350$ build for web and light gaming

Kris Rivera

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looking to build my older brother a pc and his budget is 350$ with os
he mostly watches videos and occasionally plays light games
any help would be appreciated
 
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With OS?!

Barely made it!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Elite 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
Power...


With OS?!

Barely made it!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Elite 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($30.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($91.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $348.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-07 14:33 EDT-0400
 
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nice thanks i used to have a a8-5500 and it ran old games smooth im guessing the a8-6600k is better so thanks once again ik its a tight budget but he has always had laptops that were shit so hopefully he will like this
 


For light gaming this will be fine
 

yeah ik he just plays csgo and arma 2 and makes music
 


If you can spend the extra...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7700K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-DS2H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($27.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($30.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($91.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $366.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-07 14:45 EDT-0400


This has newer on board graphics and the slightly higher speed RAM will definitely benefit the APU.