My cousin wants to become a PC gamer, His budget is around $650-700 he would like to build it. Problem is I am worrying about his budget, and if he can even get a gaming pc. He is thinking about selling his red WII (Accessorie games everything) How much will he get from selling this WII? Also my Aunt well she kind of got in a fit buying a used XBOX 360 for him for Christmas for $150. Any ideas, I don't want him to buy $60 games and pay $50 for Xbox live. He is also selling an old HP laptop running on an i3 intergrated graphics 2000. Any budget ideas, BTW we decided on all AMD build. A 650 WAT power supply will be much needed any ideas?
I know you said AMD only but honestly he'll have a better experience with this build. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xP7yHx just make sure the rams voltage and speed is lowered to 1.5v 1600mhz
Principles cost a premium, but that's a silly principle considering it's for gaming and it's a haswell refresh with hyperthreading, that's 4 threads and a snappier system than amd for anything not completely multithreaded. A little over budget, sell some stuff ;] http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tnVbRB blast from the past 6970 2gb! That's some bang for buck.
The 6970 is good , but I would try getting a 660 / r9 270 / 7870 second hand / openbox , because the extra power consumtion and lowww resell value make the 6970 sort of a pain .
But if he just wants a good card and won't upgrade later , the 6970 is good.
^^ That isn't taking into account the budget is it? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HfjCZL 20 dollars more for that cpu after today. Monitor went off sale you could pick a different one I guess.