouse Corsair M45  !!--GTA V--!!  

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 



Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($169.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $500.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 09:06 EDT-0400

 

 

Hope this helps. This can be upgraded to a decent i5 or i7 processor in the future

CPU:Intel Core i3 3210 Mobo:MSI B75MA-E33  GPU:Intel 2500 HD Graphics  SSD:Adata SP600 128gb  HDD:Seagate 1tb 7200rpm  

PSU:Corsair CX430   Case:Antec ASK4000bU3  Monitor:Dell S2240l 21.5 inch 1080p

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($45.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Best Buy)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card ($162.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1500 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($49.99 @ Directron)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $498.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 09:11 EDT-0400

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I'm gonna blow your mind with this one:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TngGgs

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TngGgs/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($72.99 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Masscool 5T568S1H3 33.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($7.49 @ OutletPC)

Thermal Compound: Masscool Fanner-420 2g Thermal Paste ($1.95 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78 PRO3+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($53.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($114.89 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.50 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 240 4GB Video Card ($72.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: Logisys 480W ATX Power Supply ($12.99 @ Directron)

Monitor: Hannspree HL161ABB 15.6" Monitor ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Keyboard: Gear Head KB2500U Wired Slim Keyboard ($7.07 @ Amazon)

Mouse: Rosewill RM-D2U Wired Optical Mouse ($6.99 @ Amazon)

Headphones: Syba CL-AUD63089 Headset ($9.98 @ OutletPC)

Speakers: Cyber Acoustics CA-2016WB 3W 2ch Speakers ($7.99 @ Directron)

Total: $500.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 16:40 EDT-0400

Athlon X2 for only 27.31$   Best part lists at different price points   Windows 1.01 running natively on an Eee PC

My rig:

Spoiler

Celeronator (new main rig)

CPU: Intel Celeron (duh) N2840 2.16GHz Dual Core

RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz

HDD: Seagate 500GB

GPU: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Series

Spoiler

Frankenhertz (ex main rig)

CPU: Intel Atom N2600 1.6GHz Dual Core

RAM: 1GB DDR3-800

HDD: HGST 320GB

GPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

 

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I'm gonna blow your mind with this one:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TngGgs

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TngGgs/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($72.99 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Masscool 5T568S1H3 33.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($7.49 @ OutletPC)

Thermal Compound: Masscool Fanner-420 2g Thermal Paste ($1.95 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78 PRO3+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($53.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($114.89 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.50 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 240 4GB Video Card ($72.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: Logisys 480W ATX Power Supply ($12.99 @ Directron)

Monitor: Hannspree HL161ABB 15.6" Monitor ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Keyboard: Gear Head KB2500U Wired Slim Keyboard ($7.07 @ Amazon)

Mouse: Rosewill RM-D2U Wired Optical Mouse ($6.99 @ Amazon)

Headphones: Syba CL-AUD63089 Headset ($9.98 @ OutletPC)

Speakers: Cyber Acoustics CA-2016WB 3W 2ch Speakers ($7.99 @ Directron)

Total: $500.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 16:40 EDT-0400

Lol  this actually made me laugh

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