Budget $350 USD Maxed Out Gaming PC Build.

[AlanAlan]

I am trying to replace my old computer with a new build. I don't think I can use the hardware in the old pc. I think I have to got all brand new for the new one. Can anyone put together a maxed out $350 gaming build for me? I am not planning on to play intense games. No Peripherals or cd drive needed. I am Planning to play some light Steam titles like CSGO and other games.

[Mira Yurizaki]

I totally forgot about this website to use as a cheat sheet: http://www.logicalincrements.com/

 

The thing is though it's only for the hardware. If you don't have a spare copy of Windows to use, you have to subtract $100 from your budget to include it.

[Vercii]

5 minutes ago, AlanAlan said:

I am trying to replace my old computer with a new build. I don't think I can use the hardware in the old pc. I think I have to got all brand new for the new one. Can anyone put together a maxed out $350 gaming build for me? I am not planning on to play intense games. No Peripherals or cd drive needed. I am Planning to play some light Steam titles like CSGO and other games.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($65.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($96.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $352.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-28 18:53 EDT-0400

[Telebubbies]

7 minutes ago, Vercii said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($65.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($96.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $352.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-28 18:53 EDT-0400

Nice picks man. 

[Mr.Meerkat]

8 minutes ago, Vercii said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($65.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($96.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $352.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-28 18:53 EDT-0400

Probably the best you can get for dem monies  

[Starelementpoke]

31 minutes ago, AlanAlan said:

I am trying to replace my old computer with a new build. I don't think I can use the hardware in the old pc. I think I have to got all brand new for the new one. Can anyone put together a maxed out $350 gaming build for me? I am not planning on to play intense games. No Peripherals or cd drive needed. I am Planning to play some light Steam titles like CSGO and other games.

My idea:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QYFCm8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QYFCm8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($57.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $363.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-28 19:19 EDT-0400

[Prysin]

33 minutes ago, Vercii said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($65.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($96.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $352.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-28 18:53 EDT-0400

and the OS?

unless you are gonna tell him to run CS:GO on LInux, which he can. CS:GO runs on Linux just fine AFAIK, then he needs windows.

Suggesting a shitty "/r softwareswap" for some shady ass ripped MS code isnt exactly a stellar move.

[Prysin]

9 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

snip

see my post above. OP didnt state he had a OS.

[Prysin]

27 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Probably the best you can get for dem monies  

 

28 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

Nice picks man. 

Nice pick my ass. G3258 is like buying cancer. At first it seems nice, you get sympathy points. Then you die.

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, Prysin said:

see my post above. OP didnt state he had a OS.

Never stated he needed one.

[Prysin]

1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

Never stated he needed one.

unless stated otherwise, assume OP needs it. If you gonna go with shady ass "/r Softwareswap" it gonna be like 30 bucks. If getting the real thing, that is not pirated, its 100 bucks.

[Starelementpoke]

2 minutes ago, Prysin said:

unless stated otherwise, assume OP needs it. If you gonna go with shady ass "/r Softwareswap" it gonna be like 30 bucks. If getting the real thing, that is not pirated, its 100 bucks.

For the record, I´ve never recommended Reddit or anything like that for Windows. Just a habit where unless OP states he needs OS, I don´t include it into price.

[Mr.Meerkat]

49 minutes ago, Prysin said:

 

Nice pick my ass. G3258 is like buying cancer. At first it seems nice, you get sympathy points. Then you die.

please build a better system for 350 then...come on, we're waiting.

[Telebubbies]

1 hour ago, Prysin said:

 

Nice pick my ass. G3258 is like buying cancer. At first it seems nice, you get sympathy points. Then you die.

The CPU was not the best choice - but for the budget it is alright. I am not too sure if it will bottleneck or not. But how he picked the hardware and that it was only $2 over the budget was spot on. 

Great picks for that budget. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 minutes ago, Telebubbies said:

The CPU was not the best choice - but for the budget it is alright. I am not too sure if it will bottleneck or not. But how he picked the hardware and that it was only $2 over the budget was spot on. 

