Best gaming $500-600 Intel build

[jktxjl]

Approximate Purchase Date: This week

Budget Range: ($500-600 US)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Mostly league of legends, counter strike, diablo3/path of exile)


Are you buying a monitor: No


Do you need to buy OS: No
No need for an OS

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg or amazon

Location: Florida

Parts Preferences: Looking for an Intel CPU and and graphics card

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Additional Comments: I am fine with 4G of ram, planning on getting a 128g ssd for memory, no need for a large mechanical hard drive

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I just want a gaming computer, I'm in no need for storing big files like movies and music. Only gonna be playing several games at a time, so no need for big storage

 

[Suztera]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($101.39 @ Mwave)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($69.29 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $592.61
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-18 17:20 EDT-0400)

 

[TechCIDLC]

Quality build that will run all games smoothly on moderate settings.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($74.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $596.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-18 17:23 EDT-0400)

 

[jktxjl]

Quality build that will run all games smoothly on moderate settings.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($74.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $596.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-18 17:23 EDT-0400)

Now what kind of performance upgrade will the Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard give over the one you recommended? Because that's almost a 40 dollar difference

 

[Suztera]

Quality build that will run all games smoothly on moderate settings.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($74.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $596.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-18 17:23 EDT-0400)

Now what kind of performance upgrade will the Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard give over the one you recommended? Because that's almost a 40 dollar difference

The Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX has slightly more features such as all the sata ports are Sata 3,better quality parts, slightly better VRM cooling, has RAID support(i doubt you would use it), more PCIE lanes and ATX size.

 

[nikoli707]

purely from a gaming standpoint, this is going to be much faster with a quad core i5 and an r9-270.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($180.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $601.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-18 19:11 EDT-0400)

 

[jktxjl]

purely from a gaming standpoint, this is going to be much faster with a quad core i5 and an r9-270.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($180.49 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $601.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-18 19:11 EDT-0400)

Thanks for your recommendation! best bang for your buck build for sure.