Help trying to build budget gaming pc~

[thej20]

Hello everyone,

Never built a computer before hope it's easy and I want to around 400 dollars to buy a new gaming computer! The games know I can't get amazing graphics and am settling for middle settings. Any advice or part arrangements would be greatly appreciated!! Hope to hear from you guys soon!

 

[scragnoff]

Hi thej20!

Go to the link in my signature. There you'll see builds for different budgets. With your budget, I'd say to go for the Entry Tier.

 

[stickmansam]

I am assuming you'll need everything except an screen an OS in that $400 budget?

Chose an Phenom II x4 over an Pentium due to games making use of more threads/cores as of crysis 3, and 650ti left out due to budget restraints

I had to leave out an optical drive , you can add one in if you give up on USB3 front panel (still gonna cost $10 than current price)
mb is a bit limiting for future upgrades but you can still run the latest FX and potentially the next gen steamroller

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($98.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Raidmax ATX-249B (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $406.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-09 03:35 EST-0500)