Great picks for that budget. 

Try telling yourself that once you play cpu demanding games with it. At this price, an x4 845 would give more consistent performance.

[Telebubbies]

2 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

Try telling yourself that once you play cpu demanding games with it. At this price, an x4 845 would give more consistent performance.

Read what the OP wrote. He wants a PC to run games like CS:GO. That is more GPU than CPU.

[Telebubbies]

3 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

Try telling yourself that once you play cpu demanding games with it. At this price, an x4 845 would give more consistent performance.

- ignore this message. -

[MeDownYou]

1 hour ago, Prysin said:

 

Nice pick my ass. G3258 is like buying cancer. At first it seems nice, you get sympathy points. Then you die.

>.> It's not horrible if you get a golden chip like i did that clocks to 4.8ghz on stock cooling...but I always force myself to spend more on my cpus that others recommend as usually that becomes an issue that is harder to fix than a gpu bottleneck.

[Telebubbies]

2 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

OK, so this is going to sound sort of weird, but this would be one of the best ways to squeeze every last dollar out of your build. Currently ebay is flooded with these old Dell percision T3500s that we can upgrade to turn them into gaming PCs. Anyway here is my idea:

 

Buy THIS Dell Precision T3500 on ebay: ($149.99)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/381570776584

 

The Dell machine will include your:

1. Motherboard

2. CPU (Xeon W3565 3.2GHz)

3. RAM (12GB DDR3)
4. HDD (500GB HDD)

5. Case (Dell percision case)

 

 

Then Purchase a few more parts from a couple more places:

Thermaltake Smart Series 650w power supply ($35)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153173

 

A crucial M500 240GB SSD: ($49.99)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/162060998798

 

This GTX 670: ($113)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/182149017258

 

Total is $348

 

At the end of all of this you are also going to have the leftover dell 525w power supply and whatever GPU came in that machine, so you can resell that to try to earn back some money.

 

When you get the dell machine, simply pop in the graphics card and add the SSD, than install windows to the SSD and use the HDD for storage.

 

This machine would perform better than all the other new builds listed above and you would have a:

20% faster GPU

a 650w power supply

A MUCH faster CPU than a pentium G3258 and this CPU would be the same speed as the Athlon x4 845

12GB of RAM

and most importantly:

A 240GB SSD

 

If you choose to do this you will be able to get a machine that is faster than anything you could do with new PC parts.

 

That PSU is way too good. Get a 400W instead. You save money. 

[Telebubbies]

The OP is not answering anyone.. He just created this thread then fell off the edge of the Earth. 

[Telebubbies]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

we'll in that case why don't we just reuse the 525w power supply that is going to come with the machine? Then OP will be able to buy an even better GPU like a GTX 960.

 

I think he died lol 

The CPU will bottleneck that GPU >.<

[Telebubbies]

2 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

OK then, OP saves the $35 and uses it for anything else. Also I wanted to get a 650w PSU even if it is overkill because PSUs depreciate over time so one day that 650w unit may only be able so safely put out ~550w. Its always better to overprice on your PSU a little plus hey, 35 bucks is a really good price for a 650w PSU and if I bought another one it would still cost $35 and I would only be able to get a 500w PSU instead. After seeing that deal I figured why not?

Mhmm. Alright.

 

I don't think that the OP cares

He just created the thread and left - never answered anyone. 

[Mr.Meerkat]

Rest in pieces OP  

[AlanAlan]

11 hours ago, Telebubbies said:

Mhmm. Alright.

 

I don't think that the OP cares

He just created the thread and left - never answered anyone. 

 

11 hours ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Rest in pieces OP  

Really? 

Because I didn't repy to any of you guys doesn't mean i'm dead

[PCIsMasterRace]

14 hours ago, AlanAlan said:

 

I am trying to replace my old computer with a new build.

 

Can you tell us the hardware in the old pc? We might be able to reuse some of it.