Budget Gaming PC build (around 500). Never built a PC before and a bit overwhelmed!

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Hello

Just as a heads up, I've never built a PC or posted on this website before. I apologize if I'm posting in the wrong place or if I come of as a bit of a dummy.

I'd love to get into the world of PC gaming. I've always been a console guy and have basically never gotten into PC gaming before (except worms world party lol) but am looking to mix things up and have always wanted to learn how to build PCs.

I love all kinds of games but I am currently interested in being able to play Ultra SF4 and Skyrim. I'd also love to have room to upgrade parts down the road when funds allow.

I already have a keyboard/mouse and a friend said I could use his old monitor. I also think I can get windows 8.1 at work for a little under 80 when our next sale/ my discount comes along.

I'm also wondering if its better to buy all the parts at once or to buy them a part at a time as funds/sales allow.

Thank you so much for your help!
 
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I'm sure I've replied to your other post before . But here's my build again
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vW3CZL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vW3CZL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.91 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($185.17 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $534.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-06 16:18 EDT-0400
 
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Things about buying parts separately...

It sounds good on paper but never worked out in practice if your goal is to save money.

Imagine buying a gaming graphic card on a deal and only later a better deal show up? You still don't have a working PC... and you can't return the card you've bought because you've had it for like a month... and meanwhile, your parts are loosing their value just sitting on the shelves and you are still waiting for other deals.... the cycle goes on and on... the main thing is... while you are hunting for deals... you cannot get any use out of the parts you've collected... so, doesn't matter what kinda a deal you've got, you wasted your much liquid cash on something that's loosing money by the day and you can't even use it...

My best bet is to buy everything at the best available price and start enjoying a new pc NOW.
 
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I quite disagree , If you buy the same parts pre-assembled then you'll pay extra money and you'll have cheap PSU's bundled and no ability to OC anything in addition to that you wouldn't be able to upgrade in the future.
Moreover the pre-built will give you less performance for more money.
 
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Not sure how you'd have replied to my post already TopLuca. I just registered today. I had to unregister then register again because I had a typo in my email and could never confirm my registration. Maybe that's it?

Wudal_e, what you said makes a lot of sense. A coworker of mine offered to sell me their graphics card as he just upgraded. Graphics cards confuse me with the way they're names but is this a good card?

EVGA Geforce GTX 650 ti Boost "Super Clocked" and it has 2GB of GDDR5 memory.

Would that card be a good place to start?
 
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