Need Gaming PC Recommendation

[zodiac21]

Hi Guys,

I need some recommendation to build a gaming PC for my friend.
Usage mainly gaming Dota 2, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, The Sims.

I do not need monitor, mouse or keyboard.

Budget $500.

Thank You.

 

[TyanCho]

Hi Guys,

I need some recommendation to build a gaming PC for my friend.
Usage mainly gaming Dota 2, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, The Sims.

I do not need monitor, mouse or keyboard.

Budget $500.

Thank You.

$500 buy 2nd hand ?

 

[zodiac21]

1st hand if possible.

What if OS excluded from the $500 budget?

 

[TyanCho]

1st hand if possible.

What if OS excluded from the $500 budget?

It's not hard . But the specs won't be that good . Increase the budget abit i'm sure nippon got some ways to build it .

 

[Hirgaki]

Build an APU based system, with AMD A10-5800K, good apu imo to play mmos

 

[terence52]

Let me try..
Intel:
Pentium G2020 + B75M-DGS - $154
Asrock B75M-DGS (BUNDLE) - MyNeXTCom
KVR 4GB - $41
Sapphire HD7750 - $142
Sapphire HD7750-LP - MyNeXTCom
Hitachi 500GB - $65
HP DVDRW - $23
Fsp 300W - $39
Generic Casing - $25
Total: $489

AMD:
5800K + Asrock FM2A75M-DGS - $258
Asrock FM2A75M-DGS R2.0 (BUNDLE) - MyNeXTCom
KVR 4GB x2 - $82
Hitachi 500GB - $65
HP DVDRW - $23
Fsp 300W - $39
Generic casing - $25
Total: $492

 

[m3 th3 last]

Hi Guys,

I need some recommendation to build a gaming PC for my friend.
Usage mainly gaming Dota 2, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, The Sims.

I do not need monitor, mouse or keyboard.

Budget $500.

Thank You.

Do you have any spare parts that you could pull over from your old rig/ your friends old rig? And do you have a window OS licence?

Hoping that you won't have to spend on Hardisk, Casing, PSU.

$500 solely on CPU + Motherboard + Graphic card + Ram.

Terence52, i know the meaning of working within budgets, but getting G2020 dun cut it as tomshardware had reviewed. You will be just wasting money getting one. Unless it's for office i guess.

You need at least a quad core or i3 model that can do Hyper-Threading.

 

[zodiac21]

I got a spare GTX550Ti, 3 x 2GB corsair ram and a Asus Essence ST sound card.

 

[nippp0n]

I got a spare GTX550Ti, 3 x 2GB corsair ram and a Asus Essence ST sound card.

CPU & Mobo: i5-3330 & Asrock B75M-DGS @ $298
Starcraft 2 is quite cpu intensive game so it will be better to go for a quad core cpu.
Ram: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 4GB @ $35
ODD: Samsung DVD RW @ $21
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 500GB @ $60
GPU: Reuse
Case: ATX case @ $20
PSU: FSP Hexa 500W @ $58

Total: $493
Buy and build at Tradepac.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

I got a spare GTX550Ti, 3 x 2GB corsair ram and a Asus Essence ST sound card.

Fwah even giving your friend the extra sound card?

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Do you have any spare parts that you could pull over from your old rig/ your friends old rig? And do you have a window OS licence?

Hoping that you won't have to spend on Hardisk, Casing, PSU.

$500 solely on CPU + Motherboard + Graphic card + Ram.

Terence52, i know the meaning of working within budgets, but getting G2020 dun cut it as tomshardware had reviewed. You will be just wasting money getting one. Unless it's for office i guess.

You need at least a quad core or i3 model that can do Hyper-Threading.

For which games do dual core not suffice?

 

[zodiac21]

CPU & Mobo: i5-3330 & Asrock B75M-DGS @ $298
Starcraft 2 is quite cpu intensive game so it will be better to go for a quad core cpu.
Ram: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 4GB @ $35
ODD: Samsung DVD RW @ $21
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 500GB @ $60
GPU: Reuse
Case: ATX case @ $20
PSU: FSP Hexa 500W @ $58

Total: $493
Buy and build at Tradepac.

Can I use back my old ram?
Corsair Dominator 1600MHz 2GB x 3pcs

Fwah even giving your friend the extra sound card?

I think its ok, anyway its collecting dust.

 

[Felfirez]

Do you have any spare parts that you could pull over from your old rig/ your friends old rig? And do you have a window OS licence?

Hoping that you won't have to spend on Hardisk, Casing, PSU.

$500 solely on CPU + Motherboard + Graphic card + Ram.

Terence52, i know the meaning of working within budgets, but getting G2020 dun cut it as tomshardware had reviewed. You will be just wasting money getting one. Unless it's for office i guess.

You need at least a quad core or i3 model that can do Hyper-Threading.

Hyperthreading in games? Since when? And none of the games TS mentioned optimize more than 2 cores.

 

[Felfirez]

Can I use back my old ram?
Corsair Dominator 1600MHz 2GB x 3pcs

Yup you can, just different voltages between dual DDR3 and triple DDR3.

 

[terence52]

Do you have any spare parts that you could pull over from your old rig/ your friends old rig? And do you have a window OS licence?

Hoping that you won't have to spend on Hardisk, Casing, PSU.

$500 solely on CPU + Motherboard + Graphic card + Ram.

Terence52, i know the meaning of working within budgets, but getting G2020 dun cut it as tomshardware had reviewed. You will be just wasting money getting one. Unless it's for office i guess.

You need at least a quad core or i3 model that can do Hyper-Threading.

He never mentioned anything about reusing parts either...
You can't expect me to pull our a miracle right...
Anyway, A G2020 is similar to a E8400 in speed actually, if he did say he got a GPU and ram for it, there would obviously be room what..

 

[zodiac21]

Sorry for the confusion guys, I didn't know $500 is too low to fit in all.

Anyway My friend and I decided to use my old GPU, Ram and maybe the soundcard if got enough space.