Budget Gaming PC as a Gift

[dongx]

HI, looking for any possible insight on this pc I plan to build as a gift. 

It will only need to play games like League of Legends or CSGO or Dota2 at 1080p.

I'm located in Ontario Canada.

 

I currently have a spare PSU, GPU, OS and all peripherals (mouse keyboard monitor) so those don't need to be included.

This is what i'm working with so far, curious if anyone can beat any prices on these components or has better components the same or around the same price.

Thanks for your help.
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

(Prices include tax 13% in Ontario)

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($90.38 @ NCIX) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($63.92 @ Newegg Canada) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($51.17 @ Newegg Canada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.94 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB Video Card

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.36 @ Amazon Canada) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)

Total: $301.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 15:42 EST-0500

[Mohenjo]

Get windows 10, and MAYBE an athlon if he doesn't plan to upgrade 

[Castdeath97]

Hmm a dual core processor doesn't suffice nowadays, maybe a 860K will suffice better unless you plan on upgrading to a i5/ soon after building.

[dongx]

Get windows 10, and MAYBE an athlon if he doesn't plan to upgrade 

I plan on doing the windows10 update.

 

 after I install win7. I think they will plan to get an i5/i7 in 1-2 years.

 

Hmm a dual core processor doesn't suffice nowadays, maybe a 860K will suffice better unless you plan on upgrading to a i5/ soon after building.

Looking at benchmarks this processor seems to be completely fine for gaming. Will it really not work out? I think they plan on upgrading in the future to an i5/i7 so I'm not sure whether another cpu/mobo would be worth it.

[Coaxialgamer]

 

HI, looking for any possible insight on this pc I plan to build as a gift. 

It will only need to play games like League of Legends or CSGO or Dota2 at 1080p.

I'm located in Ontario Canada.

 

I currently have a spare PSU, GPU, OS and all peripherals (mouse keyboard monitor) so those don't need to be included.

This is what i'm working with so far, curious if anyone can beat any prices on these components or has better components the same or around the same price.

Thanks for your help.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

(Prices include tax 13% in Ontario)

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($90.38 @ NCIX) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($63.92 @ Newegg Canada) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($51.17 @ Newegg Canada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.94 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB Video Card

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.36 @ Amazon Canada) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)

Total: $301.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 15:42 EST-0500

 

what about this ?

It's slightly more expensive , but well worth it ( and completely silent)

And just get windows off reddit , it's like 20 dollars

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LNQYkL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LNQYkL/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Prolimatech PRO-SAM17 Fanless CPU Cooler  ($44.97 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($38.25 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.00 @ Amazon)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($41.65 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $354.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 15:42 EST-0500

[Castdeath97]

I plan on doing the windows10 update.

 

 after I install win7. I think they will plan to get an i5/i7 in 1-2 years.

 

Looking at benchmarks this processor seems to be completely fine for gaming. Will it really not work out? I think they plan on upgrading in the future to an i5/i7 so I'm not sure whether another cpu/mobo would be worth it.

The problem is that some games just hate dual cores and sometimes plain refuse to work with them (e.g fry cry 4).

[Mohenjo]

what about this ?

It's slightly more expensive , but well worth it ( and completely silent)

And just get windows off reddit , it's like 20 dollars

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LNQYkL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LNQYkL/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Prolimatech PRO-SAM17 Fanless CPU Cooler  ($44.97 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($38.25 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.00 @ Amazon)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($41.65 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $354.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 15:42 EST-0500

Why tho when he can have a more powerful GPU ( he already has the GPU) 

[dongx]

what about this ?

It's slightly more expensive , but well worth it ( and completely silent)

And just get windows off reddit , it's like 20 dollars

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LNQYkL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LNQYkL/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Prolimatech PRO-SAM17 Fanless CPU Cooler  ($44.97 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($38.25 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.00 @ Amazon)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1300 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($41.65 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $354.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 15:42 EST-0500

That's in USD, CAD total comes to $601.

Thanks though.

[Coaxialgamer]

Why tho when he can have a more powerful GPU ( he already has the GPU) 

oh , didn't read that part

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/37R6Jx ( edited the link)

 

this should be fine.

I just made that build for someone else

[dongx]

oh , didn't read that part

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WZJZNG

 

this should be fine.

I just made that build for someone else

Still USD, Comes to $533 CAD

[Coaxialgamer]

Still USD, Comes to $533 CAD

i edited it , now it's in CAD