PC on a budget for Massive internet usage and gaming?

[dizie]

Hi there folks! My boss just approved me a (tight) budget for a new PC. (Yay) So this new PC will mainly be for work (but a little bit of gaming when boss is not around )

So this PC will be on 24/7.
- 90% of the time, my work involves TONS of research so I will have a bunch of browsers open with a total of 30-50 Tabs in it -- plus some web developing and PHotoshop CS5

- And I also have around 10+ windows of 2D online games that I hide in the background (current 8GB of RAM IS SCREAMING!)

- I'm also hoping to play a bunch of heavier games like Skyrim and other newer games in the future ----- while all those browser tabs and 2D games are in the background (My current 8GB RAM and HD 5450 wont allow me to do this)

I already have a Case, PSU and HDD lying somewhere in the warehouse. So All I need right now are CPU, GPU, MOBO and RAM. (Oh I will be using a 300$ Amazon gift card.)

So I'm thinking I need atleast a quad-core? Just due to the multi-uses alone.

- So either an AMD FX 4300 (89$) or Athlon X4 760k (83$)

- Crucial ballistix 16GB RAM (160$) (need this. RAM is very important for work thats why I can't have an A10 with integrated GPU stealing memory from RAM)

- MoBo is around 70$-ish

- GPU: MSI R7 260 1GD5 OC (75$ after rebate ---- 260x is 109$)

So this Rig is already overbudget (395$), I will have to take 95$ out of my pocket. But if I can play games like skyrim while having a workload in the background, then it will be worht it.

Questions:

- Am I right to assume that I need atleast 4 cores? Or maybe a cheaper Intel G328 will do?

- Is the 35$ extra for 260x worth it? Or will the 1GB gddr5 be enough?

Working all day will drive me insane! I need games too! Help!

 

[getochkn]

Poor you. Cant be like 98 percent of everyone else and actually work at work and play games after work and not ehile you are supposed be doing a job and hiding it from the boss.

 

[smorizio]

I built two friends pc using the intel 3258 and for having only two cores there pc are fast. the intel cpu is faster then the fx4300 and the x700 amd cpu. if you have a local micro center there a 99.00 combo on the g3258 and msi z97 mb.
I would wait a few weeks for the gpu wait for nvidia and amd to drop newer gpu it force the older cards cheaper for you.

 

[dizie]

Poor you. Cant be like 98 percent of everyone else and actually work at work and play games after work and not ehile you are supposed be doing a job and hiding it from the boss.

Is that you, boss? Geez I went to great lengths into making myself as anonymous as possible. Yet you still found me.

Ok, be back to work first thing monday.

 

[Kevin Davidson]

Hi there folks! My boss just approved me a (tight) budget for a new PC. (Yay) So this new PC will mainly be for work (but a little bit of gaming when boss is not around )

So this PC will be on 24/7.
- 90% of the time, my work involves TONS of research so I will have a bunch of browsers open with a total of 30-50 Tabs in it -- plus some web developing and PHotoshop CS5

- And I also have around 10+ windows of 2D online games that I hide in the background (current 8GB of RAM IS SCREAMING!)

- I'm also hoping to play a bunch of heavier games like Skyrim and other newer games in the future ----- while all those browser tabs and 2D games are in the background (My current 8GB RAM and HD 5450 wont allow me to do this)

I already have a Case, PSU and HDD lying somewhere in the warehouse. So All I need right now are CPU, GPU, MOBO and RAM. (Oh I will be using a 300$ Amazon gift card.)

So I'm thinking I need atleast a quad-core? Just due to the multi-uses alone.

- So either an AMD FX 4300 (89$) or Athlon X4 760k (83$)

- Crucial ballistix 16GB RAM (160$) (need this. RAM is very important for work thats why I can't have an A10 with integrated GPU stealing memory from RAM)

- MoBo is around 70$-ish

- GPU: MSI R7 260 1GD5 OC (75$ after rebate ---- 260x is 109$)

So this Rig is already overbudget (395$), I will have to take 95$ out of my pocket. But if I can play games like skyrim while having a workload in the background, then it will be worht it.

