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I have a 400-450 dollar budget for a gaming pc build for my cousin.

I need help for this budget because I'm kinda new to building.

Thanks.

 

 

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I suggest going with an i7 920 ebay or the likes has it for around 90$ get a matching mobo 150-210 get an hd 6970 from newegg for 60 and the rest is fairly easy

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Just now, JorelCedrick said:

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gqfpxr
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gqfpxr/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($52.38 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($173.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $491.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 16:27 EDT-0400

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Slightly over-budget, but the mechanical drive can be added later on. Also, i'd recommend a cheap aftermarket cooler like the 212 EVO, because the stock cooler is loud.
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.48 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB Superclocked Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $498.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 16:36 EDT-0400

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

Take me down to the console city where the games are blurry and the frames are thirty - Guns N' Roses

Arguing with religious people is like explaining to your mother that online games can't be paused...

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5 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gqfpxr
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gqfpxr/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($52.38 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($173.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $491.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 16:27 EDT-0400

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131682&cm_re=hd_6950-_-14-131-682-_-Product

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-i7-920-SLBEU-3-20GHz-8M-4-80-08-Processor-/201529553682?hash=item2eec18f312:g:kd4AAOSwKtVWziX8

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-P7H55-Motherboard-Intel-H55-Socket-LGA-1156-DDR3-/272209190272?hash=item3f60ee9d80:g:N5MAAOSwZ8ZXDJka

So these are the ones I could find for you

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6 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.99 @ Newegg) 

You can bump that up to 2133MHz memory.

6 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 

Eh. Anything from SeaSonic or SuperFlower. That will be cheaper and better.

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Marcus Kemp said:

I suggest going with an i7 920 ebay or the likes has it for around 90$ get a matching mobo 150-210 get an hd 6970 from newegg for 60 and the rest is fairly easy

Will Ebay take back the used item if it's not working.

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1 minute ago, Shahnewaz said:

You can bump that up to 2133MHz memory.

Memory frequency has little to no impact on gaming, to make it worthwhile going for higher frequency.

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

Take me down to the console city where the games are blurry and the frames are thirty - Guns N' Roses

Arguing with religious people is like explaining to your mother that online games can't be paused...

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Just now, JorelCedrick said:

Will Ebay take back the used item if it's not working.

not sure sorry 

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Just now, Marcus Kemp said:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131682&cm_re=hd_6950-_-14-131-682-_-Product

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-i7-920-SLBEU-3-20GHz-8M-4-80-08-Processor-/201529553682?hash=item2eec18f312:g:kd4AAOSwKtVWziX8

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-P7H55-Motherboard-Intel-H55-Socket-LGA-1156-DDR3-/272209190272?hash=item3f60ee9d80:g:N5MAAOSwZ8ZXDJka

So these are the ones I could find for you

what do you have with that 6950? :D

 

Just now, Shahnewaz said:

You can bump that up to 2133MHz memory.

Eh. Anything from SeaSonic or SuperFlower. That will be cheaper and better.

that memory speed is wasted money. completely unnecessary.

no the good ones arent cheaper. corsair isnt brilliant but it will do the job.

Desktop Build Log http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/486571-custom-wooden-case-with-lighting/#entry6529892

thinkpad l450, i5-5200u, 8gb ram, 1080p ips, 250gb samsung ssd, fingerprint reader, 72wh battery <3, mx master, motorola lapdock as secound screen

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Just now, ChrisCross said:

what do you have with that 6950? :D

 

that memory speed is wasted money. completely unnecessary.

no the good ones arent cheaper. corsair isnt brilliant but it will do the job.

