Need help budget $400 PC build

[Virunw51]

Looling for a build that will run rust and dayz standalone low to medium settings. Trying to.save as much money as possible.

 

[Baumy15]

do you need a OS wifi adapter keyboard and mouse or monitor?

 

[photonboy]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YpKN23

$450 build.

I'm not sure how to build it any cheaper without using only 4GB of System RAM (not recommended) or getting less than a 260X graphics card (not recommended) or getting really crappy parts. I'm not sure about the Powercolor card either.

There are slightly cheaper CPU's but I don't recommend those. The 860K is a noticeable improvement over the 760K and you'll need as much CPU processing as possible. The G3258 isn't an option since it's a dual-core. It's better per-core but these games are probably well threaded so you'd be better off with the AMD 4-cores likely.

The ONLY places I see to reasonably save money are:
1) 760K ($14 savings)
2) no DVD burner ($15 savings; transfer OS to USB to install)
3) Find a used case for $10 ? ($20 savings)
4) 500GB HDD ($8 savings?)

 

[Alpha3031]

Here's a below budget one of basic parts that you can customise as necessary:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.49 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($40.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.66 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX Power Supply ($28.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $284.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-10 22:07 EST-0500

Suggested would be to upgrade to a 2x4 kit, and athlon and a dGPU

 

[photonboy]

Here's a below budget one of basic parts that you can customise as necessary:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.49 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($40.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.66 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX Power Supply ($28.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $284.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-10 22:07 EST-0500

Suggested would be to upgrade to a 2x4 kit, and athlon and a dGPU

Serious question. Do you really think this will run Rust and Dayz very well?

I'm sure it meets the minimum requirements no problem, but those rarely indicate playability. Just my opinion since it's hard to find reliable benchmarks since I believe these games aren't even out yet.

I just get a LOT of people who say they built an APU system on a budget and wish they'd spent a bit more. Speaking of which, when you have an APU it shared some of the SYSTEM MEMORY so in the $280 build above that's going to cause two problems:

1) May be a bottleneck, especially since it's single-channel and APU's need fast memory since again it's sharing System (and if you get 2x2GB you've probably used up the two slots most cheaper motherboards have making going to 8GB later problematic)

2) AMOUNT may be a problem, again since you're sharing. If you use 1GB for Video memory that leaves you 3GB for Windows and the game.

I guess the biggest problem is the games are still in development so we don't have accurate benchmarks.

 

[Baumy15]

Here's a below budget one of basic parts that you can customise as necessary:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.49 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($40.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.66 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX Power Supply ($28.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $284.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-10 22:07 EST-0500

Suggested would be to upgrade to a 2x4 kit, and athlon and a dGPU

Serious question. Do you really think this will run Rust and Dayz very well?

I'm sure it meets the minimum requirements no problem, but those rarely indicate playability. Just my opinion since it's hard to find reliable benchmarks since I believe these games aren't even out yet.

I just get a LOT of people who say they built an APU system on a budget and wish they'd spent a bit more. Speaking of which, when you have an APU it shared some of the SYSTEM MEMORY so in the $280 build above that's going to cause two problems:

1) May be a bottleneck, especially since it's single-channel and APU's need fast memory since again it's sharing System (and if you get 2x2GB you've probably used up the two slots most cheaper motherboards have making going to 8GB later problematic)

2) AMOUNT may be a problem, again since you're sharing. If you use 1GB for Video memory that leaves you 3GB for Windows and the game.

I guess the biggest problem is the games are still in development so we don't have accurate benchmarks.

my one is closer to the $400 mark and it should be able to play those games fine

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dGxVbv

 

[photonboy]

Baumy15,

1) Don't use a single stick of DDR3 memory or you'll end up with a bottleneck. Should use 2x4GB (two sticks). Also no customer feedback score which I find useful in case of any problems.

2) I personally wouldn't use the G3258 for those games but I guess we're on a severe budget... I know the X4-860K will do better.

3) *The included Power Supply is unknown and the only thing we know is the unit got a really low score by the users!

**Update: several people reported it died (NCIX link). not surprising.

4) The MSI R7-250X is a better card for the same price as the GT740:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r7250x2gd5

comparison: http://www.redgamingtech.com/radeon-r7-250x-geforce-gtx-740-benchmark-review/

Summary:
- 2x4GB, not 1x8GB
- questionable power supply quality (note crappy user score)
- MSI R7-250X 2GB better choice for video card

Again, we still don't have any solid data on how well these games run on low-end gaming rigs.

 

[Alpha3031]

Serious question. Do you really think this will run Rust and Dayz very well?

I was making a bare minimum build (low settings at 720p), and I did make suggestions for upgrades