Looking for a decent low budget PC for gaming?

[Armos]

Hi everyone. I am looking for a decent budget gaming PC that can handle gaming pretty well to the point where I can run mods, emulation and run VR like the Rift and Vive. I am hoping to play games like Dragonball Xenoverse 2, Skyrim PC, Final Fantasy A Realm Reborn, etc. I know most PCs these days cost you a roughly 2-3 gran... Which I cannot afford. 🙁 I know some people have built a decenbt $500.00-$600.00 gaming PC before that runs pretty well. I am hoping to find something with intel in it. Along with a i5 and a GTX 1060 graphics card perhaps? I also wish to run Sonic Forces on Steam too and play Final Fantasy games in 1080p. And hoping to have enough power that can help me run emulators as well as Dolphin, PCSX2 etc. I probably wont get any answers. But hey worth a shot. I've seen people built gaming PCs for around $500.00-$600.00 that matches a console build like the Xbox One X, PS4 Pro, etc. So I was hoping someone could help me please point me out in the right direction. I was told it can be done. But not sure. Thanks! Also want something that can play Overwatch as well. Possibly CoD. Thank you.

 

[vapour]

For your budget assuming you don't need OS:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.68 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Edition Video Card ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.90 @ Newegg)
Total: $549.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-04 21:07 EST-0500

 

[volkgren]

You're asking a lot from a $500-$600 build with Intel. Maybe you can spend more? Btw new i3 (8th-gen) is equal to 7th-gen i5. Both are quad-core.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($121.73 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($111.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.68 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Edition Video Card ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $602.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-04 21:18 EST-0500

 

[GPUX]

You will not be able to get a 1060 unless you buy one used for cheap.