$400 PC build?

[coldstop97]

Can someone help me put together a budget build? And yeah, I know that this won't be hitting the sweat spot in terms of bang for the buck.

 

Sorry if this is the wrong forum, plz help

[HKZeroFive]

Copy and paste of a build I did earlier:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($42.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $407.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-07 02:44 EST-0500

[Aereldor]

If you can stretch your budget by just a little, this is a pretty powerful build, although you may need to upgrade the CPU cooler and overclock the CPU later if you want more performance in CPU-bound scenarios.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($73.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($42.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280X 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($173.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $429.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-07 02:47 EST-0500

[Aereldor]

Intel alternative (more upgradable, but a slightly weaker starting point. However, you can overclock this CPU with just the stock cooler to about 4.2 GHz).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($66.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280X 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($173.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $424.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-07 02:57 EST-0500