Cheap yet powerful

[Gregrs]

Trying to make a build for a friend, but I don't want to break the bank. Really, he only plays Minecraft, League of Legends, Skyrim, and Trove. But that's about it. He wants to record minecraft at 60 FPS; I don't want to spend more then $450, but I can go slightly higher if needed. Will this build work?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($33.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($129.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Rosewill Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($47.22 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($26.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($13.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $465.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-22 22:29 EDT-0400

[Vercii]

2 minutes ago, Gregrs said:

Trying to make a build for a friend, but I don't want to break the bank. Really, he only plays Minecraft, League of Legends, Skyrim, and Trove. But that's about it. He wants to record minecraft at 60 FPS; I don't want to spend more then $450, but I can go slightly higher if needed. Will this build work?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($57.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($33.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($129.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Rosewill Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($47.22 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($26.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($13.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $465.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-22 22:29 EDT-0400

 

That's good

[Herman Mcpootis]

looks good. that psu isn't that good, but it should be fine for a 950. still, try to get something better.

[Guest]

Haswell CPUs perform just the same as Skylake, and are cheaper. Also, if there's a GTX 1060, we can assume, lets say, 980 performance? At an expected 200-250? Kinda worth the CPU downgrade, some patience, and some effort.

[glitchmaster0001]

that is a fine pc. i did a similar build for a client and he was able to record using fraps on minecraft with ultra shaders at 60 FPS using an FX 6300