building on a budget

[trapper68]

Hey guys,
I am 14 years old and am working a summer job at a garden center. I want to build a gaming computer, not anything huge for skyrim on ultra graphics, just something for league of legends and minecraft. The budget is 650, this includes keyboard and mouse and monitor. (assume i am starting out with nothing) if it fits into my price range, i want to get dual monitors (run that on my laptop now, but the second monitor is really old that i found in my basement.) Thanks for your help (tnis computer will be in my bedroom, so i want to keep the fans quiet) thanks for your help

 

[RazerZ]

Well first off I'm not sure you'd get a decent build with two monitors. One new monitor would be doable. Secondly if you don't already have the money I'd recommend to post again once you have it because prices change everyday and what you can get now won't be the same as what you can get a few months later. Nice to see you're interested in building a pc at age 14 though

 

[i7Baby]

Keyboard, mouse and monitor (even a small crappy one) is gonna cost you $200+. Have you got speakers? Dual monitors? - make that $350

That leaves $450 max. or with the other monitor $300. So you won't get the parts for $300. And you'll get a really basic pc for $450.

 

[schau314]

Stop depressing him. Of course you can have a quality build for 650. No problem. You can get free keyboards, mouses, and a cheaper used monitor for less than 50 combined.

 

[i7Baby]

oooo nasty!

 

[andrei65]

I'd go for a pentium build to save money and get a 270 along with it , and just overclock the gpu and you're gonna be close to a 270x's performance

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($56.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($109.00 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($29.99 @ B&H)
Total: $621.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-21 01:22 EDT-0400)

I hope you do have a windows dvd , if not you're gonna have to lower/replace some specs/parts and get a used/refurbished monitor
Get this build if you don't have a windows dvd laying around

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($56.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Gigabyte KM5300 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($9.50 @ NCIX US)
Other: Refurbished monitor ($97.00)
Total: $649.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-21 01:28 EDT-0400)

Link to the refurbished monitor :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00AX9Z6MU/ref=dp_olp_refurbished?ie=UTF8&condition=refurbished

 

[i7Baby]

I thought someone would do an FM2 build

 

[andrei65]

I prefer to put a pentium in there with the lga 1150 socket so he can always upgrade to an i5 which is far superior to athlons and fx's