Complete Budget Setup

[pb4000]

Why hello there! Are you under an extremely low budget ($600 for EVERYTHING) and but still want to play today's coolest games? If yes, then here you go!

OK, I'm gonna drop the sales pitch act. Not sure why I did it in the first place anyway....well, here we go.

CPU:

Intel Pentium G3258

GPU:

MSI Gtx 750 Ti

OR

Gtx 950

MOBO:

MSI H81M-P33

RAM:

Crucial 8gb ddr3 1600mhz (or whatever you want really...)

Case/PSU:

Logisys CS206BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply

Storage:

Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

OS:

Windows 8.1 (or whatever you want really...)

Monitor:

Acer G227HQLbi 60Hz 21.5"

Mouse/Keyboard:

Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse

The headset is kinda optional...

Headset:

TekNmotion TM-YB100A Headset

All in all, it rounds out to just over $600 when nothing is on sale with the 750 Ti or $620 with the 950. At the time of me writing this however, all the parts can be acquired for a mere $577.66! That's pretty damn good if I do say so myself...

Now tell me, what do you think? Suggestions? Comments? Changes? I'd like to hear it! I just threw this together is a matter of about 20 minutes, so I'm open to everything!

With the 750 Ti

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BRvvyc

With the 950

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RN6PBm

[Morgan MLGman]

Use PCpartpicker.com please so we can modify your build. I'd get GTX 950 over the 750Ti if you can afford it

[pb4000]

Use PCpartpicker.com please so we can modify your build. I'd get GTX 950 over the 750Ti if you can afford it

Oops, forgot to put the link. Sorry about that!

[Elfuego]

Message to remind me to put something in in the morning. PPS. Please overclock this. and Also get a 950 or 370X. Try and find a nice 24" IPS. They are much more pleasant than 21.5"

[dukethedj]

I suggest to get an APU and crossfire that with a Graphics card.

[Morgan MLGman]

Get this, and overclock the CPU, will work great:
Also, just get windows from somewhere else.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($65.70 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.50 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($173.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Logisys CS206BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply  ($29.70 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Acer G236HLBbd 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($26.98 @ Newegg)
Headphones: TekNmotion TM-YB100A Headset  ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $595.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 18:35 EDT-0400

[pb4000]

Message to remind me to put something in in the morning. PPS. Please overclock this. and Also get a 950 or 370X. Try and find a nice 24" IPS. They are much more pleasant than 21.5"

Well, the point of this build is to be extremely budget friendly...the cheapest 24" I found was $130 without HDMI or IPS...

[pb4000]

Get this, and overclock the CPU, will work great:

Also, just get windows from somewhere else.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($69.89 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($65.70 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.50 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($173.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Logisys CS206BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($29.70 @ SuperBiiz)

Monitor: Acer G236HLBbd 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($26.98 @ Newegg)

Headphones: TekNmotion TM-YB100A Headset ($19.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $595.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 18:35 EDT-0400

This isn't for me. Was just trying to see what I could put together for under $600

I like what you did though.

[Morgan MLGman]

This isn't for me. Was just trying to see what I could put together for under $600

I like what you did though.

You cannot overclock the pentium with the motherboard you picked. It's crap without the good OC. Also with the stock cooler you can't overclock much even with a good motherboard.

Here's what you can get to make it possible:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($63.00 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.00 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($41.85 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.50 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($149.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Logisys CS206BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply  ($29.70 @ SuperBiiz)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($83.70 @ SuperBiiz)

Monitor: Acer G227HQLbi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($26.98 @ Newegg)

Headphones: TekNmotion TM-YB100A Headset  ($19.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $658.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 18:41 EDT-0400

[don_svetlio]

you can get an i5 for that price - a pentium has no place here.

[don_svetlio]

You cannot overclock the pentium with the motherboard you picked. It's crap without the good OC. Also with the stock cooler you can't overclock much even with a good motherboard.

Here's what you can get to make it possible:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($63.00 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.00 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($41.85 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.50 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($149.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Logisys CS206BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply  ($29.70 @ SuperBiiz)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($83.70 @ SuperBiiz)

Monitor: Acer G227HQLbi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($26.98 @ Newegg)

Headphones: TekNmotion TM-YB100A Headset  ($19.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $658.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 18:41 EDT-0400

Correction - H and B boards allow pentium to be OCed and with the stock cooler 4.2 is easily achievable with safe temps.

[pb4000]

You cannot overclock the pentium with the motherboard you picked. It's crap without the good OC. Also with the stock cooler you can't overclock much even with a good motherboard.

Here's what you can get to make it possible:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($63.00 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.00 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($41.85 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.50 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Logisys CS206BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($29.70 @ SuperBiiz)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($83.70 @ SuperBiiz)

Monitor: Acer G227HQLbi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($26.98 @ Newegg)

Headphones: TekNmotion TM-YB100A Headset ($19.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $658.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 18:41 EDT-0400

I like it but that's $700. I was maxing it out at $600

[Morgan MLGman]

Correction - H and B boards allow pentium to be OCed and with the stock cooler 4.2 is easily achievable with safe temps.

Irrelevant, look at the price of the motherboard I picked, it's ten times better than this h81 micro atx from msi he picked and it's only few $ more

[Morgan MLGman]

I like it but that's $700. I was maxing it out at $600

Provided you get the OS somewhere else and skip the headset it's 545$.

I've heard that you can get a Windows key off of reddit for less than 20$.

If you do manage to get the OS from reddit then you can throw in the headset and it's still under 600$, and now you can overclock your CPU easily and with a good cooling solution.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($63.00 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.00 @ Newegg)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($41.85 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.50 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($149.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Logisys CS206BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply  ($29.70 @ SuperBiiz)

Monitor: Acer G236HLBbd 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($26.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $544.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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[don_svetlio]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.20 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($36.81 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.50 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($137.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($21.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.80 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Acer S220HQLAbd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Logitech MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($9.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $613.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 18:53 EDT-0400
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 18:52 EDT-0400