600 USD Gaming PC 720p 60fps needed

[Korc]

600 USD is the max I'll be going with this, I also want it to last until the end of my college years, (3 more years left)
I broke my gaming laptop a couple of weeks ago by dropping it on the floor and leaving it there all day with my dog because I hadn't realized it had fell, needless to say, it broke and the repair guys say it can't be fixed.

As I said in the title, I want this PC to be able to play pretty demanding games at 60fps, such as modded skyrim, fallout 4, and the saints row games at 720p, high settings, and a playable 60fps. If you can squeeze in more performance to this with it still being under 600 dollars, please do.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Geekwad]

Sorry to hear.

Well, even though it's broken....perhaps something can be salvaged. What kind of hard drive does it have (size, etc)?

EDIT: Also, do you have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc, or will this all need to be included for $600 too?

 

[Outlander_04]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($68.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($138.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.36 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive ($13.49 @ OutletPC)
Total: $519.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-02 15:17 EST-0500

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9B0TJJBJ2s
the case


should fit near your tv and make a decent media player as well .
Add windows 10 64 bit for $85
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-kw900140
Or if you have an OS spend the extra money to upgrade the gpu to a GTX 960

 

[Korc]

Sorry to hear.

Well, even though it's broken....perhaps something can be salvaged. What kind of hard drive does it have (size, etc)?

EDIT: Also, do you have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc, or will this all need to be included for $600 too?

No, sadly none of this can be salvaged for whatever reason (I asked the computer guys at the shop). I do have a keyboard and a mouse but no monitor, but I just want the PC right now, I can worry about the monitor later.

 

[Geekwad]

Sorry to hear.

Well, even though it's broken....perhaps something can be salvaged. What kind of hard drive does it have (size, etc)?

EDIT: Also, do you have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc, or will this all need to be included for $600 too?

No, sadly none of this can be salvaged for whatever reason (I asked the computer guys at the shop). I do have a keyboard and a mouse but no monitor, but I just want the PC right now, I can worry about the monitor later.

This has quite a few mail-in rebates:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($68.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($58.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $609.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

You'll eventually want to get a better CPU cooler so you can overclock this processor (which will certainly help with game performance), and you may or may not want/need an optical or WiFi card, but this would be a good system at this price point that could last for a few years without further upgrades.

Another option would be to go with something like this; Apples to apples it's a bit more expensive (this doesn't have the SSD for the OS drive):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $623.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

But it puts you on a better upgrade path for the processor (the AMD option essentially has no options). Both boards can CrossFire, if that's something you ever had interest in doing.

 

[Korc]

Sorry to hear.

Well, even though it's broken....perhaps something can be salvaged. What kind of hard drive does it have (size, etc)?

EDIT: Also, do you have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc, or will this all need to be included for $600 too?

No, sadly none of this can be salvaged for whatever reason (I asked the computer guys at the shop). I do have a keyboard and a mouse but no monitor, but I just want the PC right now, I can worry about the monitor later.

This has quite a few mail-in rebates:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($68.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($58.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $609.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

You'll eventually want to get a better CPU cooler so you can overclock this processor (which will certainly help with game performance), and you may or may not want/need an optical or WiFi card, but this would be a good system at this price point that could last for a few years without further upgrades.

Another option would be to go with something like this; Apples to apples it's a bit more expensive (this doesn't have the SSD for the OS drive):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($111.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $623.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

But it puts you on a better upgrade path for the processor (the AMD option essentially has no options). Both boards can CrossFire, if that's something you ever had interest in doing.

Thanks! I think Ill end up getting the 2nd one have a good day