550$ Budget PC. If you can make it run any game on high settings I applaud.

[nicholasfmathison]

Hello, I am new to pc gaming and I posted a topic last night for a 600 dollar budget pc and the prices skyrocketed all the way to 800 when I tried to find the parts on newegg and amazon.I want to be able to play any game and have room to upgrade. Thank you to the people who helped me yesterday, but that isnt a budget I can afford =(.

[pokechat8978]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($29.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card  ($209.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $555.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 14:08 EDT-0400

[nicholasfmathison]

1 minute ago, pokechat8978 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($29.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card  ($209.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $555.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 14:08 EDT-0400

I might be able to raise the budget to 650, if you can get maybe an i5 in there or something?

[SageOfSpice]

American? Peasy, I actually made one earlier.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/K2Bbhq

 

Edit: Oh shit, this build is CAD. Give me a minute.

[RyBradLax]

2 minutes ago, nicholasfmathison said:

I might be able to raise the budget to 650, if you can get maybe an i5 in there or something?

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/dzLJf8

Try checking this out, you might want to invest in a better cpu cooler and some decent case fans later on though. 

[nicholasfmathison]

2 minutes ago, RyBradLax said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/dzLJf8

Try checking this out, you might want to invest in a better cpu cooler and some decent case fans later on though. 

It looks good but I might have to go with a better power supply

 

[pokechat8978]

6 minutes ago, nicholasfmathison said:

I might be able to raise the budget to 650, if you can get maybe an i5 in there or something?

You could get an i5 in there.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($29.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card  ($209.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $643.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 14:13 EDT-0400

 

 

But if you stick with the i3 at $650, you could get an SSD and a bit better GPU. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($29.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: AMD Radeon R3 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.54 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card : Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 470 8G ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $647.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 14:14 EDT-0400

[RyBradLax]

Just now, nicholasfmathison said:

It looks good but I might have to go with a better power supply

 

Yeah, cheaping out on a PSU is never a good idea. I would suggest waiting to raise your budget a bit for more headroom, but the processor and gpu are ready to kick some serious butt as the heart of that build.

[Leadneck]

1 minute ago, nicholasfmathison said:

It looks good but I might have to go with a better power supply

 

Change that RX 480 to an RX 470 and you can save $60 for that better PSU!

[nicholasfmathison]

4 minutes ago, pokechat8978 said:

You could get an i5 in there.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($29.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card  ($209.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $643.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 14:13 EDT-0400

 

 

But if you stick with the i3 at $650, you could get an SSD and a bit better GPU. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($29.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: AMD Radeon R3 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.54 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card : Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 470 8G ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $647.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-09 14:14 EDT-0400

Which one of those is better for gaming? Is the i5 worth it or with a better gpu

[pokechat8978]

1 minute ago, nicholasfmathison said:

Which one of those is better for gaming? Is the i5 worth it or with a better gpu

It depends on if you play CPU intensive games, or GPU intensive games.

Personally I'd take the one with the better GPU.

 

[aeroencychris]

See my signature, build should do well for your purposes.

[nicholasfmathison]

8 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

See my signature, build should do well for your purposes.

Ok I checked out your current gen budget build. How well does it run games? Do you have some examples?

[aeroencychris]

29 minutes ago, nicholasfmathison said:

Ok I checked out your current gen budget build. How well does it run games? Do you have some examples?

There's a few videos on Youtube if you search for the i3 6100 + RX 480 but they're mostly pretty bad. This one is with a last gen i3 but very similar performance. I'd imagine you'll have no problems with 60fps@1080p.

My friend built the system I linked and he absolutely loves it.

 

Edit: keep in mind with the 600W power supply you'll be able to do Crossfire later on

[Sky Daddy]

LOL at those recommending another PSU, seasonic is god tier PSU reliability. Any single system rig with one cpu/gpu isn't going to pull that much power.