Budget build under $500

[Goot]

Looking for the best gaming PC build, under 500 American dollars. Thought I would put this out there to see what I could get 

[Coaxialgamer]

Looking for the best gaming PC build, under 500 American dollars. Thought I would put this out there to see what I could get 

including os and peripherals ?

[TheRandomness]

Any peripherals? OS? Monitor?

[GodSpoon]

Take a look at the builds linked in my signature 

 

Although they do factor in OS cost, so that makes a difference 

[Moondrelor]

Well. If you're going for the PC only.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($133.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($30.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $502.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-07 12:33 EST-0500

[Goot]

Not including peripherals or OS. Just the hardware of the PC

[PCPartPickerPro9171787]

 

Well. If you're going for the PC only.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($133.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($30.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $502.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-07 12:33 EST-0500

 

That's realy front loading the CPU

Edit:

Especially if he never plans on upgrading 

[Moondrelor]

That's realy front loading the CPU

Edit:

Especially if he never plans on upgrading 

 

He can always upgrade the graphics later. The rest should stand up to anything.

[kameshss]

 

Well. If you're going for the PC only.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($133.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($30.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $502.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-07 12:33 EST-0500

 

That's a good one.

[PCPartPickerPro9171787]

He can always upgrade the graphics later. The rest should stand up to anything.

Why does everybody assume that they will upgrade. If he is not planing on upgrading later then that is a terrible build for gaming?

[Moondrelor]

Why does everybody assume that they will upgrade. If he is not planing on upgrading later then that is a terrible build for gaming?

 

When you are working on a budget, you will have to upgrade eventually. If you hate the build so much, then help him out rather than being a critique on mine. He never told us what games he plan to play. Also, that graphics card isn't terrible. He could very easily chunk over a few extra bucks for a 380, but we are working with limited information. If you're going to critique someones opinion, at least provide a fact with why you believe that.

 

1,000 USD will keep you updated with everything for a while. Generally when you're working with 500 USD you have to make a cut and a sacrifice somewhere. I'd rather have a stronger CPU since the prices in GPU's are constantly going down, especially with the new line of Pascal coming out, he could probably get a GTX 980 ti for 300-400 bucks near the end of next year.

 

Despite how you twist my arm over this, when you're on a budget, your rig will need to be updated. He also never mentioned the types of games he will be playing.

[jimakos234]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $497.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-07 13:49 EST-0500

[PCPartPickerPro9171787]

When you are working on a budget, you will have to upgrade eventually. If you hate the build so much, then help him out rather than being a critique on mine. He never told us what games he plan to play. Also, that graphics card isn't terrible. He could very easily chunk over a few extra bucks for a 380, but we are working with limited information. If you're going to critique someones opinion, at least provide a fact with why you believe that.

 

1,000 USD will keep you updated with everything for a while. Generally when you're working with 500 USD you have to make a cut and a sacrifice somewhere. I'd rather have a stronger CPU since the prices in GPU's are constantly going down, especially with the new line of Pascal coming out, he could probably get a GTX 980 ti for 300-400 bucks near the end of next year.

 

Despite how you twist my arm over this, when you're on a budget, your rig will need to be updated. He also never mentioned the types of games he will be playing.

You can build a computer without having any intention of upgrading. If this said person is not planning to upgrading in the future, then this is not a good build. I don't know if I can explain it any more simple. 

[Moondrelor]

You can build a computer without having any intention of upgrading. If this said person is not planning to upgrading in the future, then this is not a good build. I don't know if I can explain it any more simple. 

 

Lol. He can easily use the build I gave him and never upgrade it. No one ever said it "HAD TO BE UPGRADED". Jesus dude.

 

Can means he has the option to. Everything on the build is solid, the GPU is a bit dated but that's what you get when you have limited cash to spend on a whole computer. It will still work for him great. If you're calling the build useless simply because I said "He can always upgrade the graphics later." Then you need to wrap your head around the ever changing technology and that you will always need to upgrade EVENTUALLY.

[PCPartPickerPro9171787]

Lol. He can easily use the build I gave him and never upgrade it. No one ever said it "HAD TO BE UPGRADED". Jesus dude.

 

Can means he has the option to. Everything on the build is solid, the GPU is a bit dated but that's what you get when you have limited cash to spend on a whole computer. It will still work for him great. If you're calling the build useless simply because I said "He can always upgrade the graphics later." Then you need to wrap your head around the ever changing technology and that you will always need to upgrade EVENTUALLY.

Can you read? Like, what are you doing.

[Moondrelor]

Can you read? Like, what are you doing.

 

More or less. 

Can you? You're saying the build is worthless because it's put under the expectation that he will need to upgrade it. However it will do perfectly fine for him. You have yet to provide anything backup your statement. I'll leave the argument here until you can show me why this isn't a capable gaming machine.

[tvang5]

 

Well. If you're going for the PC only.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($133.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($30.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $502.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-07 12:33 EST-0500

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $497.71

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-07 13:49 EST-0500

 

Can you guys give an estimate of how these systems will perform on newer games like FO4, GTA V etc...?