The Best Budget Gaming Build for $488

[xxdms2k11xx]

That will hundle 60FPS+ GTA 5, BF1 , DOTA 2 and The witcher 3 both AMD or Intel brand

 

[TheTvL]

Check out the Budget $500 pc thread. It is a sticky thread on the top of the System category

 

[Hellfire13]

Intel...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4600 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($86.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($142.29 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.05 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $487.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-09 04:01 EDT-0400


AMD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.05 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $492.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-09 04:03 EDT-0400

The AMD has better value and upgrade path.

 

[xxdms2k11xx]

Intel...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4600 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($86.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($142.29 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.05 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $487.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-09 04:01 EDT-0400


AMD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.05 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $492.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-09 04:03 EDT-0400

The AMD has better value and upgrade path.

ok thanks i will recommend to my friend

 

[xxdms2k11xx]

Intel...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4600 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($86.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($142.29 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.05 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $487.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-09 04:01 EDT-0400


AMD

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.05 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $492.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-09 04:03 EDT-0400

The AMD has better value and upgrade path.

about the PSU. will hundle my VS450 these components?

 

[Hellfire13]

If you are talking about Corsair VS series, then its not a good unit. I wont trust my brand new hardware with it.

 

[Rexper]

Bit of a different take but definitely doable. Features i7, performing similar to modern low end CPUs, though. 8gb ram, 1tb hdd, Windows 10 Pro, SSD, and gtx 1050 ti:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: SK hynix - SL308 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($52.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Dell OptiPlex 7010 Mini-Tower - Intel Quad-Core i5-3470 3.2Ghz - 8 GB RAM - 1 TB Hard Drive - DVD/RW - Windows 10 Pro ($299.99)
Total: $497.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-09 04:42 EDT-0400