[Help] Budget PC for Dota2

[khairulslt]

Hi guys, I'm looking for a PC build that's around 300-500 SGD.
Main purposes are for Dota2 and maybe abit of Dragon Age:Origins
I understand both of these games are not very heavy in nature so I'm looking to cut costs wherever possible.

Any old-timers can rate/help/advice me on my build? (Found it from online, did a bit of light reading on PC building but I am still rather clueless)

CPU: G3258
Graphics Card: Asus GTX 750 Ti or Sapphire Radeon R7 360
PSU: EVGA 430w 80 Plus PSU
Motherboard: MSI MATX Motherboard H81M-P33
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) 1600 Memory
Hard Drive: 320GB WD Caviar Blue

Cost should be under $500 if done at SLS?

 

[fr0stborne]

Hi guys, I'm looking for a PC build that's around 300-500 SGD.
Main purposes are for Dota2 and maybe abit of Dragon Age:Origins
I understand both of these games are not very heavy in nature so I'm looking to cut costs wherever possible.

Any old-timers can rate/help/advice me on my build? (Found it from online, did a bit of light reading on PC building but I am still rather clueless)

CPU: G3258
Graphics Card: Asus GTX 750 Ti or Sapphire Radeon R7 360
PSU: EVGA 430w 80 Plus PSU
Motherboard: MSI MATX Motherboard H81M-P33
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) 1600 Memory
Hard Drive: 320GB WD Caviar Blue

Cost should be under $500 if done at SLS?

I think swapping the ram with a more basic one (4gb x2) value ram for an i3 processor would be much better as u get hyperthreading (2 vs 4 threads)

 

[Koenig168]

You can consider the second-hand market as there are occasionally good bargains to be found. You do not need a current generation system as your gaming requirements are quite light.

Things you should buy new will be a 1TB WD Blue and a 240GB SSD for around $200. Add about $30 to $40 for OS.

Do remember to factor in peripherals like monitor, keyboard and mouse if you require them.

 

[herman1314]

Bro, get i3 instead of Pentium G. Graphics card, if possible get 2nd hand.

I hope you mean a used i3, new ones with mobo $237, alr half his budget.

 

[khairulslt]

Oh sorry, I forget to say, yes, 2nd hand if possible. $500 is very hard.

Hi bro thanks for the advice, any disadvantages of buying 2nd hand i3 vs 1st g3258? I have heard from articles online that the diff between g3258 and i3 is very negligible, can advice whether true or false?

 

[khairulslt]

I think swapping the ram with a more basic one (4gb x2) value ram for an i3 processor would be much better as u get hyperthreading (2 vs 4 threads)

Hi Bro can elaborate what do you mean? The RAM i listed is a 4GB x 2 one right?

 

[khairulslt]

He is saying you should get cheaper Kingston/Crucial Value RAM instead (the cheapest one).

Bro you mean this one from PC Themes:
KINGSTON PC 12800/1600MHZ DDR3 CL11 VALUE RAM at $28, get 2 of this?

 

[mini_cow]

in all honesty, why dont you try and get a 2nd hand rig

 

[spiky0180]

or just get 1 stick of 8gb ram, whichever cheaper.

 

[batuchka]

in all honesty, why dont you try and get a 2nd hand rig

frankly it's 2016 already this kind of budget i'd rather hoot used sandy/ivy quad rather than any el cheapo current dual core HT or no HT

 

[herman1314]

if only new:
cpu and mobo:g3258 and h81m-hds $174
graphics card:palit gtx 750ti$157.50+3*
ram:kingston ddr3 1600 4gb valueram $28
hdd:toshiba 1tb $65
psu:fsp 300w oem $38
case:headway/vios m-atx case(cashtronic)$24
total:$489.50
*after lazada app mastercard monday 10% off($25 max)

some used:
cpu and mobo:i5 4440 and asrock h81 pro BTC $100+50
graphics card:asus gtx 680 2gb $80
ram:kingston/g.skill ddr3 1600 8gb valueram $53
hdd:toshiba 1tb $65
psu:fsp hexa+ 550w $68
case:xigmatek soundwave a $59
total:$475
all prices not linked/bracketed are from pcthemes. do try to bargain a little before buying.