PC Build?

Tokui · October 5, 2015

Hey, I know this is pretty off-topic, but I'm posting this in all the forums so I can get the best build possible. I've been saving for a few months and really looking forward to this, and I'd hate to screw it up. I know since I'm on a 500$ budget I can't get some bad*** quad 4K monitor setup, cooled by liquid nitrogen with the highest end graphics card and processors, but I'm hoping 500 dollars is good enough for some decent gaming. I'm coming from a crappy computer that can't run CS:GO or even something like Terraria, so this is an upgrade for me anyways and I can't wait. Hopefully something is in the price range to run some Triple A high-end games, like "The Witcher 3" and stuff like that. Monitor included, . Got a mouse and headphones. Anyways, yeah, throw out some builds, please! Thanks a lot!

theereal · October 5, 2015

Do you need an OS?

Also follow your topics: @Tokui

(Also, this Is not placed In the correct sub-forum)

TheRandomness · October 5, 2015

Welcome to these forums @Tokui remember to follow your own threads. This isn't off topic at all. (I can't put together a list at the moment cause mobile)

Sam Z Man · October 5, 2015

"You know, it's funny... we get this a lot. Where people criticize us for focusing really on the high end stuff and the brands that make the most sense at the high end, and they ask us well why is that there's such great value stuff out there on the low end. And the answer is that if [Luke or I] where going to build a 500$ machine we would do [a scrapyard PC] we wouldn't be buying new... Because if you're smart and a good shopper, both [Luke and I] were doing this at the same time, with only 48 hours to turn around all of these deals and like go get them, we ended up with machines that we could easily resell for more than what we paid, and to match [the] performance, buying new from the store would cost at least 50% more... So there you go guys, used hardware good value."

-Linus Sebastian

Killervolt · October 5, 2015

Sorry about the pentium but you can upgrade later on . . . Not sure if you can overclock that on that board, you might want to check . . .

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.99 @ NCIX US)

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

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)

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

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($107.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.00 @ Newegg)

Monitor: LG 24MC57HQ-P 60Hz 23.8" Monitor ($143.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $538.71

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-05 19:36 EDT-0400

Rolling Potatoe · October 5, 2015

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YxMbMp

490$

The monitor does make this tough, but anything under 23inch 1080p isn really enjoyable.

The psu is obviosly oversized, but you know...rebates

Tokui · October 6, 2015

Forget about fitting the monitor in the budget, I found out I had a spare, decent one. Just the build, please.

J. Hammond · October 6, 2015

This is a build in $USD, so if you're in a different part of the world then... welp.

I'll be honest, this is my first build for someone else.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Hammond/saved/3ZvG3C

i3-4130 + GTX 950 should run most games, if you don't mind getting less than 60 FPS. If you turn down the settings you should get 60 FPS easily. Terraria and CS:GO should run no problem.