500$ Gaming PC

[poop_987]

Hey there! my friend is going to buy a custom gaming, his budget is 500$

 

-intel i5 4590

 

-Nvidia GTX 950 EVGA 2GB SSC

 

-ASRock micro ATX LGA 1150 B85M-DGS

 

-Seagate 1TB HDD

 

-Corsair vengeance 8GB ram

 

-EVGA 500W PSU

 

-Corsair carbide SPEC-01

 

 

Any suggestions?

 

thanks!

[TheRandomness]

One good suggestion: Use http://pcpartpicker.com/ And second, give me a moment.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($60.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($43.49 @ Amazon) 

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

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Micro Center) 

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

Total: $494.32

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-22 07:44 EST-0500

[Xenift]

Get a WD Blue, an i3 and a 960.

 

Or a Xeon :3;3;3;3;3;3

[don_svetlio]

 

One good suggestion: Use http://pcpartpicker.com/ And second, give me a moment.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($60.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($43.49 @ Amazon) 

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

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Micro Center) 

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

Total: $494.32

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-22 07:44 EST-0500

 

Get this - the 950 is not worth and the cheapo EVGA PSUs are crap

[stconquest]

I could not squeeze in an i5, the price was $560.  I dropped to the i3 and figured why not go Skylake.  I cheaped out on a hard drive but that is something you can easily upgrade later for a low cost:

 

$510 before rebates:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($123.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($19.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $465.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-22 07:53 EST-0500

 

 

$549 before rebates:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($19.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $503.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-22 08:05 EST-0500

[Misanthrope]

 

One good suggestion: Use http://pcpartpicker.com/ And second, give me a moment.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($60.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($43.49 @ Amazon) 

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

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Micro Center) 

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

Total: $494.32

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-22 07:44 EST-0500

 

 

This is the ideal build on that budget: i3 + 380

[Coaxialgamer]

 

Hey there! my friend is going to buy a custom gaming, his budget is 500$

 

-intel i5 4590

 

-Nvidia GTX 950 EVGA 2GB SSC

 

-ASRock micro ATX LGA 1150 B85M-DGS

 

-Seagate 1TB HDD

 

-Corsair vengeance 8GB ram

 

-EVGA 500W PSU

 

-Corsair carbide SPEC-01

 

 

Any suggestions?

 

thanks!

 

i would get this .

It's 7 dollars over budget .

You could proibably replace the fx with an i3 if you want ( depends on games and use )

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PYfX8d

[poop_987]

i would get this .

It's 7 dollars over budget .

You could proibably replace the fx with an i3 if you want ( depends on games and use )

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PYfX8d

My friend will play GTA V, skyrim, Batman Arkham series and many other games

[stconquest]

My friend will play GTA V, skyrim, Batman Arkham series and many other games

 

Note:  The Mail-In-Rebates save you money many weeks later, not when you purchase.  Notice the build list you just posted:  It is $613.09 ($543.09 + 70 MIR) before rebates.  That is what you pay to purchase it.

 

For $600 you can easily grab an i5 + R9 380.

[DaltonM]

You really want a quad core CPU, I would suggest an AMD card at this price point. A 4gb GPU will serve you longer. Quad core CPUs are becoming required for modern games, so rule out any kind of dual core system, even if you plan to overclock. 

 

I would also suggest trying to squeeze an SSD in there, it's super worth it. Load times will be like nothing you've experience in gaming. 

[stconquest]

You really want a quad core CPU, I would suggest an AMD card at this price point. A 4gb GPU will serve you longer. Quad core CPUs are becoming required for modern games, so rule out any kind of dual core system, even if you plan to overclock. 

 

I would also suggest trying to squeeze an SSD in there, it's super worth it. Load times will be like nothing you've experience in gaming. 

 

The 860K(Athlon) would be his only option at $500 then.  That, or used parts.

[DaltonM]

The 860K(Athlon) would be his only option at $500 then.  That, or used parts.

He needs an AMD processor? 

[stconquest]

He needs an AMD processor? 

 

With your criteria, he can't afford anything else (new parts).

 

$496:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($40.98 @ Newegg)

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

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($22.90 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($193.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.00 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Antec Green 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LBR 40.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($3.98 @ OutletPC)

Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LBR 40.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($3.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $476.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-23 12:08 EST-0500

[poop_987]

With your criteria, he can't afford anything else (new parts).

 

$496:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($40.98 @ Newegg)

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

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($22.90 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($193.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.00 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Antec Green 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($47.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LBR 40.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($3.98 @ OutletPC)

Case Fan: Kingwin CF-012LBR 40.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($3.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $476.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-23 12:08 EST-0500

I found the fx-6300 6 core (3.7 GHz) on amazon for $89.99 (was $149.99)

[stconquest]

I found the fx-6300 6 core (3.7 GHz) on amazon for $89.99 (was $149.99)

 

FX is not much better than the 860K at all.  The IPC between the two is nearly the same with the 860K being the faster single core performer.  Stick with Intel and never mind the SSD.  You don't have a budget for a SSD.  I was just making a point with that build.

[poop_987]

FX is not much better than the 860K at all.  The IPC between the two is nearly the same.  Stick with Intel and nevermind the SSD.  You don't have a budget for a SSD.  I was just making a point with that build.

GTA V dosen't run well on quad core processors

[stconquest]

GTA V dosen't run well on quad core processors

 

Please, show me why you think this.

[poop_987]

Please, show me why you think this.

I mean you can run GTA V with that processor but the FX-6300 may run GTA V better, keep in mind that my friend is going to use it for video editing

[stconquest]

I mean you can run GTA V with that processor but the FX-6300 may run GTA V better

 

Ideally you would want an i5 or better for GTAV.  It is one of the few games that likes more cores.  An i5 would be way faster and stable for running GTAV.

 

I would still recommend the i3 as it will easily compete with the 6300 (maybe even be faster than the 6300 in GTAV).  GTAV is not the only game you will ever play and the i3 will outperform the 6300 (stock) in 99.9% of games.

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page6.html

 

There is no benefit from having 6 cores in GTAV, four is the sweet spot.

[vSyNd1c4t3]

Do whatever you can to save more money.

 

get this.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($60.35 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($33.15 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case  ($40.80 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Cooler Master 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.20 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $580.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-24 10:09 EST-0500

[poop_987]

Do whatever you can to save more money.

 

get this.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($60.35 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($33.15 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case  ($40.80 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Cooler Master 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.20 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $580.47

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-24 10:09 EST-0500

my friend will only order from amazon

[stconquest]

I mean you can run GTA V with that processor but the FX-6300 may run GTA V better, keep in mind that my friend is going to use it for video editing

 

If your friend was doing any sort of serious video rendering he would not have a $500 budget.  Increase the budget to $550 and get an i5 4440, or I can make you an FX 8XXX series build.

[poop_987]

If your friend was doing any sort of serious video rendering he would not have a $500 budget.  Increase the budget to $550 and get an i5 4440, or I can make you an FX 8XXX series build.

I'll try to convince him

[vSyNd1c4t3]

Tell your friend GL. They don't seem to know what they are talking about with the GTA thing, and you should be more open to buying from other places. they also need to save a bit more, or they are going to buy something they regret.

[poop_987]

Tell your friend GL. They don't seem to know what they are talking about with the GTA thing, and you should be more open to buying from other places. they also need to save a bit more, or they are going to buy something they regret.

He doesn't have permission