Is there a easy way to get a good gaming PC for cheep?

[ZiggityHiggy]

This has probably been posted here a million times but I've been on the edge for like 3 years now and I've finally had it with modern console gaming. With that being said every time I try putting something together I consider fairly future proof and therefor worth the effort it ends up being around 2 or 3 thousand dollars which is out of my price range. I was wondering if there is a way I can get a decently fast PC on the cheep. Something that will conceivably carry me through the triple a's of the up coming console generation.

[Beowulf]

What is your Price Range?

[ZiggityHiggy]

Somewhere near $1000 would be my lid.

[_I_]

are you near a microcenter?
http://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/default.aspx

[ZiggityHiggy]

I am not

[_I_]

you can build a good gaming machine for under $900

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1icFu
cpu: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
mobo: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
ram: Wintec One 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 cl9 1.5v kit
hdd: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
gpu: MSI GeForce GTX 760oc 2GB Video Card
case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
psu: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply
odd: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer
os: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)

Base Total: $913.86
Combo Discounts: -$18.00
Total: $895.86

if you want to overclock, you can get an i5 3570k /w z77 board for about the same price
then add the 212evo and overclock to 4+ghz

[Beowulf]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von _I_:

you can build a good gaming machine for under $900

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1icFu
cpu: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
mobo: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
ram: Wintec One 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 cl9 1.5v kit
hdd: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
gpu: MSI GeForce GTX 760oc 2GB Video Card
case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
psu: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply
odd: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer
os: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)

Base Total: $913.86
Combo Discounts: -$18.00
Total: $895.86

You should buy this rig. It should be good for atleast 6-9 months.

[_I_]

its impossible to futureproof for much beyond that

when you need a better gpu, you can spend about $250-300 and get something better
cx600 is good for a 300w gpu, so any single card will work fine

[SlavY]

1k? That's more than enough man... Get help from reddit.com/r/buildapc

[[UFO] rad87gn]

1K? You can get a very nice system for that. The big posters will get you a recipe.

[ZiggityHiggy]

All of this should help, Thanks! But it should also be noted that 1K is Not what I'm looking to spend but the absolute lid of what I could afford. 1K would mean a lot of scrounging for cash and a lot of Top Ramen.

[_I_]

you can cheap down a little by getting a smaller hdd
or if you have any parts to reuse from another system
drives, case, psu, os

[Velmarshal]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1ikCW - Well an Ivy Bridge variant of that would end up at about same price (10$ more). Though you could get a better performance than Haswell out of it by overclocking the CPU, but that would require an aftermarket cooler like Cooler Master Evo 212 (approx 30$) and for overclocking I'd suggest P8Z77-M PRO instead of P8Z77-M, because it has a wider selection of voltages so you'll be able to reach higher overclocks while keeping the CPU stable.
If you alrady have a Win7 or Win8 disc, that could shave off about 100$ off the price.

[Rove]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ZiggityHiggy:

All of this should help, Thanks! But it should also be noted that 1K is Not what I'm looking to spend but the absolute lid of what I could afford. 1K would mean a lot of scrounging for cash and a lot of Top Ramen.

Hey man I got you covered from $300-$1000, check these out:

This should be better than your PS3 or Xbox 360. Adding a discrete GPU later will probably bump it right up to speed to meet or beat the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
$306 - $10 rebate = $296 + S&H + tax
AMD A8-3870K APU (CPU+GPU) 4 core@3ghz & HD 6550D IGP, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Rove/saved/1Yo3

Again better than PS3 or Xbox 360. Good for upgrading later with a discrete GPU that is HD 7790 or better (1840 GFLOPS with easy overclock or better) to beat the PS4 and Xbox1's technical specifications in all the ways a PC can.
AMD A10-6800K APU (CPU+GPU) 4 core@4.1ghz & HD 8670D IGP, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
$454 - 11 combo discount = $443
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Rove/saved/1Uj5

This is starting to equal or better the PS4 and Xbox1 technically.
$535 - $15 rebate = $520~ + S&H + tax
Athlon II x4 750K 4 core @3.4ghz CPU, HD7790 OC 1GB GPU, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1aKGC

This is starting to get real nice, and of course it's better than the previous so it's better than the PS4 and Xbox1 in all the ways a PC currently can be I guess.
AMD FX 6300 6 cores @3.5ghz CPU, HD 7870 GE 2GB GPU, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
$682 - $60 in combo discounts & rebates = $622 + S&H + tax
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Rove/saved/1Z98

This is the top of your budget, like the others Windows is not included & there is pretty much no room to purchase whatever else you need in terms of making a complete system. This is also a very nice machine, but not worth skipping meals over. You will get good enough gaming performance from a lesser machine than this one I think.
AMD FX 8320 8 cores @3.5ghz CPU, HD 7950 Boost 3GB GPU, 16GB RAM, 3TB HDD
$992 - $66 combo discounts & rebates = $926 + S&H + tax
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Rove/saved/1UUW

All these builds support overclocking the CPU, GPU, RAM and motherboard chipsets and have enough extra power to do this. All CPUs, IGPs, and GPUs are "unlocked" for overclocking which makes it much easier. All RAM is overclockable and unlocked also. Overclocking will or may void your warranty in whole or in part.

All builds except the very first will support GPU upgrades up to at least 2 discrete GPUs in 2 way crossfire of whatever type of GPU is being used in the build.

The second build only has power for up to 2 HD 7790's or 1 HD 7870 GE.

The first build will require a new PSU to be upgraded with any discrete GPU beyond HD 6670 or HD 7750. The HD 6670 can be crossfired with the HD 6550D IGP but I'm not sure that it would be able to with the HD 7750 as the 6550D is before the 7750's time.

The first and second build use Integrated Graphics Processors (IGP) which can crossfire with a HD 6670 GPU or in the case of a HD 8670D IGP from the second build maybe with a HD 7750 as well cause I have heard independant reports of that.