New rig for around $550

[Ottens238]

Hi everyone,

 

I have a budget around $550 and I wanna play GTA 5 smoothly.

I also want a very good looking case and an ATX motherboard.

 

My idea was already:

AMD FX-8320

ASROCK ATX DDR3 2400 AM3 970A-G/3.1

 

I hope someone can give me some advice

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.79 @ OutletPC) performs very similarly to an i3 6100.
Motherboard: Asus H110M-E/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($46.98 @ Newegg) try to find out if the bios supports kabylake or buy a b250 mobo. you don't need an atx mobo, you won't use the extra features.
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($50.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.77 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 480 4GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: DIYPC J180-BL ATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($46.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $520.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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