$400 Budget pc

[steven37]

is there any way to build a pc that can play games with a budget around 3-475 bucks including OS... i have a buddy wanting me to pick out parts for him but its kinda hard for me since the lowest i usaully go is $700.. all he is gonna use it for is just games and school work..

the build will need everything except a CD-Drive

 

[Vaxorth25]

Before I recommend some parts, are peripherals needed? (Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse...)

 

[steven37]

Before I recommend some parts, are peripherals needed? (Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse...)

Nope none of that is needed either along with the CD-Drive

all that is needed are the pc parts and Windows7

 

[Vaxorth25]

Antec NEW SOLUTION SERIES VSK-3000 Black SGCC steel MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129186

ASRock FM2A75M-DGS R2.0 FM2 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157395

SeaSonic SS-300ET Bronze 300W ATX12V V2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - OEM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151086

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

AMD A8-6600K Richland 3.9GHz Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8570D AD660KWOHLBOX:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113333

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

Total: $481.93

To bring it under 475:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1421403

That combo will bring it just under. I hope this helps!

 

[steven37]

Antec NEW SOLUTION SERIES VSK-3000 Black SGCC steel MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129186

ASRock FM2A75M-DGS R2.0 FM2 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157395

SeaSonic SS-300ET Bronze 300W ATX12V V2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - OEM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151086

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

AMD A8-6600K Richland 3.9GHz Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8570D AD660KWOHLBOX:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113333

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

Total: $481.93

To bring it under 475:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1421403

That combo will bring it just under. I hope this helps!

Thanks! ill look at the parts right now.. i just put this one together you think this will work? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1CowZ

 

[Zero_]

That's low balling it on a whole new level.

Athlon X4 750K - $80 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009O412AU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B009O412AU&linkCode=as2&tag=banforbucga08-20
MSI A75 - $55 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009HP42HQ/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B009HP42HQ&linkCode=as2&tag=banforbucga08-20
4GB RAM - $30 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036VO632/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0036VO632&linkCode=as2&tag=banforbucga08-20
XFX HD7750 1GB DDR5 - $85 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007Z3T5JC/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007Z3T5JC&linkCode=as2&tag=banforbucga08-20
500GB HDD - $55 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00461G3MS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00461G3MS&linkCode=as2&tag=banforbucga08-20
CM Elite 350 with PSU - $60 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O2KEPC/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003O2KEPC&linkCode=as2&tag=banforbucga08-20
Windows 7 - $90 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0094NY3R0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0094NY3R0&linkCode=as2&tag=banforbucga08-20

That's $455.

 

[Vaxorth25]

Antec NEW SOLUTION SERIES VSK-3000 Black SGCC steel MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129186

ASRock FM2A75M-DGS R2.0 FM2 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157395

SeaSonic SS-300ET Bronze 300W ATX12V V2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - OEM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151086

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

AMD A8-6600K Richland 3.9GHz Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8570D AD660KWOHLBOX:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113333

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

Total: $481.93

To bring it under 475:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1421403

That combo will bring it just under. I hope this helps!

Thanks! ill look at the parts right now.. i just put this one together you think this will work? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1CowZ

That one looks great actually, the GTX 650 will beat the APU greatly. I just threw this PC together really quick so that you could get an answer quickly and that you could see what sort of hardware that you would be working with. The APUs are great, but I usually don't use them personally. I would personally go with the build that you have through. After a little time at PC Part Picker, I came up with this (7770 GHz Edition will beat a GTX 650 along with the i3 3220): http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1Cp1l

 

[megamanx00]

If it's intended to be upgraded a better case such as a Thermaltake V3 or NZXT Gamma would be better but if not then for this budget I would go with

GIGABYTE GZ-F5HEB $19.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233073

HGST HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) 500GB 7200 RPM $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145299

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE $39.99 (19.99 after $20 mir)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026

ASRock FM2A55M-DGS $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157332

G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) $36.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231394

XFX FX-775A-ZNP4 Radeon HD 7750 $84.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150612

AMD Athlon X4 750K $84.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113328

For a grand total of $466.92. So a few bucks in your max 475 budget to buy some case fans 😀.

 

[megamanx00]

While I put together a rather bare build the PSU can support a much better GPU down the line and you can always overclock the 750k provided you use a good tower cooler. Of course you may be limited to those with 92mm in that case as 120mm ones may prove a tight fit ^_^. I think it's worth it to spend a little more money on the Gamma case or something if that's a consideration