I need a $500 build.

[Chaicho]

Hello! I'm looking for a $500 build or under that can game anything at 1080 if possible with fluid fps. Also, if the case looked pretty modern that would be fantastic if not it's pretty meh anyways.

My budget is 500 including taxes and shipping. If it goes a few bucks I might be able to manage.

Thank you in advance.

[Droidbot]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($188.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($51.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.55 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Phoenix Video Card  ($130.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: DIYPC MA08-BK MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $540.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 00:39 EST-0500

 

decent i5, 8gb ram, 1050 ti

 

if you have some extra get a rx 470

[joshfrog]

what games, and where are you based 

[Chaicho]

1 minute ago, joshfrog said:

what games, and where are you based 

California and probably overwatch mostly and other newer titles that may come out. That's why I want it to have the option to play heavier games.

[manikyath]

6 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($188.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($51.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.55 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Phoenix Video Card  ($130.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: DIYPC MA08-BK MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $540.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 00:39 EST-0500

 

decent i5, 8gb ram, 1050 ti

 

if you have some extra get a rx 470

bit over budget, but that's gonna be roughly it.

[joshfrog]

the build above should do well and leaves you with sum upgrade paths down the line

[Chaicho]

9 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($188.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($51.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.55 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Phoenix Video Card  ($130.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: DIYPC MA08-BK MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $540.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 00:39 EST-0500

 

decent i5, 8gb ram, 1050 ti

 

if you have some extra get a rx 470

Idk if I'm asking too much for my low budget but is kaby lake much more expensive than Skylake? Or is it an unnoticeable performance increase to even go for it?

 

[Energycore]

17 minutes ago, Chaicho said:

Hello! I'm looking for a $500 build or under that can game anything at 1080 if possible with fluid fps. Also, if the case looked pretty modern that would be fantastic if not it's pretty meh anyways.

My budget is 500 including taxes and shipping. If it goes a few bucks I might be able to manage.

Thank you in advance.

You have two choices. Get a strong CPU and a graphics card that will do games alright, or get a slightly weaker CPU and much, much stronger graphics. I believe this combination is better for games at your budget. (Will give you a build shortly)

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, Chaicho said:

Idk if I'm asking too much for my low budget but is kaby lake much more expensive than Skylake? Or is it an unnoticeable performance increase to even go for it?

 

it's like $10 + extra board cost since 270 boards cost more

[joshfrog]

not a hugh performance difference not enough to spend more on unless you want to watch netflix in 4k i would just stick with 6500

 

[Chaicho]

2 minutes ago, joshfrog said:

not a hugh performance difference not enough to spend more on unless you want to watch netflix in 4k i would just stick with 6500

 

OK sounds great.

[Energycore]

I would get you this if you need to stay in budget.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB Video Card  ($189.98 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC MA08-BK MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $501.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 00:57 EST-0500

[joshfrog]

its a $500 build theres not alot of room to move however the list above will give you room to upgrade, a new cpu or higher end graphics more ram if needed but will get you gaming at 1080p on the games you play for now a 7th gen cpu isnt totaly needed unless you would be using the stuff they added to the cpu but for $500 i dont think you would be at least not now

[Droidbot]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I would get you this if you need to stay in budget.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Toshiba 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB Video Card  ($189.98 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC MA08-BK MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $500.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 00:55 EST-0500

why not older 6100 and a h110 board? same price pretty much and the 6100 turbos higher

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

why not older 6100 and a h110 board? same price pretty much and the 6100 turbos higher

I actually did try 6100 + H110. The Pentium setup ended up $10 less and you get a motherboard with 4 RAM slots so I like that tradeoff. 100MHz difference between both processors.

[Chaicho]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I would get you this if you need to stay in budget.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($75.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB Video Card  ($189.98 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC MA08-BK MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $501.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 00:57 EST-0500

I mean, I could try to increase budget for an i3 or maybe even an i5 it it doesn't go over 600 bucks.

[joshfrog]

if your wanting to game i would stick with an i5 sure an i3 will work but for many games it will help to have 4 cores not 2 with 4 threads. for some games if its to cpu bound it will be held back by the 2 cores

[Droidbot]

3 minutes ago, Chaicho said:

I mean, I could try to increase budget for an i3 or maybe even an i5 it it doesn't go over 600 bucks.

i5 6500 + 470 or 480? @Energycore I'm on mobile atm

[Energycore]

4 minutes ago, Chaicho said:

I mean, I could try to increase budget for an i3 or maybe even an i5 it it doesn't go over 600 bucks.

Yeah you can do that.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($188.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB Video Card  ($189.98 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC MA08-BK MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $597.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-21 01:05 EST-0500

[joshfrog]

if your able to just make sure you have 4gb of vram alot more games are starting to use more and more vram you dont want to be limited to 2gb of vram on gta 5 2gb of vram wont do 

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, joshfrog said:

if your able to just make sure you have 4gb of vram alot more games are starting to use more and more vram you dont want to be limited to 2gb of vram on gta 5 2gb of vram wont do 

gta V runs on 2G 770 fine, what are you smoking

 

1g cards it eats shit on though

[joshfrog]

i have a friend who has a card with 2gb i dont remember what card though he hasnt had much luck

 

ok just asked him n hes an idiot hes got a gt 710 with 2gb of ram thats y he hates it 

however you do still want to get mroe vram if you can