300$ Gaming Computer

[AceTaker]

I'm going to be building a PC around Christmas, I might even have more then 300$, but that would be the safe range. I'm hoping to game on heavier games like Assassin's Creed, Skyrim Special Edition. I know its alot to ask for, but I already have the hard drive, and RAM if we go with an AMD system (DDR3). I'm looking for suggestions, and thanks in advance!

 

Current "build"

-OEM Motherboard

-AMD Athlon II X4 630

-AMD R7 250E

-OEM 300w Power supply

-OEM Case

-Crucial Ballistix Ram (DDR3 1333)

Yeah... pretty bad.....

[SteinerW]

Is all that part of a prebuilt?

 

[1Reshiram12]

Here is a list that is considerably more powerful than that one. http://pcpartpicker.com/list/rmtRzM. Its under 300 and more than good enough for the games you want to play at 1080p. I didn't include RAM and a hard drive since you mentioned you had that.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($99.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-K Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($47.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($119.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($30.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $298.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-11 18:12 EST-0500

 

[TheRandomness]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($66.20 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-Plus Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($35.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card  ($109.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $246.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-11 18:09 EST-0500

 

Reuse the RAM, case and storage and this'll be a nice upgrade c:

[AceTaker]

Just now, 1Reshiram12 said:

Here is a list that is considerably more powerful than that one. http://pcpartpicker.com/list/PdRyVY. Its $350 but more than enough performance for those games at 1080p.

I forgot, I don't need a hard drive as well! Lol.. 

[AceTaker]

1 minute ago, 3DGamerOnSteam said:

Is all that part of a prebuilt?

 

Yes... sadly..

[1Reshiram12]

5 minutes ago, AceTaker said:

I forgot, I don't need a hard drive as well! Lol.. 

Updated it with that in mind. Also, would you not need a case either?

[SteinerW]

How much RAM do you have though?

 

Don't get that prebuilt.

 

[1Reshiram12]

4 minutes ago, 3DGamerOnSteam said:

How much RAM do you have though?

 

Don't get that prebuilt.

 

Good point, you'll want at least 8 GB for gaming, 16 GB if you can get your hands on it.

[SteinerW]

Just now, 1Reshiram12 said:

Good point, you'll want at least 8 GB for gaming, 16 GB if you can get your hands on it.

I was more concerned with if he had 2 sticks or not. Dual channel can have a significant performance gain over single channel.

[1Reshiram12]

15 minutes ago, 3DGamerOnSteam said:

I was more concerned with if he had 2 sticks or not. Dual channel can have a significant performance gain over single channel.

Funny you mention that. Recently when I built my new PC, I only bought a single stick of DDR4 at first.I ordered another stick since I heard that from a lot of other people, so I tested it. I only found a frame rate performance difference of like 2-5. And that increase might even just be the difference between 8 GB and 16 GB. Anyways, I'm always a bit skeptical about the dual channel hype, even though I bought into it 

[SteinerW]

4 minutes ago, 1Reshiram12 said:

Funny you mention that. Recently when I built my new PC, I only bought a single stick of DDR4 at first.I ordered another stick since I heard that from a lot of other people, so I tested it. I only found a frame rate performance difference of like 2-5. And that increase might even just be the difference between 8 GB and 16 GB. Anyways, I'm always a bit skeptical about the dual channel hype, even though I bought into it 

DDR4 is also rather fast. He has a 1333 MHz DDR3, which is probably significantly slower than the DDR4 that you got. Dual channel will make more of a difference with slower memory. Depends on the task as well. It helps a lot more with multitasking.

[ForsakenLive]

The suggestions some of the comments gave you aren't bad. However I think the smartest move on a budget like this is going with used hardware. It can be a pain to found proper systems/parts and get all things working, but it's going to give you a much better overall performance than going with a PCpartpicker list at that price range. 

If you aren't up to the scavenging I'd suggest you get a decent CPU+Mobo+Ram combo (i3 6100, H110 mobo, 8GB DDR4 costs almost u$s200). and then save up a bit more for a decent GPU. 

[Metallus97]

For RAM some 2x4GB 1600Mhz does the trick 100% for gaming. 

You won't notice any difference at all and with a system in this budget anyway NOT

 

so so here it is with some cheap but good RAM I use often to build PCs with 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/yNdzkT

 

the rest of the build seems pretty solid to me and should be absolutely fine for the games 

 

But the case and mobo being OEM... better duble check if  it even fully compatible with ATX stuf? 

There is so much OEM crap around doing its own thing in terms of mounting and dimensions of the parts... 

 

[SteinerW]

1 minute ago, ForsakenLive said:

The suggestions some of the comments gave you aren't bad. However I think the smartest move on a budget like this is going with used hardware. It can be a pain to found proper systems/parts and get all things working, but it's going to give you a much better overall performance than going with a PCpartpicker list at that price range. 

