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Hey there

 

My sister wants a gaming pc, but she can only spend up to $500 on it. However, I'm not great at making budget builds.

She is NOT a hardcore gamer. The most demanding game she might play I\is ARK : Survival Evolved on medium-ish.

She wont care about 60FPS. As long as it is about 30FPS she will be happy.

 

Send me your suggested PCPartPicker list (don't need PSU or Case recommendations)

HAS to be a MicroATX board

 

 

Thanks

Callum

 

Roses are red

My name is Roy

We caught the alligator that ate the De Luca boy

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I've got you covered. Just make sure you have an adequate PSU.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($50.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($38.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $399.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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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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something like this i guess, though not sure if its compatible with your case and psu or not

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/br6NLk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/br6NLk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-D Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($48.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($173.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $491.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-10 23:59 EDT-0400

 

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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4 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

I've got you covered. Just make sure you have an adequate PSU.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($50.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($38.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $399.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-10 23:55 EDT-0400

Good build though an 860k would be a better price to performance cpu

Unsure what power supply to pick?

Check out my HTPC build.

Quote me/others so we can help you

Comic sans is the best font

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3 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

Good build though an 860k would be a better price to performance cpu

I would pick the 860K, if I hadn't known the 845 actually improves single threaded performance a bit. ;)

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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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2 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

I would pick the 860K, if I hadn't known the 845 actually improves single threaded performance a bit. ;)

Tru also depends of he's actually gonna overclock it

Unsure what power supply to pick?

Check out my HTPC build.

Quote me/others so we can help you

Comic sans is the best font

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Since she doesn't play particularly demanding games, I took a step back on the GPU and upgraded the CPU to the core i3 6100, which actually has better single-core performance than the 6700 (please correct me if I'm wrong). That being said, turn down one or two of the right settings, and a 380 will have no problem running games at 1080p.

 

I also stuck with a black-and-white colour scheme, barring the blue sticker on the Stock Intel heatsink- which you can just stick a circular piece of white paper over. 

 

As all lists should unless stated otherwise, this includes windows.
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($35.57 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($194.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: Windows (Kinguin OEM key) ($30.00)
Total: $499.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-11 00:11 EDT-0400

i5 12600KF | Zotac RTX 4080 Gaming trinity | Team Vulcan 2x16GB DDR4 3600 | ASRock Z690M-ITX/ac | WD Black SN850x 2TB

Cooler Master NR200P v2 | ID Cooling Zoomflow 280 XT | SeaSonic Focus SGX-750 | Thermalright 2x140mm + 2x120mm aRGB

LG C2 OLED 48" 120hz | Epomaker TH80 (Gateron Yellow) | Logitech MX Master 3 | Koss Porta Pro Comm

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16 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

I've got you covered. Just make sure you have an adequate PSU.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($50.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($38.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $399.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-10 23:55 EDT-0400

Glad to see more people are recommending the 845. Although my personal pick at the low-end is the Pentium G4400, the excavator cores on the Athlon x4 845 make it a viable enough option. Furthermore, it comes with a better stock cooler and actually has overclocking capabilities through base-clock overclocking. 'Tis a solid recommendation.

i5 12600KF | Zotac RTX 4080 Gaming trinity | Team Vulcan 2x16GB DDR4 3600 | ASRock Z690M-ITX/ac | WD Black SN850x 2TB

Cooler Master NR200P v2 | ID Cooling Zoomflow 280 XT | SeaSonic Focus SGX-750 | Thermalright 2x140mm + 2x120mm aRGB

LG C2 OLED 48" 120hz | Epomaker TH80 (Gateron Yellow) | Logitech MX Master 3 | Koss Porta Pro Comm

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Need an OS?

For the Best builds and Price lists here is a world where many points of the price have been predefined already for your convenience!

The Xeon E3 1231 V3 IS BETTER Than the Core i5 4690K and a Significantly better value for the non-overclockers or value shoppers.

The OS is like a kind food, Try it before saying if you like it or don't.

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1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

well, what case and psu do you have? o.O

Corsair AX 760 and Apevia X-Sniper2 Red.

 

1 hour ago, Shahnewaz said:

I've got you covered. Just make sure you have an adequate PSU.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($50.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($38.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card  ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $399.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-10 23:55 EDT-0400

That looks good. Forgot to mention I already had storage from an salvaged desktop

1 hour ago, Stevoisboss said:

Tru also depends of he's actually gonna overclock it

Wont really be OC'nig, just for casual games really, mostly Sims and basic-ish stuff

 

1 hour ago, Weak1ings said:

Need an OS?

My dad works at MSFT and can get Windows 10 Pro for $25

Roses are red

My name is Roy

We caught the alligator that ate the De Luca boy

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1 hour ago, Aereldor said:

which actually has better single-core performance than the 6700 (please correct me if I'm wrong).

single-core no, due to hyperthreading

single thread probably not either, due to lower clock speed and lower cache while having the same architecture

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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42 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

single-core no, due to hyperthreading

single thread probably not either, due to lower clock speed and lower cache while having the same architecture

My mistake- I was looking at the 'Glitch' BCLK benchmarks. The Core i3 6100 at 4.5 GHz apparently gives everything a run for its money. It's a shame Intel had to lock out the feature, but I understand why.

i5 12600KF | Zotac RTX 4080 Gaming trinity | Team Vulcan 2x16GB DDR4 3600 | ASRock Z690M-ITX/ac | WD Black SN850x 2TB

Cooler Master NR200P v2 | ID Cooling Zoomflow 280 XT | SeaSonic Focus SGX-750 | Thermalright 2x140mm + 2x120mm aRGB

LG C2 OLED 48" 120hz | Epomaker TH80 (Gateron Yellow) | Logitech MX Master 3 | Koss Porta Pro Comm

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19 hours ago, UberGamerKing said:

My dad works at MSFT and can get Windows 10 Pro for $25

I need your dad to adopt me.

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600k 4.4GHz | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z270F Gaming | Cooler: Cryorig H7 | RAM: GSkill Ripjaws V 8GB 2x4 3200 MHz | GPU: MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X | PSU: Seasonic G-550w 80+ Gold Certified, Semi Modular | Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue | Case: NZXT S340 Elite (Black/Red) | Monitor: BenQ XL2411 144hz | Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Cherry MX Silent | Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro RGB

 

I'd like to make a Chemistry joke, but all the good ones ARGON. *nudgenudge *winkwink

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