Budget Build

[rcarteraz]

So as the title says I'm looking to build a decent rig for as cheap as I can. If you could give me any pointers that would be great. Constructive criticism is welcomed.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($61.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.00 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($35.95 @ Amazon)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $361.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-14 17:25 EDT-0400

This will mainly be for a 6 (son) years old and 13 (brother) years old to decently play Minecraft and LEGO World. I might also over clock it a little to let my other brother play like Battlefield and Battlefront and what not ok at 1080p. My research shows the CPU and GPU should be able to deliver a console like performance.

I'm going for as cheap as I can to obtain that. I'll likely be checking eBay as well to see what I can get cheaper.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[demrxz]

I don't think you need a mid-tower case for a Micro ATX. Find a smaller case, save a little bit more money.

[rcarteraz]

I don't think you need a mid-tower case for a Micro ATX. Find a smaller case, save a little bit more money.

They don't get much cheaper and this case is very decent and has good review and looks ok. That's why I chose it but thanks for the advice. I'll take a look.

[Streetguru]

So as the title says I'm looking to build a decent rig for as cheap as I can. If you could give me any pointers that would be great. Constructive criticism is welcome

Well for a bit more, and a bit less RAM, you could fit a 380 in the budget

Also your total seems to have changed, shouldn't it be $390?

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

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

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

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Mushkin Essentials 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($18.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: VisionTek Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($165.42 @ Amazon)

Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.49 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $405.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-14 18:57 EDT-0400

[rcarteraz]

Well for a bit more, and a bit less RAM, you could fit a 380 in the budget

Also your total seems to have changed, shouldn't it be $390?

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

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

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

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Mushkin Essentials 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($18.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: VisionTek Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($165.42 @ Amazon)

Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.49 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $405.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-14 18:57 EDT-0400

 

Thanks for the input. I'll have to take a look at that.

 

The price may change as I believe there are several promo codes that are ending. That's okay though because I'm probably not going to purchase anything until around Black Friday to see if I can score some deals. 

[Egad]

Not a big fan of the X4 on something intended for lots of usage with Minecraft.  Since Minecraft is limited in how many cores it can use (2 max), the performance of the cores is key.

 

As it stands the build looks fine for Minecraft and Lego type games.  I'm not sure how well it will scale up to Battlefront/Battlefield with only a Pentium though, going to have to turn down graphics and potential deal with stutters.  I know people where having decent results on i3s in the Battlefront beta, not sure about Pentiums.  I'd go the i3/750Ti route before I'd try to adjust my budget to have room for a 380.