Budget Gaming PC

[DinoBlockHD]

I am planning to build a PC to run medium games at decent fps. I have it built on PC Part Picker, but want some insight into it. I have a 4gb stick of RAM, a 320 gb WD scorpio i pulled from a laptop, an older 7200rpm 80gb HD(dunno if it works), and my friend has a spare copy of Win7 for me to use.

Pcpartpicker link MINUS all my parts: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/M8r9Mp

Pcpartpicker link with all parts: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/w9Cs23

The fan controller is because there aren't enough fan headers on the motherboard for the fans I want.

Is it good? Give some input please!

[Fgtfv567]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($111.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX/WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($43.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  ($115.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($52.44 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($87.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $559.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-09 01:00 EST-0500

 

Spend more money, at least 500 dollars for parts and Windows, you're not getting your money's worth with only 319 dollars worth of parts WITH WINDOWS. ESPECIALLY without a discrete graphics card.

If you don't have enough, save your money for a little while longer and you can get something fantastic

[Fgtfv567]

I am planning to build a PC to run medium games at decent fps. I have it built on PC Part Picker, but want some insight into it. I have a 4gb stick of RAM, a 320 gb WD scorpio i pulled from a laptop, an older 7200rpm 80gb HD(dunno if it works), and my friend has a spare copy of Win7 for me to use.

Pcpartpicker link MINUS all my parts: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/M8r9Mp

Pcpartpicker link with all parts: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/w9Cs23

The fan controller is because there aren't enough fan headers on the motherboard for the fans I want.

Is it good? Give some input please!

Follow your posts! I am getting sick of telling people this all the time

[Rocko]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($111.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX/WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($43.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  ($115.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($52.44 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($87.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $559.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-09 01:00 EST-0500

 

Spend more money, at least 500 dollars for parts and Windows, you're not getting your money's worth with only 319 dollars worth of parts WITH WINDOWS. ESPECIALLY without a discrete graphics card.

If you don't have enough save your money for a little while longer and you can something fantastic

 

I would get a 750 Ti for $99 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-video-card-zt7060510m

[Fgtfv567]

I would get a 750 Ti for $99 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-video-card-zt7060510m

Holy shit yes

[DinoBlockHD]

Ok, but not everyone has that much money. I was asking about how well MY rig would perform. If I wanted someone to design a $500 build, I would have asked.

[Fgtfv567]

Ok, but not everyone has that much money. I was asking about how well MY rig would perform. If I wanted someone to design a $500 build, I would have asked.

Not well. You are running games on an A6 with no discrete card. Games need discrete cards to run well, gaming on an Intel integrated graphics or APUs is not a good idea. Unless you're going for an A10 7870K or similar with a SUPER tight budget. I can't tell you how crappy your games would run on the APU alone, as the internet has almost nothing but a few videos, but I can assure you, you will NOT have a good time

 

Again, wait a few more months, get a few hundred bucks, you can have something a billion times better

[DinoBlockHD]

Well, this is temporary. I do actually plan to get a discrete GPU ASAP, but need something now to play lower end games on. Anything is better than a $300 laptop that is 3 years old.

[Fgtfv567]

Well, this is temporary. I do actually plan to get a discrete GPU ASAP, but need something now to play lower end games on. Anything is better than a $300 laptop that is 3 years old.

Well adding a discrete card later on is a good idea, but the A6 still might bottleneck your discrete card. Grab a G3258 or a cheap i3 with an h series board for now, and buy the card later