Is this enough money for pc gaming?

[KingZam]

My friend is looking to get into PC gaming.But he doesn't understand how much he costs.His budget is 250!I told him to forget about it, and just stick to his console.This makes no sense why his budget is 250 dollars since he was able to buy a console with 4 games on it's release, which was about 700 dollars in all.So I guess my question is, what is a good budget for 1080p gaming with 40-45 fps on medium-high settings.

 

[Gam3r01]

I recommend starting around 650-700, the performance of this budget is helped out greatly if you dont need a monitor in that budget.

 

[nikoli707]

this is basically bare minimum with out the operating system, monitor, keyboard or mouse. it will offer slightly better than ps4/xb1 performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($67.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.75 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($104.80 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $370.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 21:22 EST-0500

 

[stl522013]

He could try to get used parts. I have seen some pretty cheap parts on EBay.

 

[dasulman]

Nikoli's intro level build is pretty much spot on. Though it may not be able to match current gen console fps rates with newer grades due to CPU architecture.
if he wants to start up strong in pc gaming with easy upgrade paths then a starting budget of $600 is recommended so you dont waste money in the future when you want to upgrade.

 

[stl522013]

Nikoli's intro level build is pretty much spot on. Though it may not be able to match current gen console fps rates with newer grades due to CPU architecture.
if he wants to start up strong in pc gaming with easy upgrade paths then a starting budget of $600 is recommended so you dont waste money in the future when you want to upgrade.

I imagine it will perform better on most games. My friend is playing BF4 with an Intel Core 2 Quad. And the GPU in this is better than what is in the PS4.