500$ Gaming PC Build

[MeatMe]

Hi, guys! I've got an aging 8 years old laptop, it was the DELL Vostro 1400. I've been upgrading it's hardware along the past 3 years, but still Hardware gets new and new. I'm actually using this laptop now to write this Topic. Now I've been planing for 1 months for this build but I need your opinion about this one. I started with an Intel Core i3 then I realized that by choosing this processor, the rest of the money to buy a graphics card will be a little, so I went to choose AMD, I choose the FX 6300 but by choosing this processor I will have the possibility of rising electricity costs. So I looked on the Internet and I found the Athlon X4 860K. This Athlon is a good CPU, but the CPU only have Level 2 or L2 cache. By looking at the performance of Cache Level 3 or L3. I would prefer L3 Cache, I ran out of options but I looked at Austin Evans video on "The Best Budget Gaming GPU?" I looked at Intel Pentium G3258. This Pentium gave a pretty nice price with 3 MB of L3 Cache. So here is what I've done:

 

 

Intel Pentium G3258 (I don't plan on overclocking this CPU, so I'll use the stock CPU cooler).

Gigabyte G1 Sniper B6 (This motherboard got some M.2 Slot which will be awesome for some future upgrades)

VenomRX 8GB PC10600, 1333MHz Single Module (Yes, I know 1333MHz, very old RAM speed that almost no one will use it, but this is the best cheap RAM I could get for this build).

WDC Black 1 TB 64 Megabyte Cache, 7200RPM.

HIS R9 270X IceQ X2 MINI, 2GB GDDR5, Dual Fan (This is what you could expect from 500$ build )

Aerocool VP PRO 500W (Power Supply)

TP Link TL WN 781 ND (WLAN Card)

ASUS DVD-RW 24x SATA (ODD)

Dazumba D Vito 688 (Case)

 

 

That's all what I can get for now. Really looking forward to your opinion for this build cause I need a new Computer so bad. Sorry for my bad English tho, I'm not from USA or Canada or any other country that speak English. I'm from Indonesia. 

[PlayStation 2]

Level 3 cache doesn't mean much with lower-end CPUs.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($68.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($37.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($43.75 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 285 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($167.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N900PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: 2.5inch HDD to 3.5inch Drive Bay Converter ($6.99)
Total: $490.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-16 08:35 EST-0500

[MeatMe]

Level 3 cache doesn't mean much with lower-end CPUs.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($68.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($37.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($43.75 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.00 @ Amazon)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 285 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($167.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)

Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N900PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($28.98 @ OutletPC)

Other: 2.5inch HDD to 3.5inch Drive Bay Converter ($6.99)

Total: $490.55

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-16 08:35 EST-0500

Hmm... that motherboard tho, can somehow you take it to an ATX motherboard? Cause I will love to get some upgrade later when I need rather than just using a MicroATX motherboard that had a small chance of upgradeability.

[PlayStation 2]

Hmm... that motherboard tho, can somehow you take it to an ATX motherboard? Cause I will love to get some upgrade later when I need rather than just using a MicroATX motherboard that had a small chance of upgradeability.

Ehhhhhhhhhh.........

to be personally honest, it won't be worth it.

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[Bazilias]

Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6WzWkL

 

Case: Terhmaltake VL80001W2z ATX 
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC Mate
Processor: Intel Core i3 4170
CPU Cooler: Stock
RAM: Curcial Balistix Sport (2x4GB)
GPU: XFX AMD Radeon R9 270X
Storage: Hitatchi Deskstar 1TB 7200RPM
WIFI: RoseWill N900PCE 802.11 a/g/b/n PCI-e adapter
PSU: Seasonic 450W 80+ Gold

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Total: $539.49

[Snooli]

Ehhhhhhhhhh.........

to be personally honest, it won't be worth it.

You won't be getting crossfire/SLI anyway. What do you want to "upgrade"?

[MeatMe]

I know. But still, chance of upgrade will be nice rather than just buy a new computer once the old computer cannot be upgraded due to the form factor of the motherboard. You probably will think me as a tree hugger that love using the old stuff rather than just dumping the old ones and get the newer one, it's okay I just love this to keep this Earth tidy as I can until it's started to fall apart.

[MeatMe]

You won't be getting crossfire/SLI anyway. What do you want to "upgrade"?

I can upgrade the RAM, and probably adding new Graphics Card then crossfire it, I can add more Hard Drives. Change processor that is LGA 1150. Lots of things you can do

[jimakos234]

this is your way to go

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($62.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card  ($168.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $507.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-16 20:13 EST-0500