Friday, 11 December 2015

[Build Ready] $500 Gaming PC

Build Help/Ready:

Have you read the sidebar and rules? (Please do)

Yes

What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better.

Mainly gaming, probably some miscellaneous school/programming stuff. This build is for a friend so I don't know the exact details. Probably the most modern game he will be playing is Fallout 4, the rest will probably be older so the R9 380 should be fine.

If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, FPS, game settings)

1080p, but he's coming from an Xbox so 720p or anything in between won't bother him.

What is your budget (ballpark is okay)?

He says strict $500 but I couldn't get it under $500 without serious performance drops. He should be fine with $30 over.

In what country are you purchasing your parts?

US, near Microcenter

Post a draft of your potential build here (specific parts please). Consider formatting your parts list. Don't ask to be spoonfed a build (read the rules!).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor $99.99
Motherboard ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $57.98 @ Newegg
Memory Pareema 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $29.99 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $45.88 @ OutletPC
Video Card PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card $193.98 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $34.99 @ Micro Center
Power Supply Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $58.98 @ Newegg
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $576.79
Mail-in rebates -$55.00
Total $521.79
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-11 08:39 EST-0500

Provide any additional details you wish below.

4170 is $99.99 at Microcenter but isn't showing up on PCPP.

I'm between the ASRock board and this GIGABYTE board..

Parts will be purchased between now and the end of the year. If a deal pops up for any of the parts I will hop on it as soon as possible. Just got the green light to start buying parts today.



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