$600 build help

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• syntax42 Member UncommonPosts: 1,385

  January 2015

  Do you need peripherals and a case?  Do you need an optical drive?  Do you need mass storage or would you rather have SSD performance?
• NorseGod Member EpicPosts: 2,654

  January 2015

  Takes $600.

  Buys cheap suit.

  Gets a better job.

  Buys little brother a $3,000 computer.

  To talk about games without the censorship, check out https://www.reddit.com/r/MMORPG/
• Quizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,531

  January 2015

  I'm going to assume that you don't need new peripherals, as if you do, that's going to be an awfully tight budget.  Anyway:

  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/amd-a87600-quad-core-socket-fm2-31ghz-apu-processor-ab56071

  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/kingston-ssdnow-v300-240gb-25-sata-iii-ssd-sv300s37a240g-ab48702

  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/gskill-ripjawsx-8gb-2x-4gb-ddr3-2133mhz-desktop-memory-f317000cl11d8gbxl-aa65746

  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/msi-a58me35-amd-fm2-microatx-motherboard-ab56449

  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/bitfenix-merc-alpha-atx-midi-tower-case-aa12462

  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/asus-drw24d3st-24x-internal-oem-dvd-burner-drive-ab49180

  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/silverstone-strider-essential-80-500w-black-power-supply-ab58554

  That comes to $574, not including shipping.  You could someday add a discrete video card, but that doesn't fit the initial budget very well.  If you do add a discrete video card, you should add another case fan or two at the same time.  One fan will be fine on integrated graphics.
• Gdemami Member EpicPosts: 12,342

  February 2015

  Here is way more sensible build:

  i3-4160 - 157 AUD
  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/intel-core-i3-4160-dual-core-lga-1150-36ghz-cpu-processor-ab56937

  Gigabyte H81 - 75 AUD
  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/gigabyte-gah81ms2h-lga-1150-oem-motherboard-ab58383

  Corsair 500W - 85 AUD
  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/corsair-cx500-500w-v3-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-aa49478

  Crucial 4x1GB - 55 AUD
  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/crucial-ballistix-sport-lvp-4gb-ddr3-1600mhz-bls4g3d1609es2lx0-ab57896

  Sapphire R7 260x - 155 AUD
  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/sapphire-amd-radeon-r7-260x-2gb-video-card-ab52398

  WD 1TB - 75 AUD
  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/wd-wd10ezex-1tb-blue-35-7200rpm-sata3-hard-drive-aa19761

  Antec case - 45 AUD
  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/antec-vsk4000bu3-black-midtower-case-ab53947

  That is a bit over the budget - 647 AUD, but one can truly call it a gaming rig, unlike the one above with no dedicated graphics card.

  If you want to stay within budget, you can save some on cheaper case:
  In Win BW138 - 27 AUD
  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/in-win-bw138-midtower-case-black-ab57953

  and
  
  ASUS AMD Radeon R7 260 1GB - 130 AUD
  http://www.mwave.com.au/product/asus-amd-radeon-r7-260-1gb-video-card-ab59242

  overall 43 AUD saved, placing you at 404 AUD.
• Vrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,999

  February 2015

  I'd recommend something like this. Sorry in advance it goes 110$ over your budged

  CPU: AMD FX-6300: 145$

   http://www.mwave.com.au/product/amd-fx6300-black-edition-6core-socket-am3-cpu-processor-aa18167

  GPU Sapphire Radeon 260x: 155$

   http://www.mwave.com.au/product/sapphire-amd-radeon-r7-260x-2gb-video-card-ab52398

  Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 AM3+: 105$ 

   http://www.mwave.com.au/product/msi-970ag43-am3-motherboard-ab59379

  RAM: G.SKILL RipjawsX 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 2133MHz: 106$

   http://www.mwave.com.au/product/gskill-ripjawsx-8gb-2x-4gb-ddr3-2133mhz-desktop-memory-f317000cl11d8gbxl-aa65746

  Hard Disk: WD WD10EZEX 1TB Blue 3.5” 7200RPM SATA3 Hard Drive: 75$

   http://www.mwave.com.au/product/wd-wd10ezex-1tb-blue-35-7200rpm-sata3-hard-drive-aa19761

  CASE: Antec CSK400B: 44$

   http://www.mwave.com.au/product/antec-vsk4000bu3-black-midtower-case-ab53947

  PSU: 500W, 59$

   http://www.mwave.com.au/product/silverstone-strider-essential-80-500w-black-power-supply-ab58554

  DVD DRIVE: ASUS DRW-24D3ST 24x: 20$

   http://www.mwave.com.au/product/asus-drw24d3st-24x-internal-oem-dvd-burner-drive-ab49180

   

  Total 709$. I would have tried to recommend a cheaper motherboard, but there were no good options at the store you asked to use. The cheaper ones had only SATA 2 support.

  You could save a bit by getting 500GB HD instead of 1TB, but it wouldn't save that much so I picked 1TB version.

  Sorry it's over your budged, but it should offer good gaming performance.

  Only part that's really lacking is that it has no SSD, but at this price it's a trade-off between picking either SSD for fast loading times or large HD to avoid storage space problems.

   
• prestodotexe Member Posts: 35

  February 2015

  I'm not seeing any monitors and mouse/keyboard in these builds. How about you tell us what it is you NEED to buy for him. Do you need a mid/full tower gaming ready with a keyboard and mouse? How bout a monitor? What size do you prefer if so?

  haha presto!
• mrneurosis Member UncommonPosts: 316

  February 2015

  OP i would suggest to go with what Quizzical posted. No one is more knowledgeable than him on this site when it comes to computer builds. You will never go wrong.  He is the GURU of pc builds.

  Good luck. I know how exciting it is to make a new pc. 
• Quizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,531

  February 2015

  You guys realize that this thread was idle for more than two weeks before gdemami bumped it, don't you?  The original poster is probably long gone.
• mrneurosis Member UncommonPosts: 316

  February 2015

  Originally posted by Quizzical
  You guys realize that this thread was idle for more than two weeks before gdemami bumped it, don't you?  The original poster is probably long gone.

  I did. Since OP didn't reply again i thought maybe he is still lurking around and if he is..i would like to suggest him to go with the right advice.
• Vrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,999

  February 2015

  Originally posted by Quizzical
  You guys realize that this thread was idle for more than two weeks before gdemami bumped it, don't you?  The original poster is probably long gone.

  I did not realize, thanks for notifying.

  Time wasted suggesting that my build yet, if he hasn't replied anything in 2 weeks he's not actively looking from this thread at the moment.