$400-$500 gaming PC

[Daeshawn15]

Approximate Purchase Date: In like a week or two

System Usage from Most to Least Important: a little gaming like minecraft, left for dead 2,--video editing/rendering/music/school

Are you buying a monitor: nope have 2

Do you need to buy OS: yes windows 7 or 8

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon or newegg.com

Location: WV,Scarbro

Parts Preferences: Big fan of Nvidia and Intel. Due to budget, disregard my preferences here.
if Intel please try

Overclocking: no

SLI or Crossfire: nope don't plan on it.

Your Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024

Additional Comments: I'm a big gamer, unfortunately, I don't have a big pile of money to throw at a really nice computer so upgrades will have to be made later I guess. I'm intending to play games such as Minecraft or Left For Dead not really to much gaming on here just some. just want to be able to livestream Minecraft really.. It also needs to be able to handle other applications such as Fraps, which would otherwise severely impact Framerate.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: just want to have a pretty good PC to play on when i want to play MC with friends I also already have a PS4


Thanks...

 

[WildCard999]

>>> http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kJptHx <<< PC parts $464.92 (Newegg) then about 90$ for the OS (Newegg does not have Win 7 64bit in stock ATM). For all parts using the cheaper store per PCP is $517.79

 

[Gracodana]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8hvTVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8hvTVn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($68.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Directron)
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($92.00 @ B&H)
Total: $519.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-06 14:48 EST-0500

This fits more in your budget but one bit too note is the pentium wont be very good at live streaming, I put this in because an i3 is too much and you get so much better upgrade room from intel. Everything else is pretty standered, you might consider checking out a g2a if they have any good deals on windows 8.

 

[bootcher]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($54.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Team Zeus Yellow 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($58.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Apex SK-393-C ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.20 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($92.00 @ B&H)
Total: $499.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-06 15:11 EST-0500

Your small budget doesn't allow much of the fancier stuff, still this combo will be able to handle any game at modest settings. The quad core will enable you to stream/fraps without losing too much performance whilst gaming.

 

[WildCard999]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8hvTVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8hvTVn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($68.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Directron)
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($92.00 @ B&H)
Total: $519.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-06 14:48 EST-0500

This fits more in your budget but one bit too note is the pentium wont be very good at live streaming, I put this in because an i3 is too much and you get so much better upgrade room from intel. Everything else is pretty standered, you might consider checking out a g2a if they have any good deals on windows 8.

I looked at using the G3258 but since they weren't planning on O/Cing its a tough CPU to recommend although I do agree that it makes a much better upgrade route.

 

[Gracodana]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8hvTVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8hvTVn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($68.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Directron)
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($92.00 @ B&H)
Total: $519.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-06 14:48 EST-0500

This fits more in your budget but one bit too note is the pentium wont be very good at live streaming, I put this in because an i3 is too much and you get so much better upgrade room from intel. Everything else is pretty standered, you might consider checking out a g2a if they have any good deals on windows 8.

I looked at using the G3258 but since they weren't planning on O/Cing its a tough CPU to recommend although I do agree that it makes a much better upgrade route.

Yeah I know, the 860k would be better but is a bit more pricy and I really didn't want too have too drop the gpu down any further. The performance he losses now will be made up though in future upgrade possibities.

 

[bootcher]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8hvTVn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8hvTVn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($68.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Directron)
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($92.00 @ B&H)
Total: $519.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-06 14:48 EST-0500

This fits more in your budget but one bit too note is the pentium wont be very good at live streaming, I put this in because an i3 is too much and you get so much better upgrade room from intel. Everything else is pretty standered, you might consider checking out a g2a if they have any good deals on windows 8.

I looked at using the G3258 but since they weren't planning on O/Cing its a tough CPU to recommend although I do agree that it makes a much better upgrade route.

Yeah I know, the 860k would be better but is a bit more pricy and I really didn't want too have too drop the gpu down any further. The performance he losses now will be made up though in future upgrade possibities.

The G3250 is a tiny bit cheaper and should give about the same performance, though you can't overclock it like the G3258.

One thing that is not unimportant is the haswell refresh/H81 combo usually needs a BIOS flash or else it won't boot. Only H97/Z97 motherboards support haswell refresh out of the box.

 

[hang-the-9]

There is no need to get a 750 Ti for a system with a 500 Watt power supply.

R7 260X is as fast and is 20-30 cheaper. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202081&cm_re=R7_260X-_-14-202-081-_-Product

I purchased a Saphire with a rebate card, and did get it in the mail so it's not a ploy to hope you forget about it and never send it.