$500 - $600 gaming rig

[madsoulchild]

A friend of mine need help to build a $500 - $600 gaming rig (only CPU)
He only play Dota2 and CSGO, dont need to be played in high specs or performance.
Hopefully it can run CSGO at 1280x960 with 200+ ingame fps.

 

[speedknight]

Very tight LOLx-

PC Themes

Asrock B85 HDS+i5 4460- $367
Crucial 8GB Ram-$97
Silverstone PS08 White MATX+Thermaltake 530W modular-$115
Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM-$69

Its already $648

And i wont call it gaming just for normal usage. CS GO and DOTA should be ok.

 

[monikernemo]

Very tight LOLx-

PC Themes

Asrock B85 HDS+i5 4460- $367
Crucial 8GB Ram-$97
Silverstone PS08 White MATX+Thermaltake 530W modular-$115
Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM-$69

Its already $648

And i wont call it gaming just for normal usage. CS GO and DOTA should be ok.

I think can go for i3 or pentium chips and go for H81? Cut cost for some better GPU like 250X/250

 

[speedknight]

I think can go for i3 or pentium chips and go for H81? Cut cost for some better GPU like 250X/250

i was recommanding the above for expandbility..... in the future can throw in 250~270. For now that will do haha. Yup can drop to the chipset to H81 though.....

 

[prezioso]

Very tight LOLx-

PC Themes

Asrock B85 HDS+i5 4460- $367
Crucial 8GB Ram-$97
Silverstone PS08 White MATX+Thermaltake 530W modular-$115
Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM-$69

Its already $648

And i wont call it gaming just for normal usage. CS GO and DOTA should be ok.

csgo need gpu.

 

[madsoulchild]

gumxia! what are the other options if he could up his budget to 800$ max?

 

[Taveren]

You could consider an AMD APU build (CPU with integrated GPU) to cut down the cost.

 

[Alternative X]

Cheapo build

CPU+ Mobo: ASROCK H81M-HDS + G3240 (152)
RAM: CRUCIAL PC 12800/1600MHZ DDR3 CL11 VALUE RAM (4GB) (48)
GPU: POWERCOLOR R7 240 2GB OC (99)
HDD: TOSHIBA 1TB 7200RPM (69)
DVD-RW: LITEON 24X DVD-RW SATA OEM (25)
PSU: FSP 450W 80+ HEXA PLUS (58)
Case: HEADWAY ATX CASING (30)
OS: WINDOWS 7 HOME PREM (130)

Total Cost: $611


$800 gaming rig

CPU+ Mobo: ASROCK H81M-HDS + G3240 (152)
RAM: G. SKILL PC 12800/1600MHZ DDR3 CL11 VALUE RAM (8GB) (97)
GPU: POWER COLOR R7 260X 1GB O.C (169)
HDD: TOSHIBA 1TB 7200RPM (69)
DVD-RW: LITEON 24X DVD-RW SATA OEM (25)
PSU: FSP AURUM S 500W (89)
Case: CM K282 (55)
OS: WINDOWS 7 HOME PREM (130)

Total cost: $786

Buy at PC Themes, #04-15, and ask for discounts. DIY yourself. If you can't into DIY, get PC Themes to assemble for you for a fee.

Notes:

1) The cheapo rig should be capable of 30-40+ FPS at max settings in 1080p in CS:GO and DOTA 2. The $800 rig is capable of playing these games at 100+ FPS in 1080p. Performance should improve if playing at lower resolutions.

2) Do note that these rigs do not have an SSD due to budgetary limitations and you may want to consider an SSD upgrade in the future.

 

[Jian19]

i3-4160 + Asrock h81m hds ~ $238
G.skill 8gb ddr3 ~ $98
Wd blue 1tb ~ $75
Powercolor 270 turboduo ~ $249
Xigmetak tauro 500w ~ $75
CM n200 ~ $55

$790 buy and assemble @ pctheme ask for discount. No OS included

 

[monikernemo]

Cheapo build

CPU+ Mobo: ASROCK H81M-HDS + G3240 (152)
RAM: CRUCIAL PC 12800/1600MHZ DDR3 CL11 VALUE RAM (4GB) (48)
GPU: POWERCOLOR R7 240 2GB OC (99)
HDD: TOSHIBA 1TB 7200RPM (69)
DVD-RW: LITEON 24X DVD-RW SATA OEM (25)
PSU: FSP 450W 80+ HEXA PLUS (58)
Case: HEADWAY ATX CASING (30)
OS: WINDOWS 7 HOME PREM (130)

Total Cost: $611

I think this one can la. Since your friend quite low res also, so not much of a problem

 

[MoneyFace =p]

I think this one can la. Since your friend quite low res also, so not much of a problem

R7-240 is as good/bad as any IGP grade graphics these days....

CPU+MB: Intel Pentium G3258 [Anniversary Edition] + ASRock H81M-HDS R2.0 @ $156
RAM: Crucial DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB @ $86
GPU: PowerColor HD 7730 2GB [DDR3] @ $85
HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB @ $70
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer [OEM] @ $21
PSU: FSP300-50HMN 300W OEM @ $30
CASE: Xigmatek Recon @ $45
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit [OEM] @ $110

Total: $603

Optional:
GPU: AMD HD 7770 1GB @ $70*

Buy and Build at Tradepac, #05-18.

*Resale market price estimation

 

[Alternative X]

Not so sure that the HD 7730 with DDR3 VRAM is actually significantly faster than the R7 240 with DDR3 VRAM.

 

[monikernemo]

R7-240 is as good/bad as any IGP grade graphics these days....

Then 250 loh. Reuse HDD from laptop

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Not so sure that the HD 7730 with DDR3 VRAM is actually significantly faster than the R7 240 with DDR3 VRAM.

HD 7730 is essentially an underclocked R7-250
R7-240 is further cut down version of HD 7730, only comparable to HD 6570/6670

 

[ericccc]

Case - CM N200 $55

PSU - FSP HEXA+ 80+ 450W $58

Mobo + CPU - ASRock H81M-DGS + Intel Pentium G3258 $152

RAM - Crucial 1600 Mhz 4GB*2 $86

GPU - PowerColor R7 260X 2GB Turboduo $166

HDD - WD Blue 1TB $70

TOTAL $587

above mentioned all brand new
the case is nice looking with USB 3.0, 450W 80+ future want upgrade CPU and GPU also no need change, overlockable CPU with H81 motherboard and 450W 80+ PSU to 4.0 Ghz standard la, 8GB ram standard no need upgrade in future, 1TB hdd also standard. R7 260X can play you game at 1080P with 60FPS no problem. future want upgrade GPU other part also no need change only $587 and bargain can get cheaper