I'm trying to put together an ultra cheap PC, in part using some components which I already have. It needs to be adequate for some gaming such as MineCraft, Diablo 3, iRacing.... probably nothing too taxing. My budget to finish it is.... as little as possible, but let's say $250.
I'm comfortable overclocking, but it's not essential here.
The good news is I already have the following components:
Monitor (1920x1200)
HD 6970 Graphics Card
HDD
Keyboard/Mouse/Headphones
OS (Windows 8.1)
I can also do without an optical drive. I believe that means I only need Case, CPU, Motherboard, PSU, Memory.
Is what I have below the best I can do for that money? Anything wrong with these components or any changes you'd recommend. Is the PSU enough?
Either newegg or Amazon is fine. Prices are from newegg after instant rebates:
APEX SK-393-C Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$22.99
ASRock H97 Anniversary LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$64.99
EVGA 100-W1-500-KR 500W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Continuous Power Supply 3 Year Warranty Intel 4th Gen CPU Ready
$39.99
Intel Pentium G3258 Haswell Dual-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 53W BX80646G3258 Desktop Processor
$69.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
$39.99
Subtotal: $237.95
I'm comfortable overclocking, but it's not essential here.
The good news is I already have the following components:
Monitor (1920x1200)
HD 6970 Graphics Card
HDD
Keyboard/Mouse/Headphones
OS (Windows 8.1)
I can also do without an optical drive. I believe that means I only need Case, CPU, Motherboard, PSU, Memory.
Is what I have below the best I can do for that money? Anything wrong with these components or any changes you'd recommend. Is the PSU enough?
Either newegg or Amazon is fine. Prices are from newegg after instant rebates:
APEX SK-393-C Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$22.99
ASRock H97 Anniversary LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$64.99
EVGA 100-W1-500-KR 500W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Continuous Power Supply 3 Year Warranty Intel 4th Gen CPU Ready
$39.99
Intel Pentium G3258 Haswell Dual-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 53W BX80646G3258 Desktop Processor
$69.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
$39.99
Subtotal: $237.95