What's The Best Possible Gaming PC For $300?

[JoeOCD]

pls give me part lists!

[Kenji the Uke]

Non-existent unless you do used parts, then that depends on your area. Your better off with a prebuilt or waiting for a larger budget.

[JoeOCD]

Non-existent unless you do used parts, then that depends on your area. Your better off with a prebuilt or waiting for a larger budget.

so buy a prebuilt and add a gpu and or ssd later?

[zzenigmaxzz]

little over your budget even with mir but this is about as best i could do, as has been said you would be better served to wait till you have about a $500 budget

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($68.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($31.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $330.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-21 02:07 EST-0500

[JebKerman]

Cheapest I'd dare go (no rebates btw), but I'd highly recommend used parts:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 

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

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX Power Supply  ($26.88 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $317.62

 

but there's a considerable leap in performance when the budget hits around $500

[Wishiwasdead]

cheapest PC build worth building

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($73.30 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $404.26

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-21 02:34 EST-0500

 

-put this in an old / cheap case (buy a new one when and if you need one)

-clone an old copy of windows from an old HHD

-buy a GPU when you have enough moneys (i would recommend a EVGA GTX 960 SSC - $170 - if your on that tight of a budget)

 

you can swap some things around like bigger SSD or go backwards and get an HHD and get an SSD later

 

but the main thing with this build is upgradeability... the MOBO and PSU allow you to upgrade to almost what ever you would want in the future and the CPU will be able to handle it