$600 gaming rig

[masterkickass7]

building a $600 rig for a friend already have a case a older 2009ish gaming case with lots of fan spots and usb 2.0 ports and he will just throw a usb 3.0 hub on the front thinking a 4gb or 8gb rx 480 also for the cpu he can go with a older but better cpu like a haswell or a sky lake if he goes with haswell i can sell him my old 8gb corsair vengence thinking a ssd and 1tb or 2tb and a 500-600watt psu any advice 

[Hunter259]

2 minutes ago, masterkickass7 said:

building a $600 rig for a friend already have a case a older 2009ish gaming case with lots of fan spots and usb 2.0 ports and he will just throw a usb 3.0 hub on the front thinking a 4gb or 8gb rx 480 also for the cpu he can go with a older but better cpu like a haswell or a sky lake if he goes with haswell i can sell him my old 8gb corsair vengence thinking a ssd and 1tb or 2tb and a 500-600watt psu any advice 

Get a used i5 or i7 as that will be better than a i3 and have overclocking potential. You can get a 2600k and a mobo for less that $300

[Skiiwee29]

3 minutes ago, masterkickass7 said:

building a $600 rig for a friend already have a case a older 2009ish gaming case with lots of fan spots and usb 2.0 ports and he will just throw a usb 3.0 hub on the front thinking a 4gb or 8gb rx 480 also for the cpu he can go with a older but better cpu like a haswell or a sky lake if he goes with haswell i can sell him my old 8gb corsair vengence thinking a ssd and 1tb or 2tb and a 500-600watt psu any advice 

 

[Hunter259]

1 minute ago, legacy99 said:

 

That's kinda poopy. Anything can run overwatch well so I'm not surprised that it could.

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, Hunter259 said:

That's kinda poopy. Anything can run overwatch well so I'm not surprised that it could.

yeah my old q6600 can run over watch

[SeamusFrederick]

1 minute ago, Hunter259 said:

Get a used i5 or i7 as that will be better than a i3 and have overclocking potential. You can get a 2600k and a mobo for less that $300

I'm currently looking for parts for my build too and a little tight on the budget...which trusted retailers would you suggest getting a used cpu from?

[Skiiwee29]

All I was doing was giving a suggestion. OP never stated what the rig was for. At 400ish dollars, this does give wiggle room on the budget to change things to get up to the 600$ mark. 

[GDRRiley]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/CD9V7h

[Hunter259]

1 minute ago, SeamusFrederick said:

I'm currently looking for parts for my build too and a little tight on the budget...which trusted retailers would you suggest getting a used cpu from?

I'd do reddit but I know not everyone is comfortable with that so really its kinda a shot in the dark otherwise. 

[Nena Trinity]

Is this what you need?

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/FHCNqk

Edit: There is some budget left.

[Hunter259]

1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/CD9V7h

How about no? 350 watts is REALLY close and single channel memory doesn't help much either.

[GDRRiley]

Just now, Hunter259 said:

How about no? 350 watts is REALLY close and single channel memory doesn't help much either.

single Channel does not matter much and that is a great 350W PSU. it has 40W of headroom

[Hunter259]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

single Channel does not matter much and that is a great 350W PSU. it has 40W of headroom

It does in certain games (Battlefield comes to mind) and a whole 40 watts is absolutely nothing. This is also assuming no overclocking on the GPU

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, Hunter259 said:

It does in certain games (Battlefield comes to mind) and a whole 40 watts is absolutely nothing. This is also assuming no overclocking on the GPU

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/mdZhgL there

[Hunter259]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/mdZhgL there

You are $30 over budget and have a low watt PSU. 

[GDRRiley]

Just now, Hunter259 said:

You are $30 over budget and have a low watt PSU. 

30$ is not that much

[Hunter259]

1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

30$ is not that much

To you. Not to everyone. If someone has a budget you don't go over it.

[GDRRiley]

Just now, Hunter259 said:

To you. Not to everyone. If someone has a budget you don't go over it.

movies cost more than 30$ calm down I don't get why you care so much about it aren't the OG poster

[masterkickass7]

2 hours ago, Hunter259 said:

To you. Not to everyone. If someone has a budget you don't go over it.

 

3 hours ago, Hunter259 said:

Get a used i5 or i7 as that will be better than a i3 and have overclocking potential. You can get a 2600k and a mobo for less that $300

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ not paying this much but that is what the specs would be like

[Hunter259]

37 minutes ago, masterkickass7 said:

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ not paying this much but that is what the specs would be like

Is your buddy wanting to overclock? Overwise its kinda useless to get a Z series motherboard.

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, Hunter259 said:

Is your buddy wanting to overclock? Overwise its kinda useless to get a Z series motherboard.

no

[Hunter259]

Just now, masterkickass7 said:

no

Then you could drop the Z series for a decent B/H series motherboard to save some money and use that elsewhere.

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, Hunter259 said:

Then you could drop the Z series for a decent B/H series motherboard to save some money and use that elsewhere.

yeah may go for the zeon e2670

[Hunter259]

3 minutes ago, masterkickass7 said:

yeah may go for the zeon e2670

That might end up being more expensive due to the lack of cheap X79 boards.

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, Hunter259 said:

That might end up being more expensive due to the lack of cheap X79 boards.

yeah the mobos are $300

1 hour ago, Hunter259 said:

That might end up being more expensive due to the lack of cheap X79 boards.