Sunday, 14 February 2016

[Build Ready] Budget build for 720p gaming

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

Sure have.

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

Girlfriend and I have run out of PS3 games to play together, so I'm building her a PC to give us more games to choose from.

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

Since it's replacing a PS3, I'm not horribly concerned about doing any better than 720p 30FPS at mid-high settings. Anything more is a bonus, but of course desirable.

What is your budget (ballpark is okay)?

I really didn't want to go any higher than 400 AUD. That's really the reason I'm posting here, because currently the build comes to $467 plus $21.82 postage = $488.82.

In what country are you purchasing your parts?

Australia.

Post a draft of your potential build here.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor $95.00 @ MSY
Motherboard ASRock H81M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $69 @ MSY
Memory Patriot Signature 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $54 @ MSY
Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $74 @ MSY
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card $0 (using my old one)
Case Antec VSK-3000 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $45 @ MSY
Power Supply Corsair VS 450W ATX Power Supply $54.00 @ MSY
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter $16.00 @ MSY
Headphones Logitech H110 Headset $24 @ MSY
Controller Xbox 360 Wired Controller $35 @ EB Games
Display Her TV (1080p) $0
KB/M My old wireless KB/M $0
Total ex. shipping $467.00
Shipping from MSY $21.82
Total $488.82
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-15 15:54 AEDT+1100

Provide any additional details you wish below.

So yeah, that's pretty much it. If anyone can see a way to get the price down further, that'd be great. There are a few components which I could get a few dollars cheaper at other vendors, but getting charged a second round of shipping would cut out that benefit.

Are there any glaring mistakes in the build, or essential pieces that I've forgotten?



Submitted by FlyingSandwich | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016

No comments:

Post a Comment