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$500 US Console Killer

Elardoven
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Some of my friends were wondering if they could get a pc for that price and I figured you guys could come up with something better than i could. :)

My Build: i7-4790K, 212 Evo, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB DDR3-1600, Intel 730 240GB SSD, WD Blue 1TB, EVGA GTX 980Ti ACX 2.0, NZXT H440 Blue/Black, EVGA 650W 80+Gold.

Most of the time, it's not the computer, it's the person using it.

 

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Some of my friends were wondering if they could get a pc for that price and I figured you guys could come up with something better than i could. :)

 

Does it need an OS or peripherals? Are there any components that could be reused from an old system (ex. RAM, SSDs, moderately-aged HDDs, MOBOs, CPUs, cases, nearly new PSUs, etc)?

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500$ w/o mail-in rebate.

400$ w/ MIR

 

 
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($39.23 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 2GB PCS+ Video Card  ($163.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $416.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 23:25 EDT-0400
+$25 for an OS from reddit.com/microsoftsoftwareswap (yes... its legit) or g2a.com (yes... these too are also legit)

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no peripherals, and yes os unless there is somewhere to buy it cheap but keep it legit

My Build: i7-4790K, 212 Evo, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB DDR3-1600, Intel 730 240GB SSD, WD Blue 1TB, EVGA GTX 980Ti ACX 2.0, NZXT H440 Blue/Black, EVGA 650W 80+Gold.

Most of the time, it's not the computer, it's the person using it.

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($71.69 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($41.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 370 4GB Video Card  ($159.99 @ Directron)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $509.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 23:32 EDT-0400

 

It's not pretty, but it does the job.

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600X            | Cooler: Deepcool AK400  | Motherboard: B550 Elite AX V2  | Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB  |

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB   | GPU: MSI RTX 3060 Ti    | Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black)    | PSU: EVGA 650W G2             |

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no peripherals, and yes os unless there is somewhere to buy it cheap but keep it legit

 

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($87.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($203.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Raidmax Atomic Mini ITX Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($15.00) 
Total: $497.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 23:34 EDT-0400
 
OS from Reddit Software Swap

Intel Core i7-6700K | Corsair H105 | Asus Z170I PRO GAMING | G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB | 950 PRO 512GB M.2

 

Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX OC | BitFenix Prodigy (Black/Red) | XFX PRO Black Edition 850W

 

 

My Build | PCPartPicker | CoC

 

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I wasn't willing to settle for less than an i3, so the GPU is lower end than most of the build out here, but it won't utterly drop frames like dual cores or suffer from weak cores either.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130T 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($120.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Team Vulcan 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $498.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($71.69 @ Newegg)

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

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Micro Center)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 370 4GB Video Card  ($159.99 @ Directron)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $509.96

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 23:32 EDT-0400

 

It's not pretty, but it does the job.

 

I don't believe a SSD would be necessary at this price point; you'd be sacrificing a lot of gaming performance for a speedier boot.

Intel Core i7-6700K | Corsair H105 | Asus Z170I PRO GAMING | G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB | 950 PRO 512GB M.2

 

Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX OC | BitFenix Prodigy (Black/Red) | XFX PRO Black Edition 850W

 

 

My Build | PCPartPicker | CoC

 

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I don't believe an SSD would be necessary at this price point; you'd be sacrificing a lot of gaming performance for a speedier boot.

SDDs benefit much more than just boot times. It makes the whole Windows OS much more snappy and enjoyable to use. Though I do agree that at this price point it's sacrificing too much GPU horsepower.

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SDDs benefit much more than just boot times. It makes the whole Windows OS much more snappy and enjoyable to use. Though I do agree that at this price point it's sacrificing too much GPU horsepower.

 

Also, since it's being used primarily for gaming, the OP's friend won't be spending much time in the OS anyway.

Intel Core i7-6700K | Corsair H105 | Asus Z170I PRO GAMING | G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB | 950 PRO 512GB M.2

 

Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX OC | BitFenix Prodigy (Black/Red) | XFX PRO Black Edition 850W

 

 

My Build | PCPartPicker | CoC

 

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Thanks for all the replies!

My Build: i7-4790K, 212 Evo, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB DDR3-1600, Intel 730 240GB SSD, WD Blue 1TB, EVGA GTX 980Ti ACX 2.0, NZXT H440 Blue/Black, EVGA 650W 80+Gold.

Most of the time, it's not the computer, it's the person using it.

 

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no peripherals, and yes os unless there is somewhere to buy it cheap but keep it legit

Can buy in on reddit for 10-20dollars

Case: NZXT phantom CPU:I5-4460 GPU:MSI-GTX1070 Gaming X RAM:2x4Gb-DDR3-HyperX fury MOBO:Asus Z97-P HDD:Toshiba 1Tb 7200rpm PSU:Sentey650W

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