$600 CAN Gaming PC Build for graduation

[Jwilson12380]

Hey everyone! I'm graduating this year and usually I might be getting a laptop that costs $600 in total like my brother did when he graduated but I'm hoping to get a $600 (in Canadian) Desktop PC. My friend wants me to play the division with him and I do to. But I need your help to pick the parts! I would like to get a GTX 960 graphics card but whatever makes the best performance for buck! Remember I'm in Canada so people from the US that respond to this the prices will be different! Message me with your part list and I will respond to every comment u guys have!! Thanks for helping me make my graduation memorable  I am also on PC Part Picker (Canada) click below

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/151896-600-can-gaming-build-for-graduation

[HKZeroFive]

You're gonna have a rough time getting a decent build with a GTX 960 on a budget of $600 CAD. Here's what I'd do:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($150.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ NCIX) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($46.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.25 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($174.00 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($53.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $604.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 06:46 EDT-0400

[Tylerebowers]

8 minutes ago, Jwilson12380 said:

Hey everyone! I'm graduating this year and usually I might be getting a laptop that costs $600 in total like my brother did when he graduated but I'm hoping to get a $600 (in Canadian) Desktop PC. My friend wants me to play the division with him and I do to. But I need your help to pick the parts! I would like to get a GTX 960 graphics card but whatever makes the best performance for buck! Remember I'm in Canada so people from the US that respond to this the prices will be different! Message me with your part list and I will respond to every comment u guys have!! Thanks for helping me make my graduation memorable  I am also on PC Part Picker (Canada) click below

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/151896-600-can-gaming-build-for-graduation

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Tylerebowers/saved/#view=Ry6kcf

[HKZeroFive]

1 minute ago, Tyleredbowers said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Tylerebowers/saved/#view=Ry6kcf

$600 CAD. Not USD.

[Pommy192]

WD is overrated. You can get a 2TB Seagate for the same price. If not less.

[JohnnyCorporalTech]

Scrap Yard Wars to the rescue!

Nah, Just kidding. 

Look at what is on sale in some of your local PC stores and get some of those. I would not recommend an I3 or any dual core as some modern games don't play well with dual cores. you might have a good time getting an AMD set-up. 

Hope this helps

[Jwilson12380]

1 hour ago, JohnnyCorporalTech said:

Scrap Yard Wars to the rescue!

Nah, Just kidding. 

Look at what is on sale in some of your local PC stores and get some of those. I would not recommend an I3 or any dual core as some modern games don't play well with dual cores. you might have a good time getting an AMD set-up. 

Hope this helps

Lol I almost thought of just watching a scrapyard wars video and idk what other PC stores I have in

Halifax other than bestbuy 

[Clanscorpia]

1 hour ago, Pommy192 said:

WD is overrated. You can get a 2TB Seagate for the same price. If not less.

Seagate drives have extremely high faliure rates. Much higher than WD.

 

1 hour ago, JohnnyCorporalTech said:

Scrap Yard Wars to the rescue!

Nah, Just kidding. 

Look at what is on sale in some of your local PC stores and get some of those. I would not recommend an I3 or any dual core as some modern games don't play well with dual cores. you might have a good time getting an AMD set-up. 

Hope this helps

i3s have Hyperthreading which can essentially make them a quad core

[Pommy192]

15 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

Seagate drives have extremely high faliure rates. Much higher than WD.

 

i3s have Hyperthreading which can essentially make them a quad core

Literally, WD is the Apple of HDD's. You've been brainwashed into thinking 'It cots more, therefore it is better'

 

"Extremely high failure rates" - Because my Seagate drive failed in just 1 week. 

 

Does price to performance mean nothing to you?

 

This is the real world, this guy isn't running a RAID array with vital gigabytes of data on it. He's using it for games, music ect. 

 

I'm pretty sure, Seagate are well known for their data recovery?

[Clanscorpia]

43 minutes ago, Pommy192 said:

Literally, WD is the Apple of HDD's. You've been brainwashed into thinking 'It cots more, therefore it is better'

 

"Extremely high failure rates" - Because my Seagate drive failed in just 1 week. 

 

Does price to performance mean nothing to you?

 

This is the real world, this guy isn't running a RAID array with vital gigabytes of data on it. He's using it for games, music ect. 

 

I'm pretty sure, Seagate are well known for their data recovery?

They don't cost more where I live so I always so for the as I've been told better product. And some people still have photos, tax returns etc stuff they can't lose so it's important they get a good drive. It's like buying a B1 PSU over a GS because ones more expensive. They both get the job done but one is much more reliable

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 880K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ DirectCanada) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($51.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.76 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.80 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 380 4GB royalQueen OC Video Card  ($244.98 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.07 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W 80+ Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.35 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $585.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 09:31 EDT-0400

[JohnnyCorporalTech]

14 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

i3s have Hyperthreading which can essentially make them a quad core

Although hyperthreded cores are sometimes called virtual cores, this does not actually make them a quad core. Luke explains this very well in his video, "how does windows utilise virtual cores". 

Also the minimum specks for the division is an i5 so an i3 would not work well.