Building Gaming Computer

[Nick Middleton]

I've decided on building my own computer. I have an budget of $300-$400. I'm looking for good parts but affordable.

 

[NormH]

what is the primary use? do you have an operating system? monitor? keyboard/mouse? what type of performance do you need?

 

[rockie_]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($123.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax Hoplite ST ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $397.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 01:23 EDT-0400

 

[Nick Middleton]

what is the primary use? do you have an operating system? monitor? keyboard/mouse? what type of performance do you need?

I'm looking to play Minecraft with Shaders whilist running 300 frames, and to play league of legends with top graphics

 

[i7Baby]

300 fps! Try 50 and use rockie's build.

 

[Nick Middleton]

300 fps! Try 50 and use rockie's build.

I run 250FPS with my 2GB laptop with an AMD graphic card, and it cost $100 i think it can run 300FPS

 

[i7Baby]

Your monitor will only run at 60fps max anyway.

 

[Nick Middleton]

Good Point

 

[Icaraeus]

You can only see as many frames as your display is capable of. You can get 120fps for example but with a 60hz display you'd only be able to see 60.

 

[rockie_]

We dont play Minecraft , that s why we cant tell the exact FPS

 

[NormH]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Mcxv23 i like this build its 4 cores... bigger hdd, more psu for later upgrades. similar gpu, optical drive and i love the way the case looks

 

[rockie_]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($71.44 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($123.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $408.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 02:15 EDT-0400

 

[Nick Middleton]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($77.26 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($123.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax Hoplite ST ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $394.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-22 02:00 EDT-0400

Wow!

 

[NormH]

still no optical drive in that build and 500w is cutting it close for power. and my case has better cable management and airflow... enermax cases are crap in my opinion

 

[Nick Middleton]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Mcxv23 i like this build its 4 cores... bigger hdd, more psu for later upgrades. similar gpu, optical drive and i love the way the case looks

Pretty hard to choose from. Would you guys be able to squeeze in 6GBs of memory

 

[i7Baby]

You can't use 6gb ram for dual channel mobos. You need 2 x 2gb or 2 x 4gb.

 

[NormH]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fMCQLk......... 8gb ram in my build just had to adjust the case and psu but still good quality on both

 

[Nick Middleton]

Okay.

 

[Novuake]

Minecraft runs horribly on AMD CPUs... Just for the record...

As for FPS, 300 at 1080p is literally impossible. Not a CPU in the world can do that, too much java for a single CPU core to run THAT fast.

 

[rockie_]

still no optical drive in that build and 500w is cutting it close for power. and my case has better cable management and airflow... enermax cases are crap in my opinion

Some R7 260X draws about 115W . pcpartpicker says Total 304W . Btw , the Enermax case is out of stock .so i changed the case .

 

[NormH]

trust me 500W is going to burn out the psu by pushing it to max usage too often you. go for 550-600 minimum

 

[Novuake]

trust me 500W is going to burn out the psu by pushing it to max usage too often you. go for 550-600 minimum

NONE of the systems linked will use anywhere NEAR 500w...................................

 

[rockie_]

trust me 500W is going to burn out the psu by pushing it to max usage too often you. go for 550-600 minimum

i ve got 304W Total . Btw, the rig you posted has a lot of MIR . it s easy just get EVGA 500W and fine.

 

[i7Baby]

Instead of the CX600 (Tier 3) get something better per http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html
eg Seasonic M12II 520 - $67 at Newegg

Try and get a better (A88X) mobo per http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-intel-amd-motherboard,3902.html eg Gigabyte F2A88X UP4

 

[Nick Middleton]

Okay, I can go up to $500 so we can add the other things