500$ Budget Editing Rig

[Lavish]

Hey, me again, I'm planning on building a pc for my brother for Christmas to help with his YouTube channel. His budget is 500$ and im wanting to get the best for what I can. This is primarily a editing rig so no dual cores, and he will only play games like gmod, minecraft, csgo, and maybe tf2. I already have a Noctua NH D15, but feel free to add in a cpu cooler cause im hesitant to let it go He really wants a White theme, and a s340 would be awesome. Thanks in advance (Im cool with amd btw)

[mosin40]

Hey, me again, I'm planning on building a pc for my brother for Christmas to help with his YouTube channel. His budget is 500$ and im wanting to get the best for what I can. This is primarily a editing rig so no dual cores, and he will only play games like gmod, minecraft, csgo, and maybe tf2. I already have a Noctua NH D15, but feel free to add in a cpu cooler cause im hesitant to let it go He really wants a White theme, and a s340 would be awesome. Thanks in advance (Im cool with amd btw)

Can you increase budget? It will be better to surprise him

[mosin40]

Here you go: 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($97.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($88.99 @ Directron)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($43.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card  ($149.00 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $548.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-03 23:50 EST-0500

[asapansh]

Hey, me again, I'm planning on building a pc for my brother for Christmas to help with his YouTube channel. His budget is 500$ and im wanting to get the best for what I can. This is primarily a editing rig so no dual cores, and he will only play games like gmod, minecraft, csgo, and maybe tf2. I already have a Noctua NH D15, but feel free to add in a cpu cooler cause im hesitant to let it go He really wants a White theme, and a s340 would be awesome. Thanks in advance (Im cool with amd btw)

Even though you might be cool with amd, amd is not cool to begin with... :lol:  :lol:  :lol: just kidding of course 

[asapansh]

Hey, me again, I'm planning on building a pc for my brother for Christmas to help with his YouTube channel. His budget is 500$ and im wanting to get the best for what I can. This is primarily a editing rig so no dual cores, and he will only play games like gmod, minecraft, csgo, and maybe tf2. I already have a Noctua NH D15, but feel free to add in a cpu cooler cause im hesitant to let it go He really wants a White theme, and a s340 would be awesome. Thanks in advance (Im cool with amd btw)

is it fine if you can't have the s340 in the build because I am just compiling a great $500 build with another case

[TechGod]

Hey, me again, I'm planning on building a pc for my brother for Christmas to help with his YouTube channel. His budget is 500$ and im wanting to get the best for what I can. This is primarily a editing rig so no dual cores, and he will only play games like gmod, minecraft, csgo, and maybe tf2. I already have a Noctua NH D15, but feel free to add in a cpu cooler cause im hesitant to let it go He really wants a White theme, and a s340 would be awesome. Thanks in advance (Im cool with amd btw)

That might be a difficult budget for an editing rig.

[Lavish]

is it fine if you can't have the s340 in the build because I am just compiling a great $500 build with another case

Sure, but it would be nice if the case was white

 

Even though you might be cool with amd, amd is not cool to begin with... :lol:  :lol:  :lol: just kidding of course 

 

Lol

Can you increase budget? It will be better to surprise him

500 is really my max until further notice, but feel free to add a 600$ option if you wish, the budget may change as the year advances.

 

That might be a difficult budget for an editing rig.

Yeah, thats why I turned to LTT!

[mosin40]

Sure, but it would be nice if the case was white

500 is really my max until further notice, but feel free to add a 600$ option if you wish, the budget may change as the year advances.

Yeah, thats why I turned to LTT!

Wow, it's really dificult to make a $500 editing rig, the rig i posted is a bit over your budget, but at least is a b/w build

[TechGod]

Yeah, thats why I turned to LTT!

We are pretty amazing folk;) but that's a difficult task for even us.

[Suika]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($126.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($89.78 @ OutletPC) 

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

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Directron) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $361.63

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-04 16:29 EST-0500

 

I didn't include a GPU. To explain as to why, I highly recommend picking up a used or refurbished GPU to keep some power in a decent budget. You can of course go ahead and grab a new GTX 950 or something, but why grab a GTX 950 when you could get a used GTX 770 for $150?

[asapansh]

If you over clock the 265 or spend a few bucks more on the gpu and use a cheaper case this might be good enough

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XvFDLk) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XvFDLk/by_merchant/)

 

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54460) | $172.89 @ OutletPC 

**Motherboard** | [MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-h81me34) | $50.89 @ OutletPC 

**Memory** | [Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2k4g3d169ds3) | $34.99 @ Amazon 

**Storage** | [seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003) | $44.89 @ OutletPC 

**Video Card** | [sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100370l) | $93.98 @ Newegg 

**Case** | [NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-cas340ww1) | $64.99 @ Micro Center 

**Power Supply** | [Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cs450m) | $24.99 @ Newegg 

 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

 | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $537.62

 | Mail-in rebates | -$50.00

 | **Total** | **$487.62**

 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-11-04 18:04 EST-0500 |

[asapansh]

Hey, me again, I'm planning on building a pc for my brother for Christmas to help with his YouTube channel. His budget is 500$ and im wanting to get the best for what I can. This is primarily a editing rig so no dual cores, and he will only play games like gmod, minecraft, csgo, and maybe tf2. I already have a Noctua NH D15, but feel free to add in a cpu cooler cause im hesitant to let it go He really wants a White theme, and a s340 would be awesome. Thanks in advance (Im cool with amd btw)

First look up and see what I made and I wanted to tell you that I made a build similar to this a few days ago and I can run benchmarks for you if you'd like

[Lavish]

First look up and see what I made and I wanted to tell you that I made a build similar to this a few days ago and I can run benchmarks for you if you'd like

Not to be a bother, but that would be great!