[fubmabs]

We are building him a gaming PC with a budget of $550 this is what I have put together for him. What do you guys think?

CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286

GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127769

PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153167

RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

MOBO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131872

I am at a total of $507 with the items listed above and still need a small HDD and a case where can i shave some money here in this build?

 

[Alanim]

I might be able to optimize this build to under budget, but that can take awhile so here it is for now.

HDD($60) - Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

RAM($63) - Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313353

GPU($178 with promo code REMMUS79) - MSI R9 270 GAMING 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127769

Case+PSU($95) - Rosewill LINE GLOW ATX Mid Tower + Rosewill CAPSTONE-450-M 80 PLUS GOLD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1588217

CPU+Motherboard($170) - AMD FX-6300 + BIOSTAR TA970 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1571072

Total Price - $566.50, everything has free shipping. Rebates not included if any.

*edit* That's the best I could do.

 

[shilka]

Dont bother with that TR-2 PSU you picked its not very good

Its also way overkill spend money on quality not quantity you dont need

 

[PontiacGTX]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3bZTl
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3bZTl/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3bZTl/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($178.60 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3290A-G ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $541.53
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-18 09:17 EDT-0400)

 

[mdocod]

fubmabs,

Do you have access to a microcenter?