Cheap PC build

[PCidiot]

Hello, I needed help with parts I would need to buy in order to play Team Fortress 2 and emulate retro games. It would be great if I could do these two things for just 300-400 USD. Thanks.

[Chugle]

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[Guest]

Athlon X4 860K

Asus A88X

Nzxt Source 210

R7 260

500 Watt CXM

1th wd blue

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[Comessy]

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Your $300 link is broken

[PCidiot]

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Thanks. How do I read your signature?

[Rolling Potatoe]

If you want to emulate ps2/gamecube/wii games you should go with an intel dual core and overclock it if possible,

you dont actually need much of an gpu for emulation or tf2

[PCidiot]

Athlon X4 860K

Asus A88X

Nzxt Source 210

R7 260

500 Watt CXM

1th wd blue

(Read my Sig)

Thanks man

[Chugle]

Thanks. How do I read your signature?

Just click on the "Here" next to the $400 option. 

[Guest]

Thanks man

Always happy to help.

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[PCidiot]

Just click on the "Here" next to the $400 option.

I don't know what you mean, do I need to be on the desktop version or something? I clicked on your profile but don't see any 400$ link.

[Chugle]

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I'll just paste it here. Got a budget? $300: Here | $400: Here | $500: Here | $600: Here | w/SSD: Here | $700: Here | $800: Here | $900: Here | $1000: Here

[BigDay]

you can overclock with the motherboard below

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($18.75 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($36.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.45 @ Directron)
Total: $397.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-20 13:15 EDT-0400

[PCidiot]

I'll just paste it here. Got a budget? $300: Here |$400: Here | $500: Here | $600: Here | w/SSD: Here | $700: Here | $800: Here | $900: Here | $1000: Here

Thanks bro

[PCidiot]

you can overclock with the motherboard below

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($18.75 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($42.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($36.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($48.45 @ Directron)

Total: $397.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-20 13:15 EDT-0400

Thanks man. And what does it mean to overclock?

[Chugle]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($71.98 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.78 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $397.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-20 14:53 EDT-0400

[Chugle]

Thanks man. And what does it mean to overclock?

It's basically increasing your CPU's Ghz. But it can raise temps and create an unstable system so yeah. In the build above I focused more the GPU because the GPU in my build is much more powerful that the 750ti. You don't really need an aftermarket cooler because the G3258 can reach a stable overclock @4.0 Ghz with the stock cooler. 

 

Edit: Plus the CX-series PSUs have been known to be unreliable. 

[BigDay]

the cx psu i posted is not too bad

[Redicat]

Seagate is made in thailand you never know...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $49.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-20 16:25 EDT-0400