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he should be price matching everything with ncix. he would be saving more money. newegg is too expensive.

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I need help building a new PC for someone who has a budget of only $500 US.

 

Can anyone help by posting parts lists?

 

Oh btw, he  want to buy it all on newegg.

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This should do fairly well 

 

 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $510.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Not overclockable, but it will beat the G3258 in just about anything. Also has CL9 RAM which is better than CL11

 


 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($117.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 



Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($167.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ Micro Center) 

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

Total: $517.71

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 00:48 EDT-0400

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Used 7870/7950/7970 off of ebay.

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team Elite 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Elite 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $338.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 00:57 EDT-0400
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he should be price matching everything with ncix. he would be saving more money. newegg is too expensive.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($38.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($187.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $514.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 01:01 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Patriot Blaze 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($50.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $516.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This is slightly over at 506.47 at 7/15/2015.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/y8mhwP

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($50.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card  ($163.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $517.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 01:10 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($119.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg)

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

Storage: Patriot Blaze 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($50.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $516.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 01:03 EDT-0400

Why would anyone ever buy a 750 ti... AMD R9 2xx cards at that pricepoint just make the 750 ti useless

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Name comes from anagramed sticker for "TUF Inside" (A sticker that came with my original ASUS motherboard)

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CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($116.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($76.98 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 


Total: $512.57

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-16 01:19 EDT-0400

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Why would anyone ever buy a 750 ti... AMD R9 2xx cards at that pricepoint just make the 750 ti useless

 

i gave him an r7 370 above. he's on a 500 budget that's why. didn't want to give him cheap other parts.

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