$700 AUD Gaming Build

[MyDogAteMyPC]

Hello, I live in Australia so I use Australian Dollars. I am going to invest into a new upgrade. Currently I have already bought the graphics card and the case. The graphics card is the MSI GTX 670 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV 2GB. The sole purpose of this machine is purely for gaming and nothing else. I am not really good with picking parts but I have compiled this list.

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/X3wdZL

[alexhelvetica]

Is the graphics card included in the cost?

[manikyath]

so i thought i could do better, but then AUD.

[alexhelvetica]

Better PSU, and a SSD that isn't as good

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($149.00 @ Centre Com) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($124.00 @ Centre Com) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.98 @ Mwave Australia) 

Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.00 @ Umart) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card  (Purchased For $200.00) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($102.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $703.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-05 00:18 AEDT+1100

[MyDogAteMyPC]

Is the graphics card included in the cost?

Yeah.

[MyDogAteMyPC]

 

Better PSU, and a SSD that isn't as good

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($149.00 @ Centre Com) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($124.00 @ Centre Com) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.98 @ Mwave Australia) 

Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.00 @ Umart) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card  (Purchased For $200.00) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($102.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $703.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-05 00:18 AEDT+1100

 

So other than that, everything is good? I forgot to mention I already have a 1tb hard drive for storage.

[paulsterio]

For as low of a budget as $500, I'd honestly just get 2nd hand components. I'm from Australia too and I recently picked up a 2600K, 16GB RAM and an ASUS P8Z68M Pro for $300. You can probably find deals like that on Gumtree. 

 

You already have a case, so $200 for a CPU cooler, PSU and storage isn't too bad. You can get a 120mm AIO (e.g. Deepcool Maelstrom 120K for $75, which I highly recommend and recently purchased myself). 

 

Overclock that 2600K and it'll smoke anything you can get new for the same price. I got mine to 4.8 GHz with around 20 mins of work and tinkering, it gets higher in Cinebench than basically everything but the 6700K and up. 

[MyDogAteMyPC]

For as low of a budget as $500, I'd honestly just get 2nd hand components. I'm from Australia too and I recently picked up a 2600K, 16GB RAM and an ASUS P8Z68M Pro for $300. You can probably find deals like that on Gumtree. 

 

You already have a case, so $200 for a CPU cooler, PSU and storage isn't too bad. You can get a 120mm AIO (e.g. Deepcool Maelstrom 120K for $75, which I highly recommend and recently purchased myself). 

 

Overclock that 2600K and it'll smoke anything you can get new for the same price. I got mine to 4.8 GHz with around 20 mins of work and tinkering, it gets higher in Cinebench than basically everything but the 6700K and up. 

I guess you are right but my case does not exactly provide adequate ventilation and for unavoidable reason I cannot change it. I would like to keep the overclock to the minimum as it might burn down my house

[paulsterio]

I guess you are right but my case does not exactly provide adequate ventilation and for unavoidable reason I cannot change it. I would like to keep the overclock to the minimum as it might burn down my house

 

Still better to go with 2nd hand parts at that budget. I wouldn't start thinking about new parts unless I was looking to spend at least $1k. 

[MyDogAteMyPC]

Still better to go with 2nd hand parts at that budget. I wouldn't start thinking about new parts unless I was looking to spend at least $1k. 

Well I need to explain my situation more clearly, I personally don't mind buying firsthand parts because I don't really expect lots. I just require 1080p 60fps on my fairly old games. I don't need a beast rig to run 4k etc.You could say I am a peasant but my expectations are unexpectedly low. There is too much hassle in buying second hand parts as I personally can't deal with those things as I don't have the resources to do so. Sorry, I am frustrating but I understand why second hand would be better.