budget build

[G-1400]

hello

 

my friend's 5 y/o computer died few days ago and he needs a one for replacing it

 

he wants it for gaming (nothing crazy mostly overwhatch, rocket league, LoL ... etc) and MS office work

 

is there is any advice for a good build that can run those games "smoothly" under 400$? (including OS)

 

thanks in advance & sorry for bad English

[Herman Mcpootis]

which country are you from?

[Gonio]

Died in what manner? There might still be stuff he can salvage since his budget is limited. Saving on a case, PSU and GPU leaves room for new mobo + CPU and RAM, while he saves up for the rest.

[G-1400]

2 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

which country are you from?

Saudi Arabia

(he can order over eBay. it doesn't that much)

[Zyndo]

i3 6100 and play off the IGPU imo. i5 6400/6500 if you can afford it.

[G-1400]

8 minutes ago, Gonio said:

Died in what manner? There might still be stuff he can salvage since his budget is limited. Saving on a case, PSU and GPU leaves room for new mobo + CPU and RAM, while he saves up for the rest.

the cpu cooler malfunctioned causing to kill the cpu

 

there were no gpu

 

power supply 100 watt still ok

 

2 GB of ram still ok

[G-1400]

10 minutes ago, Zyndo said:

i3 6100 and play off the IGPU imo. i5 6400/6500 if you can afford it.

thanks for your suggestion

 

how much ram is enough? 4GB?

[Matias_Chambers]

Just run Windows deactivated until you can pay for it. 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HH96D8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HH96D8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($48.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 460 4GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($123.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Azza Cosmas ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $404.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-17 05:36 EDT-0400

[Matias_Chambers]

1 minute ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Just run Windows deactivated until you can pay for it. 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HH96D8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HH96D8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($48.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 460 4GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($123.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Azza Cosmas ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $404.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-17 05:36 EDT-0400

Actually this is even better:

 

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

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($48.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($37.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 460 4GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($123.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Azza Cosmas ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $413.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-17 05:46 EDT-0400

[Zyndo]

23 minutes ago, G-1400 said:

thanks for your suggestion

 

how much ram is enough? 4GB?

8. its cheap enough there isn't really any good reason to not get 8. especially when gaming on IGPU. its VRAM is going to come out of system memory, and 4GB will not be enough for that.

[G-1400]

12 hours ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Actually this is even better:

 

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

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($48.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($37.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 460 4GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($123.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Azza Cosmas ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $413.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-17 05:46 EDT-0400

 

12 hours ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Just run Windows deactivated until you can pay for it. 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HH96D8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HH96D8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($48.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 460 4GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($123.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Azza Cosmas ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $404.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-17 05:36 EDT-0400

 

12 hours ago, Zyndo said:

8. its cheap enough there isn't really any good reason to not get 8. especially when gaming on IGPU. its VRAM is going to come out of system memory, and 4GB will not be enough for that.

thanks guys

will take your advice into consideration