$300 "gaming" pc

[idontneedonetho]

I know you think this is a typo but it's not. I need a computer that can run games like GTA V, and Crysis 1-3. I can only spend $320, no more. This is what I have so far, feel free to leave a comment and change the parts, but please keep it under $320.(already have a hdd)

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($93.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Biostar TA970 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($51.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 360 2GB Video Card  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: HEC Enterprise ATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $321.83

[ShadowCaptain]

No hard drive?

 

Get the althlon X4 860k

[DarkBlade2117]

Buy used, please buy used. You can probably find something around a HD7950, maybe a locked sandy bridge i5, someone one /r/hardwareswap will give you DDR3 RAM or sell you 8GBs for $10. Someone probably has a decently better case, old motherboards are quite cheap, you need storage and 750GB-1TBHDDs for like $20 un-used on hardwareswap. Things go quite cheap on hardwareswap. You can probably strike some nice deals.

[I am an SSD]

2 minutes ago, OriginalBadArt said:

I know you think this is a typo but it's not. I need a computer that can run games like GTA V, and Crysis 1-3. I can only spend $320, no more. This is what I have so far, feel free to leave a comment and change the parts, but please keep it under $320.

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($93.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Biostar TA970 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($51.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 360 2GB Video Card  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: HEC Enterprise ATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $321.83

I would go for GTX 750ti an Pentium G4400 or  Athlon X4 860K

[Bacon8tor]

9 minutes ago, I am an SSD said:

I would go for GTX 750ti an Pentium G4400 or  Athlon X4 860K

zotacs 750ti is a good deal 

[I am an SSD]

Just now, Bacon8tor said:

zotacs 750ti is a good deal 

Yeah...I cannot count the no. of times ive recommended that deal

[Bacon8tor]

Just now, I am an SSD said:

Yeah...I cannot count the no. of times ive recommended that deal

I have bought 2 for friends with AMD apu's and stuck this card in and its awesome. 

 

[DarkBlade2117]

2 minutes ago, Bacon8tor said:

I have bought 2 for friends with AMD apu's and stuck this card in and its awesome. 

 

Again... at $320 used makes more sense. You can get a HD7870 GHz Edition for like $80. Would be no problem finding an i5-2400 and a cheapo H67 board.

[GoZone]

I would do all used, big mistake for my first PC.

[idontneedonetho]

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($44.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.79 @ Other World Computing) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($23.26 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $333.89

 

i know I broke my own rule, but this is what I think I can do with price and stuff, also where I live, people over price everything on Craigslist.

[Bacon8tor]

let me ask you something, do you have the option of saving some money up? This is how I built my first nice rig. every paycheck I bought a component, 1) because I wanted the gratifying feeling of getting stuff 2) it was a way of "saving" instead of having a bunch of money and spending on stupid shit. 3) it allowed me to buy alot better PC than trying to buy everything at once. so you have 320 now. buy the more expensive stuff  CPU , GPU , Mobo  for 320 , then with allowance/job/parents/sellingdrugs  whatever your means of getting the money, then you buy the easy stuff case,PSU , Memory this will also allow you to keep your eye out for good deals, who knows in 2 weeks something could be half the price . 

 

but that system above is pretty good. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 hours ago, OriginalBadArt said:

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($44.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.79 @ Other World Computing) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($23.26 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $333.89

 

i know I broke my own rule, but this is what I think I can do with price and stuff, also where I live, people over price everything on Craigslist.

That psu is bad, get something else.

This will fit in your budget better.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3260 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Biostar B85MG Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($23.26 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Fractal Design Tesla R2 500W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $321.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-28 18:54 EDT-0400

[Prysin]

7 hours ago, OriginalBadArt said:

I know you think this is a typo but it's not. I need a computer that can run games like GTA V, and Crysis 1-3. I can only spend $320, no more. This is what I have so far, feel free to leave a comment and change the parts, but please keep it under $320.(already have a hdd)

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($93.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Biostar TA970 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($51.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 360 2GB Video Card  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: HEC Enterprise ATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $321.83

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($63.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($47.55 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($36.95 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($94.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra R2 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $328.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-28 21:17 EDT-0400

 

This is better.

 

The Athlon x4 845 = i5 2500 (non K)

The Fractal Design Core 1000 is small, but stylish. The Fractal Design PSU is of good quality and the 750Ti is a good matchup for the 845. Neither one will bottleneck the other.