Best Cheap Gaming Build

[Gocbox]

Hey there, my budget is REALLY only 300-400 USD with 500 seriously pushing it. I don't need a overkill machine that will play Evolved on Ultra-High or anything but I do need something that can get me off the low settings of smite:


CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon 64 X2 2.7 GHz
CPU Speed: Info
RAM: 2 GB (XP), 3 GB (Vista, Win7)
OS: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista or Windows 7
Video Card: ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support. (ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher).
Sound Card: Yes
Free Disk Space: 10 GB

the CPU is fine...but thats about it on my current laptop seeing as how I run windows 7 with a 2.xx ram and for Win7 its min is 3. That being said I can still play it(when my computer isnt crashing on me) with little lag on a lower resolution and just the texture graphics up to medium (thusly, being the best settings for the least amount of lag for me).

And I would like to look into other games such as FFXIV or ESO if possible.

So my question is....is this possible with my budget? Can I get enough bang for my bucks?

 

[Gocbox]

Absolutely.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi A85S3 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($54.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.49 @ Directron)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $351.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 18:46 EDT-0400

this is going to sound absolutely idiotic but is the graphics card integrated then?

 

[TechyInAZ]

Absolutely.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-6800K 4.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($117.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi A85S3 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($54.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.49 @ Directron)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $351.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 18:46 EDT-0400

this is going to sound absolutely idiotic but is the graphics card integrated then?

lol yes. However, shadow's PC will run circles around this pc.

 

[TechyInAZ]

Or this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.49 @ Directron)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($199.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $507.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 18:58 EDT-0400

 

[Gocbox]

Rather than the Radeon though could I use a Nvidia GT 730 GDDDR5 or would there be a substantial difference?

 

[Gocbox]

Techy the graphics card seems a bit over kill. I mean at some point I'd love to dual monitor for streaming but ATM I don't think a $200 graphic card is needed. With that being said. I feel out of the three builds reapers with a few modifications (with all respect to each one of your builds) is the answering build. Mind you, I am aware the price of the graphics card does affect the quality of it but I think I might be able to get the price closer to my budget. So thank you guys and I am all for people putting their builds up as well.