Questions:

- Am I right to assume that I need atleast 4 cores? Or maybe a cheaper Intel G328 will do?

- Is the 35$ extra for 260x worth it? Or will the 1GB gddr5 be enough?

Working all day will drive me insane! I need games too! Help!

 

[dizie]

I built two friends pc using the intel 3258 and for having only two cores there pc are fast. the intel cpu is faster then the fx4300 and the x700 amd cpu. if you have a local micro center there a 99.00 combo on the g3258 and msi z97 mb.
I would wait a few weeks for the gpu wait for nvidia and amd to drop newer gpu it force the older cards cheaper for you.

Sadly no microcenter here. Ok will wait a few weeks for the GPU. Thanks!

 

[Kevin Davidson]

Hi This is my answer to your build problem CPU AMD FX 6100 on Amazon for $90.00,Gigabyte AM3+ AMD DDR3 1333 760G Micro ATX Motherboard GA-78LMT-S2 at amazon $49.00, Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz PC3 12800 240-Pin DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Kit $70.00 on Amazon,Gigabyte GTX 750 GDDR5-1GB 2xDVI-I/DVI-D/2xHDMI OC Graphics Cards GV-N750OC-1GI $119.00. Your a little over 300.00 and you will have yourself one of the fastest low budget computers out there capable of 50 to 60 fps gaming and more than enough power for work! I built this and am answering you on it write now you can't go wrong with this build!

 

[dizie]

Hi This is my answer to your build problem CPU AMD FX 6100 on Amazon for $90.00,Gigabyte AM3+ AMD DDR3 1333 760G Micro ATX Motherboard GA-78LMT-S2 at amazon $49.00, Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz PC3 12800 240-Pin DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Kit $70.00 on Amazon,Gigabyte GTX 750 GDDR5-1GB 2xDVI-I/DVI-D/2xHDMI OC Graphics Cards GV-N750OC-1GI $119.00. Your a little over 300.00 and you will have yourself one of the fastest low budget computers out there capable of 50 to 60 fps gaming and more than enough power for work! I built this and am answering you on it write now you can't go wrong with this build!

Sadly, I need atleast 16GB RAM My current 8GB RAM is screaming

 

[Awesomenatorrad]

Very easy follow my build from amazon:
Most of my products are amazonglobalsaver so you can have free shipping except that you need to pay singapore high import charge. Do not buy from sls or funan. They are really overpriced.

CPU Cooler:
Cooler Master Seidon 120M - PC CPU Liquid Water Cooling System
(I could not add a larger cooler due to the small case size)

Power Supply:
EVGA Supernova 850 B2 Power Supply

GPU:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Overclocked 4GB GBBR5
(though I would like to get gtx 980 sli at the end of the year)

SSD:
Kingston Digital 120GB

CPU:
Intel Core i5-4690K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.5 GHZ

HDD:
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive

Motherboard:
MSI Computer Corp. Z87M GAMING

Ram:
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) PC3-12800 1600mHz

Case:
Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 Mini Tower Case

 

[Kevin Davidson]

Hi This is my answer to your build problem CPU AMD FX 6100 on Amazon for $90.00,Gigabyte AM3+ AMD DDR3 1333 760G Micro ATX Motherboard GA-78LMT-S2 at amazon $49.00, Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz PC3 12800 240-Pin DDR3 Dual Channel Memory Kit $70.00 on Amazon,Gigabyte GTX 750 GDDR5-1GB 2xDVI-I/DVI-D/2xHDMI OC Graphics Cards GV-N750OC-1GI $119.00. Your a little over 300.00 and you will have yourself one of the fastest low budget computers out there capable of 50 to 60 fps gaming and more than enough power for work! I built this and am answering you on it write now you can't go wrong with this build!

Sadly, I need atleast 16GB RAM My current 8GB RAM is screaming

 

[Kevin Davidson]

You can do this Build still with 16gb ram GIGABYTE GA-F2A88XM-HD3 FM2+ / FM2 AMD A88X (Bolton D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard Amazon 59.00 20 dollars more a 5 star Board!