If you aren't up to the scavenging I'd suggest you get a decent CPU+Mobo+Ram combo (i3 6100, H110 mobo, 8GB DDR4 costs almost u$s200). and then save up a bit more for a decent GPU. 

And a power supply and case. Thats most of his budget. And he might not get get money that often. If he's young, and can't get a job, or older, and can't allocate much money toward it, then it might be a while before he can get enough for a GPU. And 6100 integrated graphics are kinda shit.

[SteinerW]

1 minute ago, Metallus97 said:

For RAM some 2x4GB 1600Mhz does the trick 100% for gaming. 

You won't notice any difference at all and with a system in this budget anyway NOT

 

so so here it is with some cheap but good RAM I use often to build PCs with 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/yNdzkT

 

the rest of the build seems pretty solid to me and should be absolutely fine for the games 

 

But the case and mobo being OEM... better duble check if  it even fully compatible with ATX stuf? 

There is so much oem cramp around doing its own thing in terms of mounting and dimensions of the parts 

He doesn't have a case or a PSU, the only stuff he has is a hard drive and some RAM, though we don't know how much.

[Metallus97]

4 minutes ago, 3DGamerOnSteam said:

He doesn't have a case or a PSU, the only stuff he has is a hard drive and some RAM, though we don't know how much.

 PSU is in the list

He has a Case:

40 minutes ago, AceTaker said:

 

Current "build"

-OEM Motherboard

-AMD Athlon II X4 630

-AMD R7 250E

-OEM 300w Power supply

-OEM Case

-Crucial Ballistix Ram (DDR3 1333)

Yeah... pretty bad.....

Its OME and that's why I asked if it is ATX or some properitory shit  

if its ATX he should just use it to save a few bucks to spend on the hardware 

[SteinerW]

Just now, Metallus97 said:

 PSU is in the list

He has a Case:

Its OME and that's why I asked if it is ATX or some properitory shit  

if its ATX he should just use it to save a few bucks to spend on the hardware 

And I asked him if thats the stuff he planned to buy, he said yes. Thats what he planned to buy, not what he has.

[Metallus97]

9 minutes ago, 3DGamerOnSteam said:

And I asked him if thats the stuff he planned to buy, he said yes. Thats what he planned to buy, not what he has.

Ok.... it's definitely to late here (4am)

i am sorry hahah 

 

but yeha then the question is 

is the OEM mobo even 100% ATX 

because manny of them dont take the normal ATX power plugs from the PSU

[Herman Mcpootis]

58 minutes ago, AceTaker said:

Current "build"

-OEM Motherboard

-AMD Athlon II X4 630

-AMD R7 250E

-OEM 300w Power supply

-OEM Case

-Crucial Ballistix Ram (DDR3 1333)

Yeah... pretty bad.....

can you check which cpus your mobo can accept, power supply brand and model and the amount of ram you have? might be able to reuse some of the parts, or just do an upgrade.

[AceTaker]

Dear gosh... sorry I was away, everyone is so hard to reply, so to clear things up, its a Dell inspiron 570 with an upgraded processor, GPU, and ram. I've done the research, and there's nothing I can do with it, no OCing. (sadly) Its an OEM mobo... it has a LGA 775 Thermaltake fan... you know.. with the mobo and everything its a AMD processor with a Intel mounting system.. Its single channel, because I'm poor until Christmas... I don't intend to upgrade the PC alone any further, and get a new case, mobo, cpu, and possibly ram.

[Herman Mcpootis]

59 minutes ago, AceTaker said:

Dear gosh... sorry I was away, everyone is so hard to reply, so to clear things up, its a Dell inspiron 570 with an upgraded processor, GPU, and ram. I've done the research, and there's nothing I can do with it, no OCing. (sadly) Its an OEM mobo... it has a LGA 775 Thermaltake fan... you know.. with the mobo and everything its a AMD processor with a Intel mounting system.. Its single channel, because I'm poor until Christmas... I don't intend to upgrade the PC alone any further, and get a new case, mobo, cpu, and possibly ram.

how much ram do you have now? model and brand of the psu? could still reuse these and save on costs.

[AceTaker]

9 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

how much ram do you have now? model and brand of the psu? could still reuse these and save on costs.

8GB 1333 DDR3

[AceTaker]

Just now, AceTaker said:

8GB 1333 DDR3

And the PSU is like... haci or something like that, there's not a website, and its an OEM PSU...

[Herman Mcpootis]

recommend getting this and reusing the rest.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 845 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($66.20 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-Plus Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($35.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($139.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $276.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-12 07:09 EST-0500

see if you can turn the fan in the thermaltake heatsick as a case fan.