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

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

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.92 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($60.88 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $481.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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i would like a parts list for a gaming pc for 500 dollars (that is US dollars) that can play games like elite dangerous and heavily modded minecraft.

 

PLEASE HELP!!

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

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

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.92 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($60.88 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $481.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-08 20:33 EST-0500

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Looking the the recommended requirements for Elite: Dangerous; it's going to run you more than $500

 

CPU - FX 8350 @ 4.5GHZ ▒ GPU - Radeon 5700 ▒ Mobo - M5A99FX Pro R2.0 ▒ RAM - Crucial Ballistix 16GB @ 1600 ▒ PSU - Corsair CX600M ▒ CPU Cooler - Hyper 212 EVO ▒ Storage - Samsung EVO 250GB, WD Blue 1TB

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How heavily modded are we talking here?  You could easily spend $500 on RAM for a Minecraft server.

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

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

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.92 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($60.88 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($43.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $481.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-08 20:33 EST-0500

http://choosemypc.net/build/?budget=500&oc=false&options=

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Apologies, I never include hard drives because I kinda assume most people have one in an old PC of some sort.

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How heavily modded are we talking here?  You could easily spend $500 on RAM for a Minecraft server.

Why on heaven's earth would you need to spend $500 on RAM?!

 

We're not talking about running the game itself, and the computer doesn't need to know any of the textures. 32 GB of ram is more than enough for a 50+ person server. I have seen 192 GB of ram go for around $200, but I don't remember the price exactly. You have to get a little lucky, but it happens.

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Why on heaven's earth would you need to spend $500 on RAM?!

 

We're not talking about running the game itself, and the computer doesn't need to know any of the textures. 32 GB of ram is more than enough for a 50+ person server. I have seen 192 GB of ram go for around $200, but I don't remember the price exactly. You have to get a little lucky, but it happens.

i dont plan to run a server

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i dont plan to run a server

I know, it was bought up for some odd reason, and I found it a rather... odd claim.

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well that's us out of business

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Ok @fearxzombie then I'd recommend my build or something similar. An SSD could be an upgrade option in the future as could more RAM to help run your modded mine craft (I have no experience in that department[emoji16]). Other then that, if you don't plan on upgrading much then you could swap out the mobo for a cheaper h81 chipset and spend more on RAM or an i5.

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Why on heaven's earth would you need to spend $500 on RAM?!

 

We're not talking about running the game itself, and the computer doesn't need to know any of the textures. 32 GB of ram is more than enough for a 50+ person server. I have seen 192 GB of ram go for around $200, but I don't remember the price exactly. You have to get a little lucky, but it happens.

Well, how do I know what he's doing? (OK I know now but at the time)  If he wanted to run a server for X many people, and also play on that server... you'd be amazed how much difference being "heavily modded" will have on RAM usage... plus, it's more expensive here :)

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@Jykos that's basically the build I put out?? What was the lol?

The lol was that choosemypc.net is an auto generator and it came up with an almost identical build.

I found this funny.

 

well that's us out of business

which is why this comment makes sense/ is also funny.

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