$400 Budget gaming pc?

Could anyone list some parts for a 400$ (can be a little over) gaming pc would like a dedicated gpu. Thanks ~HypeZ

MOBO: MSI A58M-E35

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K

RAM: whatever 8gb bundle you can find for cheep

PSU: Around 500w from Corsair, Seasonic, or whatever other brands you trust.

CASE: ZALMAN ZM-T1

GPU: AMD R9 270 or something around that price tier. sometimes the 270x is cheaper.

That should be around 400 or so.

Thanks for the help I will be probably buying this soon.

No problem. You might want to shop around a bit before you buy it though, as that list is a combination of quite a few I have made over the last year or so; meaning that you might be able to get some better stuff for less.

it's $150 over budget  ... but it will play BF4 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Ratzzz/saved/GDFCmG

or  for $517

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ksHKkL

I could build cheaper  ... but they really won't game

Why did you recommend an APU with a dedicated GPU? The 7850k and the 250 are horrible from a price to performance perspective. The Athlon X4 build would kill the APU and is cheaper....

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sPsCgs

That is what I would do. 

That's the configuration for hybrid crossfire APU /GPU ... the on board (chip) graphics supposedly runs on a x16 PCIe and the dedicated GPU on a x8 giving the system quite a boost

But this was before the botttom dropped out when Nvidia dropped the GTX 900 series GPUs

+1

Ebay is your best friend...

One of the better .

You can remove the cooler + lower cpu + mobo and get to ~400$

I know what hybrid crossfire or dual graphics are. The problem is a 7850k plus a 250 will be slower and more expensive than an 860k and a R7 265. Dual graphics have always been slower and more expensive. They are crap from a price to performance ratio. Has nothing to do with the GTX 900 series. 

E-bay all the way, I built a 6 core over a year ago for a little over 120 including 4gb adata. It's a media pc so I didn't bother putting in a good video card it's using an old 3850 I had on hand. Be patient and shop around.

+1, but grab a case with better compatibility for that Hyper 212 Evo, like the Corsair 200R.

How tight of a fit is it? Some people tell me it fits fine, others say it doesn't and then still others say it fits but bends the side panel?

It really depends all the way down to the standoffs, motherboard thickness, and case tolerances.

Better be safe than sorry - I know the Corsair 200R has no problems fitting the Hyper 212 so that's the case I go with.

+1

DerKrieger always gives good advice.

If it's to expensive for you I would go for only 4 or 8GB DDR3-1600 RAM. It's easy to upgrade in the future and your system doesn't rely need 1866 Ram as you have an extra 2GB Vram.

 

If it depends on all that then it is too tight haha

Thanks for the heads up. I got so many different answers about that. 

2nd hand gear - old i5 sandy/mb/ram ~ $130, 7950/gtx670 ~$100, new psu $60, case $40, hdd/ssd $70

Look into building an ultra compact APU based rig. Using a processor like the AM1 series or the G3258 will give you good horse power for little electricity.