Cheapest build possible for medium settings

[Xavier1]

Hey guys,

Wanted to build a budget PC (emphasis on the budget, $300 - $500) that'll run modern games on at least medium, high if I'm lucky. Don't want to future proof anything really, just wanna build something that will handle games out at the moment.

Was thinking of getting either
AMD Athlon X4 750K OC to 4ghz or AMD A6-6400K OC to whatever it can handle
R9 270 or a GTX 750 Ti

Intel doesn't really seem to have any budget CPUs besides the G-series but how do they compare to AMD?

Would these CPUs bottleneck the GPU?
Would they have enough power to handle modern games on medium?
Could I get away with a cheaper less powerful CPU or GPU and still run modern games ok?

I'm in Australia so I'd have to import the 750K, but I've found pretty good deals on that anyway (around 70AUD).

 

[MasterMace]

Hey guys,

Wanted to build a budget PC (emphasis on the budget, $300 - $500)

...
I'm in Australia

If you referred to the guideline post, you would have gotten your answer by now.

Operating System?
Monitor?
Keyboard?
Mouse?

 

[Suztera]

A6-6400 isn't worth it if you are getting a dedicated gpu.
Get the Athlon with either R9 270 or 750Ti. depending on your prices. R9 270 is better than the GTX 750Ti. Both are good cards at 1080p for med settings.

 

[gamingmaniac]

the AMD Athlon X4 750K is a little better than the pentium G3220 in my opinion, but the intel pentium G3220 is better than AMD A6-6400K
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/28/AMD_Athlon_X4_750K_vs_Intel_Pentium_Dual-Core_G3220.html
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/235/AMD_A6-Series_A6-6400K_vs_Intel_Pentium_Dual-Core_G3220.html

My opinion would be to go with AMD Athlon X4 750k due to the 2 Xtra cores which modern games have begun to utilize and of course OC ability over intel's pentium G series despite the fact that it takes almost 47 watts more than the G3220.

You should pick the r9 270 instead of the gtx 750ti as it is much better
it can handle any modern game on medium settings 1080p
i don't think there will be any bottleneck

 

[Xavier1]

Hey guys,

Wanted to build a budget PC (emphasis on the budget, $300 - $500)

...
I'm in Australia

If you referred to the guideline post, you would have gotten your answer by now.

Operating System?
Monitor?
Keyboard?
Mouse?

I don't know what the guideline post is, pretty new to this forum/all forums lol.
Win7, dont need any peripherals