Best building options for a first time PC Builder.

[TylertheTomato]

Alright everyone, this is my first post on this site, so here goes nothing, I read the rules of asking for help so I hope I'm not over looking anything, thanks in advance to everyone!

I plan to start buying parts in the next 2 weeks, my budget is around 500$, doesn't have to be right on it, but wouldn't want to go too far above it. The PC will primarily be for gaming, that's my aim, to make a smooth running PC that can handle online play with some decent settings, I'm not worried about playing on max graphics. The budget price doesn't include a monitor, I have a decent one until I buy a better one, I'm just wanting to get the PC built first. I already have an OS, so that's also not a part of my budget. I'm not looking for any overclocking. I'm wanting to play games such a DayZ, CS:go, etc.

I'm looking to start my adventure of PC gaming, and I don't have allot of hardware knowledge, but I'm confident in building a PC,I'm good with windows and other tech problems, I just have never physically build a computer from the ground up, all options will be appreciated! I'm excited to get building, thanks!

 

[Nuwan Fernando]

I think this might help.

 

[galactigus]

Good video for beginners.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIF43-0mDk4

http://pcpartpicker.com/
Good site to pick parts and see what others have built also you can look up 500$ computer in the search bar above ton of people have asked for 500$ builds.

 

[rockie_]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($104.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case ($40.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $539.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-21 00:20 EST-0500

 

[Mr_Venbeer]

An i3 or Pentium is a good processor for playing Dayz. GTX 750 Ti is great because it doesn't require external power so it will work with almost any PSU.
Since you already have the OS then you can definitely buy a decent i3 4th gen processor with hyperthreading, a GTX 750 Ti, and 8GB DDR3 RAM

 

[TylertheTomato]

http://pcpartpicker.com/
Good site to pick parts and see what others have built also you can look up 500$ computer in the search bar above ton of people have asked for 500$ builds.

[/quotemsg]

Thanks, just wasn't positive, I didn't want to find something older and be thinking I was getting the best for my money.

 

[TylertheTomato]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($104.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case ($40.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $539.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-21 00:20 EST-0500

An i3 or Pentium is a good processor for playing Dayz. GTX 750 Ti is great because it doesn't require external power so it will work with almost any PSU.
Since you already have the OS then you can definitely buy a decent i3 4th gen processor with hyperthreading, a GTX 750 Ti, and 8GB DDR3 RAM

Not exactly sure what the difference between graphics cards are, just for learning purposes what are the differences between the two you guys listed?

 

[rockie_]

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($104.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($32.98 @ NCIX US)
Total: $481.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-21 01:04 EST-0500