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Vote now for the Best PC Build under $500! Here are the final five:
CYTOTOXIN by Dark Lord of Tech
The Red Phantom by TechyInAZ
Against the Grain by Tennis2
The Lounger by Saieden
VFM Performance Kukulas by Mossi
Welcome to the Spring 2019 Best PC Builds Competition! For over two decades Tom's Hardware has brought you news and reviews of the latest in PC hardware, while the famous forum has grown to more than 2 million members. Because of their expertise and the constant requests for help with PC builds, our members have developed a talent for finding the best prices and putting together the best system builds.
This thread is for the $500 Console Killer budget category. We are looking for the best performing gaming PC under $500. Please only submit builds within the $500 budget category to this thread. All other builds will be disqualified.
Submissions will be accepted over the next 2 weeks.
Please make sure to follow the ground rules below. Any builds over budget will be disqualified.
Here are the ground rules:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Biostar - X370GTN Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($174.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master - Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($44.12 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - BR 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $475.06
Minus Shipping: $10.98
Base Total: $467.07
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-09 14:31 EDT-0400
Here are links to all five build categories:
$500 Console Killer Build
$1000 Mainstream Gaming Build
$1500 Streaming and Gaming PC
$2000 High End Content Creation and Gaming Rig
$5,000 Ultimate Everything RGB Build
Good luck and may the best build win!
CYTOTOXIN by Dark Lord of Tech
The Red Phantom by TechyInAZ
Against the Grain by Tennis2
The Lounger by Saieden
VFM Performance Kukulas by Mossi
Welcome to the Spring 2019 Best PC Builds Competition! For over two decades Tom's Hardware has brought you news and reviews of the latest in PC hardware, while the famous forum has grown to more than 2 million members. Because of their expertise and the constant requests for help with PC builds, our members have developed a talent for finding the best prices and putting together the best system builds.
This thread is for the $500 Console Killer budget category. We are looking for the best performing gaming PC under $500. Please only submit builds within the $500 budget category to this thread. All other builds will be disqualified.
Submissions will be accepted over the next 2 weeks.
Please make sure to follow the ground rules below. Any builds over budget will be disqualified.
Here are the ground rules:
- Only one build per budget category, per user. Multiple builds from a single user or duplicate accounts will be disqualified.
- Do not go over budget.
- Use only Amazon AND/OR Newegg to source parts.
- DO NOT USE Amazon 3rd Party Sellers or Newegg Business to source parts.
- Use list prices only: coupons, rebates, bundles or any other limited-time offers will not be accepted.
- Do not include shipping or tax in your final budget.
- Do not include the Operating System, Monitor or VR Headset, Keyboard, Mouse or Gamepad.
- All builds must have a name.
- Do not put your forum handle in the name of your build, and avoid odd capitalizations & symbols.
- Provide links to the Amazon and/or Newegg product pages of each component — we encourage users to use PCPartPicker's System Build for speedy construction. Do not post a link to your build, but rather please be sure to export as BBCode for a quick copy/paste to the forums:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Biostar - X370GTN Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($174.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master - Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($44.12 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - BR 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $475.06
Minus Shipping: $10.98
Base Total: $467.07
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-09 14:31 EDT-0400
Here are links to all five build categories:
$500 Console Killer Build
$1000 Mainstream Gaming Build
$1500 Streaming and Gaming PC
$2000 High End Content Creation and Gaming Rig
$5,000 Ultimate Everything RGB Build
Good luck and may the best build win!
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