2nd draft ~500 build

[wewum]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XzszjX

2nd draft, fixed some flaws. Any more suggestions? Budget is 500 approx

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Looks good. We encourage people to keep to a single thread about a single build, with revisions, so things are easier to find and follow.

 

[IrnMan]

Your build looks fine to me. Nice processor, gives plenty of room for upgrade in the future. Two minor points I would make are firstly to go for a better brand for your GPU, the price from power colour to XFX/Asus is about $10. Also I would go for an XFX 550w PSU (they are made by SeaSonic, XFX just stick their badge on it) as it costs only $5 more and gives a better power overhead so you have room to upgrade up to maybe an R9 280x or something of that power draw in the future.

Your build would then look like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($50.00)
Memory: *Apotop 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($145.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($16.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.75 @ OutletPC)
Other: CPU+Motherboard combo is $100 at Micro Center (in-store only)
Total: $561.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-22 13:47 EST-0500

 

[wewum]

Your build looks fine to me. Nice processor, gives plenty of room for upgrade in the future. Two minor points I would make are firstly to go for a better brand for your GPU, the price from power colour to XFX/Asus is about $10. Also I would go for an XFX 550w PSU (they are made by SeaSonic, XFX just stick their badge on it) as it costs only $5 more and gives a better power overhead so you have room to upgrade up to maybe an R9 280x or something of that power draw in the future.

Your build would then look like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($50.00)
Memory: *Apotop 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($145.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($16.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.75 @ OutletPC)
Other: CPU+Motherboard combo is $100 at Micro Center (in-store only)
Total: $561.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-22 13:47 EST-0500

sorry it costs a little to much. Can you cut the price a little? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FTpdzy

That's what I did to try to improve it.

 

[IrnMan]

sorry it costs a little to much. Can you cut the price a little? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FTpdzy

That's what I did to try to improve it.

This is a really nice set of parts for a good price so it's fairly difficult to drop the price. My only real suggestion would be to perhaps go for a cheaper case, unless you really want the one you've already picked.

Some decent ones for around $35:
Corsair SPEC-01 RED
NZXT Source 210 (Black)

Some for $30:
Xigmatek Recon
Thermaltake Commander MS-I ID

And one for $20:
Thermaltake VL80001W2Z

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Looking at the OP's original build, there are very few ways to reduce cost.

1. 1x8Gb memory. A slight performance penalty, and a modest saving.
2. Antec VP450 PSU, decent and cheaper, but PCI-e 6 pin connector., BP430, or VP550plus.
3. Cheaper case.