Ultra-Cheap Intel Build

[NateTheGreat1015]

A buddy of mine is building a gaming PC. He has $300 to spend. He presently has a case, monitor, keyboard, mouse, HDD and the OS. He'd prefer to have upgrading capabilities in the future, so Intel is preferred. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[sadams04]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($183.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.85 @ Amazon)
Total: $303.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-04 11:42 EST-0500

 

[KalTorak]

Either this, or put a G3258 in instead and save some cash towards a gfx card in the future

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($135.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $310.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-04 11:44 EST-0500

Link for the G3258 - http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646g3258

 

[Vexillarius]

$300 is not enough if you also need a GPU. This is the best I could come up with and it's slightly over budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.96 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $320.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-04 11:48 EST-0500

 

[SproutSchon]

So he needs PSU, mobo, CPU and GPU for less than 300$?
edit: and RAM... sorry.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($36.69 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($137.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $319.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-04 11:53 EST-0500

G3258 you can OC the shit out of it even with a stock fan and it is perfectly suitable for gaming.
Good upgrade path, you could switch to a top of the line i5 or i7 later with the same mobo.
Cheap mobo that supports basic OC (it has unlocked multiplier, no voltage control and other advanced OCing controls).
Decent GPU R9 270x, that will run all games while decreasing some graphic details.
Solid PSU with room for upgrade (you would be fine with a 400W PSU but with the 500W you could put any GPU later).

 

[NateTheGreat1015]

It's gotta both have a GPU, and be at $300. Not $320 and whatnot. He'll also have to factor in taxes, so $300 at the MAXIMUM.

 

[SproutSchon]

Cheapest I can do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($36.69 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $266.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-04 12:11 EST-0500