Under $350-400 Budget Gaming PC (Canadian)

[PsychoKoopa]

I'm looking to build a budget gaming PC for around 300-350 dollars Canadian. I don't really want to go above $400. I've already started to make a few parts lists on PCPartPicker but I'm not sure which will perform the best and still be a good price (Our dollar sucks at the moment). Is there parts I should change in these builds? I'm hoping to play most games at at least medium to high settings on 720p and low to medium on 1080p.

Build Option 1: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3KgZsY
Build Option 2: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/kxjvgs (Same as 1 but with different GPU)
Build Option 3: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/HKLpyc

All advice is wanted and appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[HonkyKong97]

Pentiums are way underpowered for gaming now and the GPU on the APU series is not good. This should give you a good budget PC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($111.95 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($76.49 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card ($89.88 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($25.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($49.82 @ shopRBC)
Total: $386.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 19:06 EST-0500

 

[Forever Oleg]

The first build is the best:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($89.98 @ BestDirect)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.10 @ Vuugo)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.98 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card ($89.88 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($25.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.58 @ shopRBC)
Total: $373.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 19:07 EST-0500

 

[PsychoKoopa]

Pentiums are way underpowered for gaming now and the GPU on the APU series is not good. This should give you a good budget PC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($111.95 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($76.49 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card ($89.88 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($25.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($49.82 @ shopRBC)
Total: $386.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 19:06 EST-0500

Thanks for the quick reply!
I was thinking that a bit too but I think you're right about this. That CPU seems pretty decent even without OC. I'll check some more stuff out but for now this seems pretty good. Is 4GB of memory really that good for 1080p at Low-Med settings?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($149.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($46.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($55.23 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.98 @ DirectCanada)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($25.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: Antec Earthwatts 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($56.40 @ shopRBC)
Total: $398.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 20:00 EST-0500

 

[HonkyKong97]

Pentiums are way underpowered for gaming now and the GPU on the APU series is not good. This should give you a good budget PC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($111.95 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($76.49 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card ($89.88 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($25.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($49.82 @ shopRBC)
Total: $386.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 19:06 EST-0500

Thanks for the quick reply!
I was thinking that a bit too but I think you're right about this. That CPU seems pretty decent even without OC. I'll check some more stuff out but for now this seems pretty good. Is 4GB of memory really that good for 1080p at Low-Med settings?

It will work, but it is smart to get 8GB if you can.

 

[PsychoKoopa]

Pentiums are way underpowered for gaming now and the GPU on the APU series is not good. This should give you a good budget PC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($111.95 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($76.49 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card ($89.88 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($25.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($49.82 @ shopRBC)
Total: $386.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 19:06 EST-0500

Thanks for the quick reply!
I was thinking that a bit too but I think you're right about this. That CPU seems pretty decent even without OC. I'll check some more stuff out but for now this seems pretty good. Is 4GB of memory really that good for 1080p at Low-Med settings?

It will work, but it is smart to get 8GB if you can.

Yeah. I'm hoping to grab some memory off of my friend but if i can't it'll be either the 4gb that you suggested or this 2x4gb kit by adata but I think your's is definitely the cheaper option.

 

[PsychoKoopa]

Also is there a big performance difference between the FX 4300 and the X4 860K and the GTX 750 and the 750 Ti?

 

[Forever Oleg]

FX-4300 = 860K

GTX 750 < GTX 750 Ti.

 

[PsychoKoopa]

FX-4300 = 860K

GTX 750 < GTX 750 Ti.

Yes. I get that, but is the difference in performance big?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

hard to say.
the 860K + 750 ti will get you medium settings in most games

 

[PsychoKoopa]

hard to say.
the 860K + 750 ti will get you medium settings in most games

What about the FX 4300 and the GTX 750 Ti or the FX 4300 and the normal 750.
Maybe even the 860 K and the normal GTX 750.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

will probly go liek this:
860K + 750 < 4300 + 750 < 860K + 750ti < 4300+ 750ti

the differences between 750 and 750ti will be greater than teh difference between 860K and 4300. 860K and 4300 *almost* trade blows, 4300 is just a bit faster due to internal cache sizes

 

[PsychoKoopa]

will probly go liek this:
860K + 750 < 4300 + 750 < 860K + 750ti < 4300+ 750ti

the differences between 750 and 750ti will be greater than teh difference between 860K and 4300. 860K and 4300 *almost* trade blows, 4300 is just a bit faster due to internal cache sizes

Ah! Thanks I get it a bit better now. If I can grab some ram off of my friend I'll go with the Ti as I'll have money for it but if I can't I'll go with the standard and probably just overclock it or just run it at normal speeds.