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My friend and I recently made a deal. We decided to do a challenge similar to LTT's "Scrapyard wars". We have a budget around $310(we're in norway). The challenge is to build the best steambox and test witch one who preformed best. I'm looking for a build with a AMD quad core and a r7 series gpu (nvidia is fine, althoug amd is prefered this time). Also an mini-itx board and a small psu(st30sf is my best bet). The build dont need a case because we both own a 3d printer and to make the smallest an cooles case was a part of the challenge. Any suggestions?

The budget is so low because we want to beat the consoles with size, preformance and the same prize.

Also overclocking was not allowed :(

NEEVS

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A bit over budget.. But if you can find used parts that would help.. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($76.50 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $318.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 16:07 EDT-0400
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CRcJQ7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CRcJQ7/by_merchant/

 

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

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($27.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Silverstone 300W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  ($42.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $311.45

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 17:27 EDT-0400

 

 

Does it have to be new parts? If not you can look at used parts from ebay and get even more for your budget. 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CRcJQ7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CRcJQ7/by_merchant/

 

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

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($27.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Silverstone 300W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  ($42.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $311.45

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 17:27 EDT-0400

 

 

Does it have to be new parts? If not you can look at used parts from ebay and get even more for your budget.

  

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-4130 3.8GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($55.21 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling ACALP64-GT 25.6 CFM CPU Cooler  ($8.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($39.30 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($23.80 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $310.27

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 16:14 EDT-0400

  

A bit over budget.. But if you can find used parts that would help.. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

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

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($76.50 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($38.50 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

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

Total: $318.96

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 16:07 EDT-0400

NEEVS

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$250? Anything possible for that? I checekd the prise in norway and $310 was over budget here in norway:/

Don't think you can really get much cheaper without going dual core or an apu.
 
 
Motherboard: ECS B85H3-M9 (1.0) Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($36.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($42.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($77.35 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $274.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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500 gb hard drive to cut back on costs. You might have to get an apu though. Used parts would help.

Don't think you can really get much cheaper without going dual core or an apu.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ECS B85H3-M9 (1.0) Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($36.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($27.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($77.35 @ Newegg)

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

Total: $274.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 15:42 EDT-0400

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD 3850 1.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($29.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock AM1B-M Micro ATX AM1 Motherboard ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Apotop 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 320GB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($23.50 @ Amazon)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($102.98 @ Newegg)

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

Total: $248.44

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 15:44 EDT-0400

Best I could do. Possible CPU bottleneck, but like the PS4 and XBO the processor bottlenecks anyways. The 265=what is in a PS4.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CRcJQ7

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CRcJQ7/by_merchant/

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

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard ($57.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($27.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Silverstone 300W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($42.50 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $311.45

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 17:27 EDT-0400

Does it have to be new parts? If not you can look at used parts from ebay and get even more for your budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4130 3.8GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($55.21 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling ACALP64-GT 25.6 CFM CPU Cooler ($8.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($39.30 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)

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

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($94.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply ($23.80 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $310.27

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 16:14 EDT-0400

A bit over budget.. But if you can find used parts that would help.. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard ($76.50 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($38.50 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)

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

Total: $318.96

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 16:07 EDT-0400

My friend and I recently made a deal. We decided to do a challenge similar to LTT's "Scrapyard wars". We have a budget around $310(we're in norway). The challenge is to build the best steambox and test witch one who preformed best. I'm looking for a build with a AMD quad core and a r7 series gpu (nvidia is fine, althoug amd is prefered this time). Also an mini-itx board and a small psu(st30sf is my best bet). The build dont need a case because we both own a 3d printer and to make the smallest an cooles case was a part of the challenge. Any suggestions?

The budget is so low because we want to beat the consoles with size, preformance and the same prize.

Also overclocking was not allowed :(

USD

I think this is my ending result:

CPU : AMD Athlon X4 750k

RAM : Kingston ValueRAM DDR3 PC10600/1333MHz CL9 8GB

GPU : MSI Radeon R7 250 OC DDR3 HDMI 2GB

MB : ASrock FM2A75M-ITX R2.0

PSU : Silverstone SFX ST30F 300W

NEEVS

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I think this is my ending result:

CPU : AMD Athlon X4 750k

RAM : Kingston ValueRAM DDR3 PC10600/1333MHz CL9 8GB

GPU : MSI Radeon R7 250 OC DDR3 HDMI 2GB

MB : ASrock FM2A75M-ITX R2.0

PSU : Silverstone SFX ST30F 300W

Not the ddr3 version. The gddr5 version at least.

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