300 USD Build

[TysonY2]

Building a system for a friend, who has a 300 dollar budget. I am supplying him with a GPU and Case. How are these specs?:
CPU: AMD FX 6300 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286)

*GPU: PowerColor HD 7790 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131490)

Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3 AM3+ (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128565)

HDD: WD Blue 1TB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339)

RAM: 4GB 1333 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231276)

PSU: Rosewill 550W (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182298)

*not included in price

This totals out to about $321. Is there something that better for price/performance? Thanks.

 

[Darkbreeze]

This would be superior to that build and cost less. The HD 7790 only needs a 430w PSU, and that Rosewill is not a good choice. With Rosewill you want to stick to their Capstone series or higher units.

This Antec VP 450 is an excellent unit.

This has 8GB of RAM instead of 4GB and it's 1866mhz rather than 1333. It's also got a faster base clock CPU with a faster max turbo speed.

The extra 2 cores of the 6300 are not as much benefit as you might think when you compare the overall performance and there are not many basic applications or games that want more than four cores.

Overall, this is likely to be significantly faster and if you don't plan to do any half serious gaming you don't even need to use the GPU card you have as the integrated graphics on this APU are fine for normal display of applications and HD video.



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus A78M-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($56.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.67 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($23.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $294.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 16:03 EST-0500

 

[Outlander_04]

The Fx 6300 is a stronger cpu than the 860K in all but single threaded applications and games

Amazing price

 

[Darkbreeze]

Possibly. I still think the build is a stronger overall performer. You could go this way too though and still have a better PSU, more and faster RAM and a much better by far motherboard than the GA-78LMT-USB3 which is inferior in every way compared to the GA-970A-UD3P:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($96.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.67 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($23.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $309.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 18:36 EST-0500

 

[Outlander_04]

Possibly. I still think the build is a stronger overall performer. You could go this way too though and still have a better PSU, more and faster RAM and a much better by far motherboard than the GA-78LMT-USB3 which is inferior in every way compared to the GA-970A-UD3P:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($96.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.67 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($23.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $309.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 18:36 EST-0500

Thats how I would do it .

Great value , good parts

 

[nikoli707]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.67 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($23.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $296.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 21:23 EST-0500

its an intel option. +1 for the vp450 though, solid.

 

[Darkbreeze]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.67 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($23.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $296.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 21:23 EST-0500

its an intel option. +1 for the vp450 though, solid.

Not really. The BIOS will need to be updated in order to overclock, without which, it's useless with only two cores. I realize it can be updated without too much trouble, but they may not be comfortable doing so. Then again, they may. I can tell you there has already been some feedback from users who've been running the H81 boards having failures with running sustained overclocks above 4Ghz on the three phase power design and poor VRM heatsinks though.

The motherboard does NOT support 1866mhz modules, which you included in the build.

And you have no idea if the case they have will support a tall 160mm cooler. If that's an OEM or older case they have, there's a good chance it won't.

Otherwise, it's a good short term budget gaming rig.

 

[TysonY2]

Awesome, thank you guys for the help. My buddy and I both appreciate it!