[Solved] Looking for a new gaming build $500

Looking for a new build, my budget might be lower then I previously thought, but just in case I can't go with the other build that was posted in cyberpower forum section. This will an alternative, and also this will be my first time building a PC.

Games I'm looking to play are Skyrim, Diablo 3, Guild Wars 2 all on max settings, 720p or 1080p

Please include a hd 6850 graphics card in the pricing. I want it to be around $600 including the oem windows 7 64bit os.

I don't really need more then 8 gigs of ram unless if it's a must, and I don't think I need sli or crossfire.

Thanks in advance

Hi! Welcome to the forums.
$500 build, hm? Have you taken a look at Tom's System Builder Marathon machine? It provides a good template. http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,3032.html Look at that, do some research and come up with some tentative parts. Then I'll come through and give you some pointers. You seem to know what you want, so why don't you go out to newegg.com and look around?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119246
- COOLER MASTER Elite 311 RC-311B-BWN1 Blue Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower: $40

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817171046
- COOLER MASTER Elite 460 RS-460-PSAR-J3 460W ATX12V V2.31 Power Supply: $30

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116986
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64: $100

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151244
- SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner: $16

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148767
- Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM: $85

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128516
- GIGABYTE GA-A75M-S2V FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0: $75

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103945
- AMD Athlon II X4 631 Propus 2.6GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core: $85

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231422
- G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333: $37

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102908
- SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB: $135

TOTAL: $603

http://dealnews.com/Biostar-AMD-Tr [...] 48152.html

It includes the AMD Athlon II X3 445 3.1GHz Socket AM3 triple-core processor, Biostar N68S3B microATX motherboard, Corsair XMS3 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3-1333 240-pin dual channel desktop RAM, Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA hard drive, Lite-On 24x Serial ATA DVD burner, Diablotek CPA-9611B ATX mid-tower case, DiabloTek PSDA400 400-watt power supply, and Thermaltake CL-P0503 70mm CPU cooler.

$200

Buy the kit, then swap stuff out that you need to improve. ie. PSU


May want to go with AMD over Intel. It's better for a budget build since they can be less expensive and still be a good gaming CPU.

Wrong. The Core i3 runs circles around AMDs in similar and even higher price point alternatives. For pure gaming, it's a no brainer to stick with Intel here. To quote Tom's recent experiment with this:

With the sub-$100 Pentiums performing so well, Intel's $125 Core i3-2100 easily beats more expensive Phenom II and FX models. And the $190 Core i5-2400 dominates the sub-$200 landscape without challenge, really. As such, we're almost-shockingly left without an AMD CPU to recommend at any price point.

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 20-10.html

I said good gaming on a budget. Not great gaming.

200 for the deal I listed gives breathing room for a good video card and still allows for maxed setting in Skyrim.

100 for the OS, 150 for a video card, 50 for a better PSU.

AMD tends to have more sales for a lower amount to.

A 500 budget isn't much. I'm just suggesting something that is within in that budget.

I am not offering a AMD vs Intel debate. I have both, and I use both.

This would be my optimal build for you

cpu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116397 $88 and you get dvd burner.

gpu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161389

case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811147123

hardrive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148767

windows 7 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116986

ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231310

psu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] taka3tg0bs

all total $540.

I really like this build, and I don't think the cpu comes with a free dvd burner, since there's no option for that

Oh now I see the combo deal, but there's no option for it, or does that mean you automatically get a random dvd drive by purchasing that cpu?

Pentium G850 $88

ASRock H61M-VS LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231425

Sapphire 6850 $135

Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB $85

COOLER MASTER Elite 311 $40


SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner $16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151244

Gskill 4gb $25

PSU: Antec ECO 520w $60

Total: $504

Best answer selected by gundam007.

@lycros
wow that's a very nice build. The motherboard that comes with the combo supports 1333 ram, and the ram that comes with video card is 1600. I don't know what the effects of using un-supported hardware together but This is a very nice budget build as well, thanks.

It's totally fine. 1333MHz is actually the "maximum" supported frequency. The rest is overclocked.

@Lycros and striker410

Thanks, that's very informative


@ivan1984

I'll be going with your build, I haven't plan to grab everything just yet but maybe in another month. Also have your build saved on wishlist on newegg already, so will be planning to grab them in about a month. The combo might not be there after this month, but im fine with adding another $20 for the dvd drive. Also you're right about not to cheap out on a psu. Since newegg or was it ncix tech tips on youtube recommended not to do so as well


Thanks everyone for your responses, and my budget build has been solved

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