$500 Gaming PC Build

[ThePlatiumGamer]

I currently want to build the best gaming pc possible with $500. I am a youtuber so I record some of my games. I play games like minecraft and ghost recon phantoms on who knows what setting. I want to play games like these on default settings. I also would like intel core i5 or i7, 8GB of RAM, and at leasy 1TB hard drive. I already have a old monitor so i might need a new one. I also have a mouse and a headset.

 

[envy14tpe]

need OS?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($52.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($119.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $497.93

 

[ThePlatiumGamer]

are you sure intel core i3 4330 is good cause my laptop has intel i3

 

[JzMcqueen]

are you sure intel core i3 4330 is good cause my laptop has intel i3

Hey, I agree with envy14tpe on the choice of CPU it is a dual core and has a 4MB cache which can take beating and it has Hyper threading which is really good for high end gaming.

 

[ThePlatiumGamer]

oh ok then im not a computer expert so ill take your word for it

 

[envy14tpe]

oh ok then im not a computer expert so ill take your word for it

At $500, it is really tough to make a good gaming machine if you get a i5. The i5 costs $50-60 more than a i3. If you spend $50-60 more on the GPU then you will definitely get a better gaming experience.

If you really want the i5 then I'd suggest you drop the RAM down to 1x4GB. That way you could buy a second 1x4GB when the time is right. It is easy to add RAM, as long as you buy the same type as you already have. The issue is that it could be hard to find the RAM and at a good price.

 

[ThePlatiumGamer]

whats more important the RAM or CPU

 

[JzMcqueen]

Depends on what games you want to play.

 

[ThePlatiumGamer]

well like i said i dont play games on max settings

 

[envy14tpe]

Do you live near a Microcenter store? They have some great deals but you gotta walk in and find out.

 

[ThePlatiumGamer]

Ive never heard of the store anaway i dont think do

 

[JzMcqueen]

well like i said i dont play games on max settings

That does not answer the question, different games are more intensive on different parts of your PC e.g
Dayz is CPU intensive
rust&minecraft are RAM intensive

Then there are games like battlefield 4 which is intensive for all your PC components.

 

[ThePlatiumGamer]

Well i play games like minecraft and ghost recon phantoms, and hawken.

 

[JzMcqueen]

for these games I would say you are looking at about 8GB of RAM even though Minecraft needs 4GB, Ghost Phantons needs 2GB and Hawken needs 3GB. The reason is so that you can still have things running in the background which wont interfere with you game and your recording software.

 

[ThePlatiumGamer]

So i need 8 GBof RAM right?

 

[envy14tpe]

8GB has become the standard. If you can only get 4GB now that is ok, but eventually you want 8GB of RAM.

 

[JzMcqueen]

Yeah, I run on 4GB of RAM and Minecraft runs fine but i get random frame drops due to things running in the background.

 

[ThePlatiumGamer]

Well my laptop that im using has 6GB of RAM so i defenetly want 8

 

[ThePlatiumGamer]

How much more money would i need if i wanted a intel core i5

 

[envy14tpe]

How much more money would i need if i wanted a intel core i5

It'll add around $60 more. It might be tough to do, but if you really want quad core Intel...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.49 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $563.41

 

[envy14tpe]

What did you decide?

 

[ThePlatiumGamer]

What did you decide?

that the one with intel core i5 is better....
btw thanks for the help everyone