Good Gaming PC $800 At Most

[DynamicEwok]

I've been researching on what I should get for my gaming pc with a $800 budget. So far, I've come up with this build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D2mwJx

If you have any idea on how I could make this better, I would really appreciate the advice. I will mostly be gaming on it and also start streaming with OBS.

 

[jsgrant31]

With that H97 board you can get the cheaper, non-K variant of the 4690 as you won't be overclocking. Your GPU should be good for most games at 1080p/60Hz; some games (GTA V for example) might need more than 2 GB VRAM. Just depends on what you want to play. Note the compatibility issue as identified by PCPartPicker, but it's pretty minor.

I would put in a better PSU.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

Otherwise good build for $800. I'd be tempted to stretch the budget for an SSD and a 970 though.

 

[Tchota]

I did the streching Jsgrant31 suggested and came up with a build with the same price as yours but with GTX 970 (no ssd):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.45 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Directron)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) ($96.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $844.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-06 14:30 EDT-0400

This build have better PSU and GPU. The other changes was meant to reduce the cost, but you wont see any performance drop from those changes, only some features might be unavailable. noting serious.

 

[DynamicEwok]

I did the streching Jsgrant31 suggested and came up with a build with the same price as yours but with GTX 970 (no ssd):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.45 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Directron)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) ($96.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $844.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-06 14:30 EDT-0400

This build have better PSU and GPU. The other changes was meant to reduce the cost, but you wont see any performance drop from those changes, only some features might be unavailable. noting serious.

Thanks! Also thanks Jsgrant31 for helping.

 

[Tchota]

you're welcomed, good luck with your new build

 

[DynamicEwok]

you're welcomed, good luck with your new build

I forgot to ask this, but would this still allow me to stream? I wouldn't be streaming any games like GTA V.

 

[Tchota]

You will be ok:

http://wiki.openbroadcaster.com/index.php/Minimum_System_requirements
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1854091/minimum-hardware-requirements-stream.html