$400 Gift Build

[Newbix_Cube]

 Hello!

This is for a friend that I've known for several years and he's a part of a group of friends that I play with daily.

The only thing is his 2004 HP Pavilion Desktop he was gifted a while back does not cut it in the slightest for gaming.

Everyone has upgrade this Christmas to  a more gaming fashioned computer, except for him. I have a bit of money left over

and would like to gift this. I know $400 isn't much but I think it'll be great upgrade! Trying to keep it under $400 including shipping

and taxes. He got a Radeon HD 5450 for Christmas last year so I'd like to build around that GPU. A plus for him is he uses

a 1024x768 resolution monitor so performance is naturally boosted.

 

If you can give opinions on this build I'd but much appreciated.

Also if you'd like to suggest your own build could you give a rough idea about performance for current game titles.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($80.97 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard:  MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($76.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 5450 1GB Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 

Case:  Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $322.91

 

[cjeffcoatjr]

KILL THE 5450. Find a 7770 for about $80. That will give him 91823764982374506198 trillion trillion times more frames. Besides that its fine. 

[Bluejay0]

KILL THE 5450. Find a 7770 for about $80. That will give him 91823764982374506198 trillion trillion times more frames. Besides that its fine. 

 

He got it for free.....

[cjeffcoatjr]

He got it for free.....

Its still a terrible card, and will perform just a frame or so better than integrated. He can sell it, and then use that money to put to a 7750/7770/7790/7850/260X/650Ti Boost. 

[Newbix_Cube]

Its still a terrible card, and will perform just a frame or so better than integrated. He can sell it, and then use that money to put to a 7750/7770/7790/7850/260X/650Ti Boost. 

 

He got it for free.....

 

How's he suppose to sell a $20 card?

7770 wouldn't fit the budget.

With his shitty computer as it is he runs Skyrim with about 30 mods,

medium setting, and about 20-40 fps. If you see the resolution of his

monitor it's really small and requires less performance. Unless you

can fit the 7770 in the build to fit the budget. Then I'd probably keep

the 5450.

[cjeffcoatjr]

As for my own build I got really luck on Black Friday/Cyber Monday and I got it all for $460. I can max out most games at 1440x900 (the resolution of my terrible monitor) with my 7870 GHz

[cjeffcoatjr]

How's he suppose to sell a $20 card?

7770 wouldn't fit the budget.

With his shitty computer as it is he runs Skyrim with about 30 mods,

medium setting, and about 20-40 fps. If you see the resolution of his

monitor it's really small and requires less performance. Unless you

can fit the 7770 in the build to fit the budget. Then I'd probably keep

the 5450.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($80.97 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard:  MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($68.00 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  Asus Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card  ($94.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case:  Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $408.90

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-20 07:09 EST-0500)

 

Whats this you say about it not fitting in the budget?

[Newbix_Cube]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($80.97 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard:  MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($68.00 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  Asus Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card  ($94.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case:  Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $408.90

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-20 07:09 EST-0500)

 

Whats this you say about it not fitting in the budget?

 

 

That doesn't fit the budget.

I said "$400 including shipping and taxes."

Your build doesn't including taxes or shipping which comes out in the end

to about $50 - $75.

[cjeffcoatjr]

That doesn't fit the budget.

I said "$400 including shipping and taxes."

Your build doesn't including taxes or shipping which comes out in the end

to about $50 - $75.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($80.97 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($42.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($68.00 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  PowerColor Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card  ($73.98 @ Newegg) 

Case:  Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $370.90

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-20 07:19 EST-0500)

 

Sell the 5450, get $20 and put it to this. Better?

[Bluejay0]

That doesn't fit the budget.

I said "$400 including shipping and taxes."

Your build doesn't including taxes or shipping which comes out in the end

to about $50 - $75.

 

Look under the damn price. It says including taxes and shipping

[Newbix_Cube]

Look under the damn price. It says including taxes and shipping

 

Go add it all up.

It'll go way past that.

I just order a build I made on pcpartpicker and it said $1200, ended up being $1400.

I don't trust pcpartpicker's taxing/shipping.

[SAV1OUR]

linus made i video about this a while ago, there cards are just poop (not hating radeon) but they cant run anything well get a 7770 or something there cheap and can run games well. my friend uses one and can run skyrim with a good enb well at about 30-40 fps 

[Newbix_Cube]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($80.97 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($42.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($68.00 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  PowerColor Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card  ($73.98 @ Newegg) 

Case:  Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $370.90

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-20 07:19 EST-0500)

 

Sell the 5450, get $20 and put it to this. Better?

 

 

I don't see him ever being able or willing to sell it.

[zeros]

 

 Hello!

This is for a friend that I've known for several years and he's a part of a group of friends that I play with daily.

The only thing is his 2004 HP Pavilion Desktop he was gifted a while back does not cut it in the slightest for gaming.

Everyone has upgrade this Christmas to  a more gaming fashioned computer, except for him. I have a bit of money left over

and would like to gift this. I know $400 isn't much but I think it'll be great upgrade! Trying to keep it under $400 including shipping

and taxes. He got a Radeon HD 5450 for Christmas last year so I'd like to build around that GPU. A plus for him is he uses

a 1024x768 resolution monitor so performance is naturally boosted.

 

If you can give opinions on this build I'd but much appreciated.

Also if you'd like to suggest your own build could you give a rough idea about performance for current game titles.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($80.97 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard:  MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($76.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 5450 1GB Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 

Case:  Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Microcenter) 

Total: $322.91

 

Looks good for me. Keep these components.

 

As of the GPU the others were talking about.. hmm if you really want I know that 7750 is a lot cheaper than 7770, at least in my country. But in my opinion for that resolution the 5450 will be good.. My ATi HD4670 works admirably at 1080p . And I play basically all new games that come out. 

Well BF4 seems to be past this limit(or it might be the RAM) but anyways you get the idea .

[Cryptonite]

Looks good for me. Keep these components.

 

As of the GPU the others were talking about.. hmm if you really want I know that 7750 is a lot cheaper than 7770, at least in my country. But in my opinion for that resolution the 5450 will be good.. My ATi HD4670 works admirably at 1080p . And I play basically all new games that come out. 

Well BF4 seems to be past this limit(or it might be the RAM) but anyways you get the idea .

friend of mine runs BF4 on high settings at 1600x900 on a 640 and 3 gigs of DDR 2 ram with an overclocked E6500 so I doubt it's your ram.

[Stonep11]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($80.97 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($68.00 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($94.98 @ OutletPC)

Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)

Total: $408.90

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-20 07:09 EST-0500)

Whats this you say about it not fitting in the budget?

Impressive price to performance there, damn.

[zeros]

friend of mine runs BF4 on high settings at 1600x900 on a 640 and 3 gigs of DDR 2 ram with an overclocked E6500 so I doubt it's your ram.

Oh then I didn't try enough to make it work .

But I don't really care BF3 doesn't work well on medium so I don't play it though I have it on Origin . Call of duty games always worked better even maxed out, but I guess that's because they don't improve much .