What do you mean? It's  a good card for earlier gamers and will allow for a decent gaming experience 

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Just now, Marcus Kemp said:

What do you mean? It's  a good card for earlier gamers and will allow for a decent gaming experience 

but the 380 is so much better :D

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thinkpad l450, i5-5200u, 8gb ram, 1080p ips, 250gb samsung ssd, fingerprint reader, 72wh battery <3, mx master, motorola lapdock as secound screen

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($121.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($35.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($23.26 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $475.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 16:40 EDT-0400

Athlon X2 for only 27.31$   Best part lists at different price points   Windows 1.01 running natively on an Eee PC

My rig:

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Celeronator (new main rig)

CPU: Intel Celeron (duh) N2840 2.16GHz Dual Core

RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz

HDD: Seagate 500GB

GPU: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Series

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Frankenhertz (ex main rig)

CPU: Intel Atom N2600 1.6GHz Dual Core

RAM: 1GB DDR3-800

HDD: HGST 320GB

GPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

 

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Just now, ChrisCross said:

but the 380 is so much better :D

it is also more expensive :dry: also you would wanr to know what he is going to be playing before getting him a card he may never use the full potential of

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Just now, Marcus Kemp said:

it is also more expensive :dry: also you would wanr to know what he is going to be playing before getting him a card he may never use the full potential of

its like not getting a porsche because of speed limits. you always go for the best you can :D

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thinkpad l450, i5-5200u, 8gb ram, 1080p ips, 250gb samsung ssd, fingerprint reader, 72wh battery <3, mx master, motorola lapdock as secound screen

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Just now, ChrisCross said:

its like not getting a porsche because of speed limits. you always go for the best you can :D

its more like getting a car in general and rarely using it. It's all anout diminishing marginal utility if you aren't going to use the full power don't get it

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Just now, Marcus Kemp said:

its more like getting a car in general and rarely using it. It's all anout diminishing marginal utility if you aren't going to use the full power don't get it

its just more "future proof". i hate to use that word

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1 minute ago, ChrisCross said:

its just more "future proof". i hate to use that word

you are right but my theory is that that cpu you recommended isn't anywhere near future proof and while there won't be a bottleneck he probably won't understand the concept of upgrading a computer so that you don't spend a ton of money.

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3 minutes ago, JorelCedrick said:

How about A build with i5 6500 skylake for 500 bucks

you could do that

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20 minutes ago, Fulgrim said:

Memory frequency has little to no impact on gaming, to make it worthwhile going for higher frequency.

19 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

that memory speed is wasted money. completely unnecessary.

I don't think so.

Pay attention to the Core i3 6100. 2133MHz vs 2666MHz.

 

19 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

no the good ones arent cheaper. corsair isnt brilliant but it will do the job.

The cheapest Seasonic OEM PSU is still better than the Corsair CX series.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/306732-28-help-choose

On that note, Any Seasonic is good or better than Corsair.

Cheaping out that hard on a PSU will not only have a chance of killing your components, but you might risk a fire situation.

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

I don't think so.

Pay attention to the Core i3 6100. 2133MHz vs 2666MHz.

 

The cheapest Seasonic OEM PSU is still better than the Corsair CX series.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/306732-28-help-choose

On that note, Any Seasonic is good or better than Corsair.

Cheaping out that hard on a PSU will not only have a chance of killing your components, but you might risk a fire situation.

so far all I see out of the video is that the skylake cpus is doing much better but that is because of ddr4 not because of the speed. and the 2133mhz ram dips below the 1600mhz ram in a few cases so I don't know what the argument is here but that is what I just witnessed

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2 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

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It's only situational, in certain games. And it's impact lessens with higher end processors and graphics cards.

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

Take me down to the console city where the games are blurry and the frames are thirty - Guns N' Roses

Arguing with religious people is like explaining to your mother that online games can't be paused...

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Can you recommend an Intel skylake build for 500 bucks

20 minutes ago, Fulgrim said:

It's only situational, in certain games. And it's impact lessens with higher end processors and graphics cards.

 

45 minutes ago, Djole123 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($121.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($35.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($23.26 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $475.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-21 16:40 EDT-0400

 

46 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

but the 380 is so much better :D

 

48 minutes ago, Marcus Kemp said:

What do you mean? It's  a good card for earlier gamers and will allow for a decent gaming experience 

 

49 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

what do you have with that 6950? :D

 

that memory speed is wasted money. completely unnecessary.

no the good ones arent cheaper. corsair isnt brilliant but it will do the job.

 

52 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

You can bump that up to 2133MHz memory.

Eh. Anything from SeaSonic or SuperFlower. That will be cheaper and better.

Can you recommend an Intel skylake build for 500 bucks

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