BestConfigs Poll - Budget AMD-Based Gaming PC

[jpishgar]

It's time to vote on your favorite build for this category!
Please see below for a list of the choices available.

www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1757453/bestconfigs-budget-amd-based-gaming.html#11305915

Dendrotoxin Deluxe

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($80.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z12 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $585.58
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-22 16:13 EDT-0400)

#2
www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1757453/bestconfigs-budget-amd-based-gaming.html#11306440

Bemused Fred's REAL AMD budget build: ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES

PCPartpicker list

CPU: FX-6300 6 cores, 3.5 GHz, 4.1 turbo ($119.99 from newegg, part of $15 combo deal with graphics card)
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 ($14.99 from Newegg, with $5 rebate)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3, micro-ATX AM3+ motherboard ($54.99 from Newegg with $10 rebate)
Memory: 4GB (1x4GB) Pareema DDR3-1333 ($29.99 from newegg)
Storage: 500GB 7200RPM Seagate HDD ($54.04 from Amazon)
Graphics: Sapphire HD 7870 GHz 2GB ($169.99 from Newegg, with $5 rebate, part of $15 combo deal with CPU)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX mid-tower ($29.99 from newegg)
Power supply: Cooler Master i500 500W 80+ bronze ($29.99 from newegg, with $20 rebate)
Optical drive: LG GH24NS95 24X DVD read/writer ($17.99 from newegg)

Total: $521.96

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-07 03:12, around 10 a.m.-ish, GMT)

#3

Super Budget PC

www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1757453/bestconfigs-budget-amd-based-gaming.html#11308009

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Biostar A55ML2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $317.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-08 11:47 EDT-0400)

#4

Bryan's 2-way Crossfire

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1757453/bestconfigs-budget-amd-based-gaming.html#11585229

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($127.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.29 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.02 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($175.66 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($175.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-03 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Fortress 750W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($133.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $985.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-23 03:34 EDT-0400)

#5
Just another eFeX build

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1757453/bestconfigs-budget-amd-based-gaming.html#11371921

Just another eFeX build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($144.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($129.91 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.25 @ Newegg)
Storage: Plextor M5S Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.30 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($333.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Xigmatek CCC-AD38BV-U03 ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master GX 750W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $970.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-17 10:47 EDT-0400)

 

[animeman59]

Is there really a choice here? Dendrotoxin's build is the only true budget gaming build.
The guy actually got a Radeon 7950, and 6-core CPU in there.

 

[Ayman Zahran]

yes i agree Dendrotoxin's build

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

Well.. I am not completely happy with the selection of the builds. This page said us to do the best build for 1000 dollars, but at the end of the day all you selected was just the sub 600$ builds.

Next year there should be three different sections like..

1. Budget Build - Sub $600
2. Mid Budget build - Sub $1000
3. Extreme Build - $2000

The reason is because we really do not have any idea what we should plan. Whether we should plan the best build for sub 600$ or the best build for 1000$ in this particular section. Hence things should be changed around quite a build for the next year.

 

[lmaonade200]

Well.. I am not completely happy with the selection of the builds. This page said us to do the best build for 1000 dollars, but at the end of the day all you selected was just the sub 600$ builds.

Next year there should be three different sections like..

1. Budget Build - Sub $600
2. Mid Budget build - Sub $1000
3. Extreme Build - $2000

The reason is because we really do not have any idea what we should plan. Whether we should plan the best build for sub 600$ or the best build for 1000$ in this particular section. Hence things should be changed around quite a build for the next year.

I think the assessment was fair, the contest was for budget not performance, it should be assumed that in a budget contest people will be looking for the best bang for buck. Just as a consumer will be balancing money and power the entries should do the same, even if given an upper limit for budget.

 

[the whooka]

Dendrotoxin Deluxe seems to be a pro messing with amatuers. Sorry boys!

 

[talikarni]

I really cannot suggest any of them. Over $600 is no longer a "budget build", but those under 600 went with memory brands known to have poor quality chips.... At least the super budget had the sense to use G.Skill which has really improved over the past few years. Not to mention the suggested use of Sapphire GPU which I replace a dozen of those per year with customers custom built budget systems...

Take the "Dendrotoxin" build, swap out the memory to at least G.Skill and that would be the only worthy budget build here.

 

[badra100]

I think, Super Budget PC is well pc for gaming. Because it has many spec to paly the games.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

See you next year when I easily defend my title!!!!!!!!!!