A budget build

[SinnyTK]

Hello everyone, I am a gamer from Pakistan and have been using LinusTechTips from a long while to catch everything new about technology, especially gaming related.

 

Now as the title of the thread suggests, I am planning on building a budget gaming PC for my brother who's crazy about games, he's an higher than average gamer. The budget is strictly under $500. I already have a HDD for him although I require everything else. We live in a South Asian country so temperature gets pretty hot over here so I'd like to see if a good airflow case comes under the budget. 

 

The main priority is a good graphics card which will be able to play current games at a good framerate with good settings, I want the items to not be sub-standard but from reliable and good companies(if possible). Another thing is that his usage would not exceed above six hours a day because of load shedding here so I don't want that high of specifications, just above average.

 

And again, the budget is strictly under $500. 

 

Thanks a ton, any reply would be appreciated.

[Arwanell]

i guess a pentium with GTX 750ti

the rest some cheap variants, just try not to cheap out on the Power supply

[Darth-Marius]

1. follow your own topic

2. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HW7X6h

[Gale]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($87.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $438.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 16:55 EDT-0400

 

Case with good airflow. Build under $500 with no HDD.

[Djole123]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-760 2.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($150.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Intel DP55WB Micro ATX LGA1156 Motherboard ($190.00 @ Amazon)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($41.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 610 2GB Video Card ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Logisys CS301BK ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($29.99 @ Directron)

Total: $495.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 16:59 EDT-0400

[SinnyTK]

What do you guys think about 950ti or 950? I personally don't know about Pentium, my brother wants a i3.

[jimakos234]

build 1, but i expect it to be more expensive in your area

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($111.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($57.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $497.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 17:22 EDT-0400

 

build 2, around your budget in your country

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($40.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 2GB PCS+ Video Card  ($183.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $436.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 17:25 EDT-0400

[Redicat]

The budget is too tight you'll need serious overclocking in order to get GREAT gaming experience so FANS, HEATSINKS in that case.

 

The stock heatsink will not do.

[SinnyTK]

Now guys, most of these items aren't available in my country. How about this? I give you this site and you choose the items from there? The exchange rate will be like this 100 = 1 usd dollar.

 

It'll be a great help.

 

Here's a site;

 

czone.com.pk

[jimakos234]

Now guys, most of these items aren't available in my country. How about this? I give you this site and you choose the items from there? The exchange rate will be like this 100 = 1 usd dollar.

 

It'll be a great help.

 

Here's a site;

 

czone.com.pk

is there any other site available? because that site has very limited options

[SinnyTK]

I have pakdukaan.com also but that's all we've got here. Thank you very much.

[jimakos234]

I have pakdukaan.com also but that's all we've got here. Thank you very much.

damn, both sites have pretty much very limited options....

[SinnyTK]

Now that's all I have got really. If it helps try increasing the budget a bit but anyways 50,000 on that site equals to $500

It will be a great help if you could choose items from those sites.