I want to put together a cheap but decent system

[Peter Anfindsen]

If i want to buy a cheap but decent system is the a6 6400k good enough or should i go for a haswell pentium which has good review...i need a basic system for netflix gmail, some minor gaming..microcenter has a a6 6400k for 65 with mother board ..should i go for it or go intel.my main computer in my living room has an i7 2700k and a 650 ti so i can use that for more intensive stuff ..what about new kabini..just trying to get best bang for buck..thanks.. any suggestions appreciated.250 -400 budget......

 

[swifty_morgan]

way back in the day when dual cores were the cats meow i junked a good dual core for a quad core ( core2 duo days ). everybody told me I was nuts. dual cores are all you need.. blah, blah, blah. I hate dual cores. this day and age i would never touch one. not even for surfing. do they work, yes. but the way things are coded today and the way resources ( hardware ) are utilized by software.................

what kind of old scrap are you going to bring to the build? case power supply anything...???

for under 250 a year ago I got a 5800k/asrock board/8gigs of 2133/and an ssd............

 

[Zircoben]

If i want to buy a cheap but decent system is the a6 6400k good enough or should i go for a haswell pentium which has good review...i need a basic system for netflix gmail, some minor gaming..microcenter has a a6 6400k for 65 with mother board ..should i go for it or go intel.my main computer in my living room has an i7 2700k and a 650 ti so i can use that for more intensive stuff ..what about new kabini..just trying to get best bang for buck..thanks.. any suggestions appreciated.250 -400 budget......

This is a good little build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3LX6s
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3LX6s/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3LX6s/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A6-5400K 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus A78M-A Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($59.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($44.99 @ TigerDirect)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($27.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $261.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-17 19:37 EDT-0400)

The SSD is only 64GB. If you want to store photos or video or anything on this PC, it will fill up FAST. I can recommend a 500GB or a 1TB hard drive if you want that instead.

If you want Kaveri simply plug in this into the build instead of the AMD A6: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113360

That will give you significantly better CPU and GPU performance in that build, and it will only raise the price $100, making it a $360 dollar build. (Plus windows I guess) For your purposes, this will probably be overkill.

Hope that helps!

 

[geofelt]

Your cheapest option would be to buy a prebuilt pc from a vendor like Lenovo. Look at their outlet store.
Here is one example, don't forget to add the cost of windows to your budget if you build your own. http://outlet.lenovo.com/outlet_us/itemdetails/57RF0325/445

 

[Zircoben]

Your cheapest option would be to buy a prebuilt pc from a vendor like Lenovo. Look at their outlet store.
Here is one example, don't forget to add the cost of windows to your budget if you build your own. http://outlet.lenovo.com/outlet_us/itemdetails/57RF0325/445

That's a very good build overall. Trying to match that with a custom built build at that price would be impossible. The graphics are better than the APU graphics in my build could give you, but maybe Kaveri could do a bit better.

The CPU is also significantly better than the A6 or the Kaveri A10. For your uses though, I would save a bit of cash and either find a cheaper Lenovo or other OEM build, or use my $260 AMD A6 build above. It all really depends on if you already have windows or not.

But for the price, Peter Anfindsen, this refurb PC above is awesome.